Don't Have a Cow

09/30/17
8x6 art journal page

Word Problem 26 Chickens

05/20/17
11x15 watercolor on paper

Lifebook 16.2 Let Your Story Surface with Mandy van Goeije

04/23/17
11/15 watercolor on paper

The barnyard looked fine, until the free birds flew by. 

Open to the Idea of Red Feather

08/07/16

15x11 mixed media on mat board

Inching Through the Maze

11/06/15

9x15 art journal page

Inching Through the Maze

Harvest Time in the Midwest

10/12/15
11x15 collage on paper

Harvest Time in the Midwest

Birthday Super Chicken

05/19/15
36x42 acrylic on canvas

Birthday Super Chicken

Happy Spring Chicken

05/03/15
5x7 collage on paper

Happy Spring Chicken

Chicken 13 and 14. Violet

12/09/14
5x7 collage on paper

Chicken 13.Violet

Chicken 14.Violet

Chicken 11 and 12. Indigo

11/30/14
5x7 collage on paper

Chicken 11.Indigo

Chicken 12.Indigo

Chicken 9 and 10. Blue

11/30/14
5x7 collage on paper

Chicken 9.Blue

Chicken 10.Blue

Chicken 7 and 8. Green

11/25/14
5x7 collage on paper

Collage 7.Green

Collage 8.Green

Chicken 5 and 6. Yellow

11/30/15
5x7 collage on paper

Chicken 5.Yellow

Chicken 6.Yellow

Chicken 3 and 4. Orange

11/25/14
5x7 collage on paper

Chicken 3.Orange

Chicken 4.Orange

Chicken 1 and 2. Red

11/25/14
5x7 collage on paper

Chicken 1.Red

Chicken 2.Red

Day 322 Always finding time

Day 322 Finding time

322:365

08/18/13

Louise Hay affirmation:   “I always find time to be creative.”

Inspiration exercise from 365 Daily Creativity Journal:   Make alternate signage or images for men’s and women’s bathroom doors.

Media:  Scrapbook paper, Magazine photos, Mod Podge, Sharpie, Cream chalk

Time:  1H:45M

Comments:  Today's collage is a chicken-based alternate signage idea. Rooster for men's and hen for women's room doors.  Cluck, cluck.    

Day 305 Just us chickens

Day 305 Just us chickens

305:365

08/01/13

Louise Hay affirmation:   “Every person I meet today is a mirror of some part of me.”

Inspiration exercise from 365 Daily Creativity Journal:  Work with an advertisement to make it something different.

Media:  Scrapbook paper, Magazine and catalog photos, Mod Podge

Time:   1H

Comments:  The background images on today's collage are taken from a Global Views catalog (left side) and a magazine ad for Maharam digitally printed textiles (right).  The bands of color represent every person I meet today.  And the chickens are a subtle hint to remember that everyone has fears that they carry into those meetings.  

Day 274 Answer me, future chicken

Day 274 Answer me, future chicken

274:365

07/01/13

Louise Hay affirmation:   "There’s always something to learn, something to know.”

Inspiration exercise from 365 Daily Creativity Journal:   Make something that seems like it has come from the future.

Media:  Magazine photos, Graph paper, Sharpie, Mod Podge

Time:  1H 

Comments:  Today's collage features a present day chick and a future chicken.  With all that baby chicks need to learn to grow into full size chickens, it's nice to have mama hen around to show it the ropes.  

There's always something to learn, something to know.  For instance, why did the chicken cross the road?  

Day 213 Medical marvel

Day 213 Medical marvel

213:365

05/01/13

Louise Hay affirmation:   “I bless other’s good fortune and know that there is plenty for all.”

Inspiration exercise from 365 Daily Creativity Journal:   Make something that involves medical supplies or things you’d find in a doctor’s office or medicine cabinet.

Media:  Magazine photos, Mod Podge

Time:  1H

Comments:  More than simple medical supplies, this collage is more of a commentary on the state of health in the US today, as well as ruminations about architectural design that addresses urban health.  

The 1973 National Geographic illustration of an ancient doll wrapped in mummy-like bandages, discovered in 1917, shows a fellow who appears to have undergone medical intervention.  Apparently, our medical dilemmas are nothing new, they're just wrapped in different 'bandages' today.    

I added the whispy fabric and lighted butterfly image from a recent Interior Design magazine in the background to represent the soul as its own life force that simply occupies the body for a time.  The soul won't be weighed down by today's medical dilemmas.  There is plenty of optimal health for all.

 

Day 188 Before lunch

Day 188 Before lunch

188:365

04/06/13

Louise Hay affirmation:   “Joy, love, peace.  I joyfully accept life.”

Inspiration exercise from 365 Daily Creativity Journal:   Make something with your lunch before you eat it.

Media:  Scrapbook paper, Magazine photos, Mod Podge

Time:  1H:20M

Comments:  Eggs for brunch.  Love weekend meals... especially when someone else is cooking.  

Leisurely, enjoyable, no rush to get to work.