My new art website is simply my name. In creating this art website, I finally identified my three specifically identifiable art focus areas; wax and paint, hand-painted paper collage, and book arts. I have you to thank, Helga, for pushing me in all three areas.
My new book arts work is posted on my Etsy site . I am not sure these listings are any more tangible or understandable to people looking for stuff to buy on Etsy than were my other art objects. I made the first of these books to give as holiday gifts to family. A few friends bought books after seeing, touching, feeling the paper, and looking at each page of background watercolor paintings. The paper's texture has been a huge immediate reaction. The second from adults is that they "couldn't" cover the soft pastel-color paintings and marks already put on the pages and cover by me. One friend bought books for her nieces and here are a few photos of how they are making the books their own. I really like how very young children approach art with such joy, freedom, and no hesitation about how to use these books. They use - or not - the color brush strokes and other marks I put on the paper.
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