Nut Hatch Carving

This is a carving I did for my daughterPaige. She loves these little birds and has written a story about one called Blueband. I love to hear their 'song' on my walks in the woods. You usually find them clinging upside down to the trunk of a tree, they are in the Woodpecker family.

card done with Seth's carved image

This is a card made with the image I carved. I stamped the image over an old map, colored the image lightly with pencils, and also added some color to the background of the map. then added the words and brads at the corners. The scanner made it look a little bit greener, the chair should be browner, and his face more skin tone!

White Bindweed Carve

I have done this flower/weed on a gourd before and thought that it might make a good carving. It did not turn out as well as I had imagined , but some people like it!

Leaf's Moth

This is a carving done from a drawing that my daughter Paige had done. I fell in love with the design, modified it a little bit, printed it on some homemade paper, and then highlighted the moth with a little extra color.

Folk Art Flowers

A carving of one of my favorite things...flowers!

                                 

Seth with blue jean flap cap!

This is one of the first carvings that I did. Seth, my youngest was about 1 year old here. 

                                                                           

PV- 21 March carving, Chicks and Eggs

Here is another carving that was done for the Easter season. The eggs are a separate carving, so the chicks can be used by themselves.

Carvings for PV-21 Carving Group

Joined a carving group, PV-21, this year. These are two of the images I have carved. The portrait was something I had only tried once  before so thought it would be interesting to see what would come of it.  I think I like the graphic nature of the final result. The pipe/strap image was quite a challenge with all of the layers, I like the pipes curling off into the distance.

Rubber Stamp Sheets

Here are the first two sheets of rubber I have had made from my original drawings and carvings.  This is one form of art that I did not anticipate falling in love with. But I find it so facinating, and challenging. It takes my drawings to a whole different level and can be used in so many ways. I hope you enjoy the images as much as I enjoyed drawig and carving them!

First Post!

Hello, this is my first ever attempt at having a blog. This is mostly a place where I will try to share a little bit of my art and other attempts at creativity.
I have always been fascinated with art, in many different forms. I remember going into a stationary store with my mother and just oohing and aahing  over the clean white paper that , in my mind , so much could be done with!  I feel most like myself when I am creating or drawing something.