Tic Tac Toe Brain Twister

Three versions of the same seven tic tac toe games - all ending in seven moves.   Two ending in a green win, two in a yellow win, and three ending in a draw.  Top set alternates black and white boards, second set is all on a black board and the third set is on a rainbow board.   Can you see it?

Wild and Woolly Quilted Wall Hanging

Experience the freedom of the outdoors with a Wild and Woolly (wool punched creatures on cotton fabric) quilted wall hanging indoors.  38 1/2" wide x 44 1/4" high.  Top to Bottom:  front, details and back

Playing with New AlienSkin Exposure 7 Software

A new take (above) on an old photo (below) taken at Limantour beach a few months ago. 

New Fabulous Taylor Twin Art

Top two ink & crayon pieces by Cole Taylor (age 5), bottom pen & ink & watercolor portrait of his 95 year old great grandma Autrey by Wilson Taylor (age 5).

Gum Arabic Transfer Collage

I recently took a fun workshop with Heather Wilcoxon and learned some new techniques to further my interest in printmaking and collage.  Continuing on my themes of bugs and birds are three new items:

Top two: Collage on cradled wood panels 12" x 16"
1.  Bugs in a Bottle
2.  Crow's Nest
Bottom:  Collage on Rives BFK paper 11 1/2" x 15"
3.  Crow's Shadow

Amber's Birthday Flower Art

Top to Bottom:
Lucy's watercolor of Amber's birthday flowers (on poor paper)
Cole's watercolor abstract of the flowers (on poor paper)
Wilson's watercolor abstract of the flowers (on good paper)
Wilson and Grandma Lucy's silly pen & ink line art

Recent Crow Woodcut Prints

Above are three of eight recent prints (EV or Edition Verite - meaning I used the same 9x12 woodblock for all 8 prints but experimented with a different technique when printing each one). These were done in a recent woodblock cutting class at Kala Art Institute in Berkeley.  Top two prints are examples of Chine Colle, using different Japanese kozo papers.  Prints are 11" x 15." Prints 4/8, 7/8 and 8/8 are variations on the black ink theme (as in 3/8 above).   Print 5/8 is another version of Chine Colle, seen above in print 2/8, and print 6/8 was given to my very knowledgeable Kala teacher Claire Kessler-Bradner.  There is no intentional symbolism related to the 7 circles behind the Crow, although I could make something up if provoked.