England, France, Idaho and Cats

English Experience

I had wanted to do a piece using some collage and miniature items I had saved from several trips to England for some time and then just the other day found this English looking telephone booth picture frame at The Salvation Army and had the perfect backdrop for my piece. Included are a miniature Paddington Bear, bone china cup, hunting dog and chair, Buckingham Palace Guard, hedgehog, a mug from a miniature shop in Covent Garden, ticket stubs from the National Gallery of Art, The London Underground, English coin and vintage buttons.

Fabulous France

A weathered looking board with a glass door knob at the bottom to hang something on. Collaged on the board are a picture of the Eiffel tower, a copy of a Monet painting and ephemera collected from several trips to France. 3D items include a vintage flower pin, Mona Lisa pin, beads, miniature "hen" cookie cutter, china figure, a handmade clay tile and others.

Silver City Curio Cabinet

This piece I started a few months ago but needed to finish up the outside of the cabinet with a collage. Inside the cabinet are vintage dollhouse pieces that convey the feeling of the 100 year old hotel in Silver City Idaho that I stayed at back in February of 2009. All pieces are glued in place and on the back wall of each room is a vintage postcard of Silver City.

Curious Cats

Notice the little mouse hiding inside the box.

Silver City 2

Last night I took my silver city sketches to the studio and tried to figure out what to do with them. I came up with two collages. The first one (above) shows details from some of the metal work on the light fixtures. With watercolor detail on the mat.
This collage shows my "picassoesque" wood burning stove which was the main source of heat for the dining room, a collection of glass bottles from behind the bar and one of the solar powered original light fixtures that also helped light the dining room in the Idaho Hotel.