Work in Progress- large red painting
Finally did some more work on this painting I wrote about before.
I decided the map thing wasn’t really working so I painted over that a while ago. I recently started adding some collage elements. I usually make my collages quite small, so this is an experiment in doing a larger collage.
Accordion Book- new collaborative project
An accordion book in progress for a new collaborative project with local artist Joan Phillips.
the evolution of a painting.
Tonight I felt motivated to work on this (relatively) large canvas I’ve had sitting around for months. It’s 24×36″, which is the largest thing I’ve painted in ages. Who am I kidding, it’s been forever since I’ve just painted at all, aside from filling in backgrounds around collaged paper things. I wanted to just let [...]
DailyPhoto 07-31-09 (working)
Friday July 31, 2009.
Lots of new collages in progress. I really regret all these canvas boards. I’ve realized that I should stick to the thick gallery-wrapped canvases instead. Canvas boards have to be framed but I can just attach a wire to the canvases and sell them as-is. Oh well, lesson learned.
Collaborative book project- Stage 1, my book
Here are photos of the collage book I just sent off to Marci. Read more about our project in my previous post! She has received it and is going to start adding to it. I received her book in the mail today, which I’m going to photograph as well and post later.
In Progress- trees, fruit, gears
A couple of in-progress shots of a painting I worked on this weekend.
10- Day 1 (Shredding)
I decided to see what happens if I glue lots of tiny little scraps of paper to my book.
New Project- coasters
One day last summer D. and I went for a walk around our neighborhood and came across a whole box of nice white ceramic tiles sitting out with the trash. D. generally (and wisely) discourages my packrat instincts, preventing me from lugging home all manner of useless rusty crap. But he was kind enough to [...]
About-Words
I have started keeping a list of words that represent ideas or images that I would like to explore in my art (or even just words that interest me for some reason). Some of them are things that I already include in my work on a regular basis, and some are new. I think I’ve [...]
Thing A Day 2009
I just impulsively signed up for a project called “Thing A Day 2009,” a “yearly collective sprint” wherein participants make one thing a day for the month of February and post it on the site. Information is lacking on the site right now, but some searching around online reveals that this is the third year [...]
Jewelry Box
I bought this wooden (fake wood?) jewelry box about 7-8 months ago, intending to do something interesting with it. It has sat around since then, but I finally got around to doing some work on it. Starting out by covering with crinkled silver tissue paper…
Collage books
Here’s a working shot of some of my collage books. I haven’t worked on these in a while because, honestly, I know it is very unlikely that someone will want to buy a whole book. But after a long school-imposed creative drought, it was nice to work on something just for fun and without thinking [...]
New lens necklaces and magnets!
This past weekend I finally had time to work on my new series of necklaces, as well as my latest project- little glass magnets! I hope to finish them all up soon and have them listed in my Etsy shop before too long.
(Originally posted on http://jenmccleary.blogspot.com)
Of vases, movies, music, and letting go
Some photos of one of my new decoupaged vases in progress. I finally got to sit down and work on this for a couple of hours the other night. I was half-watching, half-listening to the movie Ghost in the Shell while working on this, which might have inspired the slightly strange direction this vase [...]
