It was back in March that I first showed you this trip-fold artist journal that I had just finished. Then in July I posted an update on how it was…
Continue ReadingIn a post a while back, I shared with you several mini-journals that I had constructed. I’d like to share with you now how I’ve been using one of those…
Continue ReadingRecently I’ve been spending time review my old film negatives. I came across a set of the them that reminded me of a trip taken many years ago…to many to…
Continue ReadingThere was this tree in the park that’s nearby where I live. My dog, Kaylee, and I would always go into the park on our daily walks and as the…
Continue ReadingI’m the sort of guy that needs to be always busy. Doing something. Making something. Anything. It’s hard for me to just “sit”. Meditation sessions are always a challenge. Over…
Continue ReadingI tend to go “stale” over the winter months. My photography starts getting boring and uninteresting, the projects I had lined up to do after the holidays start looking boring…
Continue ReadingSometime during the spring of this past year (2019) I took some tag board and cut out 4 squares, each 4×4 inches. On these squares I created a different mixed…
Continue ReadingToday is December 24, 2019. Christmas Eve. Yesterday was Halloween. Now how did that happen?? There was once upon a time when once I had cleared the sugar high of…
Continue ReadingOver the years I have made any number of assemblage dolls. In typical fashion I’ll start with a basic idea…like a spice can…and then go from there adding and…
Continue ReadingThe past couple of weeks have seen a flurry of activity in my Etsy shop, An Eclectic Universe, as my Artist Brushes have been selling almost as fast I have…
Continue ReadingThere I go again! Picking up a new craft. I just can’t help myself…jack-of-all-trades, master of none. And you know what…I like it like that. I find myself getting bored…
Continue Reading“Sometimes I wonder What I’m a-gonna do But there ain’t no cure For the summertime blues.” Eddie Cochran…
Continue ReadingYikes! It’s been life forever since I last posted here!! And while my life has been busy it’s not like I haven’t had the time. No excuse really. I even…
Continue ReadingAs I look back on the year 2018 it was pretty much of a bust for me creatively. I seemed to struggle with everything project I approached…nothing seemed to thrill…
Continue ReadingAn area I’ve been exploring off and on since this spring is eco-dyeing…using things naturally found to create dye baths. I’ve tried boiling kettles full of avocado pits/skins, red cabbage,…
Continue ReadingOnce upon a time…before I turned to mixed media and photography…I painted. I also was heavily into life drawing. Nothing like than working from a model…the human body is the…
Continue ReadingTucked into a tree encircled field, the Valley View Community Gardens where my little allotment resides offers a quiet refuge. Lately my trips have been few and far between. Our…
Continue ReadingThis past Sunday morning I was doing some light weeding and replanting in my allotment. At the back end of my space there’s a clump of weeds and grasses come up…
Continue ReadingWay back in the 70’s…when I was just a young lad…an undergrad at Ohio University in Athens, Ohio…I had this plan to “go back to the land”. Live off the…
Continue ReadingThere is this tree…greets me every time I come into the park with my dog. It’s not a particularly pretty park although it does sit beside the Little Miami River.…
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