DOORS - New Series

I have no idea why I made this series as I am not especially interested in or fascinated with doors. They just happened and maybe it's weird but I connected with them. Maybe the possibility is that a new "door" will be opening up for me! That's always a nice thought. :)

Again, these are small 4x4 collages.  They can be purchased for $25 each or in this series you can buy 4 and get the 5th one free!

Thanks for looking and commenting!

New 4x4 Series - Butterflies

Here is a series of butterflies that I recently created.  These are all the small 4x4 collages that I have been working on a lot lately.  I have been matting these with a 8x8 mat and have them for sale for the low, low price of $25... :) 

Leave a comment and let me know what you think about the latest series.  Stay tuned, i'm posting a "door" series in just a few.

Thanks much!

New Book Received Yesterday

Hello everyone!  Just wanted to make a quick post about the new book I received yesterday from Amazon.  It is called "Art at the Speed of Life" by Pam Carriker.  You can see Pam's blog here.  I didn't have much time last night but still managed to read a large portion of it, as I couldn't put it down.  It's exactly the sort of book I am always looking for, full of beautiful mixed media artwork, lots of inspiration, and a wide variety of techniques.  There are about 16 artists' work in this book and I love looking at their work, reading about their techniques and their inspirations.  It almost made me feel like I had an entire cheerleading squad behind me encouraging me.  Very inspiring and made me want to get to the studio and create (too bad it was bedtime)!  Create like no one is watching!  Allow yourself to play and see what happens!

If you are a mixed media artist (or any kind of artist!) go get this book! 

Thanks for reading and have a great and artful day everyone!

What a Mess!!

I decided to be brave and show a few pictures of my studio.  When you are a collage/mixed media artist it takes a LOT of supplies and tends to get very very messy.  I try hard to keep it halfway in order, but when the creative juices are flowing things tend to get thrown everywhere and pushed aside and end of all over the place!  Here is picture #1....

This used to be just a box of miscellaneous papers and images and has grown and grown and is now a giant stack of papers and images.  HA!  You can't get rid of them though because you never know when you might need just that scrap or just that tiny image!  Anyone who does collage will totally understand.  :)

Picture #2...

This is the actual working space (I know, not very much room, but I'm only working on 4x4 collages at the moment so it's working out). 

And picture #3....a slightly larger view of the area.

The pictures look very blurry and i'm not sure why, they look great on my facebook page (www.facebook.com/juliawilliamsart).  This is the area I do the work in.  I'm not brave enough to show the areas all around me.  Yes, it does get worse.  I really hope I'm not alone in having to have so much art stuff around me.  It keeps me inspired. 

That's all I have of the studio tour for now.  Take heart fellow artists, if you have  a messy space too, share with me!

Have a great day everyone!





Finally Friday!

Hello fellow bloggers -- here it is Friday afternoon and I always get so excited for the weekend. Unfortunately, this is because I still am working a day job to support my art habit. And boy is it a habit. :) I am going to take some pictures when I get home of the studio so you can see how much I like art. In the meantime, here are a few new small 4x4 collages.

These are 4x4 collages on paper. I do send them matted to 8x8 with a foam backing for $25 each.
I hope you enjoy!!
Stay tuned for scenes from the studio........

Happy New Year! :)

I know, I know, it's already February 24, so why am I saying Happy New Year. Well, I haven't posted anything for a long time and not since the new year so I thought I would start with a belated Happy New Year! I have been busy and have a new body of work that I thought I would share. I have been making small 4x4 collages and I wanted to start posting one a day. I have reconsidered that since some of them are in a small series so I am going to post an entire series when I can, and then post some singles separately. I have to admit I got this idea from an artist I follow named Randel Plowman. Randel has a website called A Collage A Day where he posts one small collage every day. You can see his website here. I have enjoyed his work for a long time and it has inspired me to attempt something similar. I hope you don't mind Randel! :)

Anyway, here is a look at the first series:

Let me know what you think. I would love to get some feedback. And watch out for more coming soon (maybe even another post today!!).

Thanks!! :)

P.S. These are all for sale for $25 each. They come matted to 8x8 with a foam backing. Please feel free to forward on to anyone who may be interested! Thanks again.

New Work and Chit Chat

It's March 1 and Spring is just around the corner. I am so ready to see some sunshine! But on to more important things.......ART! I find I spend almost all my time when not at my day job down in the studio. I have been experimenting with some image transfers these past few days. I have only used one so far in a piece. Let me know what you think.

This is a 24 x 30 x 1 1/2, mixed media on canvas. The transfer image doesn't show up really well but I think you can tell where it is. I think it is pretty cool and will be working with more image transfers. This transfer was done with clear packing tape. I will be experimenting with transfers using a variety of things, including clear gesso, clear caulk, some transparency film, etc. I will post something about how each of these different techniques worked for me and how to do them.

A couple of other pieces have been hanging around the studio for quite a while and they finally told me what they needed to be finished.

This is another 30 x 24 x 1 1/2, mixed media on canvas. And the last one I finished up this weekend.

Also, 30 x 24 x 1 1/2, mixed media on canvas. I'm really happy with the way these turned out. This one is hanging in my entry way to my house right now....:)

On another note, I just realized that all the people I'm following (about 190) cannot see my blog if they click on me on their following page. I guess I have to go through every one i'm following one by one and re-set my profile to my Blogger profile. What a pain that is going to be. I was working on some of them and kept getting an error message. ??? I'll get them done slowly but surely.

Well off for now. Until next time.