Card Party Time!

Now that Deb Eck from Dryadart and I have each received our card package swaps from one another, just had to show off all of our cards!  First, here are the amazing, most beautiful ATCs that Deb made, each so unique in such creative detail.  In addition, she included vintage pieces of wallpaper,  hand dyed papers form India, postcards, stamps, cards from her own company and those from another talented artist. What is really special is the fact that Deb made an extra effort to make the cards colorful - as she saw the bright color palette that I so often use in my artwork.  Well Deb-  you dealt me the perfect hand of cards!  So, it's card party time- come along and play with me! Here are the cards that are now in my hand - sent to me by DEB! I am so lucky- guess what?  I've now got a full house!

Deb's hand made ATCs.

Note the beautiful thread stitching in the card below.

Thank you Deb - in additon to a full house,  each one is a heart!

In my previous post, I had included pictures of the cards I sent Deb.  Here are the cards that I hand made for her!

The most wonderful part of these card swaps are meeting new artists, learning about their artistic style,  and challenging ourselves to make artwork for someone that we've

never  met. Thanks again LaWendula  for being such a wonderful match maker!

A One Year Celebration of Jazworks

An amazing year has gone by - a year to nurture creativity, absorb all of the new visions of art in the everyday sights I see, and to appreciate and be patient with the continued ideas I have that I'm so eager to set free in the work I create. Today, I'm celebrating my one year jazworks anniversary by looking back at the paintings I've completed during this past year and looking at a couple of my favorite photos I've taken. But most exciting of all is my new collaborative altered book project InnerWorks I'm engaged in. It's the most spirited and meaningful project I've ever worked on-singularly and also for the first time within a group of such talented artists. I feel so connected to all my collaborators in their selection of themes - including earth tones, gift of the sea, Helen Keller, friendship, distressed elements and my theme of designs in nature. It's a euphoric feeling being a part of this magical journey filled with coincidences, synchronicites and astonishing discoveries each and every day. I will continue to make future posts on our progress including pictures and surprising stories that I've already encountered in my project so far. A Scene from Central Park A City Street Scene in the Bronx Summertime In Venice Jeweled Sedona Metamorphoisis My First Portrait Miniatures of Ponte Vedra Beach from A Room With a View Some of my photos that captivate me in some way.