The New Vase

This winter I've been printmaking using easy-peasy materials. I enjoy the high contrast and the textures that printmaking presents, and I wanted to bring that same feel to my next painting.

Inspiration comes from different places all the time. In the case of this painting the color, the tulips, the pears, the spring season, and the friendship behind the vase all combined to inspire me.

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Printmaking with Foam and a Ballpoint.

Tulip print and printing block.

I have always loved printmaking. Maybe I have in my blood. My father was a Linotype operator and my mother was a writer and an artist who painted with oils and pastels.

Fibre Arts Course -- online from South Carolina

While my main form of artistic expression is painting, working with textiles has a big appeal for me too.

Playing with fabric and fibres in the studio.