Patti Edmon Artist

Evangeline's Autumn Cloud was a bear to finish... don't know if it was because I wanted to do something totally different flower wise, or if the colors were hinky or precisely what the problem was. But, I worked and worked and layered and kept layering and finally was mostly pleased. I have an abundant stash of vintage buttons and I decided that adding them did change the look of the petals. The center is an antique coaster over gold mesh with a bazillion tiny crystals and such glued on the image - once again, I need to keep better track of which drawer the 'girls' come from and to whom to give credit... The 12 x 12 below is Jim's (my hubby) piece; as you can see our styles are a bit different:) He has been showing (and selling!) for years now and it can be a bit intimidating working alongside him. He has actually been inspired a bit by a couple of my techniques though, so, YaY! I hope to have all of them photographed by my friend Jeff , the pro, because I don't...

Sometimes I wonder if I'll ever get tired of journals... every time I paint soft blues and greens I think... next time I'll be bold enough to try vibrant red. If I use a window I think about a door I saw up the street, nicely weathered and rusted; flowers? Oh, well, something grungy is in order. I'm trying to finish three more for a gallery opening next week, so it's a darn good thing I'm not running out of ideas. It's my second exhibit and I'm psyched, though I'm finding it a bit challenging to frame these.... floating them on mat board seems to work best. I doubt I'll have the good fortune I had last October, when I sold eight journals (different gallery) and the client paid a hefty price for them. Come to think of it, I never posted those and they are still some of my favorites - I used a lot of materials that I wouldn't have imagined as complimentary to the front of a small book. Well, I have to do SOMEthing with all that jewelry and bling I...