My Hand at Mixed Media

Yes.  Mixed media. You weren't expecting to see that headline, where you!?  Well, here's what happened.  I have tens of thousands of photographs that I took over the past decade.  Thanks to blogging, they are all sorted digitally into into years, and individual months.  There are so many that I have one file I call my, 'gosh I like these photos so much that I will have to turn them into art someday' folder.  They happen to have animals in them: birds, deer, bison to name a few.  It's not that I can't threadpaint animals, but the nature of these photos are such that the background is SO out of focus, it serves as just that - a blurred background.  In my opinion, these photos would look entirely overdone if they were loaded with thread.  You know?  Like, they wouldn't 'breathe'.  I'm not interested in printing off the photo and framing it.  So, I very subtly embellished the images. Seriously?  I LOVE it.

This photo happens to be my facebook banner.  It's a photo I took a few years back on a hot day in September.  I think this is a good crop.

Two in the Bush - embellished photo on cloth

I chuckled.  Is it a 2013 artwork or is it a 2015?  I think it should be dated 2015 as a new art piece.

Here's a photo I took the day I went out with my friend Michelle and out pack of combined children to see the Solstice sunrise.  It is also 'two in the bush'.  (Ha - that's funny, I just noticed that.)

You see what I mean by 'subtle embellishment'?  Only the things that are in front of the deer are stitched, which I love because it gives the impression that the deer are distinctly behind the foreground.  Believe it or not, I did use four or five colours in that one:  white, grey, grey, another grey, and a blueish grey.  Pretty fun.

I'm considering hanging these in Gardenscape if I can get them framed in time.  At least I can see what the response to these are.  I'll set these prices lower than my threadpaintings.  If they flop, no matter.  I love them and I will keep then in my home.  If they are are loved, I can make more for me, couldn't I?  : )

see you soon,