Hold the Stars

Her hands helped hold the stars in place, and encouraged me to reach...

(maggie pittman)

A Traveler's Digest

Whenever I travel, I like to create a visual journal that acts as a repository for all my memories;  a book that I can flip through at any time and be brought right back into the thick of the adventure. I try to journal at some point on each day of all my trips, while the experience is fresh in my mind.

A few of my travel journals, filled with memories...

Greece

Italy

New Mexico

And my newest journal, which itself went on a journey from here...

to here...

London and Prague

A glimpse of what is inside...

I have created a slideshow of each and every page from this journal which can be seen at

Create Mixed Media.

You can read more about my journal-making process on Bridgette Guerzon Mills' wonderful site amanobooks in this interview from 2009.

Reasons

Continuing with the theme of integrating photography into art and art into photography, Reasons is another artwork of mine included in Pam Carriker's new book, Art at the Speed of Life. This mixed-media piece includes an original photograph printed out as a transparency.

Reasons

Reasons is one in a series of three related pieces, all using photographic transparencies. The other two pieces might be familiar to you from previous blog posts from last year.

Be

Sold. Thank you!

Moments

Available for purchase in The Altered Page on Etsy.

Step by Step

In her book Art at the Speed of Life, Pam Carriker includes informational essays that cover a wide range of current topics, all of which are informational and inspirational.

My contribution is an essay entitled 'Picture This: Adding Photographic Elements'. It explores integrating photography into art and art into photography.

One of the pieces of artwork I made to accompany the article was 'Steps', a mixed-media piece that includes an original photograph that I took in Mexico and which has been hand-altered. It is 'framed' with book board that I painted to resemble distressed wood.

Available for purchase in The Altered Page on Etsy.

Paper Dreams

Paper Waffles

The Color of the Clear Sky

Paper Steps

Turn the Page

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Sideshow

Frame of Mind

With all the snow in NYC so far this winter, I have been in a black and white frame of mind...

No Limits

Don't just dream it...do it!

Native New Yorkers

Rough and Tumblr

For more images, follow the arrow to my photo archive on Tumblr...

A New Chapter...

As I say goodbye to 2010...

I think about the many moments that I have known this past year...

I think about those times where I aimed for the stars and soared passed them...

I think about the everyday miracles that I tend to take for granted...

I think about the times of darkness that took the colors away...

I think about the flashes of synchronicity that seem to seek me out...

And I think about the possibilities that have yet to unfold and of what the future may hold...

Thank you all for being there with me on my journey this past year. I look forward to all the places we will go together in 2011.

A happy, healthy, and creative new year to you!