article: first posting but not first entry | written down

I’ve been off working at my own pace over in the corner here, jumping around from topic to topic. I’ve finished several pages in my book so far, but most are probably not interesting to anyone but me. :) I really love how this page came out, though.

This one landed somewhere between the “risk” and “favorite place to be” suggestions. There is a certain amount of risk involved in just being who I am in the world, and I’ve been trying to figure out how to express how I feel about that visually. I haven’t quite figured it out yet, but this is a start. I’ve also been working on accepting myself for all of the things that I am – trying to reconcile the apparent contradictions. Learning to just be who I am, no apologies.

I’m coming to this class as a painter/collage artist, though I’ve been recently intrigued by scrapbooking and figuring out ways to use my photographs in my work. This class has been a good way to play and stretch my style.

Acrylic background on watercolor paper painted with Golden acrylic paints. Text printed on transparency backed with vellum (Remington font), Basic Grey tag.

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