Can you see me now?

Now I have outlined my fish. It makes them much easier to see. it also fixes those little "oops" sections where a piece may have stuck too far out of its outline.

One Fish, Two Fish

Here are my filled in fish, no worries, they will stand out better shortly.

Fresh Fish!

While it has been some time since I rediscovered this piece, it has once again been put on the back burner. That is until tonight when I had a few minutes to spare so i decided to fill in the sand. This is not the best photo because the glue/water mix had not yet dried all of the way, but here is an updated photo!

Holiday Craziness

As Easter oddly appears right after St. Patrick's Day, it does not leave much time to prep for the occasion. So, in my semi-frantic search for the "new and exciting" gift for family members (everyone is sick of getting a plant that will flower then either die or grow to some outrageous size) I decided to mix tradition and a trip to the craft store.

I have seen these vases with little pebbles and fake flowers everywhere from tv to magazines and decided it was time to give it a try. After a quick run to my local craft store I gathered a vase, a bag of glass rock/pebble things, and a couple of fake flowers (do not ask me what they are because I honestly have no idea!)

Here are the materials strewn about my floor:

And here is the final product:

Oh, one last thing, the stems on fake flowers are incredibly hard to cut; I suggest wire cutters!

More Art

These are just a few bits of some other pages and some of my photos.


For this page, I decided to illustrate lyrics from AFI's Sing the Sorrow album. I used acrylic paint for the background and just did not cover the page completely to get the blotchy effect. Also, for the wording, I used a tooth pick dipped in paint to scratch the words.


Just a photo taken in my backyard of some Morning Glories.


This page started out as a star cut from about 5 pages on each side (basically I just glued some pages together and cut out the edges to look like a star) however, I did not like how they came out, so I glued the star pages down and added a magazine cut out of a Godzilla wind-up toy.


Over the summer, I went to a baseball game while camping in Cape Cod. This game, as one could probably guess form the photo was first delayed in the 3rd, then called for the fog in the 7th. This was taken during the delay and the fog was actually more intense in person!

Looking Ahead

(Co-Instructor Walking across our home field)

So, we are partway into March and I have already begun to think about this coming summer and fall. Yes, I know it is a long way away, but that doesn't matter. Aside from art, I marched with my high school for 5 years and am now an Instructor for Color Guard. For those who may not know, the Color Guard are the people who spin flag, rifle, saber, and sometimes even dance!

(First time the band performed in Fall 2007)

This is one of my passions! And here are a few shots I took in the fall after writing the drill work for the Color Guard with a friend.

(Playing in front of our local Applebees)

(Getting on the field for the first time in 2007)

Looking Back

While working on my re-found piece, it got me really thinking about all of my old art classes in high school. So in my reminiscent mood I tracked down one of my teacher's website for the class and links to other art sites.

Explore and Discover

It was Mr. Bruce Dean who first introduced me to altered books and even helped to select a piece for me to turn in for competitions. As it turned out, the piece selected was a page from my altered book, so it had to be cut-out and matted.