She only had time to create two binder collages this fall.
Her creative slip in the front of the binder expressions always make me smile.
Lantern Collage by Kate
Monkey Face by Kate
Binder Collage
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Cat Tile :: A Gift
My daughter went on vacation with her brother and father. She got me this beautiful painted tile as a souvenir. If you saw my kitchen, you’d understand how the whimsy of this fits right in.
Photography – Farm Equipment Series
I was completely taken with this farm equipment at Walnut Grove Farm in Knoxville, IL
What in heavens this equipment does is beyond me
I find it menacing and cheerful all on the same breath. Great study.
Nice way to play with my new camera too!
All were taken by me — except for the last one.
Karen Hanrahan ~ Wellness Educator/Nutritional Consultant/Blog Publisher
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Doodles by Kate
My daughter is a creative. The doodles below are charming, filled with personality and all the whimsy that defines her. They bring humor, storytelling and joy to those who see them
The cast of characters in these include:
Her brother – whom we affectionately call brother
Jorge – the black goldfish Kate gave her brother at christmas – that is thriving beautifully!
Kate – but of course
Cleo – our cat
Marble – our dog
As a theme, and in most of Kate’s doodles – Cleo is sitting on a pillow, this is because Cleo lives in our bathroom and really does sit on a pillow most of the time.
Brother has a fish
Pets Americana
This year in math class Kate’s teacher had a baby that went through surgery, in an effort to cheer her teacher up, Kate did a doodle with Marble our dog as a character of some sort. I don’t remember the first one – boy scout marble or something like that, and hung it in the classroom. The next day she did another doodle, and soon there was a row of marble doodles in class. Kate did 100 doodle drawings all told. Can you imagine? The drawings became a source of entertainment not only for her math class but for every other math class as well. Marble became iconic. We even took a field trip, Marble and I, so that the classroom could see our dog. When Kate brought all the drawings home we sat and toured them together and sometimes I laughed so hard I could hardly stand it. They were really incredible.
Karen Hanrahan ~ Wellness Educator/Nutritional Consultant/Blog Publisher
708.482.0678 ~ Websites: Nutrition, Weight Loss, and Green Clean
Best of Mother Earth: The Collage Artist
In asking for guest authors, South African Painter, Thea Burger chimed right in. She’s the one who painted the tea cup in my header.
She asked if I’d write a guest piece for her too and I thought what a lovely idea. We plan to post on the same day!
I have an artist in me, I see things artfully, think things artfully, and some say I speak artfully (blush). I have a portfolio of work from high school and college. Nothing of which I’d reproduce today. Drawings of faces in pencil that are so minutely detailed, I’d need a magnifying glass to work on ? I just don’t have the patience or expression for that anymore. I am not an artist that produces things day in day out, I am not an artist who uses a medium that one might find a bit of it in my hair, I lack a niche, a consistant medium, and I certainly lack discipline. I want to dress arty – you know one glance and you’d think – yeah that’s an artist. Nope - I dress ala JCPenny. I have no idea what image that portrays. Probably just very ordinary. UGH – I hate being ordinary!
I did set up a studio finally for my current collage work, and when I am inspired I will do a piece or two. My very old oak drawing table pleases me greatly as a piece of furniture. As an active surface for producing art ? Sometimes it looks more like a closet. Last month I did 4 collages in preparation for a conference. I liked the way the pieces turn out. It satisfies me to create them but past that, I don’t see anyone saying hey – are those for sale?
This to me describes the classic starving artist persona, if I had to earn a living as an artist. I’d die. Yet there is this part of me that wonders what might that be like? What does it feel like to be a full fledged in demand artist? Thus the title of my post: Mother Earth is a Collage Artist. I’m just going to fake it.
Below is a cropped section of one of those four collages I did last month.
Karen Hanrahan ~ Wellness Educator/Nutritional Consultant/Blog Publisher
708.482.0678 ~ Websites: Nutrition, Weight Loss, and Green Clean