Settling In

Change is constant, but it does take time to get used to. Winter is approaching and it's a good to to start to take root. Getting my space arranged so that it feels like my home. I'm enjoying a slower pace (slower than keeping up with a toddler every day).

Playing and experimenting with layers on the Gelli Plate. I enjoy cutting my own stencils by hand. Usually the are from cardstock and have a limited life. So then they become elements in a collage. And the prints are limited series, which adds to the ethereal nature of creativity.

I am experimenting with layering paint and pulling prints in a series of two or three steps to achieve a print like this one. This print is the final one-pull print of a three step process.

This piece is on it way to being a finished mixed media collage based on a Gelli Print. I painted, collaged, doodled and painted over a print that still is partially visible.