Journey by Number

I love vintage maps.  They're cool.  They're full of colors, lines, shapes, words, numbers, grids...a vintage paper map is loaded with creative goodness.  Maps mean a trip, a journey, traveling, driving, flying, visiting, a change of scene, a local adventure...even more creative goodness.  I love numbers and shapes and patterns and circles and squares.  I use stamps to create repeating circle and square and grid patterns or add lines and letters and numbers and shapes of all kinds.  I love adding totally touchable texture with modeling paste or glass bead gel with stencils.  love that people ask me if it's okay to touch the canvas and I always say yes!  It's such a great compliment.  

I begin every canvas with by creating a collage from items that bring me inspiration such as torn pieces of scrapbook paper, vintage magazine print, dictionary pages, junk mail inserts, business reply envelopes (numbers and patterns!), things with grids like vintage journal entry papers, dress pattern papers, playing cards with numbers and letters, tags of all shapes and sizes...the list is unending because delicious and inspiring pieces of paper are all around.  

And so I take these individual pieces and combine them with bright colorful paint and splashes of ink to make my version of mixed media collage art.  It's fun!  It's playful!  It's bright!  

The Journey by Number series combines vintage maps, numbers and patterns.  I wonder if you've visited one of the places on the map!  You never know.....   Thanks for visiting!!...xoxoxo....