Merry Christmas

Wishing you all a wonderful holiday brightened by the illumination of friends and family.Please come back in the beginning of 2009 for new work,

Thanks for all your support, Mary Beth

Cardinal In The Snow

Cardinal In The Snow
22 x 30
acrylic collage
on paper

Found Art

"There is no reason not to consider the world as one gigantic painting"

Robert Rauschenberg

Unlike all the wonderful walks I took in the Black Forest in Germany, this walk in the woods in an area called Spring Valley Wildlife Area offered entirely different material.

I suppose it's all about perspective, but I agree with Raushenberg.

Uncut Winter

Winter III and Winter IV -uncut
10 X 14 each
acrylic collage on paper

Winter

Winter I and II

acrylic collage on paper

10 x 14

Live Animals in 4 Stages

The bottom row left to right are the finished pieces
From top to bottom shows the process.
All were inspired from a sticker on Schatzi's cage when she traveled from Germany to the States that says-LIVE ANIMALS!
Acrylic collage on paper
10 x 14 each
click to enlarge

Tanzania III and IV

Tanzania III and IV

acrylic collage on paper

10 x 14 each

Tanzania

Tanzania I and II

10 x 14 each

acrylic collage on paper

Ruptured Routine

Murmur

Murmur

16 x 20

acrylic collage on paper

Sorry for the lapse in posting.

Today I was preoccupied and painting was difficult.

Here is what stole my focus all day:
http://www.nytimes.com/packages/html/magazine/20070422_BIRDS_FEATURE/index.html

Apparently this happens every Winter and is a result to climate change.

I wonder what Sarah Palin would attribute it to?

I love the part when he says that the starlings are incribing a secret language in the air. It reminds me of the method in which I paint.