Diptych Snake Plant Collage

These past weeks have been pretty hectic. First my computer died.... this was on the 19th of February just as we were going for our planned family gathering in Moshav Amirim. My daughters had planned a double birthday for me and my husband.  We also celebrated the February birthdays of my daughter Naomi and grand-daughter Lior.

 I knew my XP was cracking up but was reluctant to change because two hardware devices would be obsolete.  My trusted Benq scanner and the Wacum Graphic Tablet my late sister Susan sent me. At least, my hard disks were reachable. When we returned my computer refused to re-install XP or any other operating system.  Seems we have to buy a new computer.

So now its re-building the new computer with all the programs...etc which can e stressful.
Along with this twice a day training Lilly, my dog, and weekly trips to Jerusalem for babysitting duty.
Thank goodness for my weekly workshop my painting would be at a total standstill.

Continuing with my new collage work... cut - paste - paint!!!Painted mainly with the palette knife.

2 40 x 40 cm wrapped canvas

Newsprint oil paint

stage I

pasted newsprint

Potted Plant #2

This too was based on one of the painting from the January 30 x 30 challenge, #26. This time I made the leaves and pot from newsprint and the background oil paint. I am really enjoying the process, painting with newsprint. I will continue with this technique... it sort of got me hooked.

40 x 30 

Wrapped Canvas

Newsprint and Oils

Snake Plant #2

Continueing with oils and collage work. This snake plant was based on #27, one of the paintings I did for the January 30 x 30 challenge, larger with a new twist... I really had to sit on my hands and not add any coloring, at Heleni's suggestion. Really don't know where orange came from. Maybe from the other side of the newsprint that I peeled away

40 x 30 cm

Wrapped Canvas

Newsprint Collage with charcoal sketch

Before I peeled the sketch