Loose Pages (November 2012-May 2017)

Notes: Loose pages from journals that don't exist any more (some of the pages don't exist any more). Some of the pages were for Year of Creative Habits 2017.

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May 2017: A large mixed media art journal page with a painting of a faceless woman holding a heart and The Tower tarot card as a theme; the page was created with collage material, acrylic paint, and ink. Rusted/tea-dyed paper by Beatriz Helton. A large mixed media art journal page with a painting of an ethereal woman and lyrics by Monster Magnet; the page was created with acrylic paint, collage material, and ink. A large mixed media art journal page with a painting of evil looking flamingos; the page was created with acrylic paint, collage material, and ink. A mixed media art journal illustration of myself in glasses, jeans, a comfy sweater, and flipping the bird with the words dress like a woman next to the drawing and an abstract painting to the right; the page was created with acrylic paint and ink. A mixed media art journal illustration of Kellyanne Conway with 2 + 2 = 5 coming out of her mouth and the words there is no such thing as alternative facts around her; the page was created with ink, collage materials, and acrylic paint. One of my first attempts at the Making Peace with the Past project (recycling old journals). I tore up journal pages from 2001, glued them on a page, and painted over it with acrylic paint. Illustration is of an arm and hand with the word unscathed written on it, the page also has some hidden lyrics etched into the background. One of my first attempts at the Making Peace with the Past project (recycling old journals). I tore up journal pages from 2001, glued them on a page, and painted over it with acrylic paint. Illustration is of Corey Taylor, also from 2001. Lyrics by Slipknot. A mixed media art journal spread of a bookcase with a quote by Henry Rollins about books being better than people; the page was created with collage material, ink, and acrylic paint. A mixed media art journal collage about the next big disaster with lyrics by Rasputina. A mixed media art journal collage of a faceless woman surrounded by butterflies and moths, with a wound in her stomach that says what did you expect? A mixed media art journal collage of a woman protecting her heart and the words I am trying to enjoy it while it lasts.

Themes: 1984, abstract, acrylic paint, altered image, anatomical heart, anxiety, art journal, astral, balance, bones, books, butterfly, collage, corey taylor, crush, doodles, doomsday, drawing, ephemera, eyes, fire, flamingo, henry rollins, hidden, illustration, ink, lyrics, messy, mixed media, monster magnet, moon, moth, old art, politics, portrait, protect, quote, rasputina, sadness, self portrait, sketchbook, slipknot, smoke, space, stencil, tarot, the past, time, tower, traditional art, unscathed, visual journal, weird art, woman, words.