New Work

There are five new pieces in my Fence Details series, Fence Details #22, 23, 24, 25 & 26.

The entire Fence Details series can be seen on my website. They are all mixed media on cradled board, measure 6" x 6" x .75", and are $125 each.

Fence Details series

The Holes in the Fences xsm series (below) is also 6" x 6" x .75" on cradled board, and are $125 each.

Holes in the Fences xsm series

New Work for Open Studios

I love it when I have a productive day! Some days, no matter how hard you try, things don’t seem to fall into place, and some days it does. Yesterday was a really productive day.

I worked on five new 6" x 6" Fence Detail pieces, as well as the five Seasonal Fences - Autumn series, I've been working on for some time, which I'm in the final stages of completing.

The picture above is a sneak peek of Fence Details #22, 23, 24, 25 & 26, which are almost completed. This afternoon, I'll finish them, and they should be dry by tomorrow for Open Studios. Since it's December, and the heat is on, the dry air should do the trick. After they’re finished, I’ll post pictures of them here and also on my website.

The 43 Main Street Holiday Open Studios are being held tomorrow from noon - 5pm at 43 Main Street, Studio 3, in Natick, Massachusetts.

Come visit my studio.

New Work - Fence Detail #21

In preparing to work on five to ten new pieces that are 10" x 22", I created Fence Detail #21 as an experiment for the new techniques I'll be using, which are similar to some techniques that I used for my February 12 x 12 x 12.

For this piece, I applied a layer of moulding paste to a board, and pressed a piece of a construction fence into the moulding paste (on the left side) and allowed it to dry. After it was, I pulled the fence piece off the board. Then I mixed acrylic paint with a medium to slow the drying time down, so I could draw into it while it was wet. When everything was dry, I poured some medium into the depression made by the fence, to fill it up to about the level of the flat moulding paste. I also added a few pieces of monoprinted fabric board, which are on the right side.

Shown above: Fence Detail #21, mixed media on cradled board, 6" x 6" x .75", 2011

Even More Fence Details

I made three more Fence Details late last week, before the Walls and Webs Opening, in addition to the three black/white/grey pieces I made a few days before that.


Fence Detail #10, mixed media on cradled board, 6" x 6" x .75"


Fence Detail #11, mixed media on cradled board, 6" x 6" x .75"


Fence Detail #12, mixed media on cradled board, 6" x 6" x .75"

I have now made a dozen in this series of small pieces. It's fun to work in this size.

More Fence Details

I've making six more Fence Details because Fence Detail #3 left the Walls and Webs show for a new home, and I thought I should make more just in case others do too.

Three black/white/grey pieces are finished.


Fence Detail #7, mixed media on cradled board, 6" x 6" x .75"


Fence Detail #8, mixed media on cradled board, 6" x 6" x .75"


Fence Detail #9, mixed media on cradled board, 6" x 6" x .75"

Three more, with color, will be finished shortly.

Trying Something New

Operation "apply fabric to artists' boards" is working out very well!

I'm monoprinting and painting on fabric, as per usual, and I'm stitching it as per usual, but there's no quilt batting. It's just fabric.


I'm attaching it to the boards by applying 50% matt medium and 50% water to the board and the fabric, and I'm liking the results.

The fabric doesn't look at all like fabric after it's been applied to the board. The stitching to adds texture, and it looks great. I've been experimenting with silk organza and cotton sheeting, and with different amounts of stitching. I've been happy with stitching that is minimal and also heavily stitched pieces.


I like the different presentation, and I think it's more professional looking than attaching the quilted pieces on canvas. Not that they don't look good too, but this is much less crafty.

I've been experimenting with six 6" x 6" x .75" cradeled panels, and I have a dozen 10" x 10" x 1.5" cradeled panels that I'm also going to play with.


I have four new pieces I'm working on that are 24" x 48" and I need to decide quickly if I want to use batting or if I want to mount them on cradeled panels or canvas. I can't seem to find panels that are the right size, or that I can piece together. I can find 24" x 48" canvas, and it is affordable.


If I decide to use panels or canvas for the large pieces, I have a bit of a storage problem because my studio is tiny and my storage is minimal. Hmmm. Not sure what I'm going to do, but I need to decide ASAP. These pieces need to be finished by the end of February because I'm planning on hanging them in a two-person show I'm going to be in with Catherine Carter named "Walls and Webs," at the Narrows Center for the Arts, Fall River, MA from March 17 - April 17, 2010.