"Once Upon A Time" Art Journal

Another mixed media art journal I completed this fall as a gift.  The backgrounds are all hand painted using acrylics and stamping.  I had fun incorporating old family photos and working some of them into color pages.  Every time I create an art journal new ideas emerge, I'm exploring more outside the box and growing.  I need to incorporate this freedom into my oil paintings.  Why do I feel so restricted when painting in oils?  It's time to start experimenting and maybe start using acrylics and oils together.  Hmmmm, another road to explore.

(c) Deborah A. Kirkeeide

Summer Art Journal

I love these mixed media journals and they are very addictive.  And it's not that I haven't been creative this summer, just haven't been oil painting.  I worked on this journal to get my grand daughter creating a journal of her own so we could spend time creating together.  I loved watching the ideas she came up with.  It was a great time, I learn so much each time I create a journal and they get better.  I just finished one as a gift and it's the best one so far, I will post it later.

(c) Deborah A. Kirkeeide

Sea Angels

While traveling to California recently I had fun making these little Sea Angels with my Granddaughter from driftwood found at the beach.  We carved circle faces and designs, glued broken shells like a mosaic, added string and incorporated Bible verses on some.  One even has a piece of sea glass shaped like a heart embedded in the body (the bigger one).  I was also working on an art journal and did a painting of one sea angel for a page (top photo).  Great fun and good memories!

(C) Deborah A. Kirkeeide