#OLD WOODEN WINDOW COLLAGE FRAME FULL#

My studio is my sanctuary, and my days are divided with time working in it and out in the garden.

And I love to share my photographs on Instagram and the way even an unfinished project is complemented by the other things around it.įor me, the remodeling of this room came at the perfect time it was finished right before the pandemic in March of 2020 and gave me a place of refuge. I love to capture the magic of my worktable and studio in vignettes and arrangements on the wall. Because I love to photograph my work and my worktable, this back lighting adds a magical feel to my shots. It is filtered through the pine trees behind our property and through the maple trees in front of our back garden and closer to the house. I have tried to capture this light here in these photographs. My studio faces the west, and I have the most beautiful light that comes in each afternoon and evening. Too old to be loved by everyone.But loved so very deeply by a chosen few.”

“There is a beautiful thing inside you that is thousands of years old. And the mesmerizing process of applying layer after layer of colored or clear wax and hiding things below the surface is addicting. This year, I am honored to be one of the instructors for Painting with Fire 2022 and am so happy that I get to share my processes and ideas with our students. I always have the window open and have a fan going when I work with encaustics. This includes a griddle, small tins of different-colored wax and encaustic medium, waxy brushes, a brayer and a scraper that was a ceramic tool and a heat gun. When I paint with encaustics, I bring out my encaustic station to my work-table. And an old white pitcher filled with carnations and baby’s breath.

#OLD WOODEN WINDOW COLLAGE FRAME FULL#

I am the story.”Īs I am writing right now, I have a dish full of paper clips that I rusted myself, a straight edge for tearing paper, old lids for palettes, scruffy paintbrushes, pencils and a water dish. “What is it I have to tell myself again and again? That there is always a new beginning, a different end. I keep a table lamp at one side and plants on an old rusty shelf right under the window. I can paint on one side of the table, create collages in the middle, and work on stitching projects and artist books at the other end. They inspire me to always find beauty in the details and to be thankful for the gifts of nature.īecause my worktable is quite large, I have room on it for different projects. I love to have fresh flowers and plants in my studio, too - either from my gardens or from a local market in the winter. On my worktable, I find the projects I am working on, my art supplies, piles of papers and fabric for collaging, little altars I set up for inspiration, little bowls of stones and shells, and gatherings from nature. The glass doors add an airy, light-filled feel to my studio. The cabinets are light and simple and have textured-glass doors that have a vintage feel that I love. My worktable is made of white-washed chunky wood, and I designed it with the help of my cabinetmaker, who did all built-in cabinets in this room two years ago.

It sits under a big picture window that looks out on our back garden. My worktable is the first thing that I see when I enter my studio, and it is the place I go to first thing in the morning.

Old wooden window collage frame