Newer IUOMA Members Produce!

[Thom Courcelle]

This blog features newer IUOMA members and new friends who have recently sent me amazing samples of their artwork:

Abigail LaLonde sent me one of her zentangle envelopes that I had admired.  Seeing it live, face-to-face was no less impressive than seeing its picture on IUOMA. Thinking about the time involved in this repetitive style is a little intimidating to my mind.  But then, you know, I think about my knitting, and repetitiveness—doing the same stitch thousands or millions of times over and over—has its benefits in the end.  Abigail’s work definitely shows the astonishing wonder that such creative insistence can reap… Thank you so much, Abigail!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sally Wurlitzer is not a new artist—she’s an established artist—who happens to be somewhat new to IUOMA.  Sally sent me a terrific collage postcard with several different artistic elements included, some of which looked like tape transfer, stamping, stenciling, collage, and drawing.  Plus there was an artistamp and a LIAM TRA sticker embellishing the address side!  Note to Sally: There are no failed drawings, just fodder for mail art.  I’m glad LIAM TRA made you laugh! If all I could do on the earth was make everyone giggle, I would feel complete.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tori Mann sent a great filigree paper piece of art—she deftly makes cuts and slices in her paper/board medium and makes lacy montages and designs.  My piece was a double sided work—two filigree pieces glued together, creating an interwoven pattern—different on both sides.  WOWSA!!  Another art style that fascinates me…  Are you familiar with Kara Walker? She has long been one of my favorite sillouette/paper artists.  Now I’ll have to add Tori to that list of admired artisans.  Tori and I both live in Seattle, where the environment and the landscape provide much inspiration. The shape and movement of Tori’s cut images evoke the flowing water of the Puget Sound, or maybe the sea creatures or plant life living in it.  It’s lovely.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fellow Trashpo Group member, Sara “BarnArt” sent me a treat from North Carolina.  There are LOTS of things to admire and peruse on this piece.  First of all, it’s on cut styrofoam board, fitting a recycled or upcycled definition for Trashpo.  Both sides are painted, one side gold with yellow-gold highlights, the other side lichen-moss-green like one sees hanging from the trees around the Pacific Northwest. In fact, while the paint must have been drying, it ran in fern-like rivulets across the face of the Styrofoam, giving it an organic look and dimension.  Can you believe I used “organic” and “Styrofoam” in the same sentence?! The images are either painted on or stamped on or both, and present a sort of “what do you see here?” puzzle.  Not really Rorschac-ian, but possibly Asemic!  Sarah probably doesn’t know, but I lived in Greensboro, North Carolina for several years, and traveled around the state quite a bit.  Glad to have a friend back in North Cack-a-lacky!

 

Thanks to all of you for sharing your artistic talent with me. I’m so pleased to have started an artistic conversation with you all, and experience your creativity!