These are 2 mixed media monoprints I just finished.
The 1st one is called "Tumultuous Garden". The monoprint, with several passes of ink looked like a stand of trees in the background so I created 2 'flowers' (made with copper, glass & china) in the foreground on the left. But, then I had this really great June bug I had found dead in a cup on my patio table last summer (yes, I saved it) and the underside of the June bug is this bright metallic green. (Don't worry, he's preserved with many coats of varnish!) The topside is just a dull dark green, so I had to find a reason to use him upside down. Flipping the 'flower' with the spring for a stem made perfect sense! A Tumultuous Garden….
The monoprint I made for the 2nd piece looked like a whole grove of trees in a swirl of candy colors, with one big one in the middle. I accentuated that with some broken, painted wire mesh for branches and a piece of an actual tree (a twig) also painted in candy colors, for the trunk. The tiny metal chain makes a path to all the 'candy' gems & beads on these "Gumdrop Trees".
These works are both tiny, just 5" x 7" framed in shadow boxes, and are on exhibit at On the Edge Gallery in Scottsdale for $59 each. They are for sale in my website shop as well. Click here for "Tumultuous Garden" and here for "Gumdrop Trees"! Like little boxes of 'eye' candy for Valentines's Day!