Spring Fever

After having a taste of warmer weather and seeing the elusive sun, spring fever has got a hold of me. The birds seem to be singing louder and just now, I heard the frogs outside. I know I still have to survive March, but I'm thanking the Lord for spring bulbs that push through the cold ground to give us a glimpse of Spring!

With that spirit in mind, I created these two mixed media paintings this weekend. I added several thin layers of natural beeswax which seemed to pull all the pieces together. Also, if you recall one of my first postings with the vintage rubber stamps, I used those on the words. The tree images are from my original photography which I then used a transfer technique to incorporate them into the backgrounds. These were a lot of fun to make.

Both paintings are currently available on eBay right now. Feel free to search by K. Shigeno and folk art to find them. Enjoy!

Work in Progress

I've been studying new techniques. This is a work in progress that experiments salvaging an old painting by doing a transparent "white-out", adding geometric shapes and finally blocking in color. It's been a fun process and a great way to at least reuse a painting that I didn't like to make a new painting.