Souvenirs of Canada Day

Ottawa, Ontario, Canada Day 2014

Ottawa, Ontario, Canada Day 2014

Happy belated Canada and Independence Day to my Canadian and American friends! Canada’s been my home for the past 40 years; it’s hard to believe the time’s gone by so quickly. On our first Canada Day here, I remember my […]

Reflections: Collaging with Your Camera

When it comes to collaging there are many ways to layer your images. In the real world we can use mediums (paints, inks, etc.) and materials (ie. papers, tissue, transparencies, etc.) to achieve layered effects. In the virtual world, software such as Photoshop allows us to do the same using a concept called “layers” with […]

June 2014 Bits & Bytes

The Shenkman Art Centre’s Significant Contributions Installation (detail views), June 2014, Ottawa, Canada

Significant Contributions Project

This Friday I had a chance to visit Significant Contributions, an installation and public art project I’ve been blogging about, organized by artist Karen Goetzinger. This breath-taking series of towering structures is located in the main lobby […]

What if … Mermaids Were Real!

From Mermaid series by Michelle Casey, “Ascension” (detail), Digital Collage, 9 inches x 6 inches (approximately), 2006

“What if …” This is the question that propels my reality as an artist into the faraway reaches of my imagination. I frequent it as often as I can because the feeling of making something real […]

Reblogging & Collaging: Reflections Inspired by Watching Angel

"Crash into me" a cool journal page from The Art Journaler (See Link Below)

A Visual Crash Course into the Mind & Soul…

The other day I paid a visit to the Tumblr blog of a new creative friend: Watching Angel. Journeying through her blog, I discovered many wonderful postings: artwork (hers and […]