And I've finished the Alice Childress quote piece. For X-mas, I received a light-kit and a nice Nikon camera, so now my collage pictures should look much brighter and more detailed. "Snowflakes" is the first collage I've taken pictures of with my new camera and kit.

Anyway, I hope everyone had a fun holiday - did you get any fun gifts?

"Snowflakes"
Collage on paper
16"x12"

Here's another piece inspired by one of my trips to the National Zoo in DC, when I stopped by the Reptile House. I'm always finding compositions for future works of art there when I stroll around with my camera.

"Iguana"
Collage on paper
9"x12"

Here's the second progress picture for my latest piece. It's practically done--all I'll need to do is add the Alice Childress quote while touching up a few areas.

Due to request, I've started working on a collage that illustrates the following quote by Alice Childress, "Like snowflakes, the human pattern is never cast twice."

Here's the beginning sketch for the piece:

Yet another dog breed for my dog series. I have a couple more that I'm planning on doing, and then I think I'll look into creating a number of cat portraits.

Anyway, here it is:

"Scottish Terrier"
Collage on mat board
5"x7"

Whew, it's been a busy week. Hope everyone is enjoy the holiday season - I've been busy with a lot of non-art related things, but once the new year rolls by, I'll have a lot more time to focus on my studio work.

Here's another one of my mini collages that's part of my winter series for my Etsy store:

"Mr. Whiskers the Blue Seal"
Collage on mat board
5"x7"

Here's the third and last dog collage I created this past weekend. I think I'll work on a few more dog portraits this upcoming weekend--I like the idea of illustrating a number of dog breeds.

"Jack Russell Terrier"
Collage on mat board
5"x7"

Here's the next dog collage I completed this past weekend for my Etsy shop:

"Blue Beagle"
Collage on mat board
5"x7"

I hope everyone is having a great weekend. We got a little bit of snow the other day here--so it's really feeling like winter. I also had a chance to work on a few small dog collages for my Etsy shop. Here's the first one I've listed in the shop:

"The Smiling Golden Retriever"
Collage on mat board
5"x7"

Here's my latest critter collage that I did the other day:

"Jellyfish"
Collage on paper
9"x12"

I've finished my most recent figurative piece at the moment - I might use this one for my upcoming exhibition in July. In general, I'm going to put my figurative work on hold for this exhibition and start focusing more on producing animal collages for my other show.

"Looking like Hollywood"
Collage on paper
18"x24"