Crazy Quilt Selfie

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art, collage, crazy quilt, gratitude, photography, Self-portrait, selfie

This has been an amazing week. Yesterday this self-portrait and 2 other pieces were accepted for a juried exhibit at an art gallery in Madison, WI. I have also been nominated for 2 blogging awards. I am so grateful to all the encouragement and support and inspiration I have received in so many ways throughout 2013. Thank you for stopping by my blog and sharing some of your lifetime with me.

http://hatcharthouse.com/ this is where you can see the original!

Queen of Anything

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Altered Art Journal, cat, collage, fish, gratitude, Self-portrait, zentangle

While this is an entry in my gratitude journal, I consider it more of a self-portrait. The surrounding imagery consists of metaphors of things in my day I was grateful for and I hope you enjoy.

This is also posted for sale with a few other images on Fine Art America.

Becoming

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art, butterfly, migraine, photograph, Self-portrait, tattoo, zentangle

Here I am in my creative den. I suffer from chronic migraines and I spend a lot of time in my room in the dark. Today as things were feeling better I opened the curtains a little and took this self-portrait. You can see the zentangle that I designed for my tattoo. I call her sunshine in a nod to John Denver. “Sunshine on my shoulder makes me happy.”
I really identify with butterflies and I try to think of my time of rest as my transformation into a butterfly. Some of my best creative ideas come to me while I heal. I believe I am becoming someone better.

Portrait of Care

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art, care, cats, collage, Dharma, photograph, Self-portrait, yoga

This is the second self-portrait for the photo-collage that I am gradually creating. Here I am taking care of myself and doing some yoga. In the background one of my cats is grooming the other. I was just playing with the timer on my camera and this picture came together so beautifully. I am amazed with what happens when I am open to my creativity. Also, it is strange that my feet look like that. I have never seen them from this perspective before.

Pieces of me

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art, collage, forest, photograph, Self-portrait

I’m starting a collage/drawing/photographic series that will become a self portrait. I’m just dipping my toe in to start. I will get back to my regularly scheduled gratitude journal entries within the next week.