Vintage Moon Studio

Mom ~ April 1923 to Nov 2007

darkly dreaming

d. lewis - digital collage

Tuesday Tunes

Enjoy!

 

 
photos by b. lewis

 

 

Sundries on Sunday

Miss Sophie is not quite feeling up to snuff the past few days... a soft pillow always helps!

 

Franca of Woven Letters recently hosted a paper exchange. These lovely papers were received from my swap partner, Laurence , a wonderful mixed media artist from Belgium. Look at that fantastic ledger page! I can't wait to sit down and play! Thank you Laurence ~

Digital Monday

comfort in friendship

"A faithful friend is a strong defense: and he that hath found such a one hath found a treasure." Ecclesiasticus 6:14

 

This beautiful silver tray is a recent gift made by the loving hands of  dear friend, Melissa, a talented and spiritual being and down-right "good egg", honoring the memory of my wonderful Dad.

 Treasures... all.

Retro cubed

 
Cube your own art at:  http://www.dumpr.net/rubik.php

Sunday Scribbles

First, trying to catch up on challenges on Everyday Matters.

Challenge #32: Draw something metallic (wire)

Have also revisited some unfinished backgrounds...

Enjoy your week ahead! 
 

Remembering Love - Dad: Aug. 1922 to Oct, 2, 2008

 (1959)

I remember showing this photograph to Dad, a few short weeks before he passed away last year. We were going through box after box of old family photos and when we came upon this one, he asked "where was that taken?". When I told him that it was our own  kitchen, right in the next room to where he was sitting, he was not to be convinced. As I pointed out the familiar doorways and window, and reminded him that we had renovated the kitchen so that it now looked much different, he only shook his head.. saddened that he could not remember. But then with his customary little grin, he simply gazed at it one last time, and as he tossed it aside, he said "well, wherever it was, I was one good looking devil, wasn't I?" Yes Dad... you surely were.

Missing you this long one year and loving you always.

Your Daisy.

My little girl is growing up!

Many of you have asked for updates and new photos of Miss Sophie... who knew 7 months ago that love could run so deep?

monkey business

tuesday journaling: oil pastels and collage

Nature journal collaborative

A nature journal page for roc...

 

Cardstock envie: embellished with vintage text, fern, lucite charm with flower transfer and a "faux tintype" made with photo transfer onto heavy piece of tin.

 

Insert: one of my photos printed onto watercolor paper with written text.

a moment's rest

 

(Shadow of Monarch butterfly resting atop a patio tent canopy)

Quick sketching and a trip to Isabella Gardner Museum

Savoring the last gasps of summer...

  

and a recent visit to the Isabella Gardner Museum in Boston...

 

Hope everyone enjoys the long weekend!

sun and shadow

"Keep your face to the sunshine and you cannot see the shadow.

It's what sunflowers do. "  Helen Keller

  

(photos by deb lewis)

 

Treasure Seeker

  

An elusive gem...

 

I have waited patiently...

 

for this beautiful reward.

(photos by deb lewis)

Tuesday journaling

9x12 ink, paints, stamping and paper collage

Journaling by the sea...

 

I have added a photo album of the some of the journal pages done each morning, sitting with mug of coffee in hand, watching the lobster boats haul in their traps and the gulls swooping in for a hoped-for errant treat!

Click on the link for more...

 

My Life. Unplugged.

   

Dream cottage at ocean's edge

  

Morning coffee

 

Seawall garden

 

Lost in fields of yellow

 

Spiked sea treasures

 

Spiked land treasure

 

2 happy amigos

 

Day's end catch

 

Hidden

 

Twilight lullaby

 

After the storm

 

Unplugged.

 

journaling and found poetry

 (click to enlarge)

Acrylics, ink, paper  7 x 10  journal spread

After the rains...

 

 

 

        Last Night the Rain Spoke to Me

by Mary Oliver

Last night
the rain
spoke to me
slowly, saying,
what joy
to come falling
out of the brisk cloud,
to be happy again
in a new way
on the earth!
That’s what it said
as it dropped,
smelling of iron,
and vanished
like a dream of the ocean
into the branches
and the grass below.
Then it was over.
The sky cleared.
I was standing
under a tree.
The tree was a tree
with happy leaves,
and I was myself,
and there were stars in the sky
that were also themselves
at the moment
at which moment
my right hand
was holding my left hand
which was holding the tree
which was filled with stars
and the soft rain –
imagine! imagine!
the long and wondrous journeys
still to be ours.

Top of the World

"Sunshine on a rainy day
Makes my soul, makes my soul drip, drip, drip away"

   

 

 

 

 

 

Top of Mount Greylock in the Berkshire Hills

Took off my party shoes for a day of magnificent views and a picnic with those I love.

I miss you, Daddy.

bird and yes, dog

 

3x7 collaged bird with cut-out / transparency inset

 

(not a collaged bird)

The Raffle Begins!

 In May 2008 I became part of a collaborative of mixed-media artists involved in a project named "Ties That Bind", whose goal was to raise funds for ovarian cancer research. Their mission statement was as follows:

Our mission is simple in concept. Artists united in their creativity to benefit Ovarian Cancer Research Fund. Our project: Ties That Bind. A hand made doll created with heart and soul, donning hand embellished men's dress ties and hand born charms. 100% of the profit goes to the OCRF, in support of their mission to help ovarian cancer patients and their loved ones.

My contribution to this project was a handpainted and collaged necktie, which eventually became part of the art doll's skirt:

 The completed art doll is now being raffled off, with all proceeds to benefit the Ovarian Cancer Research Fund. You can read in detail about the project here:

http://projecttiesthatbind.blogspot.com/

 

More information and raffle tickets are available here:

 

http://www.scrapbookroyalty.com/tiesthatbind.html

 

I hope you will take a moment to visit the sites and check out the amazing work that has been contributed by so many artists... and please consider donating for a chance at winning this art from the heart!

Faces

 A few months ago a round robin altered book collaborative ended after 1 1/2 years of books traveling from New England to Alaska (and states in between) and then on to places far and wide in Australia.I am now able to finally post some of the work I did in various books. These 8x8 pages were for Karen, whose theme was "Faces"...

 

More pages to come..... 

I know I promised, but...

some out you out there have actually requested some update pics of the little princess, Miss Sophie...and of course I am more than happy to accomodate!

So ~ those of you out there with no tolerance for the cuteness factor :

Step. Away. From. Your. Computer.

 

Let's go for a walk!

 

No - this way!

 

Who, me?? He said he wanted to go!

 

Say cheese!

Oh, that face.

 

 

Thanks is Never Enough

 

A view of Omaha Beach from a German bunker

For your courage,

For your sacrifice,

Thanks is never enough.

Banner Art

 

ART banner pieces for exchange

8x8 paper collage

5.24.09

Magpie Arts

Many months ago I gathered together a small group of artist friends with the intent of creating a long-term collaborative project ~ and Magpie Arts was born.

 Over the course of one year we worked on a themed deck of large cards, weekly producing wonderful and unique mini art canvases. We each then designed our own creative containers to house the finished 52 cards.

Fast forward to this month, when we have the great fortune to have our finished projects included in LK  Ludwig's newest book, Collaborative Art Journals and Shared Visions in Mixed Media.

  Artwork: far left - Marci Hudziak; left - Kris Henderson; right top - Christine Shebroe; right bottom - Deb Lewis (me!)

This beautifully published book houses a collection of diverse collaborative projects and provides inspiration and insight into talented artists like LK, Elizabeth Bunsen and Katie Kendrick.

I hope you will search it out on Amazon or Barnes and Noble... you will not be disappointed!

Below are a few diffferent views of my project - 52 artist cards contained in a handmade book:

 Thanks for looking!