Live Free or Die

Collage:  Sharpie pen drawing of

yellow plastic Indian from a Western

 fort play set (play set about 25 yrs. old)

vintage illustrations from 

Child's Book of Knowledge, 

computer generated numbers, 

scrapbook paper, hand-drawn border.

"Live free or die" ~ phrase seen

on a roadside billboard.

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Anything You Want

Collage: vintage book illustrations, 

computer generated arrows and

 registration mark, scrapbook papers,

red illustration on vellum from 

dollar store book.

The best resources are garage sales

and second-hand stores. Auctions

can be hit or miss...but a bargain

can be found if you don't have

much competition.

Always looking for a good price

and an unusual image.

Adding my own drawings to

vintage ads...

from a vacation brochure, circa 1956.

Look for possibilities.

Ice Cream and Celery Post

"Eat ice cream daily

for happiness."

Sharpie pen drawing of a

restaurant kid's meal toy:

circa 1990?

Collage from scrapbook and

origami papers. 

Pen drawing on 'Day Timer'

calendar/organizer page.

Collage from vintage magazine.

Advertisement from

Life magazine, 1956.

Sharpie pen drawing on 

calendar/organizer page, of a 

restaurant dinosaur toy, circa 1990's?

 Scrapbook papers and vintage ad

 illustrations, along with text from the

 same ads. Post cereal on one side,

 and Campbell's celery soup on the

other side. Watercolor washes

also on pen drawing.

I don't think this particular

dinosaur eats celery...

Who could resist a great photo

of celery? 

They don't make 'em

like that any more.

Considered Truths~

Fake Journal 2015

I Am The Walrus

Collage: vintage book text-French? Latin? geometry diagram,
scrapbook papers, vintage book illustration, pen drawing,
colored pencil, stamped circle

Collage: scrapbook papers & ephemera, book
photo, vintage game card, found newsprint words.

You never know what you might

find...but you've certainly got 

to have your eyes open and

view things with a 

fresh perspective.

Special Surfaces

Collage: bingo card, geometry text, hand made paper scrap,
vintage text and arrow, collage ephemera (vintage post card
reproduction) scraps of vellum with red ink.  Collage on recycled
book page.

barbed wire might indeed

require stitches...

Baby Chicks Buddha

Collage: pen & ink drawing, custom stamp, scrapbook paper, vintage
game piece, ledger paper. Five inches high by
Four and three fourths inches wide.

ask for baby chicks ~

do you remember

Burma Shave signs?

Collage on deconstructed book: Deisel-World Wide Wear.
Pages: 8 1/4 inches high by 8 inches wide. Collage: scrapbook
papers, magazine illustrations, collage ephemera, game card,
ticket, book text.

You never know what 

people will take home

with them...

Have you noticed random 

phrases on signs and in songs?

They make quirky additions 

to a collage.

Fake Journal 2015

"NO JUMPING"

5 inches high x 4 3/4 inches wide, 

on a page 8 1/4 inches high 

x 8 inches wide.

Collage from assorted papers:

scrapbook paper, magazine

clipping, geometry diagram,

vintage game card, collage

ephemera (hands) and vintage

music library card-catalog entry.

rendezvous with junk

Note about my character:  I am human. 

After all, if I were an inanimate 

object, or an animal, I wouldn't 

be able to hold a pen to draw,

 scissors for cutting,

 or be able glue stuff down. 

 This fake journal is about

 pretending to be another person~

what mediums I would use in 

that alternate reality,

a different style of working,

 different subjects that the

 character would be interested in.

 (rather than what I am interested in)

  It's a little hard to explain, 

and I think perhaps a bit

 impossible to completely 

remove all of my personal biases!

 I don't intend to go into a

 complicated fictional story.

 This is about the art.

And about having fun making it

in a limited time frame.

~Considered Truths~

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How Old Is It?

Toy truck ~ 30 years old...

not antique yet.

Original drawing in pen with

watercolor.  Diagram from

Analytic Geometry, 1956.

Pointing finger printed on

tissue paper from vintage stamp,

plus scrapbook papers.

Keep Louisville weird...

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Smile Big

Fake Journal 2015:

assorted papers, magazine

 clipping of  vintage photo, 

pen and watercolor drawing.

When you use watercolor on 

cheap yellow-lined paper,

it crinkles up and warps.

But I still like those lines...

Life is short.

Why live only one?

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Let's Play Poker

Deconstructed dollar store book~

collage: 5 in. high by 4 3/4 in. wide,

assorted papers, vintage illustration,

and candy drawing.

During International Fake Journal

Month (April 2015) I will be journaling

as a different character.  Who it is

will be revealed at the end of the

month.  Come along for the 

experiment, and see if you can

discover things about my alter ego,

and perhaps what I do for a living.

CONSIDERED

TRUTHS