Here’s a collage of my 30 Paintings in 30 Days Challenge, complete. (I left out a few cats!) It’s easier to see the stronger compositions when in this format. I think my favorite might be the Red Roof, Purple Sky. or maybe Red Shed, Orange Door, Yellow Sky. or Purple Thought. Or maybe Barn Shadows. […]
Finally, we’ve arrived at Day 30. Tweetie and Old Lace is another piece that started out as a screen print, then got embellished. Tweetie went with me on vacation, and received a lot of stitching and attention during the long hours in the car. This is one of the small “gems” that I’ll frame and
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The smallest of our red maple trees, with the final leaves clinging to its branches caught my eye in late autumn. The background is pieced sections of a hand painted cloth panel from Malaysia, bought at Ladyfingers Sewing Studio in Oley, PA (a treasure trove of fine fabrics.) I had actually made most of this
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Red Barn and Spring House is a spot I know well, as it’s right next door on my sister and brother in law’s property. They don’t use the old spring house anymore, but I like to think about how it used to keep milk and cheese cool in the warm summer months. It’s pretty muddy
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Day 26 takes us back to the Jazz theme. I woke up one morning with the composition of trio in my mind. Complementary colors Blue and orange/gold , with vertical background pieces, and horizontal blue pieces on top. Even the black couched thread on top was clear in my mind. Three jazzy musicians having a
I made this scene once before, but I felt that it needed a large quilt, so I did it again. My husband has been working on the lower meadow on our property for years, clearing out the invasive Autumn Olive, Tree of Heaven and Multiflora Rose which were choking out the native plants. Now goldenrod,
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Tweetie is another product of my screen printing class which I am taking at GoggleWorks Center for the Arts in Reading, PA. Purple Tweetie is printed on a book page, and augmented by gel printed fabrics, which are also embroidered. There is a lot going on in this small piece. Martha Ressler Purple Tweetie with
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I decided to work a little larger than usual for this piece. It is a scene in the Kempton Valley that I’ve done before, from a different angle. Either way, I love the place, near where my cousin lives. I tried a different edging on this one. I do want some feedback on that. Does
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I spied this small old barn in an alley in Kutztown, PA. It made me think about the close ties between farm and town in my neck of the woods. And how those ties were even closer whenever this barn was built. I use vintage feed sacks for the barn. The shadow on the right
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The last of my screen printed cats. I’m almost sorry to see them go. This one was printed ona book page. Since I don’t necessarily want the viewer to become engrossed in trying to read the text, I turned the page upside down. (For one thing, it gets a little steamy!) We are at day
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