Carol Wiebe

. Sometimes an image that is not pleasing (and you’ve spent hours on the damn thing) will surprise you and combine with another image...

This design came from the painting Knock Four Times. Suspended I have done some stitching on a version of it, which I’ll scan tomorrow,...

I’ve been thinking about the differences between collage and painting. When I use paint, and only paint, there is great excitement...

I am still working steadily on the painting in a shadowbox, the quilt for the Grand National and a couple pages in one of my art journals...

A deadline can rattle you, or spur you on. Actually, it probably does both~ back and forth, over and over. So, as I keep adding layers of...

Leftover paint (from collage and green paint change everything) and old magazine pages are a formula for freedom. Gotta love that...

I’ve added collage, and green paint, to yesterday’s painting. It looks quite different. Painting in progress I will tackle the inner...

I think my hot pink phase has passed with this last one, but I can’t be sure. Getting There

The painting has really grabbed hold of me. I love that cycle: paint, scan, print and stitch, go back and paint some more on the original...

I mentioned yesterday that I was trying out a felt glue. As it turns out, I probably won’t need it. Shirley commented that I could try...

Stitched Paper . .. . . . . . . . Usually, I stitch on paper alone.This piece is a typical example. For these two journal pages, I put...

If you get out your magnifying glass, you might be able to see that I’ve added a lot more stitch to Journal page 2. Journal page 2.1 It’s...

Just in case you were not yet fully convinced that I am obsessed with stitching paper, here is another piece that I am working on...

A crow suddenly flew onto my page. Crows frequently do that around me. You can see a bit of the Inside Front Cover (version 4) page to...

Today I was at work from 8am until 6pm. That is not unusual. I did manage to make a leftover paint painting. Whenever there’s leftover...

This is how I’m going to leave the inside of the front cover, for now. I toned it down quite a bit so it didn’t overpower the facing...

I’ve added the spirit house to the inside front cover, and added more paint. Inside front cover (version 2) At this point I almost wish I...