Carol Wiebe

Stitched and Painted Collage has seen many changes. One thing about painting–once you cover up a layer, it is gone. What you see on the surface is what you get. There is a finality about it that brooks no sentimental hankering for what you left behind. Stitched and Painted Collage 2 At the next stage, a name for the painting emerged and that rectangular patch behind the flower became my focal point. It developed from an outlined area into a full fledged door. Finding the Door

It’s interesting that after posting Finding the Door to My Secret Garden yesterday, I took this picture today in a garden at my workplace. Pink Flowers Such a photo can be used to form a lovely floral design. Floral Design I also took this photo of some cracks in the asphalt that formed such a pleasing pattern.  If I wanted to get silly, I could play the cloud game in the asphalt, and say “Can you see the fish?” Except it’s not so silly, because I really DO see a fish. (I did

On May 5th, I showed you this painting: Quite a few layers have followed, and this is the latest result: Finding a Door to My Secret Garden Viewing it on the screen like this, I can see I’m not done yet. #painting #door #CWWOL20110518 #garden #secretgarden #FindingaDoortomySecretGarden #stitch