Happy New Year 2017- Oh how I wander

It is a new year and looking back at what  my art studio looked like when I moved into it last June and what it looks like today, you can get some idea of how I work. My studio is in my back yard and it is my sanctuary! Some may think it is unorganized (like my son) but to me it is Vicki organized.  At least most of the time I can find what I need.  Sometimes it is like a treasure hunt.
One area is being used as my fabric collage place, which was my paper printing area before I became obsessed with gluing pieces of fabric down. To the left is my painting and mixed media area where I am currently working on some pieces for a show with the theme, "Family, Friends, and Pets"  It is a theme that I am not entirely comfortable with, but it has sparked a mixed media series for me in the family area. At first I thought, "Oh no I don't have any pieces to enter for this show." Then I realized I had one piece I had started a long time ago.  Over the weekend I worked on it and think it is ready to go.

Of course there is my "By the Sea Series" paintings  that are calling my name to work on.


Then to the right and back of studio is my stitching and fiber art area. There I have about 10 pieces I am working on: Flight, By the Sea Fiber, and Tide pools series.

I recently signed up for an online Encaustics class and need to find space near a window for ventilation,  A little nervous I might burn this whole place down.

So for the year 2017 I plan on blogging to help me complete some of my projects.  Because now that I have written about all of the pieces to complete I realize I better get back to creating before school starts and I am back to teaching.
Happy Creating to Everyone!

Stitching

I've been painting and stitching.  Usually I will paint first.  Around 11pm is my painting time then later I will stitch.  I like painting because it is fast for me.  I can lay and manipulate colors quickly. I go into another space where I mostly feel but not think. Now that I am thinking about it... I do my thinking about painting during the day.  Then at night, with paint brush in my hand, I let it go.

With stitching the process is slow, I can make color and shape with thread and fabric.  The slowness gives me time to think.  This piece has been in the making for a year.  I just checked my blog and see I posted the beginning of stitching the center piece a year ago January. Another note to self ...blog more often as it is a record of my work.

So this piece kept growing and keeps getting stitches.  I added the green background but when I look at it cropped I am thinking of losing the green.  What do you think?