I’ve been wanting to try altering a book, so I bought a nice, hard-back book from one of those one-dollar stores for… well, a dollar. It’s in great physical shape and it states inside that it is made from acid-free paper. To keep the book from fanning out too much, I needed to tear out some of the pages, especially since the book has well over 300 pages.

As I was getting ready to tear, I felt extreme hesitance and reluctance to tear those pages. My stern elementary teachers came to mind. So, I had to just make myself tear that book up. So, as I was tearing, I said, “See that, Mrs. Jackson? Take that, Miss Dowell.” (Mrs. Jackson and Miss Dowell were actually sisters.) Once in the second grade, I was reprimanded–and rightly so–by Mrs. Tarbox for mistreating a page in the state-owned textbook. So last night, I said, “See that, Mrs. Tarbox?” and mistreated the page before tearing it out.

Now that I’ve torn up the book, I am free to make it into a marvelous art form. When I finish, I’ll post it here. But–for now, I’ll put up another piece of art so that readers may have something to actually see. A copy of this painting of beautiful orange flowers is available at
Lenora.Imagekind.com.

This is a mixed media piece, with a whole whole lot of media involved. I used acrylic paint, sand, paint chips, watercolor, pen and ink, and …oh yeah, tissue. I’m not sure which artist influenced me on this piece. Perhaps it was Salvador Dali. There are shadowy figures in the background, but enough about that. I need to let you see for yourself. Get a copy of this piece at Lenora.ImageKind.com

This is an oil painting I did about 3 years ago. It’s available as a reproduction (which some call a print) at Lenora.Imagekind.com.

This scene is imaginary, but I was thinking of medieval times when I painted it. So I call it Balcony over Medieval Landscape. The original is an oil painting on stretched canvas, 14×11 inches. Many people see it and immediately think I was sitting on that imaginary balcony, somewhere in Europe.

Hope you enjoy looking! Have a great weekend!