Artist at Play

Dec 6, 2021

Trish Harding School of Art Class Assignment

Map 1: My Living Room - Cory and Me

Map 2: My Neighborhood from above - Me and Shelly

Map 3: My City from above - Bellingham

Map 4: My County with history - Whatcom County

Map 5: My State & what's special there - Washington

Map 6: My Country and my history there - USA

Map 7: The World and postcards

Map 8: The Solar System and Greek Gods

Map 9: The Universe as I see it

Divergent Map Making

Drawings on hand made paper - Each page 12.5 by 16 inches

Ink on paper, color via Posca pens and watercolor

Summer 2021

Not for sale

I made this accordion book while taking an online class from Liz Ackerly called "Making Your Mark." This was the final assignment. Taking this class changed my work. The journal was prepared with mixed media. Then I took a walk from Scudder Pond along the trails I usually follow down to the large waterfall in Whatcom Falls Park making marks in the journal as I went along. The first four pages are along Scudder Pond. The next six pages are along the trail as I walked down. The next two are on the bridge at Derby Pond looking down the creek. The last four are the 1940 bridge and the large falls. When I got home I used gesso to calm down and simplify the final journal and made a few changes to the pages. This is the book in its final form.