Paint Party Friday

Hi Everybody!

This week has flown by, or perhaps been blown away by

the stormy winds we have had these past 2 days.

I hope it soon calms down and turns towards spring.

Today when I was waiting for the bus, I was surrounded by 

strange beings - a cow and a bear, 2 very sexy nuns,

some milk maids, a devil, Pippi Longstockings 

and 2 Japanese schoolgirls  in cake-frill short skirts.

And when the bus came along it was filled with more

strange folk. No, I haven't lost my last remnant of sanity -

today is the first day of the carnival here in Rhineland,

and strangely costumed people are in the majority. They

were on their way into Düsseldorf to join in the fun and parades,

and some were already very drunk   rather 'merry' although

it was still early in the morning.

Today I am sharing a 12"tag, made from partly peeled corrugated

card and collaged and painted in several layers, with some added 

stamping on the top layer. I used some swallows from a stamp set 

sent to me by Sabine, and some washi tapes from Gill - 

thanks ladies:

I added some moulding paste and art stones to make the centres

of the flowers, adding Stickles to give them some glitter:

I am linking to Tag Tuesday, spring flowers, Paint Party Friday, Stamps and stencils (paint, crackle and texture) and More mixed media, anything goes.

And I have one last piece for Linda's lovely challenge of 

'50 shades of red' at

Art Journal Journey

Here are the last photos taken at the museum, I love to walk through the rooms and view my fave paintings and installations:

This is a piece made by Marcel Broodthaers out of mussel shells:

 I can never resist viewing Max Ernst, René Magritte, Joan Miró,

Pablo Picasso, George Grosz, Carlo Carra, Kurt Schwitters,

Paul Klee, Franz Marc and Amedeo Modigliani. It's a strange 

feeling, humbling and inspiring at the same time,  to stand 

in a room surrounded by these

great Artists, 

Have a great day you all,  take care,

and thanks a lot for coming by!

Exceeding the limits....

Hi Everybody!

For Art Journal Journey, Linda's lovely theme of

50 shades of red I have a hybrid piece:

And I made a journal page with many layers, one over the other, using stamping, stenciling and collage.

And I have some more pictures from the

Otto Dix Exhibition, 'The evil eye'

His self-portrait:

Heinrich George, an actor:

Some pictures influenced by war:

And the lady on the leopard skin:

The view from the Museum's Cafe into the museum:

And the view from the window:

My wonderful coffee:

Outside the museum:

Have a great day you all, take care,
and thanks a lot for coming by!

Getting beady

Hi Everybody!

Hope you had a good day. I went to the museum again, as it

was a wet and windy day, and I wanted to see

the Otto Dix exhibition again - and

it is well worth looking at!

In the past few days I have been making beads from

paper and cloth, so I have some decorations

to hang onto journals and /or tags. I mostly used ribbon, rolled over a knitting needle and fixed with wire. Then I dipped the beads into various Frantage EPs and embossed them. The heat melded the layers of ribbon

together and gave a lovely effect. They are between 2 and 3 1/2". I added beads and bits and bobs of old costume jewelry:

This was a fun project. I am linking to altered eclectics, anything goes and allsorts challenge, anything goes.

The Otto Dix exhibition is called 'Der Böse Blick' - 

The Evil Eye.

Otto Dix was one of the artists befriended by Mother Ey. His style is 

known as the 'new Objectivity'.

Here are a few of his paintings:

Max John:

Otto Dix and Kurt Günther:

Dr Paul Ferdinand Schmitt:

Martha Dix

Nelly, his daughter:

Mother Ey:

Adolf Uzarski:

Mieze:

Anita Berber:

And the little street named after Mother Ey is

just a few yards from the K20 museum:

I will show the rest another day!

Have a great day, take care,

and thanks a  lot for coming by!