Monday, 1 September 2008

NATURE ....



The new theme over at Mixed Media Monday is up, this is my favourite day of the week lol.
I have been working on this 6x6 canvas over the weekend, and this is my interpretation of the the theme "Nature".

Bird & Egg Image - Retro Cafe Art
Tim Holtz Grungeboard (Butterfly wings)
Acrylic Paints - Brown Earth, Green Oxide, Burnished Copper
Fantasy Film
Gesso
Quote Stamp - Simple Expressions

33 comments:

Beth said...

Your work is beautiful. I love the butterfly wings, and the colors are magnificent.

Willy said...

Great canvas!

Anonymous said...

Oh, Gillian, this is gorgeous! Diane

Anonymous said...

Gorgeous Gillian! Love the butterfly and your background is fab.

Sandy said...

Oh Gillian I´ve missed my words.
This is stunning. Brilliant work.

Anonymous said...

Its beautiful, love the background and colours.

Powerful Search Engine said...

Wow I think this is great, I love the colours, textures,everything. Pascalex

RedLan said...

this is so unique! i love the butterfly!

Anonymous said...

what a wonderful collage!!

My Creative House said...

WOW Gillian, this is wondeful, love the colour and everything about it.

Kaz said...

gorgeous burdy and nature piece Gillian, love the grunge butterfly and the button, great touches.
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ROFL (was that enough kisses? hehe)

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Zuzu's Blog said...

OOO nice!!! great texture.. lovely natural nature mossy wood colour.. and love teh hints of rust or copper.. really lovely work!.. (ok I used the words lovely and nice and I dont know where you stand with those lol)

Karen Salva said...

Oh how fun and the greens are a gorgeous backdrop for nature. The butterfly is stunning!

Anonymous said...

Fabulous!

Anonymous said...

Gillian, this is simply gorgeous!!!

Unknown said...

gorgeous-I want to touch it!

Lisa said...

Fantastic! I want to touch it!!

Karen Owen said...

Your canvas reminds me of a walk in the woods. It's lovely! The textures and colors are fabulous.

Heather Robinson said...

This is so beautiful, Gillian. It has marvelous texture and beautiful depth and so wonderfully captures the "feel" of nature in all of its glory.

Retro Cafe' Art Gallery said...

Really adorable Gillian! That is my fav. birdie and you made him look so good!
xoxo,
Kristin

DMG said...

The color and textures are amazing.

deb said...

Fab work Gillian, I love the background texture.

Audrey said...

once again fab texture and I love the rich tones of copper.

WendyK said...

Fabulous piece of work, love all the colours and textures

Rosie said...

What a beautiful, vibrant, textured piece of art!

Mary-Beth said...

Absolutely gorgeous Gillian!!! All your details are wonderful and I too love the butterfly!!

Pearl Maple said...

Your creation is lovely, all those colours and textures make it all the more earthy.

Emma said...

Gorgeous Canvas Gillian.. love the background and the colours you've used on this piece.. fab!

Anonymous said...

Utterly Divine - perfect

Nan said...

I think this beautiful piece captures the nature theme perfectly!

Kris Dickinson said...

Absolutely fantastic! WOW!

SweetAnnee said...

Absolutely lovely..I love birds and nature..
and your work!!!
deena

TonyaA said...

Wow! Gorgeous!