Showing posts with label postcard. Show all posts
Showing posts with label postcard. Show all posts

Tuesday, August 11, 2009

Scary Lady...


Sometimes art is for art's sake only, and it can't be made to please everybody. I picked up this postcard in a wacky, eclectic, antiques type place somewhere near the Welsh border between England and Wales, Hay on Wye actually that's the name--They had this mannequin in their shop and also made a series of postcards and who knows what else with her likeness. All I did was doll her up a bit using flowers cut out from the Papersource catalogue ("do something creative...") some washers, a bolt, and a lovely rhinestone teardrop right in between her deranged eyes. I love this piece, and have enjoyed doctoring up existing postcard images ever since. I actually sent out 6 or so in a postcard exchange that was organized by another Sarah, however the cards I received in return, if I got one at all, were truly disappointing! So that's when I decided to start sending out the watercolors to whoever "raised their hand" or to whoever I felt I needed to reach out and touch. Snail mail has just gone by the wayside, and I have to say I am still in the denial stage, I'm just not ready to say goodbye.