Less is more . . .

 

What the heck was I thinking? For some reason I felt I needed to set up a separate blog just for my artwork. Which meant maintaining two blogs. Confusion set in. I wasn't sure what to put where. So to simplify my life, I'm discontinuing this blog.

My life and what I create are so entwined that one blog should be enough.

So please feel free to visit me at:

https://carolleigh.blogspot.com/

Ahhhh . . . this feels much better!

Well, this is pretty cool!

I didn't realize how good this photo looks when it's on a tote bag from Fine Art America / Pixels. At least, not until a customer purchased it today. I'm going to have to order one for myself -- it looks like an actual basket tote, rather than a photo plonked onto canvas -- at least it does from this picture. Thank you to the customer who opened my eyes this morning.

 

Year of the Rooster

 

I was just playing around with papers, wondering what I could do with this colorful Lunar New Year stamp from 2017. The colors really caught my eye, so I used black, red, and gold to enhance and complement the stamp. My original version was tall and narrow; I also have it in a square format, where the stamp is more prominent. Gotta say, I like them both!

Both formats are available at Fine Art America / Pixels. To see a high-resolution version, here's a link to the square picture:

Year of the Rooster

©2020 Carol Leigh

Recent work: "Old Envelopes"

 

Old collages and new colors come together in this mixed media piece. I particularly like the bright blue colors combined with a slash of red-orange at the bottom.

To see a high-resolution version of this piece, here's a link to it on Fine Art America/Pixels:

https://carol-leigh.pixels.com/featured/old-envelopes-carol-leigh.html

Thanks for taking a look at my work.

©Copyright 2020 Carol Leigh

Recent work: "Time Shift"

This image began as a physical collage, to which I added hand-painted papers, postage stamps from my collection, a photograph of pilings sticking out of the water, a sketch of Mt. Fuji, and more.

I really like the big, bold red element, as well as the tiny little image of Mt. Fuji bottom right.

To see a high-resolution version of each of these pictures at Fine Art America / Pixels, here's a link for you:

https://carol-leigh.pixels.com/featured/time-shift-carol-leigh.html

Copyright ©2020 Carol Leigh

Recent work: "Lighthearted Heart"

This is a handmade card I created for my husband Chris. I liked it a lot (as did he) and so I then scanned it and posted it to my collection of images at Fine Art America / Pixels. If you'd like to see the picture at high-resolution, here's the link:

https://carol-leigh.pixels.com/featured/lighthearted-heart-carol-leigh.html 

Copyright ©2020 Carol Leigh

Recent work: "Harbor Departures"

When I created this image, I quickly realized it would work equally well as a full-frame horizontal and as a square, so I uploaded both versions. Each has a different feel to it, which I like.

Here's how I described them:

The more I worked on this piece, the more I began thinking of Japan and ships coming and going. I made it using my own calligraphy, my own marks, stained papers, and circles.

To see these photos as high-resolution images, here's the link to one of them on Fine Art America/Pixels:

https://carol-leigh.pixels.com/featured/harbor-departures-number-one-carol-leigh.html

Copyright ©2020 Carol Leigh