Remember all those odd collages I’ve been posting? They’re now part of an eye-candy book, One More Once Upon a Time, published on Amazon.

People wonder what happens to artists when they stop doing their art. The truth is that they don’t really. Sometimes your life is your art. Sometimes your art is the whole of your life. Except that that becomes exhausting. There’s a day when you’ve said what you needed to say and you’re done. You sweep up the mess if you have any strength left, and you recline in a chair until moving is possible.

I’ve walked away from doing fiber art for a while. But I got involved with these odd and wonderful collage images, sort of as a do it myself coloring book gone mad. It started as coloring in images from the 1800-1900 children’s book illustrations. But since I was working with Photoshop, it became a descent into layers of background and brush strokes. It was Pat Baxter who suggested that each one needed a caption to connect them to a whole different story than they originally were meant

to illustrate.

 

Here’s my explanation from the book:

So I invite you into exploring this new media for me, a form of collage and coloration. One More Once Upon a Time is available now on Amazon.

If you would like a signed copy, it’s also available at my Etsy store. It will take a couple of days to get my order in from the printer, but I can send you your book signed with a bookmark. Follow the link.

Finally, if you like this book, please let people know. There’s nothing nicer you can do for an author than to write a review. Amazon has an easy place you can do that.

This is not a book about breathless deathless art. But it is a book where I had an immense amount of fun making eye candy. Come join me in a One More Once Upon A Time!