Hooray!

My mixed media painting "Cycles" won first place in the mixed media category at the Bourbon County Arts Council's 19th Annual Fine Arts Exhibit.

Stratified. © Liz Darling 2011. 

Deer Skull Still Life. Watercolor on Bristol. © Liz Darling  2010.

Ever since beginning my student teaching, I haven’t had much time for my own work. This still life is the result of sneaking away from motherhood, housework and lesson plans to paint with friends for an hour a week. It's totally on a different wavelength compared to what I've been doing, but working from life is always a good exercise.
Hopefully the end of the semester will bring more time for making artwork.

Obliterate. © Liz Darling 2010. 

"Driving is a spectacular form of amnesia. Everything is to be discovered, everything to be obliterated."
Jean Baudrillard

Very Hungry Caterpillar. © Liz Darling 2010. 

Merry-Go-Round. © Liz Darling 2010. 

Happy Music. © Liz Darling 2010. 

Hitchhiker. © Liz Darling 2010. 

Coming Home. © Liz Darling  2010. 

Kids. © Liz Darling  2010. 

© Liz Darling  2010. 

My favorite

I found this glorious book in Axe Library - "Encyclopedia of Graffiti". It was calling to me when I was trying to study, so I had to take a break and explore it for awhile.

This is probably my favorite thing of all time... ever...

Front Porch. © Liz Darling 2010. 

Garage. © Liz Darling 2010. 

These were taken in downtown Kansas City. There is some phenomenal street art in the area.