Eclectic

new work...scarabs making concentric rings, dropped in a sea of beads....start of a series of little mystical, spiritual treasure boxes...

shown here with a peek of the Loteria piece...both finished.

I tend to combine different ritualistic, spiritual, folkart images and concepts in my work.  When I was working on my Virgen series my sweet Mr R said jokingly, 'you can't just make up virgins'....well, yes I can.

So was thinking I like Alt-Ethnic to describe my work in loo of mixed media....

thoughts?

Comments

[Leau]

fits both your art and you! love the new work..

[Art Tea Life]

thoughts ? YES

love that "label"

I love that you can make up virgins

and that you can march scarabs across wood with beads rippling out

and it becomes a little altar

So much fun in your pieces

while flashing in on a deeper level

for the eyes that LOOK and the heart that Sees.

BEAUTIFUL

love that Alt-Eth

I laughed

Reminded of Mr. Adelstein - Anc. Civ professor

"Thought ? Comments ? Feelings ? Reactions ?"

ps. Please keep going , make MORE of your Alt Ethnic
xo-S.

[Robinglasspony.wordpress.com]

Stephanie, These are wonderful, I love them. I love the circles of beads around the scarabs and the icon feeling to them. It's so hard to put a name on the whole process but this is beyond mixed-media. Alt-Eth is not enough either in my opinion.
robin g

[linda@LimeintheCoconut]

That's what attracts me most to your work...the alt eth of it all!

[lyle baxter]

love them bugs! and I want to see an aerial photo of the lotteria cards so I can see it all at once! how big is that ? looks wonderful lyle

[Julie]

I don't know much about anything (at least I am honest, right?) but I DO know those beaded rings are mesmerizing...really great! Love the assemblage.

xo

[Diana]

I REALLY like this. This is something I would hang on my walls even though it doesnt match the other art I own. But I wouldnt care, because I just like to hang up stuff that appeals to me regardless of whether it all matches or not.

[Robin]

Alt-Ethnic is perfect. You are creating your own spiritual tradition. Love the spiritual treasure box!

[Michelle Legler]

yep i agree and I am totally digging those bugs. I have been feeling the need to do some mosaic bugs....small and big :-)
LOVE YOUR ART!!!!
xoxo!

Michelle

[The Adventurous Art Teacher]

I told you that loteria had something to say...
Wow I'm loving it! Your on to something exciting:)

[JeriAnn]

I like the term Alt-Ethnic but the feeling I get when I gaze upon your wonderful, playful, color-drenched work is ethnic merging, the coming together of influences that draw from the deepest spiritual source that feeds all traditions.

That's what your work says to me, Steph. It whispers, "we're only different on the surface."

[Vicki in Michigan]

Love the scarabs!!!

Just saw this -- tin, colors, flowers -- made me think of you....

http://ladybugcircus.typepad.com/blog/2010/03/it-is-later-than-you-think-trust-me.html

[Chris]

Okay, that box with the beaded carpet and the little curtainy top, and, well, I don't know how to describe it except that it's yummy. Alt-Ethnic is appropriate. It also lends a sense of mystery.

[AscenderRisesAbove]

very nice. sometimes i have a hard time using things that i buy to create with. You never have a problem with that kind of thing.
I saw the terms "infused ethnic" while out an about

[leslie M.]

Alt-Ethnic works wonderfully to describe your work. I love your scarab beetles in the beaded pond and the box. So beautiful!

xo