I had so much fun creating this painting. She truly transformed into SPRING AND THE BOOK DRESS.
I just adore Roald Dahl books and "JAMES AND THE GIANT PEACH" has got to be one of my favorites. I keep an extra copy around just for this sort of thing. For this piece, I cut half-circles from pages of the book and painted each one individually with watercolors then layered them to create her BOOK DRESS. Then I added an alchemy of materials from my studio...pastels, acrylics, ink and modern and vintage papers. On top, I applied a decoupage finish to protect the collage from the elements.
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Hi Juliette~
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I absolutely adore the BOOK DRESS...I love how you "weaved" the words into her dress, just like all the words that swirl around us that interweave into our own lives.
xo
Gwynnie
I love those flowers! The whole thing is wonderful but the little flowers add such pop! Excellent!
ReplyDeleteI love it! That is so beautiful!
ReplyDeletexoxo~Meg
this is so darling Juliette! the dress is brilliant!
ReplyDeleteHow pretty! I know many little girls who would love this for their room {well some "big" girls too}.
ReplyDeleteVery cute dress!! What a great idea, lovely piece!
ReplyDeleteLuscious !
ReplyDeleteI got to check out your exhibit at the Sequoia library the other day. Wow...even better live. My favorite was the girl watering her seeds. That bright blue/green background is the same color we painted our 3 season porch floor. Love it !
This is such a sweet and whimsical piece.You have a distinctive style that is very welcoming.
ReplyDeleteThis is awesome! All your pieces are awesome. Love how you mix actual pieces from the book in here. You are brilliant!
ReplyDeletei am crazy about her dress & crazy about HER!!! just gorgeous!
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