Custom Cake Collages Available!

Custom Cake Collages now available!  A great way to celebrate a birthday, wedding, or any special occasion.  I use my unique 3-d cake technique along with painting and collage to create a special keepsake.  Personal photos, images, memorabilia, etc can be incorporated into this one of a kind gift! Contact me at jackietury@gmail.com for more information.  Here is a sample of the cake I created for my grandmother's 95th birthday.  Happy Birthday G.G. !

Featured artist on Making Waves!

I have the honor and pleasure of being this week's Featured Artist on Joan Carver's blog "Making Waves!"  Joan is an award winning artist, author, and blogger living in Florida.  Please check out her blog and her website.  Thank you Joan--you are awesome!

http://makingwavesbeachdesigns.blogspot.com
http://joancarver.com

Happy Valentine's Day!

Some recent "art from the heart"!  I recycled some of my abstract paintings and turned them into mixed media collages.  I am back on track with my "artful journey" and trying to "follow my heart" and "be true" to my art and to myself.

Dot & Dash Art Show!

The Dot and Dash Show opened last week at Del Ray Artisans in Alexandria!  The show runs from February 1-24.  The highlight for me is having my daughter Zoe participate in the show!   Way to go Zoe!  Zoe's piece is titled "dots and dashes" after the show title.  My piece is a mixed media collage titled "be true."  I also donated a piece called "true love" to the silent auction.  I am so touched that a young, ten year old artist bought a mini heart collage of mine at the show as a Valentine surprise for her mom!  Be sure to check out the silent auction and the children's workshop this weekend!

Hopes and Dreams take Flight!

I finally mailed my artwork to Cloth Paper Scissors magazine.   I stressed myself out wondering and worrying…should I decorate the box? what if it gets lost in the mail? what if it doesn't get there in time? what if they don't like it? Finally, I just packaged it up with love and care and said a little prayer. It was then that I realized, I wasn't simply holding a piece of cardboard.  This small box had become more to me.  This little box was not just holding my artwork, it was carrying my hopes and dreams.  I decided to give my box wings, set it free and let my hopes and dreams take flight!

Thank you Kelly Rae, Autumn Rose and fellow flyers for helping me find my wings.  Wish me luck!

More Good News...check out the 2013 CREATE-NJ website!

I was just browsing online for info on the different mixed media art retreats I hope to attend this year.  When I got to the 2013 CREATE-NJ website, I was shocked and pleasantly surprised that it featured a photo of me and my artwork from last year's retreat! Thanks CREATE!  Here is the link:

2013 CREATE mixed media retreat NJ

YAY--I'm a finalist!!!

Just got the news today that I was selected as a finalist in the Cloth Paper Scissors "make mine mini" challenge!  I am soooo excited! Cloth Paper Scissors is my favorite magazine and I feel like I won the lottery!  Thank you to everyone who "viewed/liked" my pieces!  The next step is to send in the original and hope it's one of the pieces chosen for publication!  Keep your fingers crossed!  It would definitely be another dream come true!  The piece of mine that was selected is "be a star."  This was my personal favorite of the group I submitted.  The first layer of this mixed media piece is full of messages that have special meaning to me including a page torn from the Cloth Paper Scissors magazine and a newspaper headline that says "don't defer the dream."  Thanks to Cloth Paper Scissors and congrats to all the other finalists!

http://www.clothpaperscissors.com/blogs/reader-challenge/archive/2013/01/17/make-mine-mini-challenge-finalists.aspx

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