The Nursery by Suzy Pal Powell

I have worked several days on this collage. I have an oriole nest to work from. They are unbelievable!
The way they find strings, twine and other stuff to go into the baby's home!
I have one that has 3-4 different colors of stuff in it. I just love to study them.

12x24 Stretched Canvas

Magazine pages and some acrylic paint

Wild Thing Linda Rupard

Small postcard size mixed media.  Name matches the way I feel when I am creating these small paintings

Zentangle Rainbows Linda Rupard

This is a Zentangle  watercolor & collage on Arches paper.

"Honey, Does This Dress Make My Butt Look Big?" by Leada Wood



by Leada Wood©
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This is a mixed media watercolor on an altered background using hand painted papers and is 15X22. She was a fun girl to paint! I added a little bling around her headband to give her a little more attitude.

Joy! by Leada Wood

"Joy!" by Leada Wood ©
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Being creative fills me with JOY! I try to let this joy overflow into all areas of my life...to share it with others. I hope you have joy in your life...and are sharing it.
This is a mixed media painting, only 4x4.

Cat Nap

This was one of my paintings in the Heritage Museum show about Pets. It was done with watercolor and collage and wax resist on rice paper.

ARTifacts© Painting by Leada Wood

Oneta Sanderson with ARTifacts© painting created for her by her daughter Leada Wood in honor of her 90th birthday.

I have been busy lately getting this painting finished for my mom's 90th birthday. We had her party Sunday and I had the pleasure of presenting it to her!
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How Much Is That Doggie In The Window by Leada Wood ©

How Much Is That Doggie In The Window by Leada Wood©

This is a torn paper collage 11x14 on canvas. To see more of my inspiration and the process
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Paper Geisha



Paper Geisha by Leada Wood © All Rights Reserved

We had such fun at Studio Twenty today with Suzy Pal and a great group of ladies. We ripped and tore paper from magazines and glued all day! I stayed after class and finished my geisha because I could not wait to see her finished! Now I am waiting on all the others to see how theirs turn out...it is very exciting to see them take shape. Using only paper, no paint, we used the papers to add value, texture, shape and color. What fun! and it might be addictive! Ok Kay get busy and get yours done...I'm waiting to see it!



Home Of The Armadillo



Home Of The Armadillo by Leada Wood ©

This is another little gem I created for the 5X7 Art SPLURGE at the Arthouse at the Jones Center in Austin, Texas, opening May 12th. This little critter was living in my flower bed between the iris and hydrangeas...alas he is no more.  I collaged a copy of a Texas map onto matt board, applied 1/2 gesso and 1/2 water to veil the map a little then painted with watercolors and used a wash of ink on my little critter. This one also has the Austin area of the map.

Longhorn

Longhorn by Leada Wood © All Rights Reserved

This was a fun little painting, only 5X7, a watercolor on top of a section of Texas map. I copied the map, collaged it onto a piece of matt board then  put a layer of  1/2 gesso, 1/2 water over the map, drew my little longhorn onto the map and painted with watercolors. I made sure Austin was showing as this little gem is going to Austin for the 5X7 ART SPLURGE at the Arthouse. The show opens May 12th.

This is a collage I did for our Tea Party show. It is paper & watercolor paper on

arches 140 paper.

"Time Is A Circus"

"Time Is A Circus" Collage by Leada Wood
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My dad was a clock maker and a jewelry store man. I used clock keys for the little man image and a clock face collaged onto the canvas, I painted various clock hands onto the canvas. and an antique pocket watch. My mon collected elephants so that represents her and the monkey on her back is me. There are also various clock parts interspersed into the painting. The monkey on the clock hand is represented by my brother. The writing says "Time is like a circus... always packing up and moving away" Isn't that the way time is... always moving on? Can you believe we are almost celebrating another new year? 2011 doesn't that sound so futuristic? And yet it is here...HAPPY NEW YEAR TO YOU ALL! Wishing you all the best for the coming new year, and health and happiness!

"Dreams Of Mine"



"Dreams Of Mine" by Leada Wood (c)2010 Mixed Media Collage
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I created this for the Caboose Watercolor Society's Christmas party. We always have an art exchange and this year I decided to do my art on the cover of a sketch book so that my friend can enjoy it all year long! I also included some grey scale markers to make sketching a little easier. I hope she likes it!
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"Under His Wing" by Leada Wood

"Under His Wing" by Leada Wood (C)2010
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This was my last painting that I had started for the Angels We Have Heard On High show but alas it didn't get finished in time. I just finished it yesterday and thought I would share it with you anyway. This work is 12X24 inches on crescent illustration board and has layers of texture and painted with liquid acrylics. I used real feathers for the wing, glued one at a time! I embelished the raised stars with embossing medium. There is a lost and found message throughout the painting. Hope you can make our show and see all our heavenly angels!


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You Never Know Who Is Watching!

Guess what girls? I have just found out we are in Columbus College of Art and Design magazine for our watercolor collage show in Kerrville, Texas. We were included , with my name, in an article they developed to help recruit new students.

Thanks to CCAD for the publicty and to Linda and Tex for ALL their hard work. Good going to ALL! 8-) Carole Berry

Rising Sun

Rising Suns by Leada Wood (c) 2010 All Rights Reserved

Here is one of my 5X7 paintings that is in the traveling 5x7 Show. The show started at the Jones Art House in Austin and will have an opening in Dallas, Tx. August 27th at the Dunn and Brown Contemporary Gallery.  It is a mixed media collage with hand painted papers on mat board with watercolors. It is quiet a challenge making a collage in such a small space, but I always enjoy a challenge!

Tea Party

Tea Party by Leada Wood (c) 2010 All Rights Reserved

This a a small canvas,6x6, acrylics, collage and my first attempt at encaustics. I am trying to find a way to do encaustics with acrylics and not have to use oil paints. I thought my first attempt was not too bad and I will probably do some more, as they are quite fun. Has anyone had a go with encaustics?

The Rat Pack (wc/collage demo)

14x18 watercolor on collage matboard demo done Saturday in Tyler, TX. Middle Siamese is Frankie, hence the title honoring old Blue Eyes himself. This painting is in the collection now
of Mollie Jones. Collage elements were toilet seat covers and paperback novel pages adhered with matte medium.

Mad Hatter's Tea Party

This is a fun little painting I finished today.  It is only 8x10.  I copied the words from my Little Golden Book I had when I was a child and collaged them onto the background, I then painted the teacup with gesso and finished it with watercolors.  The characters are a combination of watercolor and prisim color pencils.  I did this painting on watermedia board.  All Rights Reserved by Leada Wood, (c) 2010