Many Shades of Green 2011
November 7, 2011
The studio is filled with holiday greeting cards needing to be packaged, labeled, and sent to fill the early bird orders. I've got a full selection of handmade cards and magnets, so check your holiday gift list and let me know what selection of subjects you wish.
This season I completed my first landscape called Big Country. My personal challenge was to create a landscape using postage stamps of landscapes and nature scenes. The 6 inch X 8 inch canvas shows hills and mountains surrounding a lake. There is a small woman gazing out over the scene, while above, the sky is mostly clear with an image representing her higher self gesturing to the vastness beyond. available without frame for $195 plus pack and ship
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Big Country
© Lisa M. Nicks 2011
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A couple of years ago a friend offered me some fans he picked up in Asia while traveling. He never used them in the decorative way he imagined, and passed them on to me to create postage stamp collages with. Last year I was very happy to debut my first fan "Botanical Outburst", 13 inches high by 22 inches wide, a brightly colored combination of flowers bursting upward and outward on the open fan. The fan comes with a beautifully crafted wood fan holder, 9.5 X 3.5 inches. photo upon request; $130 plus shipping
The faces of a couple hundred people from all over the world gaze out at you from my newest fan, "As I Am", also 13 inches by 22 inches. The stamps are arranged in vertical rainbow color order with the deep purples in the center, working outward to brilliant pinks. The title comes from a quote "Take me as I am, summon out what I shall be." The fan comes with a beautifully crafted wood fan holder, 9.5 X 3.5 inches. photo upon request; $195 plus shipping see lead page
Featured on this page are the box tops of "Strut" (2008) and "Long Live the King" (2006). The first, is a 6.75" X 7.5" X 3" wood cigar box with flared side edges. Collaged on the lid is a mix of postage stamps of tapestries, modern art, bird and dancer images from Native American, Indian, and Asian cultures. "Long Live the King" is a 8.25" X 7" X 2" cigar box, embellished with postage stamps showing as many different kinds of Kings as I could find, placed in a creative quilt pattern. How many kings can you find? Both boxes are "one of a kinds" available for purchase at $140 each, plus shipping. Additional views available on request.
Long Live the King
© Lisa M. Nicks??2006
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Strut
© Lisa M. Nicks??2008
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Lisa Nicks/Emerald City - LisaNicks@postagestampcollage.com.
