THE PINK HOUSE

Recieved a great present on my birthday. Today my blog counter reached 1000 visitors since I started April 7, 2010 !

Thank you for coming along on the journey!

Sharing one of my favorites, inspired by architecture in beautiful Bermuda.

THE DAY OF THE STORM

c. marge malwitz

airbrushed, dyed, painted, printed cyanotyped fabrics; rubber stamps; shell, machine quilted.

WORKING ON GOING GREEN

Good natural light in my studio today. Added rubber stamped palm trees & a bicycle + 2 more hills. Glue - Yes paste applied with brush.

Stitched on more metallic effect blue thread - waves. With machine stitching, trapped magenta sequins (tidepool anemones) under netting at edge of the sea.

Fray Blocked ends of metalic thread. Freezer paper protects collage.

Going Green in California Working title

A collage in the ongoing series inspired by sunny southern California.

YELLOW'S BACK ON THE TABLE

Need to finish up some lingering projects so I can get on with a new direction. So... sunny California's back on the table. Which to finish up first?

Add 2 more picture pages to collage book?

Collages on 3 brown bags?

or Going green in California? This one.

TWO WAVES

ocean inspired collage

painted paper,

dyed & painted fabric,

on Kolo

TWO WAVES

c. marge malwitz

BACK IN THE STUDIO

Catching up in the studio today.

Getting work ready for Chris, my framer.

Preparing collages & frames for reframing after scanning images for giclee prints.

Coloring in the rainbow on NOAH print before framing. Using our own framed NOAH, for reference.

WINDSOCK WEATHER

Week in Florida

Winds blowing!

Waves crashing!

Riptides pulling!

Windsock Wild!

fabric on Kolo

c. marge malwitz

prelim collage for: http://margemalwitz.blogspot.com/2010/06/windy-beach.html

CHAIRS FOUND, FIXED & FUN

Boca Raton Museum of Art.

2010 Best in Show:

Kerry Phillip's

FOUND & FIXED

Displayed in Museum's window.

I found it kind of fun!

top photo:

reflection

of my sis,

Ginny & I

WITHOUT WARNING...A STORM

...a very terrible storm.

Have you ever had an experience like that?

BLUE STRIKES BLUE

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from Beach Poetry

KAYAK COLOR

Now here's some seriously inspiring color! Took these down at Islamorada Key the other day.

My head is already back in the studio pushing colorful painted papers around on a piece of Kolo.

Kayak collages ahead? Have to wait and see.

Kayak Color 1,2,3

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AERIAL WATER'S EDGE

Beach made smooth by the tides.

Golden Parchment

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BEACH POETRY

acrylic on paper & canvas

handpainted fabric

marimekko fabric

on KOLO

6 BEACH CHAIRS

'as is' fabric scraps

cut-up pictures

painted canvas

colored pencil

thread

BEACH CHAIRS

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COASTAL series

BEACH FRAGMENTS

fabrics:

silk screened

batiked &

marimekko

acrylics on

paper &

canvas

shells

sand dollar

pearl 'washers'

metallic threads

rubber stamps

machine stitching

on BFK paper

WASH-UP

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from BEACH POETRY

THE CLOUD

Atlantic coast collage

COVER OF CLOUD

c. marge malwitz

fabric & paper

on Kolo

THE TURQUOISE CHAIR

Down the steps & on to the beach. The Turquoise Chair awaits. A front row seat on the tides.

from Beach Poetry

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quilted fabric collage

WAKING UP TO COLOR

Quilted fabric collage titled, BEAUTIFUL.

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Inspired by sunrise over Atlantic.

Beach Poetry series.

Preliminary fabric sketch, Beautiful.

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Stitched on Kolo* journal paper.

*http://kolo.com/

DOCKSIDE BLOCKS

I could play with blocks all day long!

Sky, horizon, bay, skiffs & docks.

Dockside 1 & 2

Hand painted fabric, acrylic painted canvas, pictures.

Collaged in Kolo journal.

HORIZON HEADER

New blog header.

Here's original on journal page.

c. marge malwitz

glossy pictures

acrylic on canvas & painted papers

SAY "BEACH"

Just 4 square blocks say "BEACH."

Beach Blocks

c. marge malwitz

hand painted fabrics

glossy pictures

painted papers

COLOR BY THE SEA

Busy here this summer. No time to create. But plenty to share! Posting more coastal collages from my color filled journals. Be Inspired!

Sea Shed

fabric scraps

c. marge malwitz

THE PHILLIP JOHNSON GLASS HOUSE

June 29th! What an extraordinary day, walking in & around Philip Johnson's Glass House in New Canaan CT.

I seem to first recall discovering this amazing piece of architecture in college on a page of Jansen's History of Art.

Built in 1949, it is study in minimal structure, geometry, proportion and the effects of transparency & reflection.

In 1997 it was declared a National Historic Landmark. Following Johnson's death at 98, the property passed to the National Trust for Historic Preservation.

Though it opened to the public in April 2007, the tickets have been very hard to come by! Finally this year the heavy booking slowed down.

Afterwards, I felt compelled to do a little creating, 4 simple pieces, inspired by my encounter with the Glass House. Here's 3.

Glass House no.2-3 Watercolor pencils, ink, acetate, & machine stitching.

Glass House no.4 Acrylic painted papers, rubber stamps, fabric, acetate, & machine stitching.

c. Marge Malwitz

Want to visit the Glass House?

http://philipjohnsonglasshouse.org/

COLLAGING GAUGUIN

Tahiti-Melbourne

c. Marge Malwitz

Fun pushing fragments around to make this one work.

Aussie bathing box piece leftover from 2 collages posted yesterday.

MINIMAL HOUSE

I've enjoyed designing minimal houses over & over again.

These Aussie bathing boxes are pretty inspiring-simple shapes painted WOW colors!

From Coastal series.

Created with glossy pictures,

fabric & colored pencils.

c. Marge Malwitz