No, I still don't have a scanner, but I have found access to one. So far I have scanned, all that I can in the way of artwork, because I don't have photos taken of any others yet. But I hope to soon. I hope you'll stop back again when I have more to share.

The Pieces	About Them
	This is the second piece of my concentration. Before I go into further detail I'll have to look up a few things. It is an illustration of the first line "There were crimson roses on the bench --they looked like slashes of blood," from Dorothy L. Sayers' Strong Poison. This piece is (I think) the largest painting I've ever done (aside from murals). It's approximately 3.5'x3' and is done on stretched canvas in acrylics. To see a bigger, clearer photo of this piece, click on the thumbnail to the left. **Thank you, Viola, for the fantastic photos!**
	This Peacock wall-hanging/tapestry is a batik done on silk and colored with various dyes ranging from Rit to Kool-Aid. It is approximately 4'x4'. As I mentioned, this piece is a batik. Batik is an Indonesian art which is done by "waxing" and "dying" a natural-fiber fabric (ie. silk, cotton, wool). I started with a white piece of silk and then put wax over the areas I wanted to keep white. I then dyed it light blue; the areas I "waxed" stayed white while the rest was blue. After putting wax over the areas I wanted that shade of blue, I dyed it in a darker color. I continued this process until the desired design was created, and then I finally ironed out all of the wax. Click on the thumbnail for a better view. **Thank you, Viola, for the fantastic photos!**
	You may recognize this piece somewhat; I'm hoping you do. The original (The Scream or The Cry) was done by Edvard Munch using oils, tempras, and pastels on cardboard. The picture here was actually a copy of the original that I found on the web. I then "edited" it using Paint Shop Pro to look like the piece I had done in real life using chalk pastels on brown packaging paper. I did this piece as part of my concentration for my AP portfolio. I have decided more-or-less do illustration to fulfill the requirements for this section. This piece is one of 3 which are illustrations of the first lines of books. This one's sentence: No, no, I can't tell you everything. from The Monkey Wrench by Levi Primo. I decided that the best way to show this was... well, to not "tell" you everything, thus, the absence of the famous figure.
	Well, this piece is... my favorite of all the animations I've done. It's one of my first, and I'm happy with it considering the fact that I couldn't draw any of the preliminary drawings for the frames using pencil and paper. I used a combo of Paint for Win95, Paint Shop Pro, and Animagic to create what you see here. Go ahead, click it. Email me! *grin*

Well, I guess that's it for now... hopefully soon I'll have some more pieces up in my "gallery." Hopefully VERY soon.

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