This one was made for my mother as a birthday gift. It's a very personal piece as it immortalizes her parents. There is so much going on in this one, I can't even begin to point it out. As far as the main focal points go: The top left photo is a postcard from WWII that has my grandfather pictured on it! He is the one on the far right. The middle picture is both of my grandparents and the bottom right picture is who I believe to be my grandmother (sitting) and one of my aunts on her lap. I'm not sure who the standing woman is. Maybe someone from my grandfathers family. There are little bits of ephemera, images and stamps eluding to my families Italian heritage, travel for my grandfather being in the war and a domino with 9 dots symbolizing the 9 children my grandmother had. The attached tag has a bead with the letter M (for my mom, named Marie), my grandmothers maiden name and my grandfathers last name hidden among Italian postage and things like that... the back of the tag has a personal birthday message for my mom... she cried when I gave it to her!

Done on a 10x10 canvas with:
So much! Lots of layers of Golden brand fluid Acrylics, dressmakers pattern paper, printed paper, gel medium, Royal Coat Decoupage medium, archival ink (stamped and rubbed), quality copies of vintage photographs and postcards (to preserve my originals), Micron pens, embossing powder, fibers, beads and various other paper ephemera... I think I covered everything more or less.

The photograph is more or less pretty accurate except that the postcard image in the top left is much clearer in real life. I'm not sure why just that area came out slightly blurred in every picture...

Questions? Ask me anything!