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How is this post like a box of cereal?
Creating, Creative Process, Musings, News and Updates

How is this post like a box of cereal?

I really love sending real, fun mail to spread the creative joy so I’m starting a monthly #HappyMail membership. There are only a few spots available to start so find out more.

Permission to Create
Creating, Creative Process, Musings

Permission to Create

You have permission to create – you’ve had it all along. It’s yours to take, not someone else’s to withhold or to give, as if you had no agency or free will.

Look what followed me home!
Musings, News and Updates

Look what followed me home!

How’s your season going? It’s already past Halloween and that seemed to blink by! The leaves are still holding on […]

Who Wants an Illegible Font? I do!
Musings, News and Updates

Who Wants an Illegible Font? I do!

Snip Snip, Glue, Glue! 🎃👻🦇 Hi! How have you been? Making and creating, I hope… Let’s talk about handwriting! Do […]

Queen of “Starting Stuff” and a Zine!
Musings, News and Updates

Queen of “Starting Stuff” and a Zine!

You know you want one…😍 Hi There! How are you? Have you been making things? I’ve been circling around the […]

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Monette Lassiter Satterfield - Artist, Author, and Modern Day Muse - not as fickle as the ancient Muses, but still dangerous...

Work in Progress 🎨 Here's an example of collage Work in Progress 🎨
Here's an example of collage with my own Gelli printed tissue paper. I really like the way it builds complexity and layers on the piece 

I'm going to use that later when I excavate back to help create the distressed texture that I love so much. 

#collageart #gelliprinting #tissuepaper #mixedmedia #layering #complexity #design #diy #textures #distressed #artjournaling #creativeprocess #arttherapy #papercraft #letscreate #mixedmediacollage #paperlove #experimentation #artistsoninstagram
#mixedmediaart 
#texturelove
#wabisabi
#timelessart
#distressedart
#agedtexture
#abstractart 
#texturedart
#cvp2022 
#cvp2023
#art2life
Work in Progress 🎨 Here's an example of collage Work in Progress 🎨
Here's an example of collage with my own Gelli printed tissue paper. I really like the way it builds complexity and layers on the piece 

I'm going to use that later when I excavate back to help create the distressed texture that I love so much. 

#collageart #gelliprinting #tissuepaper #mixedmedia #layering #complexity #design #diy #textures #distressed #artjournaling #creativeprocess #arttherapy #papercraft #letscreate #mixedmediacollage #paperlove #experimentation #artistsoninstagram
#mixedmediaart 
#texturelove
#wabisabi
#timelessart
#distressedart
#agedtexture
#abstractart 
#texturedart
#cvp2022 
#cvp2023
#art2life
A note from my studio...results coming soon! #mix A note from my studio...results coming soon!

#mixedmedia #gelliprinting #tissuepaper #collage #art #creative #diy #experimentation #surfaceart #paperart #mixedmediaart #gellicraft #crafting #artsupplies #artstudio #surfacepattern #printmaking #textileart #collageart #artjournaling #papercraft #handmadeart #mixedmediaartist #collageartist
Notes from me 😊 More WIP to come... #mixedmedi Notes from me 😊
More WIP to come...

#mixedmedia #gelliprinting #tissuepaper #collage #art #creative #diy #experimentation #surfaceart #paperart #mixedmediaart #gellicraft #crafting #artsupplies #artstudio #surfacepattern #printmaking #textileart #collageart #artjournaling #papercraft #handmadeart #mixedmediaartist #collageartist
Texture! I really love this aged distressed textur Texture! I really love this aged distressed texture, what we can think of as Wabi Sabi - something old and timeless and practically destroyed. I just really love that stuff! 

And circles and orbs of course! 

#mixedmediaart 
#texturelove
#wabisabi
#timelessart
#distressedart
#agedtexture
#artlovers
#circlesandorbs
#abstractart 
#texturedart
#cvp2022 
#cvp2023
#art2life
Hey friends! Just wanted to share a sneak peek of Hey friends! Just wanted to share a sneak peek of my latest mixed media piece I've been working on. Still a work in progress, but I'm loving how it's turning out so far! 
Check out these close-up shots of the textures and layers I've been adding 🎨🖌️ 

#artinprogress #mixedmediaart #texturelove #layers #abstractart #abstractexpressionism #creativeprocess #artistsofinstagram #artstudio #studiovibes #artistsoninstagram
Details! 🧐🔍 Check out this yummy gray-green Details! 🧐🔍
Check out this yummy gray-green color on the first layer of paint on a work in progress. I'm loving how it's coming together, can't wait for you to see it! 

#workinprogress #artseries #grungeart #contemporaryart 
#artshow #art #painting #newseries #yummycolors #cvp2022
This is harder than it looks! 💥 A peek at the This is harder than it looks! 💥

A peek at the very first layer of paint on some of the new pieces for the upcoming show. It looks simple but there's a lot of thinking going on and it's surprisingly tiring 🙃

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