art by kayla plosz

I went to a huge antique mall today in Hopkins, in search of some paper ephemera to try my hand at collage. Here are two attempts–it’s hard to not get carried away and collage so many things together. I guess that’s why I appreciate good collagers (is that even a word?), because it’s a lot [...]

Mint 9”x11” parsley 9”x11” hopefully more to come soon!

This is a little watercolor I did from a picture I snapped while in the car.

Do you ever find that you get stuck in a rut, with using the same color palette over and over? I’m trying to get out of that rut by just mixing colors and putting them on paper. These are done with acrylics–which I’m still getting used too. It’s hard to make acrylics not look “plastic-y” [...]

what do you think about the colors in this one…too much pink/purple?

just some pears…

had a pretty yummy dinner tonight… caramelized pears bulgar + lentil + edamame salad w/ naan