I had a little blog vacation.  

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Well, it was a big one. I really needed to get more art made, because I kind of ran out of stuff to post. But, I have more posts coming soon!

I had so much to post with a new blog, I knew, that posting as often as I was could not last forever. I'm still keeping my promise that I wasn't going to fill this up with a bunch of personal BS though! :)

Happy new year everyone!

Miniature, still life mosaic  

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Still life mosaic, by Shannon Fleet (Morganna)

2.5" X 3.5" Recycled, paper mosaic.
With this mosaic piece, I played around with a black "grout" background to make my colors pop.

It is very difficult to come up with a good range of color with mutilated magazines. Once you separate the color from the object it used to represent, you wind up with many colors! allot of the color is greyed down in chroma as it is in life.

It forced me to paint acrylic ink over some of the magazine paper to create the blue. Finding just the right color can be difficult when using magazines.

My foot  

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My foot, by Shannon Fleet (Morganna)

Graphite Drawing.
I don't know what size this is, because it's one of my sketch book drawings. A drawing I still actually have in my hands!

This was part of a weekly drawing challenge I used to participate in. Probably, 20+ artists drew or painted my little foot. I'm pretty damn proud of that! Yes, I am vain about my feet. They are cute, little, and have perfect symmetry! I can wear kid shoes! But most of the time I wear 5 or 5 1/2. In heals it has to be a size 4 1/2.

In the collection of the artist, and attached to her ankle.

Gargoyle  

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Gargoyle, by Shannon Fleet, (Morganna)

9" X 12" Graphite drawing.
This is a very early drawing of mine! It is one of my favorites. I love gargoyles and dragons!

It's funny, you can look at you're past drawings and remember exactly where you were, and exactly where you drew it. Not only that, but where your life was at that particular time.

I remember being pretty content when I created this one.

This is in a private collection.

Ankle Slayer  

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Ankle Slayer, by Shannon Fleet, (Morganna)

2.5" X 3.5" Pastel pencil, drawing.
Another one of my obsessions with shoes! This is a real shoe by the way. I do own a pair but they are open toed. No, I cannot walk in them.

Lets see, it is a platform stiletto, from the shoe company, Devious. Funny, their sizes run very small, my shoes are a size six, and they are only slightly too big for me, and I will normally wear a 5 or 5 1/2, otherwise they fit just fine. It's not like I'm going to "walk" anywhere in them. They are insane! I think they are 14, or 16 inches high? I can't remember, the shoes are still in Maryland.

Al's Chucks  

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Al's Chucks, by Shannon Fleet, (Morganna)

3.5" X 2.5" Graphite Drawing.I drew this piece from life, from one of Al's shoes. I do have a thing for shoes, and have made allot of drawings and paintings of them. Al is my dear, sweet significant other. I only have one portrait of him, and it is terrible! He simply cannot sit still for more then thirty seconds. But, I love the tar out of him.

Celebration of Spring - miniature mosaic  

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Celebration of spring, by Shannon Fleet, (Morganna)

2.5" X 3.5" Recycled, paper mosaic.
This is another one of those mosaics made from recycled catalog and magazine. I am also obsessed with masks.

This one is my favorite of all the miniature mosaics. I took special care with planning, and working this out.

The meaning behind the name, It was the end of a really miserable winter. Well, after creating this, the spring turned out to be the worst I've ever had, but the thought and celebration was nice while it lasted. If I waited any longer, I could not have created this.