This is from my sketchbook – there was a small corner of a geli print that just looked like a serene lake – I didn’t want to add too much to the composition, so I layered colored pencils over a layer of gesso after adding the original tissue collage to my sketchbook with a layer…

This is when the magic got my attention! I created geli plate papers and collaged them onto a small 8×10 inch canvas – When I had the papers glued down and stepped back, I clearly saw a bumble bee (maybe because I love my bumble bees), so this painting emerged from that first collage of…