Women Among Flowers - Spring!

Spring is arriving - but peripatetically - one day cold, one day warm, another 80 degrees!  Yet, the Forsythia and Daffodils did grace us with their vibrant yellow.

Our lady with blue hair and daffodils is my annual birthday collage. Of course, crows abound, an octo waves a hello, a touch of Savannah and my favorite Daffodils are in appearance.  I haven't tried blue hair myself, but am most attracted to it.

e birthday 2026 collage

I first saw Mary Fedden's work in an episode of Antique's Roadshow, UK version. I loved the strong lines and vibrant color in her work and her story is inspiring.  The flowers in vases and the wonderful teapot and mug are from her work. I was still in a blue hair mood.

Mary Fedden Among Flowers collage

Happy Spring!  My favorite Spring collage.

Nix- Spring Fairy Collage

Till another time!

Spring! and Crow Woman With Daffodils

Happy Spring!  Happy Equinox! Welcome the change! The Emergence!

I created this Fairy archetype a couple years ago.  I call her Nix and she embodies my totems of Crow and Hare. Since then she's become my symbol of the seasons.  At another time in my life, I had a large plastic goose lamp that sat in the living room window.  I used to dress it for the seasons with hats and things I made. Alas, no pictures of the goose, but here I am, still dressing things for the season.

Spring Fairy Nix collage

It's my birthday this month and not surprisingly, I do a birthday collage each year and yes, usually including Crows.  Daffodils are my favorite flower and the yellow chair is a homage to Frida Kahlo, who sits on a yellow chair in one of my favorite paintings, 'Self Portrait with Cropped Hair'.

Crow Woman With Daffodils collage

Self Portrait With Cropped Hair
Frida Kahlo 1940

Till next time!

Spring!

It's a glorious Spring day here.  Until now we still have had cold nights, cool mornings and then finally, a warm afternoon.  But today, the day blossomed warm and has been bright throughout.  I don't have a new collage to share, but these two evoke Spring to me.

Nix is a Crow-Hare fairy.  She holds the energy of new beginnings and renewal.

Spring - Nix-Crow Hare Fairy

This collage is perhaps not Spring per se, but Compassion and Endurance are two qualities to bring forth at the time of flowers and trees coming into bloom and new seeds planted.

Spring - Compassion and Endurance

Many of my collages carry and optimistic feel to them. I want to keep my eye turned to a lighter element. The collages of  'place' are filled with associative images, some clear in their association and others not, but often having a fun element within them. I like the 'fun' of adding elements that don't belong - a lime on a roof or a donut in the street. 

But I've noticed there are times the events, the issues, in the world press on me deeply and my creative eye stops; does not turn to brightness nor does it explore the world issues as it overwhelms. So today from that place, I took a breath and  remembered Spring.

Till next time.