This mixed media collage features original photography by myself, Karen Rainsong, with digital enhancements and mixed media such as gems and laser cut wood. Not for sale. Size: 10″ x 10″ Copyright Karen Rainsong.
Read MoreEve/Gateway Collage
Recovery Mixed Media Assemblage
This painting with mixed media and found objects is part of a larger series of 5 paintings. This one featured the most steampunk elements and includes a real butterfly wing inside the heavy iron heart. Size: 11″ x 14″ Acrylic and found object on canvas Copyright Karen Rainsong. Detail:
Read MoreButterfly Embellishments
This framed collage features mixed media including “Embellishments in the Middle and Lower Parts”. It is a fun and unique piece! For sale; contact me for details. Size: 10 3/4″ x 12 3/4 ” framed
Read MoreTraveling Companion still life
This small installation in a bell jar is called Traveling Companion. It measures only 4 inches wide by 5 inches tall. Seriously beautiful and intriguing! For sale; contact me for details.
Read MoreBetter to Have Loved mixed media assemblage
Better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all, or so the saying goes. This piece is about tragedy and loss- a mother’s loss of a child. It contains references to memory, denial, sacrifice, and pain. It contained mixed media and found objects, was donated to a charity auction. SOLD
Read MoreBack to Square One
This piece is highly personal and speaks to the building and subsequent loss of relationship. The motif running throughout is of the making of a rag rug. A variety of mixed media and found objects and used in this artwork. Size: 20″ high x 18″wide This piece is for sale, contact me for details.
Read MoreTreasures of Memory Clock
This clock was a rescue from the thrift store; I added steampunk elements and the three panels showcase a quote from Honey Bee, a fairy tale by Anatole France: “The most beautiful treasures will be safe in your keeping. You will possess them, and they will not possess you.” This is what the dwarf King says to Honey Bee. The top has a key which has the word Memory on it. Size: 8 1/2 ” x 6″ x 6″ This clock is for sale, contact me for...
Read MoreThree mixed media assemblage
This mixed media collage is made of found objects, an image and jewelry parts, with the recurring motif of “three”. Not for sale.
Read MoreTime Flies mixed media clock
On this clock, the hands slide forward quickly like liquid from 20 minutes until about 35 minutes after, then it ticks normally again. A rare treasure. I purchased the clock at a thrift store and added steampunk elements. The perfect metaphor! SOLD
Read MoreNow and Then clock
Small wooden clock with faerie tale motif. The words Now and Then are stamped into the rough paper around the outside of the clock face. The front is made as if to be a door with hinges and a handle. There is a ring handle at the top and the batteries are easily replaced inside. Gives a nice soft ticking sound. Size: 8″ x 5 1/4″ x 2″ For sale, contact me for details.
Read MoreSteampunk Clock
This darling little clock has steampunk elements and a bird feather nestled inside. Another treasure I started with from a thrift store. Not for sale.
Read MoreBird Clock mixed media assemblage
Recycled coffee can with working clock top, decorated with paper and design elements. Quote stamped is from a fairie tale- The Bird in the Linden Tree by Howard Pyle. “That night, the bird came for the third time and sang as it had before.” Size: 7 1/2″ x 4″ For sale, contact me for details.
Read MoreConstraint & Intensity
This piece was created for a special art challenge show in Eugene at MECCA (Materials Exchange Center for Community Arts) in Eugene, Oregon, called Object Afterlife. Artists signed up to receive one mystery object for the reuse store, to create artwork with, and to display in the final show. I was given the shadow box. The paper scraps and owl picture all came from MECCA. The name Constraint and Intensity refers to the short window of time to create the piece, and also to...
Read MoreDreamtime mixed media assemblage
This piece is my first exploration of mixed media on canvas. It features an image I took of a model, and includes items from nature and metal pieces. The woman is printed on vellum and a piece of scrapbooking paper is showing through from behind. Not for sale.
Read MoreMixed Memories
As the name suggests, when we look back on our childhoods they are often full of mixed feelings- positive and negative. This mixed media collage is created in a drawer box. For sale; contact the artist.
Read MoreTime Traveler mixed media assemblage
This mixed media assemblage is constructed of wood panel, leather, paper, and found objects. The woman image was a photograph taken by me many years ago, printed on parchment. I feel that she is musing on time travel, and part of another time. Size is 5″ x 7″ This piece is for sale, contact me for details.
Read MoreWorkshop Cancellation Policy
If you cancel with 48 hours notice you will receive a credit for one makeup class of your choice (credit for the same amount that you paid for the missed class.)
If you cancel before that, you can receive a refund minus a $5 administrative fee.
There are no make-ups for less than 48 hours notice of cancelling; why not gift it to a friend at that point?
