an auction for mom

dealing with mom
a comic zine by Kerrie Carbary


Dealing with Mom is a 24 page hand drawing comic zine all about the adventures of dealing with my mother's health issues, illness and related adventures, including an appearance by the great and powerful Dr. Neurontin, Scott wearing a cape, and an illustration of the plates, saucers, and cups that they wanted to insert in my mom's spine.

5.5 x 8.5 inches, black and white, staple bound and photocopied.

This copy is a one of a kind hand embellished version of dealing with mom. Each page is either hand colored, embellished, or otherwise altered to create a collectible edition of one!

Bid by clicking here: dealing with mom comic zine, hand embellished - eBay (item 280278116792 end time Oct-25-08 14:54:34 PDT)

All profits after selling fees will be added to the mom fund, which you can read about here: pleasehelpmom.blogspot.com.

The Salmon (The Struggle) Totem Art Print by Kerrie CarbaryI

I was teasing you a while back about a new collage I was working on, The Salmon. Well, would you like to see?

There are actually two salmon collages. This one is The Salmon (The Struggle). I'll save the other one for later. :)



The Salmon is big for me, sizewise. I've been working small lately, but have been reminded that I love to work larger as well. So, there's no medium right now! Only miniature and XL. XL is 22 x 30 inches for me, I know that's tiny for some artists, but I'm still recovering from having a tiny space to create tiny art in.

For me, The Salmon relates to the tarot card, The Chariot. The Salmon will be one of the cards in The Totem Tarot. This is a good card for my life right now. I'm in the middle of a ton of transitions and changes and decisions. The Salmon is a fighter, creative, a creature of the cycle. What goes around comes around. The Salmon is also a symbol of creation and birth, death and rebirth. The Salmon finds home upstream to spawn, then dies giving life so the cycle may continue.

While you're (surely!) anxiously awaiting The Totem Tarot, I'm offering prints of The Salmon: Etsy :: kerrie :: The Salmon (The Struggle) Totem Art Print by Kerrie Carbary

I'm a treehugger, it's true. I'll recycle to a fault (my husband screams, can't we PLEASE get rid of some of these plastic bags??!). So, I get a lot of joy out of reclaiming materials to use in my art.

Slabs of wood are one of those found treasures.

I love working on wood. It doesn't buckle, it takes tons of abuse, and it feels nice and hefty.

Waiting for My Imaginary Friend is a mixed media collage on wood. It's just under 12 x 12 inches. The piece of wood isn't exactly square. Its siamese twins became a bookshelf, I think... I got this wood from the scrap bin at Ballard Bookcase. I started with gesso, although I've also worked on wood as is, bare and ready for collage, paint, pencil and ink. This piece needed some gesso though, mostly because I like the way that the way I paint looks over gesso. I've also done carving on wood, pounded in textures and objects, sanded, scraped, and drilled. Really, it does take most any kind of treatment.

But, then, what to you do with it once it's finished? Originally I thought that my collages on wood could stand on end on a table , but gravity took over. (And, sorry for the bad poetry there.) So I've pounded a couple of nails in the back, strung wire or ribbon or twine across, and now they can hang on the wall.

Why am I posting this? To remind myself and maybe you that you don't need amazing equipment or frames or hanging materials to create a display for your art. Sometimes just a nail or two will do.

By the way, I am planning some art out of those plastic bags.

What I've been working on

I'm throwing myself into working on The Totem Tarot again. I'm obsessed.
Here's one of my latest:



A Crow Alone
5 x 7 inches, watercolor, ink, collage, pencil

crows travel in pairs.
one watches over
the other explores



Should I put prints up on etsy?
Yes, I suppose that if I was a good art marketer, I should. :)
(I am trying to be a good art marketer...)

something to keep you entertained, if you haven't given up on me...