Alfred Gockel

Recently, I hosted an ATC swap of cards inspired by the atrist, Aflred Gockel. The returns were varied and focused on many aspects of his art.  These are my own contributions.  They are all hand painted in acrylics on heavy paper. Remember that ATCs are 2.5x3.5 inches so I think they came out really nicely.

 All of these are titled "Nature" and numbered.

Just a few more..

I've made another heart and fish to exchange.  I think they came out pretty well so I wanted to share.

This heart was painted using crackle medium.  The bottom heart has washi tape and a painted black edge.  The top heart has an edge made of black embossing powder.  The key is a wooden key painted gold.

This fish started out as cereal box that was covered with torn book pages.  I stamped over the top using an Inkadinkado stamp and clear embossing powder. I used stamping inks from Studio G to created the greenish purple background and the clear embossing powder acted as a resist.  Next, I used blue and brown inks and stamps of tree tops and clocks.  Finally, I drew a seagull and cut out a stencil to use for the bird.  The quote from Martin Luther Kings, Jr was printed and colored using spray ink.  Accents were added using gel pens.