A Little Piece of Paper Can Go A Long Way

Someone dear to me gave me a little present recently. The present was wrapped in beautiful swirled paper that I believe may be handmade. (A friend at a treasure mapping event in early January told me how she made marbleized paper that looks very similar to this.)

I liked the colors - olive green, tangerine orange and a sultry lemon yellow, so I mixed these colors to make some prints on my press. I got inspired to cut out a circle of the saved wrapping paper to incorporate into the piece.

Go to the link to Recent Art Pieces in the right sidebar to see all the prints. This is one of four monotypes in that color family. I've done six more sets in other colors.

My other favorite is this one: