View profile: carrieferguson

Real name: Carrie Ferguson
Self description:

Family: It is fun to try to keep track of my three creative kids. New kinds of projects keep appearing.
Travel: I plan to do as much traveling as possible. I have circled the globe except for about 6 degrees down the middle of India.
Art: I like lots of color and texture in my art. Colored pencils and clay allow lots of latitude.
School: I will likely never stop taking classes. I now find myself teaching in a one teacher school.

carrieferguson's creations

Bleached Hoodie

Created by carrieferguson 2 years ago

"I got this idea from my son, Jesse, and his wife, Brenda. I decided that I wanted a bleached hooded sweatshirt. I used Kinex toys and layed them out on the shirt and sprayed a 50/50 bleach-water solution over them. I also dipped some Kinex in the bleach and laid them on the shirt (in areas that..."

Pink Geranium in colored pencil

Created by carrieferguson 2 years ago

"A light breeze surfs through the bars on my front porch on a warm summer evening. Geraniums sitting on the rail bob their heads. They gesticulate with their leaves. They ask me to make them into art. I can do nothing but oblige. Colored pencil on..."

School Shoe

Created by carrieferguson 2 years ago

"This is one of a series of school related things I have drawn. I worked in schools for several years and now I am a teacher in a kindergarden through eight grade one room school in Montana. Through this time there has been a lot of interest in school related art and I have been happy to produce it...."

Blue lobster carapace

Created by carrieferguson 2 years ago

"My travels have Carrie'd me to the far reaches of the globe, blue lobsters aren't uncommon, but I found this shell of one on a mission trip to somewhere. I love just how complex the shapes are that can be found in the exoskeletons of..."

Shell mosaic

Created by carrieferguson 2 years ago

"On a trip to a beach in india I found some eroded choral stalks and a handfull of beautiful shells. It reminded me of the nature of fractals and I sat down in the sand in a state of playfullness and mild inspiration. Shortly This design was being snapped up through the lense of my camera. It only..."

Orchid in Coloured Pencil

Created by carrieferguson 2 years ago

"This drawing of an Orchid I made from a photo I took, I spent 3 days completing it. I love my son. Also This could be considered to be part of a series of flowers I have created on..."

Music Collage

Created by carrieferguson 3 years ago

"Music instruments in my collage are ones used often in elementary school music programs. I tried to capture the intense colors and textures. My composition will bring to mind the varied sounds, together making music...."