Lost Coast Designs - East meets West Challenge

When working what to do for this challenge I had to think out side of the box to come up with an EAST meets WEST using Lost Coast Designs stamps.  It dawned on me that Georgia O'Keeffe had lived in New York (EAST) and New Mexico (WEST).  I also knew she had been to Hawaii in the late 1930's.  

She is famous for her BIG flowers and her WESTERN themes paintings, but did you know she also painted the Skyscrapers of New York when she lived there.  In 1938 she was commissioned to do two paintings for the Hawaiian Pineapple Company, now Dole Food Company.  She spent nine weeks in the Hawaiian islands.  She completed 20 paintings after her visit.  I was fortunate enough to be in Hawaii when there was an exhibit of her Hawaiian paintings at the Honolulu Art Museum.

Here is my interpretation of EAST meets WEST! An ATC, a small work of compared to a Georgia O'Keeffe work of art! 

I stamped the Carmen's Veranda image of Georgia O'Keeffe on with photo paper with VersaMark and colored her with Copics.  I then sprayed  white card stock with Art Anthology Colorations: Patience and Timeless.  Then stamped the Medium Shrubbery (Lost Coast Designs) with Distress Oxide Peeled Paint. 

This is being entered in the 

Lost Coast Design Challenge HERE!

Lost Coast Designs ATC Challenge Georgia O'keeffe

I love creating ATCs... a small piece of art.  Today I received my Georgia O'Keeffe stamp from Lost Coast Designs for participating and winning in their January challenge. 

Georgia O'Keeffe has always been one of my favorite artists many of us know her for her southwest themed painting and larger than live flowers.  Did you know in 1939 she was commissioned by a Hawaiian pineapple company to paint promotional images.  She did 20 painting for the company. They are wonderful images of Hawaiian exotic flowers, beaches and waterfalls. I was overjoyed to see the exhibit in Hawaii while I lived there. 

One of my favorite subjects of Georgia O'Keeffe is her poppy paintings.  To honor that I found a vintage postcard with poppies. 

I stamped the image of Georgia O'Keeffe with VersaFine black ink and heat embossed with clear embossing powder. 

In my thousands of stamps I had a quote from Georgia O'Keeffe, " A flower touches everyone's heart." It was stamped at the top of the ATC. 

I am pleased how the poppies and leaves come through from the back of the image. 

I am entering this ATC in the 

Lost Coast Designs ATC Challenge HERE!