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Related: About this forumI wasn't sure if I should even post this -thing- because it's so weird, but
a friend had an old home-made, very rustic picture frame made out of twigs and stuff and he didn't know what to do with it, and he asked me to paint something that would fit into it. So I did, but after I did a little painting I glued bits of natural stuff to it to incorporate it into the frame. The spider is a common yellow garden spider, and there's a slug and some mushrooms (amanitas, probably) and nightshade flowers. It's more of a craft project than "art," but it was kind of fun.

SamKnause
(14,367 posts)What did your friend say ???
Ocelot II
(126,272 posts)He'll probably like it because it's so odd.
SamKnause
(14,367 posts)Ocelot II
(126,272 posts)LoisB
(11,176 posts)Ocelot II
(126,272 posts)MiHale
(11,963 posts)👍
Ocelot II
(126,272 posts)MiHale
(11,963 posts)Keep my house fly free
well sometimes.
nocoincidences
(2,414 posts)You even got that zig zag in the web that Garden Spiders always include.
Ocelot II
(126,272 posts)from my field guide to spiders of the Midwest. Yes, I have a field guide to spiders.
nocoincidences
(2,414 posts)Especially garden spiders. But also jumping spiders, they are just so cute!!
surfered
(8,166 posts)Ocelot II
(126,272 posts)hlthe2b
(110,796 posts)Ocelot II
(126,272 posts)MIButterfly
(900 posts)I like that it's different and I like your use of color in it. It's unique.
Ocelot II
(126,272 posts)MIButterfly
(900 posts)Then I saw it on my laptop and now I like it even more! Good job.
Diamond_Dog
(37,776 posts)Ocelot II
(126,272 posts)niyad
(125,547 posts)Ocelot II
(126,272 posts)sinkingfeeling
(55,995 posts)Ocelot II
(126,272 posts)chowder66
(11,014 posts)Ocelot II
(126,272 posts)kimbutgar
(25,642 posts)I love the creativity and the spider!
Ocelot II
(126,272 posts)but I wanted the focus to be mostly on it so it's a good deal bigger than it would be in nature. Kind of tarantula-ish.
yorkster
(3,272 posts)Ocelot II
(126,272 posts)ancianita
(41,174 posts)It's aesthetically perfect for the frame. Thanks for sharing. This makes you both a lawyer AND artist, imo!
Ocelot II
(126,272 posts)Joinfortmill
(18,659 posts)Ocelot II
(126,272 posts)twodogsbarking
(14,614 posts)Very nice pic. Well done. An original.
Ocelot II
(126,272 posts)No matter where you are in the world outside the N/S poles, you're never more than six feet away from a spider.
littlemissmartypants
(28,632 posts)Ocelot II
(126,272 posts)Figarosmom
(7,222 posts)Many famous artists worked in collage. Man Ray, Picasso, Matisse, Max Ernst among so many artists worked in the medium.
Besides it's fun and creative. Yours is spectacular. Hope you used a hardener on the spidy and flowers and shums.
Ocelot II
(126,272 posts)The surrounding objects were fastened with a glue gun so they should stick pretty well. Maybe I'll do another one some time.
Wicked Blue
(8,148 posts)Beautiful!
Ocelot II
(126,272 posts)I've always thought the flowers were pretty.
biophile
(846 posts)I hope your friend likes it; not everyone is cool with spiders. Birds might be a more universal choice, if the spider is not popular. I like them though and think your piece is clever!
Ocelot II
(126,272 posts)I've done a lot of bird paintings, but the spider was something new.
Texin
(2,777 posts)Ocelot II
(126,272 posts)marble falls
(67,141 posts)Ocelot II
(126,272 posts)At least the '30s if not before.
marble falls
(67,141 posts)SheltieLover
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Ocelot II
(126,272 posts)The neighbors probably think (correctly) that I'm, um, eccentric.
SheltieLover
(72,131 posts)Some of the best stuff to work with!
TommieMommy
(2,209 posts)Ocelot II
(126,272 posts)SWBTATTReg
(25,522 posts)We had a beautiful garden spider who built his nest/web right there in the small enclosed garden area by the front door, and I always called him Igor. It's amazing what happens to lurk by, and make their homes along side of yours, isn't it? Nature and all of its glory. Can't beat it.
Ocelot II
(126,272 posts)Not a fan of the Sydney funnel-web spider, but that's Australia where almost everything wants to kill you.
live love laugh
(15,685 posts)Ocelot II
(126,272 posts)chouchou
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Ocelot II
(126,272 posts)democrank
(11,667 posts)Thank you~
Ocelot II
(126,272 posts)CANADIANBEAVER69
(697 posts)How about a crystal or small clear beads on the web somewhere? I love shiny things, so I add them to everything
It really is a great piece of art.
Ocelot II
(126,272 posts)I do appreciate the suggestion, though. Maybe on another work if I plan ahead better - this was all pretty ad-hoc.
CANADIANBEAVER69
(697 posts)me something like that.
Ocelot II
(126,272 posts)And we seem to be thinking alike. In fact, the original iteration had dewdrops on the web, but they didn't come out right so I started over.
bif
(25,988 posts)AllaN01Bear
(26,668 posts),,,
most eggscllent.