jenveerkamp

I am coming to Bali for 6 weeks in May 29 thanks to my youngest daughter and family who are bringing me along on their quest to see what it is like to live and work (online) in Bali!! I am a mother of 4, grandmother of 4, and am a retired teacher. I am a self-taught fiber freak and mixed media artist living out in the country near Lawrence, Kansas with my dog and my cat with other family members next door on the same 5 acres. When my mother was still living, we had 4 generations living here and it was great! . Having belatedly discovered ART in my forties, I am an avid student and explorer in many media, but am most thrilled about mixing them all together. Now that im retired, I spend many hours a day pursuing artistic fancies. I crochet and felt everything I can imagine from clothing and accessories to art dolls and toys. I also love making vibrant, very textural shadow box pieces using upcycled and/or recreated elements combined with acrylic paints, thread painting, weaving, felting, and usually a spirit doll inside I'm a short, fat, happy, energetic, and spirit-oriented old mama, gramma and friend. My intimate circle of like-minded, Mixed-Mediacs friends and I call ourselves the Mixed-Mediacs and meet every month or so at my house for a weekend slumber party of cerativity, inspiration, productivity and gentle critique. I can!t wait to get to Bali to practice living there just in case someday....