The finished chair.................................:)

I put the finishing touches on my mixed-media work on my old Victorian chair in preparation for an upcoming art show at the Albany Art Room this coming May (see previous post).

I added a flock of crows to the actual work on the seat with some gold-leaf trim around the edging.

The chair, as you can see, in the photo is very ornate with lots of open spaces. It's a beautiful chair, I think and when I got it, it didn't have a seat at all; there was an open hole. My husband, so cleverly, gave it a seat and this is what led me to work on it for the show as the theme is Alternative Substrates.

I decided to add the silk rose arrangement to the corner. I originally had an old straw hat, there, but it took too much away from the detail on the top part of the chair.

Thought you'd like to see and I had a ball working on this piece. On to the next alternative substrate which is an old kitchen cabinet door :)

Hope you are all having a good weekend and I wish you a safe and happy beginning to the upcoming week.

Much love and warm thoughts of all! Marilyn xxoo