Sonya

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I've been creating art since I can remember and actually had a painting of mine hang in the deYoung Museum in San Francisco for 3 years when I was 5 years old, thanks to my kindergarten teacher!

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LIKES:

• abstracts
• art deco
• collage
• colorful
• colors: purple, turquoise, red, chartreuse
• dogs
• double-sided cardstock (ATC sized minimum)
• foreign language book pages
• geometrics
• hand drawn / hand painted
• interactive ATCs
• map papers
• mid-century modern
• mixed-media
• mystical
• pagan
• rain
• sci-fi
• sequin waste
• tastefully bizarre
• watercolor
• weird
• UFOs

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DISLIKES:

• meat, fish (I'm vegetarian)
• sentiments on ATCs i.e. "Love is good", "Follow your dream", etc.
• religious content
• anything related to children
• brown is my least favorite color
• dolls
• sticker slapping
• Disney (I like many movies, but don't collect)
• patriotic themes
• superheroes
• cutesy things i.e. teddy bears, dolls, gnomes, etc.
• horror
• adult coloring book images as art
• animie, Pokémon, Hello Kitty, etc.
• too much fu-fu (overly fancy)
• small bits of paper "extras" - No! No!! No!!!
• fabric "extras" (I have way too much)
• no food/drink items, please

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I've been painting abstracts and geometric art for many years with acrylics on canvas or wood. I recently started painting with watercolors and absolutely adore it! I am very fond of using metallic paints in either acrylic or watercolor.

Creating ATCs is a favorite of mine and I'm more inclined toward abstract and mixed media art and not cute characters, sentiments, or hearts & love. I create HD/HP, 3D mixed media, collage, embossed, or interactive ATCs mostly and spend a lot of time and energy on my creations and appreciate the same in return.

Paper-crafting is another favorite. I prefer modern & colorful to vintage. Each year I create my own holiday cards and send a homemade ornament or painting with each of the ~35 cards I send out.

Mosaics are another avenue of creative energy. I mosaic using tiles, beads, stained glass on all kinds of substrates such as glass, wood, Styrofoam, or anything else that would make a strong base.

I've quilted too. I made about 25 quilts and gave most of them away to family members and friends. I think I have 3 that I kept.

I've worked with clay and prefer polymer clay to pottery clay.

Art was always my favorite subject in school.

I will NEVER flake on a swap. Please message me or send an email if you haven't received something from me in a timely manner.

Thanks for swapping with me!