Something About Me
I'm Chris Woods and
I've always been an artist. Creativity
in any form is such a great part of life. For
me, it’s totally playtime and a fun challenge to come up with a card design
that has the sense of warmth, fun and humor that I want all my cards to convey.
So it really pleases me when one of my cards makes someone feel good
enough to want to send it to someone they care about. People
still love to get paper mail and cards make great gifts and keepsakes,
especially if you scrapbook or collage.
I’ve met lots of great people through my artwork and note cards so not only do I love the process of creating note cards, I also love the sense of connectedness to anyone who appreciates them, anyone they make contact with, many of whom I may never meet. I remember a movie called 'Conagher', based on a Louis L'Amour story, in which a pioneer woman named Evie.... living alone with her two children in a remote part of the western prairie frontier in the 1800's. The only company they have are passing cowboys and the seasonal stage coach passengers for which her homestead serves as a way station. Evie appreciates literature and writes her own poems. In order to express herself and communicate with anyone out of the loneliness of isolation, she writes her verses on small pieces of paper that she ties to passing tumbleweeds before sending them on their way again. The poems are found and read by the cowboys working in and traveling through the area. One cowboy in particular collects all the tumbleweed poems he finds.
So
while there are other creative paths that I want to play with, learn more
about and explore, I'll continue to design note cards, printing them
as I can, because they are my tumbleweeds.... that part of me and my
creativity that goes on a serendipitous journey to connect with people I
may never know in places near and far. For me, that is pretty amazing
and just plain way cool.
I
have lots of new ideas for cards so I hope you’ll check back often.
Thanks for taking the time to stop by. Chris ;-)