Well, I started at the end of the story. Go down 3 images to start at the beginning of the Art of the Carolinas event and read upward!!

This is my final (I think) result from the Abstract from realistic painting. Here's what I did:
I brushed gel medium on a long triangular piece of fabric and laid it on the painting (on the left), pressed down on it and then left it for about 10 min. then gently lifted it up. I love the ghost like effect that left. Next I found some mulberry paper in my collage collection. I had stamped an image on it using a caramel stamp pad and the image didn't work. I tore the paper into strips and glued them to the top right dark blue portion. Then I cut a small square of needlepoint canvas and painted through it onto the long turquoise pice in the middle of the painting (using a red/orange papier paint). Then I lifted off the canvas and put it into the collage box! Then I found a small piece of Sherrill Kahn fabric and glued it across the bottom right. It's from her Fire Within series and I love the deep Southwest colors. Last I picked up some fur from my cat Rusty that was on the chair where he'd just had a nap. He has a neurological condition and sometimes pulls out pieces of his downy soft tummy fur. I washed a bit of it, dried it and then glued it to the right of the painting between the red and caramel colored blocks. I am thinking of adding a small fluffy white feather to the top teal block but maybe it's finished. What do you think?