What i learned from writing humor for a living:
it’s all about having fun.

My altered photo world started the day I realized I needed a birthday gift for my husband. “But he has everything,” I lamented. Then the solution whacked me in the head: “What he needs is a photo album of fake relatives.” So I set to work painting on Victorian photographs to create a faux family of oddballs and eccentrics. One thing led to another and soon my husband’s altered ancestors were turned into a line of greeting cards, Ain’t That a Kick in the Head was launched, and I developed an obsession.

It wasn’t long after my husband’s birthday that I opened an Etsy shop and started making original art for Art-o-mat. (Art-o-mat, noun: repurposed old cigarette vending machines that dispense awesome cigarette pack-sized original artwork.) Last year I began selling greeting cards wholesale via Faire. My whimsical artwork has been showcased online by @phototrouveemagazine and was included in the book Artful Memories: How to Create Unique Art With Old Photographs by Jane Chipp and Jack Ravi. My altered photos have found homes in several countries and my small-run, boutique greeting cards continue to spread themselves worldwide

Especially with the world being so heavy right now, messing with old photos to create a bunch of highly ridiculous people brings me much needed lightness. And if my whimsical artwork spreads some smiles, there’s not much more I can ask for.

Thanks for stopping by.

Debbie