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Baltimore Journal II

Ingrid Murray mixed media art journal page. A neutral background is covered with neon pink, dark blue, and greenish-yellow paint splotches.
Ingrid Murray mixed media art journal page. It features an abstract composition of bright green, white, and red, and smaller accents of dark blue.
Ingrid Murray mixed media art journal page. It has a neutral background (a book page) and the outside of a sticker sheet on the right, and some abstract blue elements and a flag sticker on the left. Blue acrylic ink dots the pages.
Ingrid Murray mixed media art journal page. It features big, rolling abstract waves of neon pink, dark blue, white, black, and a tiny bit of yellow.
Ingrid Murray mixed media art journal page. The left page is mostly bright neon pink, with some greenish scribbles and white drips on top. On the right, on a neutral collage background, are abstract elements of bright green turquoise, and white.
Ingrid Murray mixed media art journal page. It has dominant yellow and orange acrylic paint elements; blue, red, and brown accents; and a handmade eye stamp scattered across the page.

I don’t often look back at my old art journals unless I’m showing someone else my work. It’s not for any particular reason; I’m just more interested in the process, generally, than the outcome. I also share a lot of my work online so don’t have need to reference the originals.

Yesterday, though, I flipped through my most recently finished journal and realized that there are several pages that I haven’t shared online (see above). Some pages I love and some I don’t — but that’s exactly as it should be.

My art journal, after all, is a playground where I can explore, express myself, mess up, and play. (So is yours!)

PS. Watch a full flip-through of this journal:

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