Entrittskarte is 11x14", acrylic media and collage on panel.
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Saturday, March 31, 2012
Entrittskarte
Entrittskarte is 11x14", acrylic media and collage on panel.
Monday, February 6, 2012
Moonrise
Moonrise is 11x14", acrylic media and collage on panel.
Friday, January 27, 2012
Wednesday, January 25, 2012
Sangria
Shapes within Shapes: Another way to enhance design is to make shapes within shapes. This gives you the chance to practice some of painter Edgar Whitney's design elements, "repetition and alternation." It makes for a very intriguing surface!
Sangria is 8x8", acrylic media and collage on panel.
Sunday, January 22, 2012
Mimosa
Designing in a Grid, Part II - Now we've got a companion. I've continued to design these ladies' celebrations by beginning with a grid. Then I tip parts of the grid to create more energy.
Mimosa is 8x8", acrylic media and collage on panel.
Saturday, January 14, 2012
Tuesday, January 10, 2012
Harbor Roofs
Taste of Encinitas! Can you taste the salt in the air? It's about water, sand, shaded cafes.
Harbor Roofs is 8x8" acrylic media and collage on panel.
Saturday, January 7, 2012
Monday, November 28, 2011
Ancient Majesty
Begin: Artist Morton Kaish recalls reading philosopher William James on how motivation allowed a person to "transcend the obstacles of exhaustion. " By "pushing through", he said, you could "locate new pools of energy". They key was to begin. So artist Kaish posted one word in his studio: "BEGIN." So true! It is only once you begin to work that the ideas come and time evaporates!
Ancient Majesty is 8x8" acrylic media and collage on panel.
Tuesday, October 25, 2011
In the Cove
In the Cove: I think mixing some representational elements to an abstracted design is nice. Or is it adding abstraction to a representational design? Another in my Harborside series.
In the Cove is 8x8" Acrylic media and collage on panel.
On the Ridge
On the Ridge: I'm still working on my Hillside series, too!
On the Ridge is 6x6" Acrylic media and collage on panel.
Antique
Antique: Continuing to Design by Grid. I'm getting the sense of red lacquer and worn leather. Remembrances of ancestors and their journeys.
Antique is 8x8" Acrylic media and collage on panel.
Affiche
Affiche: I'm still experimenting with designing in a grid, working with analogous warm colors. Also trying for some interesting texture. As in Graffiti, I'm seeing a wall with traces of old posters, peeled and worn by weather and the passage of time.
Affiche is 6x6" Acrylic media and collage on panel.
Thursday, October 13, 2011
Graffiti
How to start a collage: When our class asked Carrie Burns Brown how she begins a collage, she responded wryly: " There is no way to begin a collage. You just start gluing things down." This may be sage advice about starting any painting. I find sometimes it is not until the hand begins to move that the ideas begin to come!
Graffiti is 8x8" acrylic and collage on panel.
Harvest
Limited palette: With collage, I've used fluid acrylics for the first time. Also new colors: raw umber, thalo turquoise, nickel azo yellow. As I discovered in oil, limiting your palette can really strengthen your design. And limiting your palette is not just putting out a few colors to paint with. It means limiting the colors that actually end up on the canvas! Big difference! This involves a lot of restraint.
Harvest is 6x6" acrylic and collage mounted on 8x8" matte board.
Forest Texture
Color Design: By limiting your colors, you can make lovely combinations. Here I've stuck to yellow-greens and blue-greens, evoking summer foliage and bark-like texture.
Forest Texture is 6x6" acrylic and collage, mounted on 8x8" matte board.
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