Cluster of Flowers Artwork

I enjoy painting flowers and plants. I can play with shapes and indulge my love of color. My more recent paintings are the product of a several step process that I enjoy immensely. I put down the background and let that dry. Then, after much staring at what emerges, I coax out shapes by adding and subtracting color. What gradually emerges over time is always a surprise and always an interesting journey. This is a also a collection of paintings that combines watercolor, specialty paper, tea bags, newspaper, texture mediums, sand, ink—you get the idea. I used Strathmore Bristol 500 Series Bristol Vellum Paper, and the original is 14 x 17 inches. The media are specialty paper, glossy gel, bead gel, ink, and tissue paper. What I am exploring lately is collaging faces using a wide variety of mediums. I work on the "edge," taking the two-dimensional format and expanding it or pushing its limits and playing with people's expectations of those limits. I mount the collage onto foam board leaving a border that creates a frame. This frame is then incorporated into the artwork itself. The frame is not something that is added later, is external to and "confines" the piece. My aim is to create a piece of art that remains open to the viewer to fully enjoy the texture and to continue to be witness to the steps in the creative process. The work remains a part of the living world, organic and not sealed and set inside a time capsule. This Mixed Media piece has been mounted on foam board creating a 2.25 inch border. The border was then decorated to create a frame for the piece. The back of the framed piece has a description of the work including the date it was created and the media involved as well as a hook attached for hanging.

Mixed Media:Ink on Paper

Original:One-of-a-kind Artwork

Size:21.5 W x 18.5 H x 0.3 D in

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