White Abstract #20 Artwork

This piece uses a combination of wood and metal. The woods used are mahogany, walnut, bloodwood, birds eye maple, rosewood, canary wood, spalted tamarind, and jobillo. Basswood is used as an inlay. The color is printed on metal from an original acrylic piece of mine. The piece is mounted in 3D fashion on a white gatorboard and placed in a white wooden floater frame. My artwork is made up of exotic woods, acrylic paints and metal. I first make sketches of an idea then cut out patterns representing each component, deciding what each part will be color and which will be wood. Once a final composition is decided upon, I begin selecting the parts. For wood I use Rosewood, walnut, Mahogany, birds eye maple, bloodwood, cherry, spalted tamarind and jobillo. Not all of these are in every piece, but a combination is used. Most are 1/8 in thick. Each has several coats of a hand rubbed finish. The color is taken from acrylic paint applied to a acid free paper and mounted on a thicker gatorboard. Sometimes the color is inlayed into the wood. Once the individual pieces are complete they are assembled on a hard gatorboard and placed in a floater frame. I have a series where a hand made banana paper is used in the mounting process. During assembly the pieces are separated from each other by a small unseen gatorboard, giving a wonderful 3D effect. This is difficult to see in the photographs. As you can see, this is a very complicated, time-consuming process. I have recently begun a new process of photographing the original acrylic paint parts of the art and printing them on metal. There is no way to achieve such amazing colors using conventional painting methods.

Mixed Media:3d Sculpting on Paper

Original:One-of-a-kind Artwork

Size:20.7 W x 30.7 H x 1.5 D in

Delivery Time:Typically 5-7 business days for domestic shipments, 10-14 business days for international shipments.