Once again I have depicted good ol’ Mount Garfield in a collage. I decided to do a horizontal orientation this time because Garfield is really a horizontal silhouette as it stands at the end of the ridge of the Little Bookcliffs overlooking the Grand Valley. I decided to use stripes (many zebras)as a motif with [...]
posted in: abstract / collage experimental / for sale / water media
medium: Abstract, mixed media oil, watermedia with collage
This started out as an experimental ground that I demonstrated in one of my classes. Even after it got juried into a state show, I still wasn’t completely satisfied with it. This week I gave it another go and now I think I will leave it be as a finished entity. It was a compositional [...]
posted in: abstract / collage experimental / for sale
medium: Abstract, mixed media oil, yupo
This abstract percolated for a long time. It started out as an experimental ground on yupo paper. I adhered an old piece of garbage bag that I had used as a drop cloth during a workshop. Occasionally I would work on it, stamping shapes on it, glazing to integrate areas. I would put it away [...]
posted in: abstract / for sale / water media
medium: Abstract, watermedia with collage, yupo
This abstract piece on Yupo paper was another attempt to complete a colorful under-layer as a class demonstration. It came together rather fast unlike most of my abstract work and I love the way the light shines through. It measures 26×37 inches unframed and is for sale for $1500.00.
posted in: for sale / forest collages / mixed media oil
medium: Collage on cradled board, Forest Collage, mixed media oil
I did this my latest in the series of forest collages as a demonstration for the Art Students’ League of Grand Junction in November. My demo was how to approach combining collage with oil paint. I brought along a collage background done on a cradled board, 12×12 inches. I had given the collage background several [...]
I have had this piece hanging around my studio for a long time waiting to be finished. I wasn’t sure whether I wanted it to be a collage or a watermedia painting. Well this week I decided to finish it in watermedia. I tore off all the collage pieces that weren’t painted paper and really [...]
