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 [...]
view larger...
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 [...]
view larger...
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 [...]
view larger...
This is my latest attempt at using oil paint over a collage underpinning. My initial goal was to keep more of the collage showing, but as this piece progressed, I realized that I wanted something with a pattern to it and it evolved to its present state. This is painted on a 16 x 20 [...]
view larger...
This is one of my experiments with oil painting atop collage. Once I discovered clear gesso this new technique has opened up new worlds for me. I redid an old collage panel that my husband didn’t particularly like. I wanted to hang it above our fireplace in the family room, so I redid it in [...]
view larger...
This another of my mixed media oil experiments. It is truly a fantasy forest. I started it as a demo for a local art club and it soon took on a life of its own. It is done on a wrapped canvas and is 18 inches x 24 inches. It will be in the Dairy [...]
view larger...
