Fruits of My January Hibernation
I’ve been playing and exploring with watercolor lately, approaching these experiments with a strategy of simplicity. Continue reading Fruits of My January Hibernation
Tag: collage
100 Day Project 2020: Conclusions
Well, I’ve been putting this off for a few days but it’s time: I need to do a post about my latest 100-day-project and what it all means. Continue reading 100 Day Project 2020: Conclusions
Getting Ready for my March Solo Show
My collages are created through a process of combining different media and ripped-up pages of marks. It then becomes a process of layering, adding, sometime subtracting, and re-configuring. I am trying to relate the paintings to this process, but instead of combining collage pieces, I am building up layers of marks, subtracting areas by covering them up and then adding more and more layers until I feel the image is resolved. Continue reading Getting Ready for my March Solo Show
Studio Update: Spring Explorations
Here we are in April and it already feels like June here in Germany. Only weeks ago we had a frigid cold snap and now we are looking at 80-90°F weather this week. Like most people, I am very tuned into the seasons, especially seeing them unfold outside of my studio window. For the past few weeks, my work has been reflecting the change. My … Continue reading Studio Update: Spring Explorations
Everything But the Kitchen Sink…
Expanding My Mixed Media Repertoire I have never produced as much work and worked so consistently as I am now. I’m in some kind of flow and that means every piece I make informs the next. I think it was natural, then, to begin incorporating torn paper collage and paper cutting into the mixed media works I’m making. It started with this piece I created for the … Continue reading Everything But the Kitchen Sink…
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