10×12 in. mixed media. Sometimes taking a simple shape and using it over and over can produce interesting results if you let your mind enjoy it. In my ink and marker period repeating a shape, and in this case a shield outline, over and over lead me towards a design. Using my full pallet of colors squares began to show up. Then once they took over I stayed with them around the edges. These generally are works that I become so involved with to smallest detail, time seems to stand still and before I know it the sun is peaking in the window and 12 hours have gone by. These are the times when I know I enjoy what I am doing…there are other things in life just as important to enjoy, but it is rewarding to know that making art is one of them.
Category Archives: Sharp Angles
Dinner Is On The Table
Media mixed 9×12 in. Don’t ask me what is being served, I went out for a sandwich… too much starch for my tastes…but I must say the presentation was impressive, don’t ya think?
Huey Dewey and Louie
Mixed media 9×12 in. Part of the sharp angles group. Very thick with multiple layer of color and acrylic. Nice mix of circles, angles and triangles with accent lines/site lines thru out. No hidden meaning or theme, just a pleasant journey with lines and color I took until I reached the end of the line. The name came about from what I was seeing in the piece after I finished.
The Lighting Is So Sublime
Mixed media 9×12 in. In case you are wondering, no ruler was used nor harmed while making this piece. When you blow this up the texture really shows up, it is an incredible pebbly surface, very proud of it. As to the colors would you believe hi-liters? Had to lay down about 4-5 layers of acrylic and white wash until I achieved the right tone/hue… hi-liters provide such a rich color to work with. Notice the lines between the colors, the pen/ink I used reacted different to the acrylic leaving a different height and effect…nice. I really like the way this piece turned out.
Let Me Draw You A Picture
Mixed media 9×12 in. Working with the techniques I have used and adding rub-on-lettering (so 70′s ) . Not much of a story just a fun piece that I let take me where ever it lead me.
From Within We Go Outside
Mixed media 16×20 in. This is one of those pieces I mentioned that I worked on like clay. I keep at it coating, shaping, redrawing,coating…etc, etc. This piece hung around my studio for a few weeks before I could finish it. I would add a little then look at for hours before adding a bit more, very frustrating at times. There is quite a bit of texture around and in the white hole…one could almost reach thru…but watch out for the sharp quills !
5 Shells By The Seashore
Mixed media 16×20 in. I had considered to divide this into 4 equal parts and then mount it with about 1/4 in. space between all parts with a dark background. However the outcry from my home grown support system convinced me to delay it for now. This has a very nautical feel to which I find very relaxing to look at. Technique wise I didn’t employee as many layers in this piece as I normally would, because it started working for me early on, and I couldn’t see the need. Subconsciously this comes from a long series of beach pictures/photos I took at Tybee Island.
Chaos in the Bay
A 16×24 mixed media using lots of stuff. I had this sketched out on a scrap piece of paper and first tried this as a kind of stain glass effect, I liked it but not as much as this piece…I can feel the movement and can hear the sounds and if I close my eyes smell the salty air…OK I WENT TO FAR…but it is water proof just in case.
Helvetica 72 Point
A 9×12 mixed media. Another piece using sharp angles and circles with a twist… I started showing the site lines , added the 20+ yr old transfers and it came alive for me. You would never know I have a architectural background with a very very very minor in Math.
Acid Rain
A 9×12 mixed media. This work most people (those that watch me during the creative process) want to turn horizontal with the white lines running vertically. I can’t say I didn’t give that long thought, however to me that brings the darker colors more into play vs. what I was going for. Bamboo?Wasn’t going for bamboo but it is rain in a dense forest, who’s to say I didn’t channel the bamboo feel subconsciously.
Angst
A 9×12 mixed media. Not sure this picture captures the true colors very well…example: the whitish bubbles around the lower left hand side are faint yellow, not as obvious as in this pic . I did this piece during a time of frustration with outside issues, thus the title. Can you see the hands going for my head and the brite yellows emitting from it, while I am surrounded with nice teals and whites? I can’t say I felt anything but mellow and peaceful once I was finished, just like the teals and whites.
Can art be therapeutic???
Plum Wine Ice Cream
A 9×12 mixed media. Has a nice finish but not as heavy as the works that followed this. Fell back on using some old line textures to break up the yellows and oranges. This piece is about 4 layers deep with brite colors and blacks under the layers. I real like the effect of the arcs on the sharp lines. The whiting or reflected looking grays on the darker grays is actual coloring not photo issue. Never had plum wine ice cream but I am sure it would give me a brain freeze or two.
4 Phase Shift
A 9×12 mixed media. The texture is almost like rough sandpaper the result of multiple layers. The colors under the first few layers are very brite and vibrant, I kept toning it down after until it worked for me. Not a ruler one was dirtied making these lines, I did use a circle form for the first layer tho …all hand shaped after that. I like how the circles break into the angles and change the feel of it…thus the shift.
