speckeld tree

collage
9x6.25

not much time to work on collages these days. this one if from at least a month ago. i see pieces from a large destroyed piece , pieces from invitations to shows, from postcards...

sketch class

paul at rest and at work

sketch class is always such a joy. and such an important practice i feel, whether one wants to use the skill directly into one's art or not. i, for one, do not paint or draw realistic figures and yet, i feel my line, my sense of proportions, shapes, movement, so much keener when keeping up with the weekly practice.

first day of spring

undergrowth
collage
7x6.5

in honor of a first day of spring that lived up to its name, this little favorite in earth tones.

early collage

they are looking
collage
7.5x5.5

i enjoy the subject matter that came up in this one (from just shapes). but i've been favoring textured or printed papers over the plain canson type papers that i used here.

although i have only a couple of collages on that subject, i like to think of it as my "suzanne" series as in "suzanne and the elders". must be a bible theme although my knowledge of it comes from traditional paintings, the Veronese version being one of my favorite.

pain

aaaargh
mixed media
7.5x5.75

saw this figure in a few colored shapes. defined it, played a bit with pen and ink, a bit with acrylic and voilà. i am fond of this color harmony.

another "portrait"

so lovely
collage on canvas
7x5

just ink

over water
brush and ink
5.5x7

playing with doodles. so much fun.

appealling birds

benevolence
collage on paper
7.5x5.5

sepia

long ago, far away
collage
7.5x5.75

most pieces of paper are from a destroyed drawing from my obsessive hatching period. hadn't used waterproof ink so ink bled with the glue but i like what happened here. the sepia gives it an old-world feel.

some magic

it takes a village
collage
6x7.5

first came the shapes, they became birds and then, the title came. before anything happened at all though, that greenish shape sat on my table for weeks without going anywhere. and then, boom! it happened. magic!

more birds

full moon
collage
7.5x5.5

mostly i use acrylic to paint over and around the collaged pieces. sometimes, as in this one, i use oil pastel. should do it more often, i think. no?

happy march 1st!!

by the river
collage
5.75x6.25

river flowing, flowers coming out but still cold and winter-like... i thought this picture appropriate for the beginning of march.