Connections

This piece is a little bit different,  it is not a Collage.  Using contact paper and Alcohol Inks in several different layers of application, I built up the composition.  Then with my favorite Quill pen and colored inks I began to draw on the multi surface.

Size   H 14" x W 11"
Medium    Quill pen and colored inks, Alcohol inks, Yupo paper

Invitation to the Creative Arts Center of Dallas 2015 Show

Very Happy to be in the Show.  If you are in Dallas or going to Dallas, hope you have time to see the show.

hunter/gatherer/industrial/digital/hunter/gatherer...

This piece began from an experiment.  Walnut ink spray, round plastic needle point canvas, cut into part circles.  I laid the cut plastic circles on pieces of torn artist's proofs of intaglio prints I made in college, and spayed.  The circles, part circles, reminded me of cave drawing symbols.  The color scheme of the eucalyptus, sienna, java, and walnut, seemed to add to that feeling.  

Size  H 12" x W 9"    Medium  Collage, quill and Ink, walnut inks, intaglio proofs, various papers

 

 

 

Warning, Just a few Spots Left

I finally finished my new piece, with the 9 small collages that I posted before. 
As we kill off more and more land, the spots of natural beauty will become fewer and fewer.

Size  H 21" x W 28"
Mediums   Quill pen and ink, Inktense, Fluid Acrylics, Various papers

False words, While the beauty slips away

Size  H 8" x 6"
Medium   Quill pen and ink, inktense, book pages, various papers.

In keeping with the always theme in my work of our stewardship, or lack, of the earth we live on, this is a statement of the horrible slow death we are causing the plants around us, due to chemical profits.
The very soil we depend on is dying, and the beauty of rare and common plants is floating out of our grasp.  In this specific piece, an exotic plant is broken up into circles, and floating away from us, as the soil is dying, and the sky darkens with foreboding.

I have two pieces that have been juried into the SLMM online National Show.  The show is up for view, at slmm.org   The title of the exhibit is "Ebb and Flow"    

Thanks for the view.

All That Remains (In Progress)

Continuing with small work, I created 9 small landscapes, each 3" x 3".  They will each be placed on a crumpled piece of paper that looks like a cross between seal gut and parchment with string reinforcement running through it at 1 inch intervals.  Then all 9 will be mounted again on a single background.  As the finished piece will be to large to scan here at my studio, I am showing only the bits and pieces now,  after the piece is finished and camera shot, I will show you the finished piece.
Thanks for the view. 

Smaller Than It Used to Be

This piece, still working small, is a little bit different.  I created a diptych, which means two pieces, on one background.  Each Piece is H 3" x W 7".

Size   H 8" x W 9"

Medium     Collage      Quill Pen and Ink, Flow Acrylics, Various Papers, including old map reprint

As always, like to hear from you.  My website, with a new page added for small work, can be reached by clicking the link at the top right of this page.