9.5×7.5″ acrylic on matboard
This is a scraped painting. No added embellishments. No brushed on painted background. No words. Just acrylic paint scraped on matboard. I was content to just let this one be. (At least for now!)
Category: art
november 1
8×6″ collage on paper
Now for something really different! This collage uses some things I have had for a few decades and some things I have had only for several years. Finally put to use! The paper with the words on it appears to be computer-generated long ago (I’m reading it from the bottom up). I obtained it in a package of collage materials I bought from another local artist, Peggy Johnston. The image of the rabbit I literally have had since I was in high school. And I have more little cut-out images like it. How can someone hold on to such things for so many years? I have no idea. Maybe I can use them all up in the next two months?!
october 31
digital photo
I took this photo this summer in Glacier National Park, but it fit the quote so much (at least the last part), that I wanted to share it on here. The words are from an interview with Iowa photographer Jill J. Jensen.
And that brings to an end the “Just Make Art” series for the month of October! Happy Halloween! (And don’t forget to set your clocks back before you go to bed!)
october 30
8.5×5.5″ acrylic, ink on watercolor paper
This was an evolution! It began with a scrape or two that didn’t turn out how I wanted. I added some background brush work, then I used a sponge to “print” different colors on. I did a lot of sponge work, actually. Until you have what you see (after adding the lettering).
Today’s quote is from artist and UNI art professor Crit Streed, whom I interviewed for both the Iowa Women Artists Oral History Project and the Beyond 9-11 project. Follow the links to learn more about her and her work in these two projects.
october 29
6×6″ acrylic, ink on watercolor paper
Scraping, brushing, printing—all with acrylic paint. Lettering with gel pen.
Today’s quote is from my interview with Indianola artist and former Simpson College art professor Janet Hart Heinicke.
october 28
8×5″ acrylic, marker on sketchbook page
I scraped and block-printed acrylic on this page, then added the lettering. The quote is from my 1999 interview with artist Christine Kelly Lohr in the small town of Churdan, Iowa.
october 27
5×8″ acrylic, marker on sketchbook page
This began with a leftover scrape to use up some wet paint. I added the blues and greens with layers of brushwork, and added some deeper magenta over the blob and added more lines of magenta over the blues and greens.
The quote is from my interview with Des Moines artist and teacher Betty Fitzsimmons.
october 26
8.5×5.5″ acrylic, pen, marker on watercolor paper
This has acrylic paint scraped, printed, and dabbed onto the paper, as well as various pens and markers accessorizing the painting.
Today’s good advice is from artist and Iowa State professor
Ingrid Lilligren. As always, clicking on the image will give you a larger, better resolution image to see and read.
october 25
digital photo, modified
This is a photo I took recently of a beautiful leaf. I zoomed in, increased saturation, and then converted it to a infrared black-and-white version. I added the layer of words by Iowa photographic artist Carol Macomber.
october 24
5×8″ acrylic, ink on sketchbook page
I scraped some acrylic paint on rather thick, then cut into it with a newly-modified 5-tined hair comb to create the lines. I added some brushed and dabbed acrylic around the scraped area, then after a lot of drying time, lettered the words.
The quote is from my friend and talented composer/musician/knitter/lawyer Renae Angeroth who said this during my interview with her as part of my Beyond 9-11 project (her song was selected by an independent judge for inclusion). (She also composed a new musical theatre piece, Palace of the Fields, that had its first public reading in late August of this year.) In addition to creating beautiful music and knitted projects herself, she is a great supporter of her artist friends.