6×6″ (approx.)
thin copper wire, transparent polyester thread, on paper
This was fun to make, although a bit tedious when it came to getting the wire to sit right, and then trying to tie it down with very thin and independent-minded plastic thread. I took the photo of it during a rare bit of sun coming in the window to create the shadows.
9.5×7.5″ acrylic
Scraped acrylic on matboard. Kinda wacky. That’s about all there is to say!
8×6″ collage on paper
I arranged some cut-up postcard and bookmark slivers into this pattern and collaged them onto the paper. The colors and forms remind me of a woven blanket—a blanket of warmth and gratitude on this Thanksgiving Day.
9.5×7.5″ acrylic (and marker) on matboard
I took an old scraped poem-painting (someone else’s poem, for a commission) that was languishing in my “seconds” box and scraped new paint over the whole thing. I also “printed” some acrylic by pressing the scraping-tool leftover paint onto the matboard (it’s the magenta form that looks like half a leaf in the lower right). Some words are still peeking through, but not very well or legibly. Just adds to the mystery!
8×6″ acrylic, collage on paper
After scraping some acrylic paint, I collaged a piece of white paper vertically and then added some transparent zinc white paint blobs to the right of that. And then decided to stop while I was ahead!
6×6″ acrylic on paper
Another free-form, no-idea painting exercise. I was tempted to add other colors, but decided two tones of each of the three colors were sufficient.
digital photo
Here is another photo from the backyard woods last weekend. The insect paths are grooved into the entire now-fallen tree, including up and around this gnarl. I thought it looked kinda cool. Groovy. Gnarly.
digital photo
I took this photo during a backyard woods photo shoot last weekend. Lots of cool looking lichen on the fallen, rotting trees out there, especially when you get up close.
8.5×5.5″ acrylic, collage on paper
I scraped, brushed, and printed with acrylic. (I think my “printing” tool used to be the inside circular plastic piece from a Scotch tape dispenser.) And I collaged on top of that the words from a baggage claim ticket that my spouse gave me (thanks, Matt!).
5.5×8.5″ acrylic on paper
This is another piece that at one point seemed destined for the scrap pile. It consists of scraped, palette-knifed, brushed, and blockprinted acrylic. At the point when I was about ready to throw in the towel, I took some transparent quinacridone magenta and scraped it over the whole thing. When in doubt, grab the magenta; that seems to be my motto! And…I do like it better!