4.75×7″ acrylic on matboard
A scraped acrylic painting, the shape on the left just reminds me of a thunderhead. And that’s about all I have to say about it!
june 20
4×3.5″ collage
I took a small piece of matboard (left over from a framing project) and collaged several pieces of repurposed silk sari on it. Then I took one of my many pieces of saved dried acrylic paint (dried on a palette) and collaged it on top. The dried acrylic shape reminded me of a yoga or meditation position, but it also just looked like a bug to me. So…insect yoga.
june 19
digital photo, filtered
I took another photo of a nascent flower and used a filter on it, this time “chrome.” The filter highlights and intensifies the feeling of a beginning expansion outward.
june 18
10.5×6.5″ acrylic, ink on matboard
I took a previously scraped poem-painting that was living in a stack of unframed paintings in a bin. I scraped more paint over it, then added some ink lines, both to cover up some words peeking through and also to add some visual interest.
june 17
digital photo, filtered
This is a photo of another coneflower center (one that escaped a deer’s mouth!). Instead of presenting it to you in its greenishness, I used a glowing edges filter to change it up visually.
june 16
8×10″ acrylic on matboard
This is an example of layered on scrapes of acrylic paint, along with some brushed transparent/translucent acrylic paint in the background. A color lover’s delight!
june 15
11.5×8″ mixed media assemblage
Well, not exactly a daily work, but a follow-up from a previous month when I posted a couple of detail views of this piece. This is currently on display in the Iowa Exhibited XXX show at the Polk County Heritage Gallery (along with one of my paintings and many works by other Iowa artists). This assemblage uses parts from computer diskettes, some telephone wire, gesso and paint, and a gessobord.
june 14
3.5×2.5″ acrylic
A block print over a rainbow-ish (not exactly) color pattern. I had to accentuate the printed shape with some added brushed acrylic paint because the block slid a bit and diluted the paint when I printed it.
june 13
digital photo
I know, I know. I just posted a close-up of a daisy late last month. But for this (new) photo I got even closer and focused on the center of the flower even more (because I find all of the forms and textures in the center endlessly fascinating). That counts, right?
june 12
2-7/8″x5″ acrylic, wool yarn
This has a couple of block prints overlaid each other, then some brushed acrylic, then some pieces of wool yarn collaged onto it.