Friday, July 27, 2012
Thursday, July 19, 2012
This is the fourth and final piece I've created for an upcoming fundraiser auction. All four pieces are meant to reflect the beauty of the SAS campus and culture. This is from a photo I took on Tuesday at 2 in the afternoon, taking advantage of very strong downlight. The location is a bridge leading from bldg. S to bldg. T; it is traversed heavily on a daily basis by employees walking to the cafeteria in T to get their lunch. We wanted to find little familiar places on campus that might speak to people.
This painting is small, 18x24", acrylic on canvas. Acrylics allow me to paint really fast; this one took 6 hours.
I was recently commissioned to decorate a wedding invitation. This is the second time I've done this and I think it's such a wonderful gift idea. My client provided ideas for imagery, all meaningful items like the location of the engagement, the location of the wedding, the wedding flowers. Then I created the design to frame the invitation. She wanted a soft look so this is an ink drawing softened with an acrylic wash, then colored with colored pencils. I fuzzed out some of the text to protect privacy, but you get the idea. :)
Tuesday, July 10, 2012
I was advised by a couple of friends to set up a blog to track my body of artwork, give some background on the process and inspiration, allow for feedback, etc...
I'll include an image of a recent painting here as an experiment. "Shallow Reflections" is 36x36", liquid acrylic on canvas. It was created for a nature-themed exhibition currently hanging in the Umstead Hotel and Spa in Cary, NC. This piece was by far the most labor intensive one in the show so I'm very happy to report it has sold!
The inspiration photo was taken in Sedona, AZ, but really, this image could be applied anywhere. It was painted in layers, as I often do with transparent water scenes. The entire stream bed was created before laying any water in on top of it.
I will continue posting to this blog and will send the link to everyone on my "new art" listserv. This will take the place of the mass emails.
Thanks!
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