PAINTINGS : works on canvas and vellum
Each river or waterway in works above have their own environmental and/or political issues. And, from a higher universal perspective, each branching flowing waterway can also be seen as botanical or anatomical. These various layers of meaning and concern are in back of mind as I make choices and tease the fluid oils and pigments in my water-focused work.
Most oil and acrylic paintings in the nearest scroll above are 36 x 36 or larger.
Four scrolling square works on vellum paper (with thin interior border) are part of Waterplaces, a collection of 100 small works initially exhibited at Kansas City Design Center in Kansas City, Missouri, as seen in the large photo...and ultimately purchased by The Marianna Kistler Beach Museum of Art in Manhattan, Kansas, for their permanent collection. (Each Waterplaces image has a corresponding written page.)
The slender "tangled creeks" work on vellum, Wabaunsee Waters III, is one of a triptych in the collection of KU's School of Business in Lawrence, Kansas, along with the gray and amber oil painting Prairie Creek River (Konza, McDowell, Kaw). / / See DOWNLOADS for more about the paintings in the scroll above, and more.
COLLAGE: paper; fabric
SIDETRIP: Works on paper below began as I looked at several oil paintings on easels and experimented with capturing new angles, photographing across the surface of the paintings, shifting perspective upon these actual river paths. The resulting prints, when cut along lines where water meets land, become the shapes and lines that you see here collaged into singular configurations. Sizes range from approx. 5" - 15"
ACID WASH : Playing with Consequences centers ocean acidification as the impetus of my thinking and design process. After first scouting for intriguing acid-wash garments (Ebay, mostly) I cut into the garments, isolating design elements and features...and found water themes and more!!
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