These works on paper were created using experimental printmaking and drawing methods, including acrylic paint, spackle, silk screen, gel prints, pearlescent paint, linocuts, other water based media and unusual methods. Prints and Drawings were cut into pieces and reassembled into new compositions. They can be purchased through my website on the shop page for Works on Paper.
"Through the Woods" , mixed media on paper mounted on mat board, 22.75 x 14 in.
"Through the Woods II", mixed media on paper mounted on mat board, 22.75 x 14 in.
"Reflection" mixed media on paper mounted on mat board, 15.75 x 11 in.
"Summer Green" mixed media on paper mounted on mat board, 20 x 15.25 in.
"Dark Passage Mixed media on paper mounted on mat board, 16 ¾ x 13 ½ in. (irregular edges)
, “Dark Passage II” Mixed media on paper, 20 ¼ x 13 ¼ in. (irregular edges)
“Dark Passage III” Mixed media on paper mounted on mat board, 17 ½ x 15 in.
“On the Edge of Sleep” mixed media on paper mounted on mat board, 19 x 18 in. (irregular edges)
"On the Edge of Sleep II" mixed media on paper mounted on mat board, 18.25 x 12.5 in.
“Wasp Nest” mixed media on paper mounted on mat board, 13 ¾ x 14 in. ( irregular edges)
Bedrock Abstraction Works on Paper
Below are works on paper related to my Bedrock Abstraction Series.The source for some of my paintings is an outcropping of very old limestone along the shores of Lake Michigan in Wisconsin. I took photographs along the shoreline, aiming the camera down to photograph algae covered pools of water, bedrock, and the shoreline where the limestone meets the lake.
In this series I have used a photo-silkscreen technique to add reductive elements of the features of the bedrock. This combines the suggestion of the physicality of the rock with abstract forms, lines and color creating a layered space. I have a fascination with structure; the visible structure in the world around us and the structure created within a painting. I see beauty in the balance between horizontal and vertical lines, the contrasts of light and dark, complementary colors and the opposition of hard and soft edges.
Bedrock Layers II, mixed media on paper, silkscreen, 11 x 15 in.
Eternal Forest, oil, cold wax, silkscreen on paper ,16 x 22 in.
Bedrock Abstraction IV,Encaustic on paper, inkjet print,graphite,10.5x 11 in.
Bedrock Layers I, mixed media on paper, 11 x 15 in.
Bedrock Abstraction II, Encaustic on paper, inkjet print ,17 x 11 in.
Water's Edge Abstraction, encaustic on paper, inkjet print, 13 x 20 in.
Heaven and Earth, encaustic on paper, 12x18 in.