Flower Shop #14

Flower Shop  #14 watercolor collage   11 x 14 x 3/4

A composition chosen with warm dominance and cool contrast and repetition of  curved shapes….friendly.

This is the second collage I assembled - for practical reasons.  It was originally  two paintings 10x11 inches.   

I over thee past couple years, I deliberately chose a non-standard size.  My thought was that I wanted to force myself away from making paintings that “might sell”, something not frame-able.  

The result was a freedom that produced several successful creative attempts.   Then I couldn’t figure out how to present them the “framed”.   This collage is a  revamp to a standard size.

 

Below two watercolor efforts used in this collage.

 

The watercolor collage was  sprayed with Krylon UV resistant finish and then mounted with acrylic medium on Cheap Joe’s Really Good Cradled Painting Panel. The panel is rigid and  pressure can be applies to  flatly adhere the painting.

 

 

     My next effort  uses  polystyrene rigid insulation foam. More on this topic soon.
 

This has been a big step in a 2-3 year effort to find a no glass solution to present watercolors which has led me in directions never imagined.   I like  Flower Shop  #14.                          SOLD.

Flower shop # 14

Flower shop # 14 mostly watercolor 22x30


This is the only full size to date- and a long ways from the original photo. Not sure if I am pleased with it.

Flower Shop #10 #11 #12 #13

Flower Shop  #13    watercolor and mixed  media   10x11

 

Flower Shop #12       watercolor and  mixed     10x11

 

Flower Shop  #11     watercolor and mixed    10x11

 

Flower Shop  #10     watercolor and mixed     10x11

This may be the last of these for a while.  I did them more than a month ago and just have been too busy to down load them.  I like the pigeons.  I now have a full sheet coming soon and again have  my thoughts returning to the barn series.

Flower Shop Series #7 #8 and #9

Flower Shop #9 WaterColor and Mixed 10x11

This one has a lot of opaque. Again not sure that I like the effect in my work…at least in this application.

 

Flower Shop #8                WaterColor and Mixed 10x11

Flower Shop #8 bit more abstract with design and calligraphic entertainment. It is a relief after all those green compositions – a bit warmer and mellow.

Flower Shop #7 WaterColor and Mixed 10x11

This one has very much the same feel as #6.

If you have been following this blog you might notice I change the name of this series. The ‘Green Purse’ seemed to have lost whatever energy it had.

Flower Shop Series #5 and #6

Flower Shop #5 Watercolor and mixed media 10x11

 

Flower Shop  #6 10x11 Watercolor and mixed media

I like the line and texture of both of these. More coming.

Flower Shop Series #1 #2 # 3 and #4

My new GREEN PURSE Series   ..... Four here today and more on the way
Am listing these out of order because I am not very fond of #1.

Flower Shop #4    11x10  watercolor, mixed media

For some time I have been feeling that I want to use more line. The use of line takes the composition decidedly away from ‘real’ and makes it more painterly. Line is great contrast to the smooth watercolor wash. I like this best so far. More to come.

My new GREEN PURSE Series is based on a photo taken while a friend and I were at a nursery shopping for Asiatic Lilies and whatever other perennials we could find. The heron is inspired from ‘yard art’ a long time resident of my garden. This is the second series from this gardening establishment about an hour’s drive north along the Mississippi River. The first series was a study with the buildings and pots dominating the composition and a smaller image of my sister ready to buy an iris.


I like this subject- people I love; flowers and pots (which are excuses for warm color and soft washes) I have in abundance around our home; buildings ( make excuse for straight lines). I fill the page with shapes, touching the edges of the paper-large and small.






Flower Shop #1    watercolor, mixed media   11x10

This is #1- Just a planning sketch to see what to do. I thought the leaves on top were too cluttered so I eliminated them in the next studies. I do not like it much

 

Flower Shop #2    watercolor, gauche, mixed media  11x10


Traditional watercolor method. I like the freshness. The composition is better.



Flower Shop #3      watercolor, mixed media  11x10

Gouache is much too difficult for this old watercolorist. I have been studying Donna Zagota and thought I would try the opaque watercolor. But I think I will leave it to her-whose work is fantastic, creative, and fun.