A Color Workshop

Window Tryptych 4 ‘ x 8 ‘

For this exhibition, I worked on paper, canvas, and doorskin (a kind of wood veneer). I used watercolors, pastels, dyes, and raw chemicals such as iron oxide and chromium. copper carbonate, copper oxide, and cobalt oxide. The chemicals mixed as liquids created interesting and fascinating textures and added opaque, subdued, and subtle gradations of tone. The combination of the dyes and watercolors added rich, vibrant color, and with the flat, unusual hues, created a dynamic tension and interaction. Pastels and sharp sticks were used as drawing tools to draw flowers and symbols on top of the background. I don’t believe I could have achieved the same intensity of color without using this media combination.

Blue Iris in Church

From My Window

The title of this painting is Nocturne. It is 20" x 30'. It is done on watercolor paper. The colors inside the window are mixtures of dyes with some watercolor. The flower is watercolor. The frame around the window is chromium.

I wanted to give the feeling in this large work of being able to enter through the opening.

From My Window