Artist blog about abstract figurative oil painting and contemporary collage. Discussion about painting in the studio and the creative process of painting abstract and impressionistic oil paintings.
Thursday, January 8, 2009
"Going Green" Art Exhibit at Harmonics, Inc
Eight of my collage pieces were juried into the "Going Green" exhibit at Harmonics, Inc in Sunnyvale, California by art consultant, Carol Dabb of Los Altos. The show runs for three months and features art that has either a green ecology theme or is made with green materials. My collages are made with found materials, corrugated cardboard, paper, threads, tree bark, papyrus, and burlap.
I always wanted to be an artist. I love the materials of art: the firmness of a hog bristle brush, the creamy thickness of oil paint, the texture of bark paper, the smell of plaster. I love stepping into the mystery of creation; not knowing what is going to happen and being astonished by the image that emerges. I'm drawn to exploring the reaches of the
imagination and the orphaned off parts of the self. I like to see what bubbles up from the unconscious mind.
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