This piece was started during the first really hot spell of the year here in Berkeley. By the time I finished it this week it was raining again. But I think the original impression stuck with me.
16″ x 16″ Acrylic on Masking Tape on Paper, then collaged (aka Mixed Media)
So I decided to call it Sunny for obvious reasons. But whenever I think of that word I think of this song:
Detail and another, related piece after the jump.
These 4 pieces began life as a single large dropcloth I used for 6-8 months last year. I painted a lot of canvases on it that resulted in a lot of finished pieces. At the end of the year I cut it into these. I considered working further with them, weaving them together or somehow editing them together, but decided for this time at least, to let things lie where they fall. I can always make more if I need materials for more involved works.
I think each is around 24″ x 36″ or vice versa, acrylic on canvas. I used masking tape to get the stripes.
Click the images to go to Flickr, where you can see larger versions. (especially recomended for the horizontal ones, since our format limits the width we can display)
3 more after the jump! Read more »
Because I’m using spent masking tape in the art cards I’ll be sending out I thought I’d show one of the first pieces I did in this style. It is a portrait of Jazz Trumpeter, Booker Ervin.
“Booker Little” 10″ x 7″, Acrylic on Masking Tape on Paper, Collaged
This is comprised of masking tape previously used to get patterns in Read more »
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