Two More

Two more figures from the series.

Woman with Arm Extended
2012, Collage and acrylic on canvas
11" x 14"

 Woman with Arms Overhead
2012, Collage and acrylic on canvas
11" x 14"

Ingredients

I use acrylic paint and acrylic mediums combined with maps, sheet music, book pages, decorative papers, paper bags, drawing paper, gift wrap, yellow pages pages, and small drawings to create these collage paintings.

Woman With Bow
2012, Collage and acrylic on canvas
11" x 14"

Tall Woman
2012, Collage and acrylic on canvas
11" x 14"

More Figure Work

I love collage and paint. I have been integrating the figure into my work the last several months and am pleased with the results.

Woman Bows
2012, Collage and acrylic on canvas
11" x 14"

Two Women
2012, Collage and acrylic on canvas
11" x 14"

New Work Old Work

Wow. Amazing. Reorganizing the studio and it turns out that I have paintings that I'd forgotten about. Here's a cubist piece I discovered. Also, another new collage painting from the series I am working on now.

Cubist Still Life with Hourglass and Skull
2009, Collage and acrylic on canvas
24" x 36"

Woman With Raised Hand
2012, Collage and acrylic on canvas
11" x 14"

New work.

Summertime. A break from teaching and a chance to make some work. Bringing together collage, paint, and some figure drawing to create some interesting mixed media pieces.




Woman Suspended
Collage and acrylic on canvas
11" x 14"

Painting and Collage - New Work

Here's a portrait of Jayden, my great-nephew and a drawing started in December and recently completed.

Jayden
16" x 20", Oil on canvas

Yellow and Blue Still life
Charcoal, pastel, and collage on paper
12" x 18" 

Austin - Scrambled Eggs

Chris in SF

Nancy at Ocean Beach

New Year - New Art

Happy New Year. One of the tasks I give my beginning drawing class at the end of the semester involves creating a cubist drawing of a still life. A fun project that moves them away from representational realism to abstraction where flatness mingles with the illusion of 3D and forms are plastic. I usually do a demo drawing and it brings me back to my love of collage and Cubist imagery. My drawing students also do a self portrait which I always enjoy. All three drawings were done this year.

Still Life with Birdhouse
Charcoal, pastel, and collage 
12 1/4" x 18" on paper bag

Still Life with Skull, Guitar, and Coffee Pot
Charcoal, pastel, and collage 
12 1/4" x 18" on paper bag