by DCadmin | Mar 19, 2019
A series built on the transfer of imagery to and from each piece. A painted canvas might be used as a monotype plate. The monotype drawing leaves behind a negative drawing, pulling paint from the canvas. The canvas may get an additional painted layer, or a transfer of...
by DCadmin | Jun 25, 2016
The Singing Tree These works are both painting and drawing. They begin with oil monotypes made from a collagraph plate that includes canvas strips that delineate the musical staff arrangements, and other patterns such as leaves and metal mesh. The Rives BFK paper is...
by DCadmin | Jun 24, 2016
Beneath and Behind: Selloum Philodendron bipinnatifidum has several common names: lacy tree philodendron, selloum, horsehead philodendron. It lives in my studio during the winter and outdoors in the summer. It is a wonderful image to draw for its complex contours and...
by DCadmin | Jun 24, 2016
Cut Crystal Cut Crystal refers to a coffee urn whose crystal sides make a grid that has become a recurrent images in many paintings. I use man-made objects–the urn, chairs, vases, or –pitchers to reference human activity–our busy-ness. oil, pigment...
by DCadmin | Jun 24, 2016
Staghorn Staghorn is the common name for a fern, Platycerium, with the most beautiful leaf shapes and contours. The fertile fronds resemble antlers and carry the spores, while the basal fronds are kidney-shaped and protect the roots. Staghorn is epiphytic, meaning it...
