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SYNTHESIS SERIES

a series of 5 mixed media pieces

These are my attempts to visually convey the essence of a life form using media. I have used painted washes of tusche to get this atmospheric spirit appearance.

 

I learned about 'tusche' in a lithography class I took from my friend, Alexa Karabin at the Kalamazoo Institute of Arts in the fall of 2013. After we used it in the class I returned to my studio and started painting it on canvas board to watch how the tusche media floated among and within the washes of water. I experimented with moving the media around in the water by tilting the canvas board around. 

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SYNTHESIS 01

Mixed Media, 2021

Digitally layered combinations of ink drawings, textured oil pastel paintings and tusche washes imaged with archival ink on archival fine art paper.

 

The prints were adhered to cradle board with archival adhesive then encaustic is added to create physical texture.

 

Encaustic covered found objects adhered to the surface.

Image dimensions: 18" by 12"

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SYNTHESIS 02

Mixed Media, 2021

Digitally layered combinations of ink drawings, textured oil pastel paintings and tusche washes imaged with archival ink on archival fine art paper.

 

The prints were adhered to cradle board with archival adhesive then encaustic is added to create physical texture.

 

Encaustic covered found objects adhered to the surface.

Image dimensions: 18" by 12"

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SYNTHESIS 03

Mixed Media, 2021

Digitally layered combinations of ink drawings, textured oil pastel paintings and tusche washes imaged with archival ink on archival fine art paper.

 

The prints were adhered to cradle board with archival adhesive then encaustic is added to create physical texture.

 

Encaustic covered found objects adhered to the surface.

Image. dimensions: 18" by 12"

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SYNTHESIS 04

Mixed Media, 2021

Digitally layered combinations of ink drawings, textured oil pastel paintings and tusche washes imaged with archival ink on archival fine art paper.

 

The prints were adhered to cradle board with archival adhesive then encaustic is added to create physical texture.

 

Encaustic covered found objects adhered to the surface.

Image dimensions: 18" by 12"

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SYNTHESIS 05

Mixed Media, 2021

Digitally layered combinations of ink drawings, textured oil pastel paintings and tusche washes imaged with archival ink on archival fine art paper.

 

The prints were adhered to cradle board with archival adhesive then encaustic is added to create physical texture.

 

Encaustic covered found objects adhered to the surface.

Image dimensions: 18" by 12"

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