LINDA RZOSKA
mixed media: 2022
media experimentation series
 MUSING 01, Mixed media |  MUSING 02, Mixed media |
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 MUSING 03, Mixed media |  MUSING 04, Mixed media |
 MUSING 05, Mixed media |  MUSING 06, Mixed media |
 MUSING 07, Mixed media |  MUSING 08, Mixed media |
 MUSING 09, Mixed media |
The pieces in this series are the result of research, experimentation and development with various media in preparation for a long-term project I'm working on with 17 other creatives.
Each piece began with a drawing either in graphite or
ink. Many separate textured non-objective paintings were created using media like heavily applied oil pastel, tusche, walnut ink, sumi ink, charcoal, etc. The compositions you see in this series are the result of a select combination of these textured paintings layered together digitally with each drawing.
seed heads in winter series
 SEED HEADS IN WINTER 01, Mixed media |
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 SEED HEADS IN WINTER 02, Mixed media |
 SEED HEADS IN WINTER 03, Mixed media |
 SEED HEADS IN WINTER 04, Mixed media |
The very beginnings of these four pieces were just concepts for visual ekphrastic responses to a friend's poem. The poem was written in the voice of a continent describing its experience of transitioning from a tropical climate to a polar climate.
Playing in the cold snow as a child, I recall being surrounded by frozen Rose of Sharon bushes, creeping through them on my belly to enter the neighbor's yard.
Pages full of ink drawings of the seed heads of Rose of Sharon bushes started filling up the spaces on my studio's bulletin boards.
Frozen, petaled shapes.
Each enveloped in a layer of fine snow.