I took a workshop with artist Nancy Barch last month. I still have a hard time reconciling my interests in so many different directions of art simultaneously. I suppose by my recent photos, it may have appeared that I wasn't enjoying this type of art anymore...well, I do. I enjoy the other as well.
These pieces are just laid out with these mats for the purpose of the photo. I have not made final crops on them, and eventually, I may crop them differently or have custom mats cut for them.
This green painting combines acrylic paint, image transfer (of some doodles from my sketchbook), collage, stamping and drawing. It is a half sheet of watercolor paper, so is quite a bit bigger than this mat. I don't know if I will mat it down to this small of a size (it's a 16x20" mat) or have a mat custom cut for it. I like this composition, though.
This blue painting involves acrylic paint and collage. Like the green painting above, it was originally done on a half sheet, so I don't quite know how I want to crop it as a finished piece, but this pleases me pretty well as it is now.
This piece is Asian-inspired. There is lots of 3-dimensional texture that may not be apparent in the photo. It is on a quarter sheet of paper, and matted to 16x20". It combines acrylic paint, acrylic gel medium texture, and collage.
The following two images come from a single painting on a quarter sheet. There is a lot of collage in there and the color is provided by acrylic inks. There are numerous ways that this piece could be cut up, and I haven't decided how to crop it yet. Both of these are possibilities.
Needless to say, it was an extremely fun workshop, and I hope to be able to take more classes and workshops with Nancy in the future!
