Edgar & Poe plus Nevermore!

 Edgar & Poe

10x8in acrylic on paper sold

Nevermore 

10x8in acrylic on paper sold

Lovebirds

11x14 acrylic/watercolor on paper sold

Artist Note

I really enjoyed doing these 

three pieces and am disappointed 

that the images do not show the 

mellow feeling of cohesiveness

I see/feel in them.

 These paintings were 

started as random 

mono-gesso prints

see HERE

for a link to the process

if interested. 

The only difference

 is, I used paper 

instead of board

The emerging images I saw

in my magination

 came out of the three values,

(black to white)

and were already 

very much 

 like birds.

I used lighter colors to develop

the negative background 

with the ravens 

and darker tones

to bring out the white of

the doves.

  Creating the 

birds out of a messy

blob

was fun.

I made a stamp from 

corrugated board for the 

bottom areas of the 

two different raven pieces. 

I took some picture of ravens 

through

a picket fence once and 

that has stayed with me.

I developed the Lovebird nest

in  my usual way. Love the leaf

near the front!

The acrylic paint dries 

slower than the inks so some 

interesting mark making 

 and layering can go on.

Working on pieces 

which are not planned, but 

learning to respond to 

what I saw in my imagination,

added to the feelings of 

discovery and excitement

which are important to me...

especially when working 

on a large series. 

Prevents the sameness

- the security!