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Finally finished, it's been a long road to completion. Reminds me of the Beatle song "The Long and Winding Road". Lol, I'm reaching but I did finally decide on a title. These abstracts take so much more time and energy however I'm happy with the results on this piece. Happy endings always spur me forward yet there's still a question whether to continue with abstracts.Deborah Ann Kirkeeide ©
This is part of the ongoing project of three pieces started a few weeks ago where mask was applied first then paint and mask removed. Now I have moved on to adding the collage pieces, you can see I've got this vine and branch kind of thing going on and it almost has an asian art feel to it. I played with moving different pieces of collage around before gluing, it took me forever before envisioning something. You can see that process below in the next photo. It gave me a start and something to go by but it may move in a different direction, not sure at this point. So the next step is to add a connecting paint layer in darks. I started adding some pencil designs to the piece to help me along. The title is only temporary making it easier to refer to.
Continuing to work on these little mixed media abstracts I started a week ago. My new pieces are painted now after the mask. Next step below, mask removed from two pieces.
Next 2 steps are the hard part - collage and then bringing it all together. With 3 pieces this will take awhile so I will post one piece at a time. I'm seeing vines and maybe branches in the bigger piece, not sure where it will go yet. Oh and I decided to use acrylics instead of watercolors and I'm happy with the results.
Deborah Ann Kirkeeide ©
Uncontained seems appropriate for my new mixed media piece. There really are no limits when you work with mixed media however you still strive for good design and composition. That's always been a problem for me working with abstracts so I decided to get help by taking a virtual workshop with Karen Knutson. She has amazing design skills and I'm beginning to get an understanding or feel for abstracts. They are super hard for me so it's challenging, I spend way more time creating abstracts than my representational pieces. It may look like I just threw a bunch of stuff on a board and walked away but each collage piece and pen work was very intentional. I've got three more pieces started it will be fun to see where they go, even if they fail I will have learned something and moved farther along. Still working to loosen up!
This painting is 8x10 inches and a combination of watercolor, collage and pen.
Deborah Ann Kirkeeide ©
5x7 inches, Mixed Media on watercolor paper
This has been a summer of new landscaping, interior remodeling with a bit of health issues mixed in. With all of that going on it's been hard to find time to create. I've been playing with more mixed media to keep inspired. This one was put away for awhile because I wasn't sure where it was going, it needed connection to pull it together. I found a napkin with these big spots, moved it around and realized it was the missing piece. Then the name just came, the painting said this is a song of summer because summer is busy, loud, noisy, swirling with constant movement, joyful and almost chaotic. Summer wakes up with a scream, it sings and makes the most of having the little time to be loose and free, at least in the midwest when nature sleeps so long. I hope you are having a joyful chaotic summer!
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Inspired by my daughter and her husband's recent trip to Hawaii along with their brilliant blue sunglasses! My daughter swam with the dolphins, sea turtles and manta rays, she's always been the bold and adventurous one. So playing with this new mixed media technique I wanted to capture their story. If you look you will find some sea turtles and a few dolphins.
Funny thing is, my daughter didn't even recognize herself in this painting even though every photo she shared of her trip showed her in these brilliant blue sunglasses, big hat and colorful scarf. Plus the sea turtles and dolphins, really? She laughed when I pointed it out.
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