Showing posts with label Balance Series. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Balance Series. Show all posts

Tuesday, April 3, 2012

Illustration Friday - Return

Balance 4
acrylic and mixed media collage on canvas
48 x 36 inches

A return to Illustration Friday after a somewhat lengthy absence.  A return to and overdue completion of another piece in my "Balance" series.  In a little over a week I will return to my beloved Texas for my Master of Arts in Art Education final exhibit and presentation at Stephen F Austin State University.  It is a return for me because in the course of this semester I have managed to sell my house and farm in East Texas and move to the charming village of Baldwinsville in Upstate New York.  Big changes all around!


Monday, July 11, 2011

Welcome to Somewhere off Center

A new direction in life calls for a new blog, so this is where you will find current information and postings about my artistic endeavors and discoveries.  I will post fine art pieces as well as illustrations to this site. In my mind, there is only a slight distinction between the two art forms.  Illustration often crosses over into fine art, and fine art very frequently contains a strong visual narrative.  I consider myself a visual storyteller, so the marriage of art and illustration makes perfect sense to me.

Below you will find the first three canvases of a new body of work I call "The Balance Series".  These are large mixed media pieces dealing with man's utilization and manipulation of the earths resources.  Visual/compositional inspiration comes from Egyptian hieroglyphics as well as the work of Joseph Cornell. I hope that this theme will keep me busy for some time and will result in a group of works that will be exhibited on a broader basis than I have pursued in the past.  Please let me know what you think.  I love to receive comments and constructive criticism.

 48 in. x 48 in.
Mixed Media on Canvas

 48 in. x 48 in.
Mixed Media on Canvas

48 in. x 60 in.
Mixed Media on Canvas