"Rio Grande" (unavailable)

(unavailable.....in the permanent collection of dee day)

This quote is so appropriate since there are two rivers that form our western and northern boundary lines. Besides, I just like to say and write "Rio Grande". There is something about it that has a tremendous amount of grandeur and presence.

This piece was created with overlapping forms and a progression of built up texture. The first layer of color was applied wet into wet to form diffused and gradated edges of color with minimal texture such as the vertical gestural marks on the right. In the second layer, white gesso was added in upper left and lower right hand corners with expressive marks written in the gesso followed by additional color added to those areas only. The third layer was created with overlapping forms such as the stamped image of Rio and the pencil drawing of the state of Texas. Finally, the quote was added.

This posting was designed for my class in Houston. They will be creating a (6" x 6") tomorrow using geometric forms.

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