"Bridge the Gap"

($40.00....6" x 6" mounted on a 1/8" depth clayboard panel)


"Bridge the gap between focused and unfocused thinking." Focused thinking means to give all of your attention to one thing. It is extremely difficult to focus if our thoughts are all over the map. Just try shutting down all audio input and focusing on a single thing. Setting a time limit will also help to make decisions quicker without "fussing" over things.

This is a piece created with Liqitex Pouring Medium and Acrylic paint. From across the room, it looks like an aerial view of water with a strip of land spanning across. I decided to have three windows that were created by cutting out from the leftover sheet that this piece was cropped from. I wanted to visually show that by breaking up the space with windows that also create a hard edge was a way to interpret my quote visually. By doing this, I control where the viewer wants to look. The white dot in the largest window is where the eye wants to go so I began the lettering in that area. Windows will also create shapes within the piece to break up all of the diffused edges from colors mingling together. In design, too much of the same thing will leave the desire for more contrast.

The impact of color from across the room is phenomenal and the lettering takes a back seat. In fact, the lettering blends in so completely that it cannot be read from across the room. I like the way the lettering blends in and quietly steps out of the design space. Just a few more things to try or think about.

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"Jewels of Color" ($30.00)

($30.00)

"Light pierced the glass and my heart with jewels of color." Because the word "light" has two meanings, this is a quote with a double meaning. Light gives objects form and in the case of glass, it has the power to create wonderful gradations of color when it passes through the glass. Light can also be an "epiphany" or insight that illuminates the heart. In either case, light is the key ingredient.

In many of the "gesso" and "pouring medium" pieces, little windows are created by leaving some of the unprimed paper untouched when applying the gesso. These "windows" create a place to highlight an image or lettering. The key in creating these "windows" is working on a larger sheet of watercolor paper so these areas can be cropped. Creative cropping definitely falls in the category of a spontaneous technique.

By using a stylus or the end of a pointed object, the gesso can become much more textural by writing into it while it's wet. Even using unconventional tools such as a stick or old brush will yield some interesting marks. You might also enjoy an experiment of choosing one letter and writing it 100 different ways with as many different tools as you can find. Some of these mark making tools might find their way into your "repertoire" of marks. This is also a great idea for an interesting journal, especially if you notate what tool you used. Just something to try or think about.

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