I have been working with memories of land formations and geographic
features this week. One of the pieces I
worked on is called, “Sand Dune” and it is an abstracted version of a sand dune
I climbed in Michigan. I have been
working with oil pastel on top of a foundation of vine charcoal for a few weeks
now. Yesterday I bought some watercolor
pencils to add into the mix but I haven’t attempted to mix the oil-based and
water-based materials yet. To my surprise and delight the oil pastel mixed
media works seem to be coming together to form a body of work. For the first time in a long time my work has
a flow to it that taps on intuition and expression in a way that I enjoy very
much. This is something I can continue with for a while and I can't wait to see the series all together in a gallery space. I intend to continue
to work with mixed media, trying the watercolor pencil as a contrasting element
with the oil pastels and vine charcoal. Often, I teach my classes projects that
incorporate crayon with water resist so I think the teaching is an influence. With
spring break from teaching coming up soon, it seems as though I need to visit
some of these land formations and geographic features in Wisconsin, Illinois, Indiana and Michigan that are fueling my work.
Stay tuned! This is “Sand Dune,” and it is 9” x 12” done using oil
pastel and mixed media.
When I first became a blogger it was difficult to know if I had readers and visitors coming to my blog. I’d post and be met by the sounds of crickets. Then, I branched out into the world of the blogosphere, a world I didn't know really existed. From my ventures, I met a lot of interesting bloggers. I've started following and commenting on numerous blogs, for you see, prior to my outings, I too was out among the crickets. Lurking about but seldom saying anything. A fellow blogger I've met through my journeys around the blogosphere is Melissa Maygrove . She had the brilliant idea to have a Follow Fest , where we share about who we are, what we do and most importantly, how you can connect with us further. It is my intention through joining Follow Fest, that I’ll connect with many more readers and people interested enough in what I do to want to learn more by following. So, here goes my entry for the fest. Name: Stephanie Rose Bird Fiction or
Stephanie, this is beautiful... once again. :-)
ReplyDeleteWe are perhaps on the same wavelength - i posted something today about sand, and i almost called it "sand dunes"...
I really love this abstract. xoxo
Pauline:
ReplyDeleteThat's really cool! I'll hop over to your blog to check out your piece about sand.
Thanks so much!