Results tagged “acrylic” from Fernhill Art Studio
9" x 15"
$50
To me this collage conveys a long, full and useful life.
The patchwork quilt is a metaphor for making the most of what life presents. The title comes from the small collage element in the lower right corner, which says "3 Reasons to Use It". The large black area is acrylic paint and the handwriting is in silver ink.
Grrrl PowerMixed media on canvas
24" x 16"
$450
This was the second painting I did using photos and transparencies.
Whereas in Being 13 I
used only dry media (paper, photos, transparencies, oil stick), in
Grrrl Power I branched out into using a combination of dry media
(paper, vintage wallpaper, photocopies, transparencies) and wet media
(acrylic paint).
Grrrl Power began with a photograph that I had
taken of my ten-year-old niece Leonie and her friend Annie.
In the photo, Leonie is impatient with posing and wanting to leave, while Annie is clowning around pulling her tiger t-shirt over her face.
I enlarged the photo to 11x17 and then used a photocopier to make lots of copies in various sizes. I used a stretched canvas as the support, and prepared it by "building" a surface of texture using old wallpaper and fabric. I then played around with various configurations of the photocopied images until something surfaced.
What I discovered is that the most evocative part of the image was Leonie’s posture* - her outstretched leg and beautifully curving outer arm. I decided to feature the shape of her arm by repeating it in diminishing sizes.While I was working on the painting, I was thinking about what it means to be a girl in our society. To represent my hope that Annie and Leonie’s apparent joy and confidence would continue, I added the angel holding a candle. After adhering all the collage elements, I painted around and over the collage elements with acrylic paints.
*After reading this analysis, Leonie said "Aunty, I disagree. The most evocative part of the image is the relationship between Annie and me." Smart kid.