tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20870723613407213832024-03-19T15:51:19.493-05:00Sistak Baur Art and Artful DiscoveriesPaintings, articles, musings, drawings, sketches and stories by Barbara Sistak Baur.B Sistak Baurhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17277546468222473985noreply@blogger.comBlogger233125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2087072361340721383.post-76180126197940522652023-07-27T16:02:00.000-05:002023-07-27T16:02:26.628-05:00The Sketchbook Project at Brooklyn Art Library (Video)<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><p style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: left;">Update: I just discovered that there was fire involving the sketchbooks in the Brooklyn Art Library Sketchbook Project in February, 2022 -- Many sketchbooks where destroyed! It looks like mine us one of them. At least, I cannot find it in my searches -- I am assuming it is lost. But I digitized it before sending it off to the Brooklyn Art Library so it available here. For more information about Brooklyn Art Library Sketchbooks and what happened to them, <a href="https://greenpointers.com/2022/03/04/the-sketcbook-project-suffers-a-fire-during-the-transportation-of-the-books-to-their-new-home/" style="text-align: center;">https://greenpointers.com/2022/03/04/the-sketcbook-project-suffers-a-fire-during-the-transportation-of-the-books-to-their-new-home/</a></p><p style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: left;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: left;">Here is my original post form 2020 --</p><p style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: left;">My sketchbook is part of the Brooklyn Art Library Sketchbook Project, Volume 16. The Sketchbook Project at the Brooklyn Art Library is a crowdsourced collection of sketchbooks from around the world. Sketchbooks are issued by the library to anyone who would like one. You fill it up and send it back and it joins the thousands of others in the library. From there, they are shared with the country going out on tour hosting pop-up residencies, drawing events and school visits, all using the core principle of anyone can participate in creativity. I wanted to be a part of that. For the discipline. For prosperity. For the fun. </p><p style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-kerning: none;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-kerning: none;">I’m sharing my sketchbook I submitted for Vol. 16, 2020. Nothing fancy, just some fun. </span></p><p style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-kerning: none;"><br /></span></p><p style="color: #494642; font-family: futura; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.8px;">Covid Chronicles 2020</span></p><p style="color: #494642; font-family: futura; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: futura; font-size: 48px; letter-spacing: 0.9px;">Sheltering</span><span style="font-family: futura; font-size: 48px; letter-spacing: 0.9px;">-in-</span><span style="font-family: futura; font-size: 48px; letter-spacing: 0.9px;">place</span></p><p style="color: #494642; font-family: futura; font-size: 48px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.9px;"></span></p><p style="color: #494642; font-family: avenir; font-size: 24px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Viewed best in full screen.</p><div><br /></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dzEWzbQbHvdfYk8o5fQa91oChJZvJj5ex3_AEjFToA0X6xnE771Wgksq9FWO0HQDQsgJdxE-xcOEqZ5IrpXFw' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><p style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-kerning: none;">The Sketchbook Project at the Brooklyn Art Library is a crowdsourced collection of sketchbooks from around the world. </span></p><p style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 17px;"><span style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></p><p style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-kerning: none;">You can do it, too. </span></p><p style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-kerning: none; text-decoration: underline;"><a href="http://brooklynartlibrary.org">brooklynartlibrary.org</a></span></p><div><br /></div></div></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: 14px;">Sketchbooks are a place for learning, experiencing, experimenting and having fun. No pressure. Yet, they impose a kind of discipline. Drawings or works must go down on the paper to fill them up. If there is a theme, you are rarely at a loss for ideas. </span><p style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 17px; text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-kerning: none;"></span></p><p></p>B Sistak Baurhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17277546468222473985noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2087072361340721383.post-82871083731710143502020-07-27T16:28:00.000-05:002023-07-27T16:29:01.719-05:00Pies on Pans -- Sold!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: small;"><i>Pies on Pans</i> with its viewpoint of looking right into a pie case is a design study with ellipses. Ellipses are circles as seen from the side. You see them everywhere throughout your day but we usually just call them circles. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Ellipses are challenging shapes for anyone painting or drawing. To better understand and perhaps conquer ellipses, I suggest a new column in the NY Times called <a href="http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/09/23/the-frisbee-of-art/?scp=9&sq=line%20by%20line&st=cse"><i>Line by Line</i>.</a> This is a delightful series on the pleasures of drawing and one entry is all about ellipses.<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms"; font-size: small;"></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: small;">Update -- this lovely painting has a new home! It is heading to a Gallery / Frame / Pie Shop in Kansas City, Missouri. This is the perfect setting! When I get more information on the location, I will post it here. </span></div>
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B Sistak Baurhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17277546468222473985noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2087072361340721383.post-67683891974083999282018-10-04T21:48:00.000-05:002018-10-04T16:31:45.972-05:00Artworks available in online store!<div style="line-height: normal;">
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<span style="color: #20124d; font-family: "helvetica";">I am Barbara Sistak Baur, a visual artist who creates and sells original paintings and artworks, and who also offers "artful discoveries" from time to time. To see my <span style="caret-color: rgb(32, 18, 77);">online</span> store and what is available there, click the link below.</span><br />
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B Sistak Baurhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17277546468222473985noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2087072361340721383.post-22052873491850509992018-09-23T20:19:00.000-05:002018-09-23T20:22:32.455-05:00Guava Cheese Tart II -- Sold!<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: 85%;"><span style="font-size: 100%;"><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 100%;">I enjoyed this technique so much that this is the second painting of this item. I changed a couple of things and worked on the shawdows.<br />-- Barb</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It has a mid-Century look as minimalist portrait of a single cheesecake.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Shown sitting on a glass shelf, as if in a bakery case, with classic cast shadow.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Bright and colorful. Acrylic Paint. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Monotype artworks are lovely -- soft edges, painterly and, with the unpredictability of the final result, a joy to create, own and display. This work was created as part of my exploration of textures and techniques in different media.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;">A monotype is an original, one-of-a-kind artwork. The </span>original image is painted using oils on a printing plate. The plate is run through a press with heavy paper so that the image is transferred and embedded into the paper. All the paint is transferred so you can do it just one time. That is why it is call a monotype (mono means one).</span></div>
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<i>Cupcake Wave</i> is an artwork that I created during my exploration of multiple dimensions on the painting surface. (You can click on the image to get a larger view. Press esc to return.) This work is comprised of several small paintings on little canvases that have been adhered to a larger canvas. In this case, it is a 3-foot long and narrow canvas that serves as the base painting. In addition, the smaller canvases undulate along the larger canvas creating a "wave" sensation. </div>
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Abstract cupcakes in contrasting colors provide the images. Each little abstract is on it own little canvas. The base canvas is 36" long and 6" high. Color blocks are painted on it.</div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica"; font-size: 12px;">Each little canvas has its place on the painting. </span><span style="font-family: "helvetica"; font-size: 12px;">It is placed and pressed down. Then left along overnight.</span><span style="font-family: "helvetica"; font-size: 12px;"> </span><br />
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It is a combination of many canvases pulled together for one painting. There is a large base painting and adhered onto that are several smaller paintings. Each of the smaller paintings have been painted on different types of the canvases with different depths. If you look closely, you can see the different heights. I was inspired to do this after admiring artworks that are a combination of wooden panels or ceramic tiles. </div>
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<br />B Sistak Baurhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17277546468222473985noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2087072361340721383.post-60700865085114968042013-07-22T21:14:00.000-05:002016-10-08T15:43:25.382-05:00Tent Disaster Averted<span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: 12px;">I was getting ready for an art fair, so I figured I would set up the tent just to be sure everything was a-ok. And it is a good thing I did because I discovered a broken truss! </span><br />
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What is getting ready for an art fair like? Here are scenes from my studio -- stacks and stacks of art works! I have tubs full of framed works, baskets filled with works on paper, a "flip" bin with figurative work, cardboard boxes with larger paintings and the portable "office" is ready to go. I run around for days wrapping and sorting and planning and packing. And I haven't even started getting my tent equipment together. I am get excited as the dates for the art fair close in! And, a little nervous. I hope all goes well. And that I see some friends.</div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica"; font-size: 12px;">I bring a flip bin with colorful life drawings, sketches, studies and finished works. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica"; font-size: 12px;">This basket has framed and unframed works of paintings of cakes, pies and other good things.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica";"><span style="font-size: 12px;">This basket has mostly painted sketches and studies. The tub underneath holds framed work. The tub keeps everything dry in case of rain.</span></span></div>
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<span style="text-align: -webkit-auto;">Here is my portable "office." It has everything you might have on your desk!</span><br />
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B Sistak Baurhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17277546468222473985noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2087072361340721383.post-56507882897561444932013-07-15T15:50:00.000-05:002016-10-08T15:44:36.610-05:00Sketches and Studies<span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: 12px;">I enjoy doing sketches and studies as they allow the freedom to experiment with different colors, styles or media in a shorter time frame. While on a recent visit to Arizona, I took some time to "play" with my new oil pastels. The result is a study of flowers sitting on a patio table. There are two very distinct versions. One, of course, if more traditional and approaches realism. The other is more abstract with no intention toward realism and features invented colors and sharp angles. Yet, they are same flowers!! Do you have a preference for one over the other? Feel free to leave a comment.</span><br />
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B Sistak Baurhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17277546468222473985noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2087072361340721383.post-17119222515306394692013-07-01T08:17:00.000-05:002016-10-08T15:45:50.572-05:00Personal Delivery Just for YouOver the past season or anytime, actually, you may have seen a painting that you liked but, alas, did not take home. Well, no worry. I will personally deliver the painting to your house or arrange to have it shipped. And remember, all paintings are guaranteed. Just get in touch with me.<br />
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<b>It is inspired by our "nut house," where we do goofy stuff with license plates (him) and artwork (me). There are oak leaves in the piece also since we are showered with acorns in the fall. Another reason for the name. And, of course, I think we are both a little nuts. The title is NutHouse House Plaque. It usually hangs near the entryway.</b><br />
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<br />B Sistak Baurhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17277546468222473985noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2087072361340721383.post-15375294856271139252013-05-11T13:39:00.002-05:002017-04-12T15:49:53.983-05:00Grand Fruit Tart "Refreshed" <br />
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I first painted Grand Fruit Tart in 2009. I was pleased with it and It was well received by viewers. Recently, however, I decided it needed some more punch so I decided to add more painting to it. Here is the before painting and the after painting. I think it is very much improved, don't you? </div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">This exhibition includes textural works on canvas and works on paper where the re-occurring theme is cupcakes and other pastry items found in a bakery. It is part of my ongoing investigation of textures and surfaces. Experimentation with multi-dimensional techniques has resulted in paintings of cupcakes that seem to undulate in rows, ignore the edge the canvas or raise above the surface of the painting. Some paintings are a combination of many canvases pulled together for one painting. Others represent experimentation with images on the softer paper surface with more fluidness.</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">There are three different phases of paintings presented, each with its own goal. In one set of paintings, the goal was to focus on the lushness of the topic. I used 3-dimensional techniques with rich and glossy acrylic media to bring out and match the textures and feelings of items being portrayed. Examples are <i>Grand Fruit Tart</i> and <i>Cupcakes on a Checkered Cloth (</i>shown here).</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Another set of paintings become more imaginative and intuitive. <i>Dreaming of Pie</i> has slices of strawberry cream pie on plates that seem to travel through space. The works on paper, such as "<i>Bliss,</i>” (shown here) allow for a softer, more fluid point of view which is surprising, light and refreshing.</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">The third set are the “arrays”, which further the investigation into both the surface and intuition. The red (shown here) and yellow paintings build their surfaces using multiple canvases of the varying depths. They cast their own shadows. A green array reflects the isolation and contemplation of a single cupcake with just shadows of others appearing here and there. It is quiet, introspective. In contrast, an orange array is bold and daring, with its background not staying the background at all but crashing through the cakes toward us, the viewers. </span><br />
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Overall, this exhibition opens a window on my journey of investigating textures and surfaces while furthering my exploration of expression and intuition. </span><br />
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I visited the Picasso in Chicago exhibit at the Art Institute of Chicago this week. Awe-inspiring, of course. Galleries upon galleries filled with all things Picasso from all stages of his career. I have observed his paintings often at the AIC. So I was particularly intrigued by his sketches, drawings and studies. It is wonderful and eye-opening to peek into the creation process of a great artist. And these works fulfill that wish for me. I snapped some quick images and placed them here. Picasso in Chicago closes on May 12 -- so hurry if you want to see it.</div>
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<i><span style="font-size: x-small;">Rooster Pitcher, 16"x20", acrylic on canvas board, © B Sistak Baur</span></i></div>
This is a study done in black and white to demonstrate the creation of form through value. The actual pitcher was pure white, making it the perfect item for the exercise.<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Birthday Cupcake, 3 1/2 x 2 1/2, Acrylic on paper, © B Sistak Baur</span></div>
This little cupcake was painted as a birthday wish. There is a lovely little candle. Red velvet chocolate mini cupcake. A tasty mouthful. I painted this to try out the ACEO size. ACEO stands for Art Cards, Edition and Originals. They are trading card size. You see a lot of these on eBay. People paint them and then collect, sell and trade them. Like baseball cards, I think. I wanted to see what I could paint at this size.<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Fruit Tarts for Parties, 20"x16", Acrylic, © B Sistak Baur</span></div>
I have painted fruit tarts many times. The fruits are colorful and attractively arranged on the delicate cake cups. This painting is fun and breezy.<br />
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">This painting is part of my study on using color to create shape and form -- warm colors are lighter areas, cool colors are darker areas. This subject is very traditional although the execution is not. I was inspired by the still life I set up for a painting class I was leading and liked it so much, I recreated it later for my own work. You can click on the photos to see larger images.</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">This painting is part of my exploration of abstract styles, techniques and the contrast of color saturations. I was inspired to do this painting by the colors and style of southwest artist Ted deGracia after visiting his studio, Gallery in the Sun in Tucson, AZ. </span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">I selected the rows of cupcakes because they recalled the rows of people crowded into a grandstand in a deGracia painting.</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">To achieve the extra loose and abstract but still representational look, I taped my brush to a long stick and used this to paint.</span></div>
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<i><span style="background-color: white; font-size: xx-small;">Pomegranate and Pinecones, oil on paper monotype, image 9x9, paper 15x11 1/2</span></i></div>
<span style="background-color: white;">Seasonal fruit and greens inspired this painting of a pomegranate nestled amongst evergreen branches and pinecones that I collected from my yard. It is part of my investigation into color and creating monotypes. Monotypes are one-of-kind artworks that are made by transferring a painted image from a plate to the paper. This produces soft and, often times unexpected, effects that cannot be achieved any other way. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;">The actual image is 9x9 and the paper is 15x11.5. There are several options for framing monotypes. They can be matted and framed in most any size frame that is larger than the image (such as 11x14, 16x20 or other size). Or, if you like the look of the edge of the paper, they can be "floated" (mat not used) in a frame larger than the paper. This piece is currently not framed but mounted on acid-free, archival foam core, size 12x16.</span><br />
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<i><span style="font-size: x-small;">Pomegranate and Greens, oil on paper monotype, image 9x9, paper 15x11 1/2</span></i></div>
I created this piece in response to my personal investigation into foods I have never tried before and new ways of cooking and eating. The pomegranate came to my attention in December as it is a festive fruit. I purchased several and indulged. Fabulous! This work is currently mounted on a 12x16 Foam-core and is unframed.<br />
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Monotypes deliver soft and, often times unexpected, effects that cannot be achieved any other way. This monotype was created by painting the image using oil paints onto a flat acrylic panel, similar to the acrylic "glass" you might see in a frame. The acrylic panel is placed on a printmaking press and the paper is placed on top of it. The panel and paper are rolled through a printmaking press and the paint is pressed into the paper. Monotypes are one-of-kind artworks that are created by transferring a image from a plate to the paper. When the transfer is complete, nothing remains on the plate so it is not possible to reproduce the image.<br />
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Inspired by the red fruits in my home and evergreens in my yard, I created this piece during the Holiday Season. The plain background allows the fruit to be focus point in this image.This work is currently mounted on a 12x16 Foam-core and is unframed.<br />
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Monotypes deliver soft and, often times unexpected, effects that cannot be achieved any other way. This monotype was created by painting the image using oil paints onto a flat acrylic panel, similar to the acrylic "glass" you might see in a frame. The acrylic panel is placed on a printmaking press and the paper is placed on top of it. The panel and paper are rolled through a printmaking press and the paint is pressed into the paper. Monotypes are one-of-kind artworks that are created by transferring a image from a plate to the paper. When the transfer is complete, nothing remains on the plate so it is not possible to reproduce the image.<br />
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