Summer at the Beach

Here’s my piece for the end of our long hot summer:  “Summer at the Beach”, 12 x44 inches, handmade paper with pigments, cut and mounted on canvas.

“Stripes in Green and Orange”

New piece just finishedl:  “Stripes in Green and Orange””, 12 x 44 inches, handmade paper cut in many, many strips, mounted on canvas with strips of tinted plexiglass.  Come to the studio and see it in person!

Copper and Paper

Here’s another new piece, part of my series using copper metal on one side and my handmade paper on the other.  I’m still trying to think of a title, maybe just “Copper and Paper”.   The dimensions are 24 x 48 inches.

“Water Under The Bridge” goes on the wall

Put the final touches on my diptych, “Water Under The Bridge”, handmade paper with pigments and glazes mounted on canvas, 18×36 inches.  It’s now on the studio wall.  Come see it at 160 Union Street, Brooklyn.

Water Under the Bridge, 18x36 inches

New Mini Mixed Media Pieces

Just finished more pieces in a series of mini mixed media works, using my handmade paper and metal.  They’ll be hanging on the wall for this Saturday’s Open Studio Tour at 160 Union Street…www.brooklynstudiotour.com.  Hope to see you!

"Half Day" handmade paper with metal mounted on canvas, 8x8in

"Hinges", handmade paper with metal, 8x8in

 

"Pewter", handmade paper with metal, wood and pigment, 6x10in

New Squares

Here are some of my new “squares”.  All are created in my studio in Brooklyn (Extreme Paper Studio) out of  handmade paper (my own) with pigments, mounted on canvas.

New Waves, 40x40

Rose Granite Square with Copper Strip, 20x20Aqua Green Square, 36x36

Aqua Green Square 36x36

GREEN TWIST

Green Twist, 18x18

Here’s “Green Twist” which now hangs in a collector’s house in Newburgh, NY.  It was also the catalogue piece for a group show at Women’smade Gallery in Chicago and reproduced in Hand Papermaking Magazine.

Summer at the Beach

Summer at the Beach in the Studio - Beach Chairs Series

Here are images of the Beach Chair Series.   I wanted to do a series with my handmade paper that had gentle folds, floating off the wall, in summer colors.  This evolved into “Summer at the Beach – Beach Chairs”.  Each chair is 24×12.  The big blue Ocean piece at the bottom (above) is 24 x48.  The Small Wave at the top is 40×8.

 

Ripple Triptych, 224x24 each

Ripple Triptych, 224×24 each

Summer at the Beach in the Studio – Beach Chairs Series

Beach Chairs close-up

Summer at the Beach – Beach Chairs at BWAC 2008

WAVES

Here is my piece “Waves”, six feet long, commissioned by a collector.  I worked off a photo of the living room, plus I had originally created a 40 inch “small wave” that the collector admired and that got us talking about creating this piece.    It’s all handmade paper, formed in two overlapping sections and mounted on one long sheet of plexiglass.  I made many layers to get the thickness and texture needed and mixed my pigments to achieve every shade of turquoise possible.  I attached two inch blocks  behind the piece so that the whole thing looks like it is floating off the wall.  I have a top coat of acrylic gloss to give it shine.  The room has wonderful light coming in the full length windows that just lights up the piece like waves glittering.

Lava Flow #5

 

Lava Flow #5 30x48

This is my piece “Lava Flow #5” in a collector’s home.  I did a series called “Lava Flow” to evoke the texture of frozen lava spreading over the earth.  In my art, I like to transform the layers and layers of  paper pulp that I pour into something that looks like rock or stone, but without the actual weight, since it is just handmade paper and pigment.