WHAT’S NEW?
My new page of Mixed Media work is up! These are collage and paint on canvas; so far the four I have done are collage, then tinted acrylic mediums for underpainting, then water soluble oils on top. Currently on the easel are a couple that are collage plus layers of translucent acrylic glazes - look for those in January.
I have also added a couple of new portraits to the Graphite page.
Bouquet 1 (after Fabrice Chaput)
Steve (Jungle Dream)
Rose (Sunshine Daydream)
After spending a year and a half on intensive skill-building, culminating in my Face Forward show, it was time to reflect on where to go next with these newer tools.
This piece, completed in late October, serves as the bridge: collaging a printout of reference material onto canvas, isolating it with a couple of thin layers of acrylic, then working in oils, found me working much more loosely than I was able to with just the paint.
As things start loosening up post-vaccination I also find myself drawn to working less from online muses and more to local people and places. There are a few small canvases already on the easels, works in progress that point me to the coming new year with excitement.
Tori x 3, mixed media on canvas
My show is up! “Face Forward: Portraits from a Pandemic” is hanging at Ukiah Valley Networking Agency, 104 N School Street, through October 30th.
I have had two events already with two more scheduled: On Sunday October 17 from 1 - 4 PM, Meet the Artist. I will be onsite drawing, demonstrating the Loomis method for drafting a head, and giving away artwork. On Saturday, October 30 from 3 - 6 PM, a closing reception.
