I have not been updating this site recently due to starting a new job August 2015. My work has not stopped my art work, and so I have been making both 2D and 3D art, and one of my watercolor paintings was accepted in the Oklahoma Visual Arts Coalition's 24 Works on Paper exhibition, which will travel throughout the state from August 2016 to January 2018. I am fortunate to be selected, and I am setting my sights on loftier goals. You can check out the exhibition at www.24works.org. The first stop is at the Guymon Public Library and Arts Center August 12 – September 26.
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Yuccan Gold - Japanese Watercolor "Window screen"
I made this abstract painting to try out the gold and color Yasutomo paints I bought along with my sumi-e ink and brush supplies. It first started with the two gold loops, but then I decided to make a yucca flower, followed by the desert background and then the sunset. It is reminiscent of an old Japanese painting that has the radiant goddess Amaterasu coming out of a cave. I learned a lot about the paint like that the gold paint is almost completely opaque because it is less dense than ink (the black ink just falls underneath). It turned out pretty good!
The painting itself
I cut the rice paper roll to fit the window near the front door, which we never put back the blinds after painting the interior walls.