Mixed Media
Mixed media – now this is where I am most at home when creating!
I’ve worked with everything conceivable, from the scanner to
oil paints. I’ve put found objects together with scraps of paper,
and stuck beads and foil into putty. I’ve made stuff out of
polymer clay, Photoshop, and masking tape. And of course my favourite
medium in the mix is my classic: found images in paper, compiled
with paint and whatever else I can get my hands on.
I’m constantly collecting found bits that I might use later
in art. So my studio consists of 21 drawers with assorted ephemera
and craft supplies: charcoals, conte, crayons, coloured pencils,
pastels, paints, stencils, toys, broken glass, fabrics, ribbons,
wallpaper, tissue paper, magazines and notebooks and kids books,
old invitations and recipes, brochures from any museum or tickets
for events, hardware, Scrabble pieces, gouche paints, acrylics, puzzle
pieces, glitter, beads. The list goes on.
It’s definitely true that my probable weakness or error in creating
is that pieces often end up too “busy”. It’s a challenge
for me to avoid overdoing a piece, something that is coming more naturally
as my work evolves. I’m super-happy with the way I’m
using mixed media and space at the same time in my new series, Life
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