Small-Art Compendium

Notation 13 Collage Found papers, painted papers, graphite, cold wax on archival paper Image size: 3.5" x 2.5" Mat size: 10" x 8" : : The next few are the last of the wee collages with the cold wax medium. I wish I could find a satisfactory way of working with the cold wax, but I haven't found it yet. : : I'd love to be able to work in true encaustic but my asthma objects. Wax (hot or cold) and me just don't seem able to get along. *sigh*

Notation 12 Acrylic on archival paper Image size: 2.5" x 3.5" Mat size: 8" x 10"

Notation 11 Oil and cold wax on archival paper Image size: 2.5" x 3.5" Mat size: 8" x 10"

Notation 10 Cold Wax and Oil on archival paper Image size: 2.5" x 3.5" Mat size: 8" x 10"

Notations 9 Collage Book paper, book spine, graphite on archival paper Image size: 2.5" x 3.5" Mat size: 8" x 10" :: The red paper in the last few collages came from a hardcover copy of Jane Eyre I found in a second hand book store in NW Denver. :: Someone had written, "January 17, 1963, mild weather" at the top of the page. Nothing about Jane Eyre is 'mild weather' so the inscription intrigued me. Did the writer refer to the weather in the Mile High City all those years ago, or did the book migrate to Denver in the course of its life from elsewhere and describe the weather (or affairs of the heart) there? Literal or figurative? Who knows. I like the mystery. Jane would approve, me thinks.

Notation 8 Collage Book papers and book spine on archival paper Image size: 2.5" x 3.5" :: these red ones really appeal to me

Notation 7 Collage Book papers on archival paper Image size: 2.5" x 3.5"

Notation 6 Collage Book papers on archival paper Image size: 2.5" x 3.5"

Notation 5 Collage Book papers and spine on archival paper Image size: 2.5" x 3.5"

Notation 4 Painted rice paper and cold wax on archival paper Image size: 2.5" x 3.5"

Notation 3 Mixed media collage Painted rice paper, found paper, cold wax on archival paper Image size: 2.5" x 3.5" Between our two lives there is also the life of the cherry blossom ~Basho

Notation 2 Mixed media collage Painted rice paper, graphite, cold wax on archival paper Image size: 2.5" x 3.5" :: reminds me of winter aspens These little notations keep me honest. They are somewhat compulsive as I need to make things -- almost addictively. Sometimes, I have to force myself to post them them as I recognize that they are perhaps, not great art. That's okay. Over the years, I've worked hard to make good paintings, market them professionally, get that pat on the head through sales and increasing recognition. That has happened and I am delighted -- but I lost something of myself along the way. Did you know that I have quite the wicked (raunchy at times) sense of humor? No? Did you know that I'm almost paralyzed by shyness and fear of rejection at art shows and it takes every ounce of my being to show up at one? No? Does anyone know how passionate I am about tiny poetry; making the perfect borscht; snow? The answer will be, almost universally, no. Wh...

Notation 1 Mixed Media Collage Painted rice paper, graphite, cold wax on archival paper Image size: 2.5" x 3.5" Mat size: 8" x 10" :: these wee collages are pure play and utterly necessary to my creative well being

Elemental 2 Minimalist oil monotype on Stonehenge archival paper Image size: 6" x 6" Paper size: 8" x 8" :: stonehenge on stonehenge or a self portrait * grumble *

Elemental 1 Minimalist oil monotype on Stonehenge archival paper Image size: 6" x 6" Paper size: 8" x 8" :: the simplicity floats my boat

Paper Landscape 4 Painted rice paper, found papers, graphite, cold wax on Stonehenge Image size: 2. 5" x 2.5" Paper size: 4" x 4"

Paper Landscape 3 Painted rice paper, cold wax, graphite on Stonehenge paper Image size: 2.5" x 2.5" Paper size: 4" x 4" recent obsession :: lime green