Fleshy Pinks & Works in Progress

Here are some works in progress. (Some pictured in my last post.) I'm still working with grey and drawing materials, but now I'm introducing a fleshy kind of pink color.

This one lost a great deal of detail in the photo 

The Large Experiment in Progress 

Detail 

Back In Action

After a cold that just wouldn't quit (the joys of teaching kindergarten) I am back in the studio! My mentor has suggested that I continue thinking about my work abstractly and suggested I use more found color through drawing materials. She also suggested I try to engage the background of my work, creating a space rather than allowing these shapes to simply float on the surface. While I like this idea I am finding it hard to think in terms of background when I have essentially ignored it for so long. The white background has become such an essential aspect of my work I am finding it difficult to step away from.

Finally a finished piece!
This reminds me of old disney sketches some how, like steam boat Micky, but there are no recognizable images. 

experiments with line, shape and found paper as a grid 

A very LARGE experiment
not sure where exactly I am going with it but its fun working BIG! 

Work very much in progress
attempt to use the shapes text forms on a page to engage background 

Work in progress
an attempt to engage the background 

continuation of previous work adding in the grey as suggested 

Continuation of previous work
Starting to regret the color combination and low quality paint on this one 

More New Work!

I'v taken the advice of my mentor and focused more on abstraction rather than literal translations of the cartoons my work is based on. I have also continued my work with collage but have been experimenting with grids. I have found, with the collage, that the meaning of the text is no longer as important as the visual effect it creates as a background. 

I have been looking at the work of Sue Williams and Tim Rollins lately. 

Working with a grid  

Playing with some kinda gross color combinations

A work very much in process 

Staying Pink . . . for now.

A few things I have been working on. . . 

My mentor encouraged me to be less figurative and and more abstract. I am playing with that idea while maintaining my cartoonish lines. I am also continuing with the pink from the pink elephant drawings but here pushing it further with a neon pink paint. 

Works in progress from today 

Something I've been playing with for a few days now . . . 

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