Monday, November 8, 2010

what does mixed media really mean?

Many of you asked this question at the show, so here is a (non-exhaustive) list of the things used to make the autumn air art.

watercolor paint
watercolor pencils
rice paper
acrylic paint
colored pencils
conte pencils
photo transfer with gel medium
maps : hiking trails- Adirondacks, Acadia
USA driving map, map of Ohio, map of Paris from my 1979 guidebook,
map of Spain (also used in Julia and Alex's wedding gift),
map of Boston, map of the "Holy Lands" from my grandpa's bible,
collaged paper:
receipt from Eurail ticket 1979, image of the Sacra Coeur from a Paris guidebook,
birds from (antique) bird book (thanks, E!), butterflies and moths from collected stamps, flowers from (antique) calendar, 3 monks from a picture of a saint in an old art history book, pieces of the saints robe, painted and drawn -on rice paper, text from various books,

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