Grapes
7″ X 7″ colored pencil on Strathmore drawing bristol
Another in the Weekly Drawing series. Inspired by a visit to the Landscape Arboretum followed by wine-tasting at a nearby winery, which led to a strange urge to do a colored pencil rendering. Now I have that out of my system.
The most exhilarating way to spend an afternoon in the studio…..
1. Open a new carton of blank canvasses
2. Start painting!
“I don’t go to the studio with the idea of “saying” something. What I do is face the blank canvas and put a few marks on it that start me on some sort of dialogue.” Richard Diebenkorn
Let the dialogue begin.
Don’t you love it when your horoscope echoes your theory of making art?
SCORPIO: Oct. 25-Nov. 21: Motivated by curiosity, you’ll drive full speed ahead into a juicy mystery. CERTAINTY IS A DEAD-END ROAD. As long as you don’t know for sure, new possibilities will keep opening a path before you.
River Moods 8
collage (hand-made papers, pastel, acrylic on matboard) • 6″ X 8″ on 8″ X 10″
Check out the entire “River Moods” series on my page THE RIVER.
River Moods 4
4 1/2″ X 6 1/2″ mixed papers, acrylic, block print, vellum on matboard
sold
River Moods 3
3 3/4″ X 5 3/4″ mixed papers, watercolor, pastel, colored pencil on matboard
sold
My entry for the National Collage Society 2013 Postcard Show at the Downtown Gallery/ School of Art, Kent State University, Kent, OH.
Affinity 5
4″X6″ collage (mixed papers, found metal objects, pen, colored pencil)
Winter is refusing to release its grip on us here in Minnesota….perhaps a few Spring-like images will be a welcome change from all the white, white, white surrounding us.
All are acrylic on canvas.
Judith Bergerson / JackPine Studio 