"Cat Talk"-Newest Mixed-Media Painting

I love cats! It doesn't matter where they find me--in my house, yard, neighborhood, internet and art. This painting is an expressive interpretation of our beloved ViVi, a stray who has adopted us.

The mixed-media painting is on a 12" x 12" birch panel using graphite, acrylic, oil pastel, oil paint and cold wax. I will add more layers of cold wax as a final finish.

© Claudia Rose, Ph.D.

"God Lives"-New Mixed-Media Painting

God lives

in every happy thought
of no apparent purpose.

Here is another new creation, "God Lives". It is mixed-media painting on a 12"x 12" birch panel, created with collage, acrylic, oil stick, oil paint and cold wax. It includes one of my Haiku.

I discovered cold wax just a couple of months ago after finding the work of Serena Barton and Rebecca Crowell on YouTube. Oil paint and cold wax is an amazing technique that allows you to build layer upon layer of pattern, texture and color. You can scrape and incise to reveal underlayers.

For me, the technique mimics the depth of being. Just a fraction of the self (our skin) shows on the surface, yet if you continue to look, you see the depth, complexity and beauty of each unique being. Like a minimalist painting, a person can appear like a simple composition comprised of arms, legs, head, facial features...Keep looking and the minimalist painting reveals its depth and beauty to the beholder.

© Claudia Rose, Ph.D.

"It is a Joy to Love"-Latest Mixed-Media Painting

Two of my first loves are poetry and painting. Yet, I set them aside for decades to work in the "real" world. Now, 40 years after graduating from art school, I am renewing my love for poetry and painting, refreshing techniques and allowing inspiration to bubble forth! What fun!

The internet is full of inspiring artists, such as Serena Barton, Rebecca Crowell, Judy Wise, Jylian Gustlin. It seems that I discover a new artist every day!

 "It is a Joy to Love" is a new 12" x 12" mixed-media painting. I played with acrylic, collage, stencil, monoprint, oil paint and cold wax for a rich texture.

© Claudia Rose