Floral Love
I play like
the birds gathering twigs and fibers to make a home. The birds sing outside the
window. They make a home. I make a painting. We build our creations layer upon
layer with love as the adhesive.
The process
of building a painting is a joyful act filled with moments of uncertainty, exhilaration
and tenderness. I love every part of it from preparing the wood panel to gluing
torn prints to highlighting images in the foreground to obscuring textures in
the background.
From time to
time I caress the panel as you would a baby's cheek. I see its beauty in every
stage. As the final painting emerges, I am filled with gratitude. Oh, what a
blessing to play like the birds!
Floral Love detail
Delicious
details: Collage painting on 12” x 24” hardwood cradled panel. The bottom third
of the painting was collaged with original linocuts printed on Long Fiber
Kinwashi paper made from the abaca plant. The remainder of the panel was
collaged with linocuts and monoprints on a variety of papers, including Unryi
rice paper, Sujrishi Mulberry paper, lace rice paper and Thai Chiri and Kozo
paper made from the Mulberry plant.
Making prints to collage on the panel
©Claudia Rose, Ph.D.
For sale on my website: www.claudiaroseart.com
Such a scrumptious relationship with materials always manifests love in matter.
ReplyDeleteThank you! Scrumptious is a great word!
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