Experiments: Mixed Media VCU Graduate Class Summer 2011

Each is approximately 6"x6"

Materials include: gouache, watercolor, acrylic paint, oil pastel, colored pencil, stencils, markers, prepared papers and matt medium on bristol board or watercolor paper

Mixed Media Works: VCU Graduate Class Summer 2011

Rocky Haze (detail)

Multi media collage

Forest Haze (detail)

Multi media collage

Abe

Acrylic paint, collage, marker

14"x10"

Summer 2011 Work Statement

Artist Statement

Amie’s Mixed Media Class

 Images of seeds, leaves, and rocks are used to depict the different life cycle stages in many of the pieces in this series.  I see seeds and buildings as both containers and incubators of potential.  The foliage as the fulfillment of that potential, while rocks stand as the fossilized remains (or achievements).  My own adventures in gardening, childrearing, eldercare, and travels have led me to explore the universal life cycle of ideas, tangible things and all living creatures.  Hidden portraits of my own children and father within these many layers make this work carry a very personal meaning. 

Several methods are used to highlights these stages or transitions. I have used collage, spraying, washes, resists and glazing techniques so that images from beneath can still be seen, to show a sense of layering that is also part of this cycle, the new on top of the old.