Ocean Swirl

acrylic on canvas, 32" x 36"

Swirl in Blue

acrylic on canvas, 13" x 24"

Swirl in Black

acrylic on canvas, 13" x 24"

Swirl in Pink

acrylic on canvas, 13" x 24"

Shoes

acrylic on watercolor paper, 11.25" x 13"

Drips

acrylic on watercolor paper, 10.375" x 11.175"

Arc of Ashes

acarylic on canvas, 24" x 36"

Hidden in Paint

acrylic on canvas, 16" x 20"

Who's Looking at Whom?

This piece is a mixture of collage, salt and acrylic.


mixed media on canvas, 24" x 36"

Explosion in Paint

This abstract painting involved pouring paint. The different paint densities contributed to the image. My instructor suggested making some parts of the painting 3-D. It was the first time I used modeling paste.


acrylic on canvas, 24" x 48"

Two Action Painting Studies

Since there were no official courses beyond Painting II at Mississippi State, it was up to a student to contract a teacher to teach a “one-on-one” course. I did several of these. They excited me because they were more individualized and I usually did well with a final grade. First a course outline had to be proposed by the student and accepted by the professor. Invariably each art professor changed the course of the class after the first project. Instead of cramming in a bunch of new techniqueshttp://www.blogger.com/img/gl.link.gif I was interested in, the art professor pushed me to continue with images begun in the first piece.

These two studies were created in a contract course that involved abstract painting. The art professor often worked surreally developing imagery from abstract shapes from “happy accidents.” He also enjoyed creating collages. The two pieces below were made prior to Swirl in Paint.

A Different Path

The three paintings below began as grid paintings. I then splattered them with thin acrylic. To finish, I went back and painted out some areas. The pieces leave me a bit ambivalent, but I did take these down a different artistic path.