Friday, July 15, 2022

Return to the Source (2017-2020)

For the past several years I have been making handmade inks and pigments from found materials. Below are some of my pigment studies, followed by paintings of the places where the raw materials were found using the pigment I made from them. 

several earth pigments collected from various places


Oak pollen

Inks and pigments

clay pigment

Clays from different rivers

Ochre



Pine pollen from my car

more pollen painting

Inks

inks and pigments

inks and pigments interconnected

rust stain painting

palm tree painted with palm fruit ink found on site

oak tree painted with oak gall ink found on site

Tennessee River painted with river clay found on site

Cypress Creek painted with river clay found on site

Providence Canyon painted with ochre found on site

two studies using ochre found at Providence Canyon







 

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