found paint
The artworks in this series use only minor amounts of artists’ materials like paint, or pastel, neither brushes or painting knives. Rather are mostly found at the habitat site of each animal,The resulting portrait, each life-sized, is made from these, with some other referential chosen materials added. The materials are fingertip applied on stretched 100% rag watercolor paper or gessoed galley wrapped canvases
The first of this series was the Black-footed ferret, a US prairie dweller. This animal was declared extinct, but a few were found in 1981 in Wyoming. These became the basis for the now released population. Each work has written documentation of the animal’s threat, history, and why the materials were chosen.
‘Black-footed ferret’ -wall hung work made up of 3 stretched panels with sturdy wooden framing on verso
13.5”h x 33”w x 2”d
!00% rag Arches watercolor paper, prairie grasses, dirt, twigs, red-hot pepper mix (for urgency), matte medium, UV protective spray, .
‘Bleeding heart dove’ -wall hung work made up of 2 stretched panels with sturdy wooden framing on verso
13.5”h x 11”w x 2”d
!00% rag Arches watercolor paper, berries, flower parts, dirt, leaves, matte medium, UV protective spray. SOLD
‘Ringed map turtle’ -wall hung work made up of 2 stretched panels with sturdy wooden framing on verso
22”h x 11”w x 2”d
!00% rag Arches watercolor paper, Spanish moss, river sands, branches, watercolor, matte medium, UV protective spray. $800
‘Channel Island fox’ -wall hung work made up of 2 stretched panels with sturdy wooden framing on verso
22”h x 22”w x 2”d
!00% rag Arches watercolor paper, plant matter from island vegetation, acrylic paint on canvas portions, matte medium, UV protective spray $1,100.
‘Kemp’s ridley sea turtle’ -wall hung work made up of 2 stretched panels with sturdy wooden framing on verso
28”h x 44”w x 2”
Stretched canvas, wharf detritus, blue shale , Atlantic ocean water, shoreline, grasses, sands. fabric scrap, matte medium, UV protective spray $1,800
‘California condor’ - corner or wall hung work made up of many stretched panels with hidden center hinge, sturdy wooden framing on verso
22”h x 120”w x 2”d
Caqnvas and watercolor paper, found feather, fallen softwood bark, reddish earth, copper leaf, gesso. Matte medium for adhesion. thinned nail enamel, white-out, tissue paper. $3,600.
‘Writhed-billed hornbill’ -wall hung work made up of multiple stretched panels with sturdy wooden framing on verso
22”h x 22”w x 2”d
100% rag watercolor paper, tire-tread, clear plastic straws, feathers, twigs, soil and tree bark seed pods, other plant cast offs, lip crayon, pastel, tissue paper, matte medium, UV protective spray $1,100.
‘Xiamen tiger’ -wall hung work made up of 6 stretched panels with sturdy wooden framing on verso
84”h x 44”w x 2”
Stretched canvas, Pine tree twigs and needles, forest floor material, scrap cloth (sold for offerings at mountain Buddhist shrine). Xiamen shops: turmeric root, kumquats, UV protective spray $3,200
‘Sunflower sea star’ -wall hung work made up of formed and stiffened 100% rag watercolor paper with wooden support framing
42”h x 26”w x 16”d
Purple sea urchin extracted pigment, sea mosses, kelp & reeds, driftwood, washed up brick, sand, fishing net shreds, plastic tie, light rope, local flowers. wire mesh, black wrap, matte medium, UV protective spray $2,200