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How Bare Wood Metamorphoses into Colorful Panels

How Bare Wood Metamorphoses into Colorful Panels

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Wooden Aquarelle is a coloring method for wood that has been around for quite some time. In a nutshell, it is a technique in which pigmented water is poured over bare wood and allowed to seep in, dry out, and evaporate to create a myriad of patterns—swirls, twirls, flowing lines, gradients, and smudges. Sounds simple, right? It is not a complex technique to [...]
Tracie Cheng’s Abstract Paintings: Merging Forms With the Formless

Tracie Cheng’s Abstract Paintings: Merging Forms With the Formless

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Tracie Cheng’s abstract paintings play peek-a-boo with you. At first glance, the fluid lines seem to be thrown together in a shapeless jumbled mass. But look closely, and you will discover subtle forms taking shape. Focus on them, and meaning appears behind the lines, stories beneath the layers. Cheng's paintings are a curious mixture of forms and the formle[...]
Exploring identity and emotion through oil and watercolor: Shannon Stovall

Exploring identity and emotion through oil and watercolor: Shannon Stovall

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You know a piece of art is doing its job when it takes you outside of your comfort zone and makes you not only do a double take but question yourself and then delve further. Painter Shannon Stovall’s imagery does just that—prompting viewers to challenge their perspective through vibrant colors, odd dimensions and bold details. Her focus lies in exploring the[...]
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Enter the "Wisdom Age" With JR Slattum

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Rich, gleaming oil palettes radiating transfixing images of questioning, introspection, and universal connectivity stand as emblematic imaginings of painter and sculptor JR Slattum. Though much of his phantasmagorias are dark and searching, he also offers offers bright, airy, and even humorous reflections of his inner workings, showing both ends of the spect[...]