What started as an exercise of creating images using basic graphic shapes has turned into a nice little series of paintings. In the case of these two pieces I started with drawing family crests or shields and arranging them in various ways. I then took those shapes and began painting, printing and chemical washes to get these wonderful effects. They delightfully turned into these nice floral arrangements. Staying with the family crest theme I have named them “The Matriarch” 30 x 44 and “The Patriarch” 40 x 30. Each of these pieces is mixed media on water color paper.
