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| Susan Reynolds, Art |
| The textures and blends are achieved by applying assorted materials (fabric, wood, netting, waxed paper, foil) on top of the paint/ ink/ etc & removing them when the piece is dry or at a stage during the drying process. At that point the texture that you think you see on screen is very visible & sometimes "feel-able"on the image. |
| At left is a painting in progress. Areas that look filmy show where materials are placed on the surface during the drying process. Below the same painting, layers later; near completion. |
Although the surfaces she uses are normally varieties of archival papers, the media involved on top of that surface can be anything & everything. Her studio & therefore her art pieces include inks, metallics, iridescent & other mediums, watercolors, fiber, beads, filament, glass & acrylics . . plus. She admits that it's an instinctive process & that often she'll weight down something with a random object found lying around, resulting in some surprising results. |
| Wow - that texture! |
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| the Process . . . |
| During the drying process - days or weeks - Susan watches & waits while working on other pieces. When dry she props pieces near her work area and after studying one often enough she add another layer of media or begins to work with details. Through weeks & sometimes months of inspiration & perspiration Susan works in layers to bring out various areas with fine brushes & pigment. In this way the image is literally coaxed from the background. |
| Images in Ice c 2002 - 2005 Susan Reynolds |
| At that point we have, hopefully, not a virtual image but an art piece that evokes in your mind a memory or image you "recognize" or relate to in some way. Susan says that some of her most successful paintings are those that caused argument about just WHAT the heck that picture showed. Is it a pink cliff with underbrush clinging to the side? Do you glimpse sails of ships with rigging hanging loose? The best explanation is in the eye of the viewer |
| People who own Susan's work report that they are intrigued by new ideas each time they looked at the pieces bringing them back to exhibits & to select more of her art. Susan feels that an individual's connection to each piece of art is unique and the viewers' responses are a rewarding & enjoyable aspect of her work. |
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