Hats off to Bailey and Bearden!

Here's what I've been working on lately.

This is one of several African figures I grew up with. When my parents moved I got some of the smaller African statues. I've decided to make small watercolors of each one.

Here's the first the watercolor...scroll down to see different backgrounds.

watercolor & gouache 9" x 12 background still needed

After working on it for a bit I realized my influence from this guy... 

Radcliffe Bailey

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Then I thought about it, and I can see we're both heavily influenced by this guy...

Romare Bearden

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Which image do you prefer?

Don't call it a come back!

Here's just some of what's happened since my last post.

Playful exploration of the materials and ephemera from the elementary art room:

 Color mixing lesson 250+ palettes

Inner & Outer spaces

 

 Giant Pods

 Text based work