"Drifting Allegiances": More Unapologetic, Overworked Sequin Art!

 

20 in. x 16 in. mixed media collage of house paint, spray paint, latex tube paint, paper from vintage and modern housewife-style magazines, sequins (4 mm and 6 mm size), Mod Podge. Love that 1950s "femme fatale" imagery! 💋

“Murky Waters (Beneath the Floating Trash Island)”: Mixed Media to the Max

20 in. x 32 in. painting-collage-sculpture on two canvases fused together compromising of: paper, wall paint, enamel paint, chalkboard paint, acrylic latex tube paint, “tar” (congealed chalkboard paint that was dried into goo), spray paint, broken plastic shards off the sidewalks (collected after car accidents), hot glue, Mod Podge, sequins (4 mm & 6 mm size), plastic takeout bags, 1/8 inch reel tape from an audio cassette, plastic fiber mesh netting blown onto the yard, sewing thread, cornflower blue crepe ribbon, and a good amount of emotional angst and frustration.

95% of all materials applied with fingers — few brushes involved. Everything else sprayed on, poured out, dripped, tossed-on, or pushed from a tube. (My fingernails are still stained.) You would never believe this began as a honey / straw yellow / rose theme, descending into darkness (Mars black, oily black enamel, Payne’s grey, Prussian blue, Phthalocyanine green & blue, deep violet) as the mood of the globe became more chaotic, confused, violent, aghast, frightened, and ultimately determined.