Mapping the strata
I'm currently working on this series, all mixed media on canvas (mostly acrylic paint). This idea started as an awareness of rock formations as foundations—the immensity of cliffs or mesas...their weight capturing intrusions of other kinds of minerals, objects, and, perhaps, evidence of creatures or their habitats. I began with small oil pastel sketches to see how many ways I could divide up a space, but still address that idea. The collection of some of those sketches is at the bottom of the page.
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Mapping the strata VII (PWG424)
mixed media on gallery-wrapped canvas
48 x 36 x 1.5
Mapping the strata VII (PWG423)
mixed media on gallery-wrapped canvas
48 x 24 x 1.5
Little strata 17 (PWG428)
acrylic on cradled panel
12 x 12 x 1.5
Little strata 18 (PWG429)
acrylic on cradled panel
12 x 12 x 1.5
Intrusion (PWG408)
mixed media on cradled panel
10 x 10 x 1.5
Substrate (PWG409)
mixed media on cradled panel
10 x 10 x 1.5
Terrain (PWG407)
mixed media on cradled panel
10 x 10 x 1.5
Mapping the strata I (PWG217) (sold)
mixed media on gallery-wrapped canvas
48 x 36 x 1.5
Mapping the strata II (PWG215)
mixed media on gallery-wrapped canvas
48 x 36 x 1.5
Mapping the strata III (PWG218) (sold)
mixed media on gallery-wrapped canvas
48 x 36 x 1.5
Mapping the strata IV (PWG219)
mixed media on gallery-wrapped canvas
48 x 36 x 1.5
Mapping the strata VII (PWG349)
mixed media on gallery-wrapped canvas
48 x 24 x 1.5
Mapping the strata X (PWG353)
mixed media on gallery-wrapped canvas
48 x 36 x 1.5
Mapping the strata XIII (PWG392)
mixed media on gallery-wrapped canvas
48 x 36 x 1.5
Mapping the strata V (PWG224) (sold)
mixed media on gallery-wrapped canvas
48 x 24 x 1.5
Mapping the strata VIII (PWG351)
mixed media on gallery-wrapped canvas
48 x 24 x 1.5
Mapping the strata XI (PWG354)
mixed media on gallery-wrapped canvas
48 x 24 x 1.5
Mapping the strata XIV (PWG390)
mixed media on gallery-wrapped canvas
48 x 24 x 1.5
Mapping the strata VI (PWG348)
mixed media on gallery-wrapped canvas
48 x 36 x 1.5
Mapping the strata IX (PWG352) (sold)
mixed media on gallery-wrapped canvas
48 x 36 x 1.5
Mapping the strata XII (PWG362)
mixed media on gallery-wrapped canvas
48 x 36 x 1.5
Mapping the strata XV (PWG393)
mixed media on gallery-wrapped canvas
48 x 36 x 1.5
Mapping the strata XVI (PWG405)
mixed media on gallery-wrapped canvas (triptych)
40 x 90 x 1.5
A series of Little strata, all 8 x 8 x 1.6, acrylic on cradled panels
Some of the oil pastel sketches (all around 4 x 5 inches) that inspired this series:
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