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The idea for COLOR BRIDGES came from many sources. Portland State College 1962,Professor Frederick Heidel's first painting assignment was to make a grid and explore mixing colors to arrange on the grid to see how they would look. Moving these painted pieces of paper on different backgrounds bring back 4 years of studying painting with Heidel. Each arrangement I have made are like his assignments. They have a goal of basics while allowing the emotions freedom. Another source was Professor Mary MacIntire at Western Washington University who was a member of Fiber Design and I had the honor of photographing for a statement about her process. She used to move around pieces of colored paper to design her fiber works.

Sunday, June 28, 2009

Iron Mountain photos and paintings

My husband likes to point out the arch near the top of the trail up Iron Mountain. On a folded watercolor paper I sketched the edge of where the rock meets the sky. Later I painted in the car as we wound our way down the mountain.
Today I may have done more with my camera than with my brush.





Here is my husband on the Cone Peak Trail below the Iron Mountain Trail. In the foreground is larkspar.


4 comments:

Kay Dennison said...

Lovely!!!!!!!

Parapluie said...

Thank you Kay,
I am eager to go back and see how much can change in a week.

Darlene said...

The photo with the Larkspur is beautiful, as is the Larkspur.

You should enter the one with your shadow on the shadow photos like those found on Sylvia's post.

I love your painting, too.

Rain said...

Beautiful and the shadow adds to the one. Such intense colors