Every fall, an obstructed view of Mount Agamenticus emerges as the leaves come down
The view of Mount Aggie from my home is obstructed by a tangle of limbs, branches and wires .... but i love it anyway, because I can, see the forest through the trees! It holds a lot of other metaphors for me, and gives me something further away to focus on as winter approaches. Every year, like clockwork, this non-landscape artist is moved to create landscapes... for a time.
The sunrises from behind this little mountain are stunning and color filled,
especially on frozen mornings.
I chose a layered acrylic monotype process for the first few studies because I felt like it would convey the depth of color and layering i was seeing with my eye....and I erased the obstructions in my mind for this round.
Once i dreamed i was flying over this land and it was wide open, with no houses, roads or man made structures of any kind. I decided that's how i would paint it, how i dreamed it, rather than its reality.
This process used is what i call a "layered monotype"
Paint is added to a plate, then transferred to the paper using pressure (a brayer in this case)
this process is done over and over for each color.
I love this process because it provides surprises, as the paint never transfers just how you expect, and also, i can work on a few pieces at a time, while #1 is drying, i can add a color to #2, and so forth.
This round I created 3 pieces inspired by my "unobstructed view"
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