Posts Tagged ‘material’

Oct

Margot Lovinger: Sheer Design

Posted by: Kenneth Rougeau in Art, Artists, Collage, Mixed Media, Textiles, Websites, painting, techniques

Margot Lovinger:
Sheer Design

Margot Lovinger creates amazing portraits. “What’s so amazing,” you may ask as you gaze upon what might at first glance appear to be a well contrived acrylic or oil painting? Lovinger’s rich, lush images are made entirely of fabrics, not paints! She starts with a cotton canvas base, then adds cottons & silks, sheer fabrics like tulle, netting, organza and chiffon. Each successive layer changes the hue of the layers beneath it, much the way a transparent color wash changes the layers underneath it in watercolor painting.
“My work started with ’story quilts’ that were interactive, and required the viewer’s participation to reveal the full narrative. Other types of quilts and fabric compositions followed, often experimenting with new materials and textures. Though I was always fascinated by figure painting, (particularly the works of the renaissance masters, such as Caravaggio) the medium frustrated me, and most of my paintings showed this. Eventually, my interest in the textures and techniques of sewing merged with my fondness for the rich colors and imagery of figure painting, and I began creating these sewn figurative fabric compositions. I have been working in this technique for about 8 years.” – Margot Lovinger

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Margot Lovinger

FYI: Both Margot Lovinger & David Meanix
(see yesterday’s feature) created artwork
for the HBO hit series Six Feet Under.

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Oct

Art Spread: Reclaim2Fame, the art of Will Wagenaar

Posted by: Kenneth Rougeau in Art, Artists, Mixed Media, Websites, etsy

Art Spread
(the great taste of butter
with half the calories!)

Bashful at the Topless Beach
reclamation art sculpture
by Will Wagenaar

Will Wagenaar has been a professional artist since 1972. He learned at an early age to turn anything into something else. In 1993 he opened a very experimental storefront on Miami Beach where he twisted all manner of found materials into new usable objects and fine art. A couple of years later the concept expanded to The Miami Design District. That larger workshop and gallery showcased over a dozen artist’s work in reclamation art. Those two stores are long gone but not the passion for reclamation art. Now living on the Gulf Coast of Florida, he feels like he might just be getting started. Etsy has opened a new world of possibilities for this well seasoned artist.

To see more visit:
http://reclaim2fame.etsy.com

Don Quixote
reclamation art sculpture
by Will Wagenaar

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Sep

Sean Hillen: An Unfortunate & Impossible Explosion

Posted by: Kenneth Rougeau in Art, Artists, Collage, Paper Crafts, Photography

Sean Hillen:
An Unfortunate & Impossible Explosion

“I suppose I was very lucky, in that I had the motivation to make the montages, the material in the photographs I’d been taking, and that the medium lends itself perfectly to dialectic and political satire, which is what they are, to some extent. I originally was taking straight photographs for exhibit as fine-art practice, and then began sort of ‘embroidering’ them with found bits and pieces, but in the end I was taking the photos specifically for use in montages. I also believe they’re to some extent ‘thought experiments’, and adventures, trying out my ideas on myself and you rather than hitting you over the head with them.” – Sean Hillen

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