Instructional - Step by Step

Work in process of the latest works

• • Betwixt Sketch Step 1
    
  • Betwixt Collage Step 2
    
  • Betwixt Collage Step 3
    
  • Betwixt Collage Step 4
    
  • Betwixt Watercolor Step 5
    
  • Betwixt Completed
    
  • Betwixt: and between, a watercolor collage, shows a young woman caught at a moment of introspection. Her path is unclear, she looks within to find the way out.
  • Making the collage paper
    
  • Tiger sketch
    
  • Applying the collage paper
    
  • More collage paper
    
  • Watercolor and details
    
  • Tiger III
    
  • The Tiger III collage: Step by step creating paper, the sketch, the collage, and watercolor that brings it all together. Made from torn, textured paper, this tiger snaps with color and energy.
  • Geronimo Prep
    
  • Geronimo Pour
    
  • Geronimo Press
    
  • Geronimo Sketch
    
  • Geronimo Detail
    
  • Geronimo
    
  • Geronimo: This particular work was a challenge to complete, as the subject seemed to war with my efforts to get him right. I hope the finished work brings peace between us. This is my new watercolor portrait of the Apache leader Geronimo. He is known as "the last free Apache" because he fought so hard for 25 years to preserve his way of life.
  • Musician Sketch
    
  • Musician Collage Step 1
    
  • Musician Collage Step 2
    
  • Musician Collage Step 3
    
  • Musician Watercolor Step
    
  • The Musician
    
  • The Musician is a hybrid "listperson" collage composed of torn sheet music. guitar tabliture, drawings, pictures, and text arrainged in facial planes.