Early Morning Sky

  

5:30AM Studio Sky1/3/12, 7x7 Acrylic on Paper 

                                             

                                              Portland Sky 5:30AM1/3/12 7x7 Acrylic on Paper  

Here are two versions of todays painting:  the color of the sky in the top 2/3rds with the bottom an abstraction of the studioand the joy and chaos of an earlier morning start     I must confess I stole the design idea from Katherine Chang Liu a wonderful artist residing in California. You can see her work here. 

If you are interested in either painting please email me at Bruce at BruceUlrich.com 

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All images ©  Bruce Ulrich unless otherwise stated.

What to Send

I've been working on paper on and off over the last two weeks trying out various ideas; so I could have something to submit to the juror of the Spring show of the Watercolor Society of Oregon (WSO). This is a water media show so it allows certain collage elements and opaque media to be used. The fall WSO show is transparent watercolor only, which is less and less what I do. Even working on paper is much less the way I work now days. I enjoy the organization, the friends I've met, and skills Ive learned through their workshops, but my current interests and art making is less in-sync with the group.

My evolution began with the quest for more physical textures in the paint surface, either through stiff paint or substances added to the paint or adhered to the surface. That sentence does not describe watercolor.
Here is a current effort that is passing my first week of review.

Sunrise Willamette Valley 10x10

This is another possibility from last springs explorations in texturing.

Terroir 3 10x10

I sent these two images off for the jurors consideration, maybe one will be selected for the show.
Let me know which one you like best.
Thanks for looking.