2 Mixed Doubles
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Karen Mason in collaboration with Margaret Dorfman I collaborated with fellow ACCI Gallery artist, Margaret Dorfman (https://www.margaretdorfman.com/) in creating these paintings for the upcoming “Mixed Doubles” show at the gallery in July 2022. You can get more information on the show here: https://www.accigallery.com/mixed-doubles.html. |
Margaret first transforms fresh fruit and vegetables (including papaya, beets, watermelon radish) into translucent parchment sheets through aging, drying and pressing. The sheets permanently preserve the botanical structure and natural colors unique to each fruit or vegetable. I then adhere the sheets to cradled wood panels and after trimming the sheet to size, I pour a thick layer of resin over the piece. Once dry, I sand the surface to prepare it for the paint and ink. For this series, I primarily used ink with opaque, gouache to provide a semi-transparent effect that bridges somewhere between watercolors and oils. Shadows were finished in oil paint, and a final pour of resin is applied allowing the piece to feel 3-d in effect with the upper layers of the painted subject popping above the lower layer of actual also vegetables and fruit from which they were inspired. The piece is finished off with a final sanding using three different levels of sandpaper, and then apply a finisher that resembles encaustic but is much more durable and silky soft to the touch.
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Radish Doubles
12"x12" Radish, Ink, Oil, Resin on Board |
Beet Doubles
12”x12” Beets, Ink, Resin, Oil on Board |
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Orange Papaya Doubles
10”x10' Papaya, Ink, Resin, Oil on Board |
Green Papaya Doubles
14”x14” Green Papaya, Ink, Resin on Board |
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Carrot Doubles
14”x14" Carrots, Ink, Resin on Board |
Leek & Bamboo Doubles
14” x14" Leek, Ink, Resin on Board |
Karen Mason in collaboration with Rob Badger
I collaborated with acclaimed photographer, Rob Badger (www.winterbadger.com) in creating this painted photograph for the upcoming “Mixed Doubles” show in July 2022 at the ACCI gallery in Berkeley. You can get more information on the show here: https://www.accigallery.com/mixed-doubles.html.
Rob is well known in the nature photo documentary world and was awarded the 2020 Sierra Club’s Ansel Adams Award for Photography (shared with partner, Nita Winter). He created this iconic photograph of a super bloom in California which is featured in the Beauty and the Beast: Wildflowers and Climate Change (https://www.winterbadger.com/wildflower-project) book, as part of a documentary art project with photographer Nita Winter which was sponsored Blue Earth Alliance. Capturing the drama of the California super bloom and coming storm, “Storm Bloom Doubles” painted photograph is 36” x 48” in size and is comprised of oil paint and resin on metal panel.
I collaborated with acclaimed photographer, Rob Badger (www.winterbadger.com) in creating this painted photograph for the upcoming “Mixed Doubles” show in July 2022 at the ACCI gallery in Berkeley. You can get more information on the show here: https://www.accigallery.com/mixed-doubles.html.
Rob is well known in the nature photo documentary world and was awarded the 2020 Sierra Club’s Ansel Adams Award for Photography (shared with partner, Nita Winter). He created this iconic photograph of a super bloom in California which is featured in the Beauty and the Beast: Wildflowers and Climate Change (https://www.winterbadger.com/wildflower-project) book, as part of a documentary art project with photographer Nita Winter which was sponsored Blue Earth Alliance. Capturing the drama of the California super bloom and coming storm, “Storm Bloom Doubles” painted photograph is 36” x 48” in size and is comprised of oil paint and resin on metal panel.
Storm Bloom Doubles
36” x 48”
Painted photograph with oil paint and resin on metal panel.
36” x 48”
Painted photograph with oil paint and resin on metal panel.