"FLOWER TRIBUNE", 10161, daily painter mixed media floral © Carol Nelson Fine Art

"FLOWER TRIBUNE"

"FLOWER TRIBUNE" - detail

 

This painting is readable.  There are several Flower Tribune stories that were written just for this painting if you look closely:

                      Poppy Wins Election
                   In the closest election in a decade,
                   Ima Poppy won a narrow victory over
                   her opponent, Harry Hydrangea.  She
                   sighted the importance of being red
                   instead of blue as giving her the win.

               BrownEyed-Susan Wins in CA
                In other election news, Jerry Brown-Eyed
                Susan won the governorship of California.
                Brown-Eyed Susan credited his earthy
                campaign and noted his strong showing in
                Los Angeles and San Francisco where he had
                the great support of a large Fruit and Nut
                population.

            Texas Election Results Still
                 Being Counted
         Election officials in Texas are still counting
              in what appears to be a monumental task since all
              the candidates were named BlueBonnet.  With a 
              very slight lead in the voting, Very BlueBonnet
              has already claimed victory.  This is being hotly
              disputed by candidates Slightly, Pale, Deep,
              Double, Pinkish, and Royal.  Navy has dropped out 
              the running sighting voter fraud.
                      
            Poppies Win State Championship
               The Poppy team rolled over the other flower
               teams to clinch their second consecutive state
               championship.  Coach Red attributed his team's
               success to hard work and Miracle Grow.

         Chrysanthemums Are First in Division
                The Chrysanthemums hardly had to work at all
                to secure a victory over their fierce rivals,
                the Impatiens.  At their recent meeting, there
                was much speculation at Mum Stadium about the
                weather and the effect it would have on the
                visiting Impatiens team.
          
                At game time, the temperature hovered at the
                32 degree mark and the Impatiens team started
                dropping like rocks.  Mum coach, Chris Mum said,
                "All we had to do was show up.  The Impatiens
                became droopy and could not perform."

I have to admit, I had fun writing the flower stories.  I'm sure any REAL journalists reading these "stories" will moan at my journalistic writing skills.

Using newsprint as a collage material is interesting in that the text kind of blurs together and looks like a neutral patterned background.  I ended up adding an amber colored glaze over the background to promote color harmony.

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"COLORS OF MUSIC - BLUE" 10160, daily painter abstract collage © Carol Nelson Fine Art

"COLOR OF MUSIC - BLUE"

This is the second in my series, Colors of Music.  Obviously this is the blue one.  Being an abstract collage, it has lots of different stuff in it including sheet music, metal foil, rice paper, and hand painted aluminum foil.
The turquoise area in the center is the hand painted aluminum foil.  I pressed the foil around some small glass tiles for the square impressions and pressed in the coil shapes using a brush handle and a soft surface under the foil.
This 5x7 inch painting is mounted on a larger background piece and the whole thing is covered with epoxy resin.   That epoxy really makes the metallic parts shine.

This is the first one in the series - the red one.  Both of these were demonstration pieces for my Creating with Acrylics class.

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"COLORS OF MUSIC - RED," 10148, daily painter abstract collage © Carol Nelson Fine Art

"COLORS OF MUSIC - RED"

This abstract collage was a piece I did for my Creating with Acrylics class.  I was showing them how to put together several collage elements in an abstract design using a limited palette. I used acrylic modeling paste, prepared tyvek, sheet music, micaceous iron oxide, red aluminum foil, nails, brads, and various acrylic paints on this piece.

This one happened to have a piece sheet music in the collage - voila! - a new series is born.  More "COLORS OF MUSIC" to come.


This painting is mounted on a textured support and (will be) covered with epoxy resin.  I have photographed it BEFORE the epoxy has been applied.

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"ASPEN LEAF SERIES 10 ," daily painter acrylic collage © Carol Nelson Fine Art

"ASPEN LEAF SERIES 10"

 detail

This is another in the aspen leaf series.  I took the photo before I put on the clear epoxy resin layer because it is easier to photograph without the shine of the epoxy.
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