making wall art
One of the things I try to impress upon students
is that you can take your modest sized efforts
and:
1) make them bigger to more resemble what
folks might call "wall art", and/or..
2) just stick a mat around your work and hang it
in your studio in a place of prominence.
Here are some examples. (patience while the
images load. thank you.)
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Here's the standard approach: a fine set of
minimally representational 2½"x2½"
images on a standard A-2 format (5½" x
4¼") |
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Here are some similar images that have been
assembled width-wise, mounted and matted.
The mat window on this one is approx.
8"x3½", and is handled very well
within an 11"x14" standard frame. |
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Here are several more examples of this same idea. |
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This larger piece is 6¾"x8" and also
looks quite handsome matted and in a simple black
standard 11"x14" frame. |
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This piece was created by making a middle value
opaque green print of wood grain (is it real wood
or a rubber stamp of wood grain?) onto darker
paper and then pasting on two circles cut from
some scrap paper used for experimentation.
Again, hung using a standard 11"x14"
standard frame. |
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Here are a number of smaller squares assembled in
a unified fashion. Though this one is
only 5"x5", it has the complexity to
have a great sense of visual push and pull. |
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