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 Interaction with fellow Albuquerque artists

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Experimental Collaboration  and Interaction with fellow Albuquerque artists

Begun in the Spring of 2007, we (Betsy Greenlee, Fred Yost, Jaci Fisher, Leila Hall, Jeanine Allen, Elaine Scott, Gaye Garrison and Jeff Potter) were inspired by previous artist/ writer collaborations, most notably the "Scribes Eight" and we strive to explore artistic genres we generally have not thought about attempting.  Abstract art came to mind and we chose to meet every six weeks and share our individual efforts at "making" abstract art from a commonly agreed "project" scope discussed at the previous meeting.  Herein describes our journey.

Below is a chronological listing of web pages made from our past meetings. 

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Current - January 13, 2008 meeting

Project - triptych, similar to what we have been doing

Elaine Scott Project     Elaine's notes (1-13-08):  "#1 Abstract collage- I did not bring my 1st attempt with a collage triptych to our meeting but it is shown to the right. I used 3 - 8"x10"canvases that I had previously used to practice with a palette knife and added 'found' objects and paper and cloth to them. I used acrylic paint and oil pastel."

Elaine Scott #1 Abstract collage

Elaine Scott - #2 Cat Collage Triptych - "My 2nd attempt was on Yupo paper to which I glued photos and then painted with oil pastels."

Elaine Scott #2 Cat Collage
  

#3 "Eggs"aggeration" Collage Triptych My 3rd attempt was again on Yupo paper to which I again glued paper and photos and then painted with acylics and added cabochons and charms."

 

Elaine Scott #3 Eggsaggeration Collage

#4 "Eggs"traordinary" Collage Triptych
My fourth attempt was using the same them and photos
as the previous again using Yupo paper but using oil
pastel instead of acrylics."

 

Elaine Scott #4 Eggstraordinary Collage

#5 Chaco Collage Triptych "For this triptych I again used Yupo paper to which I glued photos of Chaco Canyon shadows. I applied a thick layer of pastel onto the glued on paper and the Yupo allowing it to dry for a day. On some areas I carved designs and on other areas I used a chamois cloth to wipe off paint. I experimented with different techniques, some I like and some I don't. I then glued on pieces of found pottery that I had dug from my garden some 35 years ago. I also glued on pieces of turquoise and cabochons."
          

#5 Elaine Scott Chaco Collage Triptych

Fred Yost Project 1-13-08  Fred's Notes "Indian Triptych - For more than a decade have had an image for a painting in mind and until this project have not worked on it. The image is of an American Indian who can not speak, due to cancer, and has trained an eagle to speak for him. After a few false stars I gessoed 3 pieces of 9x12 masonite. I then gave them an underpainting of raw sienna and burnt umber acrylic paint. An old map of New Mexico was used to make a decal and then applied to the first of the triptychs. I had collected images of Indians and photocopied one of these to apply to all three of the triptychs. A photocopy of an eagle was used in the same manner on the third triptych. Other items were glued on and finally words which describe the cancer problem were added as decals. The words and images function to express the seriousness of this problem in the American Indian community but also serve to connect each piece of the triptych."

                Fred Yost Indian Triptych

Jaci Fisher Project 1-13-08

Leila Hall  project 1-13-08  Leila's Notes: "I took a small pastel study which had wonderful elements of shadow and light and a palette I liked, and translated that with paper collage (on left) and pieced silk (on right), which I painted and quilted."

                                                 Leila Hall Triptych

Betsy Greenlee  project 1-13-08
     Betsy's Notes (1-13-08)  "The challenge in making a triptych, as I understood it, was to create three images that could stand alone compositionally or be combined into a single image that also has compositional integrity. These were done in watercolor and pastel on the paper we made at an earlier meeting."

Betsy Greenlee Triptych

Jeff Potter Project 1-13-08

Jeff's notes (1-13-08):  "In considering a subject for the triptych, I stumbled onto a photo I had taken of three apple trees.   I was thus pursuing a trio of trees in a triptych.   I first did a 6" x 6" linoleum print capturing the tree trunks and shadows as  positive.  Using a light print with black ink on Bristolboard, I then applied Oil Pastel trying to exaggerate the cast shadows, tree trunk shapes and horizontal color zones.  I then explored these contrasts further via linoleum prints capturing the tree trunks and shadows as either positive or negative space in the linocut print.  The effect of the background color of paper was also very intriguing to me as it controlled the mood of the print"

Jeff Potter - Oil Pastel                      Positive area linocut - Black print on White paper        Positive area linocut Black print on Gray paper 

                     Jeff Potter - Oil Pastel                               Negative area linocut - White print on Black paper          Negative area linocut  - White print on Gray paper                                  

7. Our next project is to choose any animal and create and series of progressive steps towards abstraction of the animal form.    Next meeting is Saturday, March 8, 2008 at 1 PM.

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