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This is one of the artist's favorite pieces. Surprised at how these flowers appear to be pansies when actually they evolved from many multiple layers of red everblooming rose bits and yellow daisies. A balance of positive and negative space, the overall effect is calm and sweet. -
This is a digitally enhanced version of an original piece from the flower abrasion series. The original piece is made of smashed cabbage and chard. In this version the bark of the plant turned purple and the sea became more violent. The colors enliven the piece. -
The purple color of the grapes began life as red flower bits smashed with a hammer to exude their pigments. The resulting color scale ranges from deep purple to mauve. Then India ink spheres were superimposed on the splotches of color to coax out the personality of this lively bunch of grapes. -
An original design of abraded carnation and rose petal bits was digitally enhanced. It resulted in the lime green change and pop to yellow and mauve against the pink background. -
The dried flower look of this piece was accomplished with the use of tiny bits of pink rose petals. They were smashed with a hammer to exude their pigment onto watercolor paper. Lavender was also pounded and India ink combined the petals into buds and blooms. The ink also added sweet whimsical freehand tiny purple petals on their stems. -
This is a digitally enhanced version of an original piece from the flower abrasion series. The original piece of smashed cabbage and chard was scanned then a blue fading background was added. The leaves changed to pink, and the bits of the original plan remnants dried on the page and created these red saturated areas. -
An explosion of color burst out of pounded out flower petals and leaf bits. Multiple layers of carnation, salvia, dianthus, and hydrangea are pounded with a hammer. India ink is used to outline the various color elements on the watercolor paper. Colored pencils further define the stems and leaves to create the sense of this flower bundle. -
The original design was made of rose, carnation, and leaf bits which were pounded out with a hammer onto watercolor paper. India ink drawings added to the design which was scanned and enhanced digitally. Saturations were deepened and a color background added, creating a lime green pop against a graduation of purple. -
In the Spring, the purple berries of the grape hyacinth bloom on the short stalk of the plant. Amazingly, the color the berries exude when smashed is this vibrant blue! On this quiet morning they were combined with grass findings and a stem from the pink almond bush. All sorts of delicate hand-drawn flowers dribble across the bottom of the page to welcome the arrival of Spring. -
This is a very successful version of a piece from the flower abrasion series. It is a scanned version of an original print made with smashed chard and cabbage leaves. The pale blue background complements the almost fluorescent glow of the orange leaves. -
This piece began with bits of carnation, begonia, lavender, rose petals, and leaves. They were abraded onto watercolor paper with a hammer. India ink made sense of the blobs of color. The original piece was scanned and digitally enhanced with layers of pink, salmon, and yellow creating a romantic cascade. -
This is one of the artist's favorites of the flower abrasion series. It was made by smashing and rolling bits of the red rose petals onto watercolor paper. Fragments of the flowers dried on the paper. Bits of leaves and grasses were abraded as well. India ink sought out form in the midst of the blobs of color. Light watercolor washes were added to allow the sun to push through. -
This explosion of fun began with a Gerber daisy spitting its color everywhere! The center was accomplished with the use of india ink crosshatching. This piece won the Judge's Choice Award at the Arts Alive Festival in Ocean City, Maryland. -
This is a version of an original piece in the flower abrasion series. The original was made from a smashed Gerber daisy which spit its color everywhere! The center was crosshatched with India ink. The piece was then scanned and digitally enhanced with layers of pink. -
The purple pigments in this piece are solely derived from the smashing and re-smashing of red everblooming rose bits and their leaves. Abraded stalks from the almond bush are added which create mauve, green, and yellow pigments. The airy feel of the wreath is accomplished with the use implied line and the use of India ink seeking out figure from ground. -
This was my first piece in the flower abrasion series. The story goes like this... I attended an outdoor plant event sponsored by the Assateague Coastal Trust and a friend was set up outside doing artwork. She allowed me to pound a violet petal onto the pad placed on her quaint wooden table. My insides jumped! I immediately connected with the results! I saw the color...and negative space...and my inside voice said. " This is what you do!" I told my friend that someday I am going to do art again. Her response was: "What are you waiting for?" I accepted her challenge and went home and created this piece. I thought, "O my gosh, I still have it!"
