Nantucket Afternoon yarrow

Nantucket Afternoon yarrowMixed media (acrylic, paper, and graphite) 4 x 6 image size (8 x 10 matted and framed behind plexiglass) Nantucket Afternoon is a collage painting about one of my favorite places. The pink and purple colors flash by as I bike by the blooming hydrangea bushes. The salty brine of the deep blue Atlantic that I smell while enjoying the succulent taste of a warm buttered lobster roll. The patterns and textures of Nantucket entice me. The frothy foam of the

as photographs with my iPhone

(24" x 48" if hung as a single artwork)

The popular kids seemed so colorful to me

Paints are selected based on each color's opacity

and blue "rocket" popsicles

framed and matted poured acrylic painting

To capture larger botanical elements

Riding the spinning teacups at Disneyland

It made me focus on a tiny aspect of the greater jungle around us

which I used to print black ink over an ink-rolled rainbow gradient

nestled between books

which I convert into negatives for further print creation