Colours of Suburbia
A project where I explored suburban environments in search of pigments and colour. Using found wood for pigment rubbings, found rocks and plants commonly growing in these areas such as alder trees, tansy flowers and even abandoned snail shells to create natural colour.
'Bouncing Amber' (Alder cone ink, traditional gesso on panel) 15 x 15 cm. 🔴 SOLD
'Amber Flow' (Alder cone ink, traditional gesso on panel) 15 x 15 cm.
'Amber Tide' (Alder cone ink, traditional gesso on panel) 15 x 15 cm.
Handmade Dyer's Chamomile lake pigment rubbing on found wood.
'Spruce's Gentle Gift, I' (Spruce ink, gum arabic, traditional gesso on panel) 15 x 15 cm.
Earth pigment rubbing on found wood.
'Spruce's Gentle Gift, II (Spruce ink, gum arabic, traditional gesso on panel) 15 x 15 cm.
'Spruce's Gentle Gift, III' (Spruce ink, gum arabic, traditional gesso on panel) 15 x 15 cm.
Earth pigment rubbing on found wood.
'Tansy Dance' (Tansy lake pigment, gum arabic, traditional gesso on panel) 15 x 15 cm.
'Echoes of the Past' (Earth pigment, gum arabic, traditional gesso on panel) 15 x 15 cm.
Tansy lake pigment rubbing on found wood.
'Wrapped in Earth' (Snail shell, gum arabic, traditional gesso on panel) 15 x 15 cm.
'Fields of Gold' (Dyer's Chamomile lake pigment, gum arabic, traditional gesso on panel) 15 x 15 cm.