Melted Crayon Collections

I’ve been an artist since I can remember.  I’ve taken very few art classes & always drew with pencil and colored pencil & in college took 1 class on portraits.  Portraits are the hardest things to draw and I can get easily frustrated.  Also, it takes a lot of energy for me to do a portrait, and a full color one can take me all day and I’m oftentimes exhausted for a few days afterwards.  If I don’t know the person it’s even that much more difficult.  I like to put the person’s personality into the picture.  As a result, I don’t do many portraits anymore.

I’ve never experimented with different media until the last few years.  I’m not sure why I thought I was only one type of artist but I’m so glad I’ve been brave lately.  I’ve done poems, photographs, collages and I’ve got a whole list of new media I want to experiment with.  I thought of this one today.  I have boxes of crayons and canvases I’ve never gotten around to using.  So I took an iron, hair dryer (because who needs a hair dryer when you’ve got braids right?), a mallet, a brush & brown paper bags.  As an artist of many form, I never try to force the creation.  It’s a conversation between and the media & I let it speak to me and evolve the way it was meant to. 1 1/2 hours later……I have two collections, 3 pieces each. A few of them have quite a bit of 3 dimensional quality to them & I took extra pics of those to illustrate that. I hope you enjoy!!

“Creativity takes courage. ” ~Henri Matisse

 

The Happy Collection

Peace

 

  

Happiness

Tranquility

Tranquility 3D

The Desert Collection

Desert Varnish

 

Desert Swirl

Cedar City the Color Country

Cedar City the Color Country 3D

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