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In visual art, mixed media describes artwork in which more than one medium or material has been employed. Assemblages, collages, are common examples of art using different media. Materials used to create mixed media art include, but are not limited to, paint, cloth, paper, wood and found object
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The inspiration here comes from famous paintings of women. I have used different combinations of color and ornamentation to transport these figures into a different place and time. These pieces are frames inside of frames made on recycled woods and medals along with acrylic paints and papers. All the figures are in public domain.
The Angel, fragment of the Baroni Altarpiece by Raphael Sanzio Da Urbino in the year 1501-1502. Raphael and an older painter received the commission to paint jointly a large altarpiece dedicated to Saint Nicholas of Tolentino, for the Baroni chapel in the Sant ‘Agostino Church.
This is a famous model wearing traditional folk costume. Painted by 19th century polish painter Piotr Stachieioicz also known for his series of religious paintings my favored the Black Madonna
Portrait of Lady Hamilton as a Bacchante is an 18-century portrait. Lady Hamilton as she was known was an English maid, model, dancer, and actress. She was also the mistress of Admiral Lord Nelson. She was painted by Elisabeth Vigee Le Brun who was a favored painter of Marie -Antoinette.
Childhood Reliquary’s
re’I quar’y: a small box, shrine, ect. For keeping or exhibiting relics, objects associated with the past.
These childhood reliquary’s are mementos and objects associated with a childhood and past when our toys were powered by imagination not batteries. A time when I anthropomorphized my stuffed rabbits and teddy bears and I spoke for my dolls, not manufacturers. These toys don’t have an expected shelf life or an expiration date. Their meaning has life long after we have outgrown them.
