Iron Horse, mixed media horse absract by Carol Nelson

Iron Horse

This abstracted horse was inspired by a metal sculpture I saw at the Denver Art Museum. Below, is a photo taken while my daughters and I were touring the museum on Mother's Day this year.  I am standing next to this larger than life sculpture.  It's such a cool piece - I wish I had a better picture of it.  It's all made of pieces of re-purposed rusted iron.

For my horse, I cut up different kinds of rusted iron and metallic papers.  It also has copper nails here and there.

I think I'll try doing another one.  It's not as easy as you may think to cut the paper in the contours of the horse's body.  I can't imagine doing it in metal.

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"Polka Dot Vase" mixed media collage painting by Carol Nelson

Polka Dot Vase

This painting is a torn paper collage using handmade papers and printed papers.  It is finished with a crystal clear layer of epoxy resin.  The resin protects the collage elements, making this piece suitable for display in a bathroom or kitchen.

I did this piece as a demo for my Park Hill class.  We made several of our own altered papers.  I paint the pages of an old paperback book to save excess paint from my palette instead of letting it dry up and become worthless.  The paint is too expensive to just let it dry up.

If you look closely, you'll see that some of the petals were taken from some orange and yellow pages.  I didn't actually READ the text, so I hope there's not something too racy!  The vase is a black and white polka dot paper over which I added color glaze.

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"GEMSTONE 11" mixed media geologic mini abstract by Carol Nelson

This is the eleventh painting in my Gemstone Series.  I call them "effortless abstracts", because of the artist cannot over think it when creating one.

It's that random quality of the lines that adds to the appeal.  Of course, the vibrant transparent colors of my Golden fluid acrylic paints is a big part of it too.

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THIS IS MY 900TH POST TO THIS BLOG. I started this blog  in 1997 to talk about what is going on in my art studio.  At first, I was just like the tree in the forest that nobody heard.

Now, thanks to you, dear reader, I have hundreds of people around the world that read my blog every week, many more who subscribe to get my posts in their inbox every day, and even more who read my posts on my Facebook page.

What an age we live in, where the internet makes this all possible!

I can only say THANK YOU for your encouragement and enthusiasm about my work.  Your comments are so delightful to receive.

I figure it will be sometime in 2013 that I hit the 1000 mark.
Hopefully, you'll still be enjoying what you see in this blog.  I will have to start planning something colossal for that post.

"Golden Season" 12077, mixed media tree collage by Carol Nelson

Golden Season

This is a warm up for my mixed media tree workshop coming up this Friday and Saturday.  I wish the photo showed the cool paper I used on the background.

It's called red rosin paper and I found it at Home Depot.

"RED ROSIN PAPER is a high quality, single-ply sheathing paper, which is widely used in built-up roofing systems as a “first layer” protective barrier. This environmentally friendly paper is manufactured from 100% recycled fibers. The fibers are set in alum to resist bleeding. It is a multi-purpose building paper used as a physical barrier protection throughout all phases of general construction."

You know me, I'm always on the lookout for possible substitutes for expensive art materials.  This paper has kind of a rosy color and has a nice weight to it.

I actually bought a roll of this paper not to use in my work, but to use as a cover for my work table.  I had a sheet of it protecting my patio table as I was using spray paint on some other things.  I liked the look of the overspray areas.

My latest kick is using Rustoleum Hammered spray paint.  It's meant to go on metal, but it looks fantastic on paper too.  With the red rosin paper, I had to prime the paper with another color first before spraying the metallic hammered paint. 

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"Loretta's Lavender" Acrylic/Mixed Media Painting By Donna Holdsworth

I created this Acrylic Assemblage on 11x14 stretched canvas.  I collaged in some dried lavender from my mothers garden.  $40.00.  Please contact me at donna.holdsworth@yahoo.com.