— Limeade Studio

Asheville Carolina Alley was painted for Painting I at A-B Tech, based on a photo I took in downtown Asheville, NC. As with Canton Payphone, painted at the same time, I layered paper strips torn from the phonebook into the gesso. The assignment was to explore physical texture using additives, so I’ve incorporated some heavy gel medium to built up texture on the brick wall.

This painting was in the juried 2010 Student Art Exhibition for A-B Tech.

10 in by 10 in, acrylic and phonebook pages on canvas, 2009.

For Sale: $70 USD

The Canton Payphone was painted for Painting I class at A-B Tech. The assignment was to explore building up texture using various additives. I followed my disappointment with the growing extinction of the payphone. I had already taken photos of some, including an out-of-order payphone in Canton, NC. I covered the canvas in pages torn out from area phonebooks and built up thick applications of acrylic paint with heavy gel medium and some molding paste. In some areas, you can see the phonebook pages showing through.

10 in by 10 in, acrylic and phonebook pages on canvas, 2009.

For Sale: $70 USD