Sunday, December 27, 2009

Pink picasso

This picasso remake is surrounded by a pink mosiac quilt - truly fitting for a picasso lady. The distinctive black lines of this sleeping beauty offer the contrast she needs for a restful sleep. Acrylic paint on a canvas board.
Artist: Jane Wadsworth

Hearty

One can never have enough heart! Especially on a tennis court where the silhouette of this early 1900's tennis player can be found. This paper mache heart was created first from a flat slab of paper mache, cured for 5 days, and dried to an uneven surface. Then cut to heart form, and painted with a base layer of silver - large drops of gold paint were dropped from 5 feet above creating wonderful blotches of imperfection. Copper drizzles complete the effect. Stop worrying about the imperfections! No heart is perfect...
Artist: Jane Wadsworth

Wreath of bounty

This evergreen "bounty" wreath is filled with goodies! Let your imagination determine what those goodies might be... Painted on crinkled tissue paper, fused onto canvas, this 5' x 3' work uses special glittery copper accents to bring a sparkle into your bounty!
Artist: Jane Wadsworth

Mosaic Blues

Lines, curves and shades of blue form the mosaic blues painted on a canvas board. Out of the "blue" sprout 3 delicate tulips. But wait, they need to be watered? The clay water bottle painted in shades of brown and accented in blue, is ready to provide the necessary drink.
Artist: Jane Wadsworth

Bloomin' dogs

Look closely. Are those dogwood blooms? Actual dogwood blooms? Yes they are! And they are preserved in a polyurethane wash. This bouquet of dogwoods burst from this painted clay pot. The backdrop adds vibrance with fingerpainted shades of reds and blues - on recycled wood.
Artist: Jane Wadsworth

Plumbers duet

Copper rods, combined with a tile mosaic, resting on a backdrop of textured wood painted with copper forms a plumbers duet. After a few false starts, I finally discovered a method to adhere all objects allowing them to appear suspended in space.
Artist: Jane Wadsworth

Giant Pea Pods

This contemporary abstract mural is 15' in width by 5' in height. Acrylic painting on canvas - this commissioned work rests in the foyer of a 6000 sq foot home. There are 3 sections to this mural, and installing it was no easy feat! Painting it tho, was a treat - and it took nearly 2 months to complete! Sure, it's easy to find ONE pea in a pod...but see if you can locate 2 peas in a pod.
Artist: Jane Wadsworth

OliveOil

This painting of pricey bottled olive oil, holds a stalk of rosemary, and it's base is loaded with cloves of garlic. Painted on pine wood, the wood backdrop is preserved with touches of copper patina and blends of orange. The red tabletop holds the gourmet oil. And the dangling beads? Now come on. Use your imagination. I can't tell you everything!
Artist: Jane Wadsworth

Bad hair day

If you get close enough, these textured ruby lips painted on a mirror - might actually pucker. And if they don't, you will be just as well for it! Shades of blue painted on recycled wood form the backdrop for the web of multi-colored hair, that didn't seem to get the same amount of attention as the lipstick. Thinned paint, tossed from a distance forms a very bad hair day!
Artist: Jane Wadsworth

Knight in shining...

Recycled wood forms the base of this 5' painting sculpture. Sculpture? Using tile mastic, layers of adhesion are applied to create the dimension, with silver and copper paint on top. The knights sword is a metal rod found curbside, and affixed to the tile mastic.
Artist: Jane Wadsworth

Fish lips

A fish, is still a fish - even dressed up in black lipstick! This contemporary fish, has fish scales made of sesame seeds mixed with shiny white paint, a top a vintage pine cupboard. While this slippery creature disturbs the surface of the water with multiple finger painted colors, below the surface, he's just a slippery fish with big black lips.
Artist: Jane Wadsworth

Contemporary bouquet

This large vase of contemporary 'what not' flowers sits in front of a robust breezeway bordered by a red multi colored sarong curtain. Painted with acrylic, on top of plywood covered with tile adhesive - made for an ultra rough surface which was perfect for generating dimension. Horizontal brown and turquoise lines, contrast with the diagonal orange window panes. The painting stands 6' high, and 3' wide.
Artist: Jane Wadsworth

Chaos

One of my early contemporary works - and one of my all time favorites. Chaos. Chaos has no beginning or end, no rhyme or reason. At one moment, you might see a "connection" -- only to look again and find that the connection is gone. This acrylic painting rests a top a recycled kitchen cupboard door - this painting took over 2 weeks to complete, with 16 layers of colors, as I waited for each layer to dry.
Artist: Jane Wadsworth

N'orlans Jamboree

These 3 New Orleans street musicians were the inspiration for these two paintings on canvas. I selected an oval canvas allowing the tunes to continue long into the nite. Acrylic paints in vibrant colors are meant to bring the sounds of jazz to life.
Artist: Jane Wadsworth

Jacasso breeze

Our first catamaran, Jacasso had a beautiful multi-colored spinnaker - which became the inspiration for this painting. A flat slab of paper mache dried to a wonderful convoluted form. Using acrylic paint, the spinnaker and main sail arise from a sea of blu, with multi colored fabric accents. And, the hull of this painting? Surely that cannot be copper painted coffee beans? Don't ask why...it just is. Rests on a black felt cover, over cardboard.
Artist: Jane Wadsworth

Talking Heads

This 2 piece design represents the blather spewed when two heads are talking, and neither are listening! Each painting is atop a 4' x 4' piece of plywood, painted in purple and drizzled with thin white paint from above the surface. After each layer of paint dries, multiple colors of conversation is directed at the adjacent painting. The profile of the talker is in black with a protruding chin and nose and the brow line of their hat appears.
Artist: Jane Wadsworth


Beachwalker


Have you ever found gold seashells when you walk along the beach? In this mixed media piece, 3/4" plywood is sealed and treated in deep ruby red paint. Black, white and orange paint is tossed at a distance giving the squiggle effect. Two mollask shells, and 4 sea shells are handpicked from Melbourne Beach in Florida. The shells are dipped in gold paint, over a body mixture of sesame seeds and white-gold, complete the beach walker.
Artist: Jane Wadsworth

heART Leaf

As cupboards are removed to create an open floor plan from our 1950's era home, each plank of wood is recycled into art. This pine cupboard door was roughed with fine sandpaper, and shades of red mixed with copper patina are gradiated at an angle to form the back drop. The turquoise vase holds a single painted heart leaf.
Artist: Jane Wadsworth

Wino blues

This elongated wine bottle is finger painted onto a background consisting of acrylic shades of white and orange, on top of a discarded 1950's era pine kitchen cupboard door. The blue wine bottle is complete with a cork affixed in the lower left corner.
Artist: Jane Wadsworth

Jazz scape

This "experiment" was just too much fun! A paper mache background was first allowed to dry and shrivel to its final position. This created an uneven surface for painting and montage effects. Contemporary instruments (keyboard and guitar) were created digitally using PhotoShop, and distorted to their final positions. These instruments are then affixed to the paper mache, and painted to enhance the visual. Surrounding the jazz ensemble, are carefully selected fabrics, and hand tossed fabric paints to provide additional depth to the work. Paper mache is sealed, and mounted on a black felt over cardboard. The entire piece sits in a shadow box.
Artist: Jane Wadsworth

Copper crazed

Paper mache is painted with copper paint (yes, real copper paint), and shades of gold. Fine copper mesh creates a rectangular backdrop for the triangular centerpiece. Copper droplets are drizzled throughout, and black paint accents are tossed at a distance of 4 feet for a bit of a Jackson Pollock flavor. Mounted on black felt over cardboard.
Artist: Jane Wadsworth

Pinto una rana

A commissioned piece made for an El Salvadorian lady who loved frogs. Pinto una rana translates to "painted frog". Painted on a 3' oval this frog is home amongst fabric lilies. Latex paint forms the base coat. Contrasts of fabric paint reveals a raised affect.
Artist: Jane Wadsworth

Señora de tenis

This early 1900 Señora de tenis with a flowing skirt, rests on a piece of discarded plywood, painted in black. Her face, and upper body is painted on paper, and cut to allow fabric to cover much of the surrounding area - creating a montage affect. Border and accents are painted in fabric paint, allowing for a raised paint look.
Artist: Jane Wadsworth

Mr. Tiki Mon

Mr. Tiki Mon stands over 6' high, and is constructed out of a cypress wood tree trunk base, with a discarded HVAC pipe affixed to the trunk base using foam filler. Foam was sprayed around the HVAC pipe creating an uneven surface - which was perfect for a final coat of paper mache.

The entire surface was paper mached' with over 2 weeks of newpaper and 10 pounds of flour. The eyes are purposely off center, and an ear-2-ear grin was also constructed of paper mache.

The paper mache took one full week to completely "dry". Copper spray paint covers the paper mache and tree trunk surface, and the remaining features were painted using latex paint. Beads dangle as earrings, a sarong wraps as a headpiece, and an authentic hawaiin lai hangs from the chin. A monte cristo cuban cigar appears between the teeth, and african beads appear from the ear lobes.
Artist: Jane Wadsworth

Art: Portraits (1995-2002)

Portraits are created using a combination of pencil and charcoal - my favorite media! In early 1995, I was suddenly drawn to creating portraits, and spent the next 7 years studying facial features and thoroughly enjoying creating contrasts in greyscale.