Abstract Mixed Media,Art Painting, "Journey 2" by Intuitive Artist Joan Fullerton

Mixed media collage on cradled board.

24"x12"x3"Mixed Media /Available

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Abstract Mixed Media,Collage Art Painting, Trees,"Ancient Memory" by Intuitive Artist Joan Fullerton

16"x12"x3/4 Mixed Media on Cradled Panel/Available

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Back to Source

Back to Source: a collage about Healing

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 This Painting began as a demonstration for the Broomfield Artists Guild in Colorado.

Armed with a bunch of papers, paint, and drawing materials in my travel box, I had no idea what I would put together.

On a raw cradle-board began I scribbling and drawing with charcoal and colored pencils.  I dripped and painted with fluid acrylics, and as tribute to this group, B.A.G., I decided to collage pieces of a brown paper bag. I added patterned rice paper, laser copies of a seed pod, and images of trees. (This provides a metaphorical richness.)              

Veiling images with translucent glazes and  covering areas with translucent sewing patterns, a textured surface was created.

When layering materials, I never know what will be revealed or what messages will show up; I enjoy all the surprises.

My back has been bothering me for a few weeks and I have been trying to stretch and strengthen it. So wouldn't you know, the word "Back" was on a the piece of the sewing pattern., and all words were covered over, except for the word "BACK"!

Once I noticed this, the long stripe of gold seemed to represent a backbone being strong and the images of trees, with healing green colors were like an aura around the gold. Cool!

Without planning, I had intuitively created the idea of strength for my back. This is how it works when you open your mind and heart and playfully create!

I knew this painting was about healing and changing the pattern of back discomfort, but wasn't sure of the title. Pulling a Tarot card, I got "The Source", which was offering me the message to be grounded and centered to tap into my reservoir of energy. Relax into Source for transformation and to access your potential. Thus the title: Back to Source.

From my notebooks I discovered a note written to myself: "make a shrine to things that bother you and then invert to discover the antidote".
  
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Abstract Mixed Media,Collage Art Painting, Face "End of Summer" by Intuitive Artist Joan Fullerton

12"x12"x3"/Available

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Contemporary Mixed Media,Figurative , Abstract Painting "Twins" by Intuitive Artist Joan Fullerton

   FRESH OFF THE EASEL...

This was a demo piece in how to do transfers...easily! It includes a photo of an artist friend of mine and her twin sister. (I'm fascinated with twins.) Included are yellowed pages from an old copy of War and Peace, transfers of the sisters, trees, and a painted picket fence. They are looking at me from the other side of the fence, perhaps because they are in the "twin club" and I am not.

   14"x11".75" Mixed Media on Canvas

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  WHAT IF?????     Read my blog post HERE

   Want to view a portion of my creative process and see the face that lives beneath the layers?

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Contemporary Mixed Media,Figurative, Abstract Painting "Innocence" by Intuitive Artist Joan Fullerton

   FRESH OFF THE EASEL...

Pulled a Tarot card about innocence this morning and so I put together this small collage with notes from my journal, my photo of my favorite big white house, pages from an old book, paint, and crayon and pencil markings.

   8"x8".75" Mixed Media on Cradled panel

   Click HERE for pricing.

   Visit http://www.joanfullerton.com to view more of my work.

  WHAT IF?????     Read my blog post HERE

   Want to view a portion of my creative process and see the face that lives beneath the layers?

   Watch this video: 

    https://youtu.be/GOR_6SWBpUc

    Visit http://www.joanfullertonworkshops.com to view my upcoming workshops.

    Paint with me in ITALY...click HERE to learn more.

Come a little bit closer now...discover some magic.

Out on a Limb, 38x30, mixed media on paper, 
laminated onto a board and framed. 

When composing art, my goals include wanting to create powerful images, bold enough to be appreciated from across a large room, and delicately embellished enough to captivate and entertain upon intimate viewing. I don't want you to "get" it completely at the first viewing, but rather I encourage you to  become acquainted  over time and from different vantage points.

With this detail of the painting, you will see a spot of pale yellow which could be a small sun residing low in the forest. You are likely to discover the delicate lines at the horizon, marks which animate and perhaps suggest life on the earth; you might enjoy the embossed gold drizzle on the large tulip-like shape, reflecting light and sitting above the surface, and you might even discover the small 5 white spots, which for me represent family.

If I had painted a representational landscape, I would have offered less for the viewer to contemplate. The magical aspect would not be part of the visual design. 

"If I paint a wild horse, you might not see the horse...but surely you will see the wildness."           Picasso