Out of the Woods
Mixed Media
[24" x 48"]
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Mixed media abstract
Vernon Street Studios
20 Vernon Street
6th Floor East
MAP # 66
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Web Site
www.keithmaddy.com
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I work from familiar, domestic materials as the foundation from which to create new images. In each case the process is the same but the materials, usually vintage, vary from textiles, placemats, children’s books and wallpaper to lithograph reproductions of paintings. I choose the materials based on color, pattern and the potential I see within them to be transformed. Drawing over the chosen surface first with graphite then with a woodburning tool, I select parts of the original image to keep creating new shapes and patterns. I edit out what I no longer want by sanding, and covering it. The resulting images are organic, playful and simplified, reminiscent of cells and elements in nature. |
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