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P.T. Artist Sandra Stowell

P.T. Artist Sandra Stowell

Creating my artwork, work in progress & new work.

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Cleaning up the Studio = Finishing & Futzing!

P.T. Artist Sandra Stowell Posted on June 2, 2020 by SandraJune 2, 2020

My studio gets messy! I experiment, and there failures! I work by trying more than by planning, and in the heat of creation I try, set aside, and try something else. Parts, scraps, and more just pile up. Something that does not work in one piece may look extremely promising for another concept! Or may just look so interesting where I set it down that I have to take a few photos!

And then there is my household business in one corner, file folders out of the cabinet to be sorted and “archived”, etc. along with remnants of family history, old drawings of my own or by children, and more.

And the time comes when this must be dealt with, in order to allow new work, and some peace and sanity! It seems to be that time again now.

The above pieces were deemed incomplete, and therefore were somewhat annoying to me. The “incomplete” flat file is huge, and not yet full, but … it should never be allowed to fill up! So now maybe these are as complete as they will ever be. Not great works, but OK!

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Posted in About my art, My Art, Ramblings | Tagged collage, finished, graphite, printmaking, process, unfinished

Abstracted Variations

P.T. Artist Sandra Stowell Posted on March 17, 2019 by SandraApril 2, 2019

I am on Draft Three of this doodle, initially sketched while watching a video by a rather dedicated abstract expressionist/colorist artist. Just decided to riff on something he showed, and my own quick response to it, and to his ideas. I have digital variations of photos of the first two drafts, and have a high resolution scan of draft three, which includes colored pencil in addition to graphite.

This is all just playful to me, with no hidden meanings emerging. But what fun!


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Posted in Digital, Drawing, My Art | Tagged abstract, color, colored pencil, digital, graphite

Quick Collage

P.T. Artist Sandra Stowell Posted on February 28, 2019 by SandraMarch 15, 2019

I created this watercolor & collage “sketch” last night in our weekly art group. In the two hour session, I worked quickly, trying to capture a bit of magic that I often see along my path to art class. When a certain large window is lit from inside, another neighbors’ bare winter trees are silhouetted from a certain angle. I enjoy this combination on a dark night.

For this collage, I used water soluble graphite & watercolor paint on a (very warped & old!) piece watercolor paper. Then I sketched & cut the trees from black paper, and added the purple “shadows”. The blue green version is a digital variation.

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Posted in My Art | Tagged collage, graphite, night, trees, watercolor

PTArtist Sandra Stowell

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