Weavings: My out in the woods exhibit

Driftwood: Originally done for Hunt Library Cigar Box exhibit.

Feathers: and... driftwood and cloth

Fireworks: Gathered after Fourth of July on East Beach, RI

Pie: Originally done for Hunt Library 12 x 12 exhibit

On the Oregon Coast

Summer 2017

Created using gathered materials from beach; charcoal, sand, grasses. Near Cape Lookout along the Oregon coast in late June 2017.

Eco Dyeing On Facebook

Found this group on Facebook. Eco Dyeing! Take a look if you get a chance at https://m.facebook.com/groups/360724454075202

2014: Catching up

It is not that I didn't make gathered pigment art in 2014 it is just that... well you know.


Some links to gathered pigment art made during 2014:


Sicilia: March 2014

• Thinking of making art
• Making color: On the beach from rusty metal (1)
• Making color: Rusty metal (2) 
• Making color: Arancia sangue and vino rosso
• Making color: Arancia sangue (1)
• Making color: Arancia sangue (2)
• Making color: Beach charcoal (1)
• Making color: Beach charcoal (2)
• Making color: Purple
• Making color: Pink
• Making color: Colored sprinkles? 
• Making color: From vino rosso 

And I now know what to do with them...

Pokeberry Time Series 2013

This is a series I am developing using the pokeberry color (see Pokeberry Color post here) that I gathered here in Canaan, Connecticut this autumn.

Pokeberry Time Series 2013, No. 1, 12x12 inches, November 24, 2013
Base is white cotton stained by blotting with Pokeberry soaked cloth.
Black image made with charcoal from the fireplace at the Toby Pond pavilion in Norfolk, CT.

Pokeberry Time Series 2013, No. 2, 12x12 inches, November 24, 2013
Base is white cotton stained by blotting with Pokeberry soaked cloth.
Black image made with charcoal from the fireplace at the Toby Pond pavilion in Norfolk, CT.

Pokeberry color

It is harvest time for this purple dye plant that grows along the side of roads, at the edges of fields (and on our terrace from seeds I planted). Look for the bunches of purple berries...

Pokeberry Time Series 2013, No. 1, 12x12 inches, November 24, 2013
Base is white cotton stained by blotting with Pokeberry soaked cloth.
Black image made with charcoal from the fireplace at the Toby Pond pavilion in Norfolk, CT.

Pokeberry Time Series 2013, No. 2, 12x12 inches, November 24, 2013
Base is white cotton stained by blotting with Pokeberry soaked cloth.
Black image made with charcoal from the fireplace at the Toby Pond pavilion in Norfolk, CT.

The Norfolk Library: Opening Reception June 2, 2013

Drawing with Nature Series at The Norfolk Library: June 2 - July 3, 2013

Hello,

I am very pleased to be having an exhibition of my Drawing with Nature Series at The Norfolk Library during the month of June. It is a wonderful space of wood, fabrics, fireplaces and books and a great setting to exhibit and view art.

I hope you will try and join us for the opening reception on Sunday, June 2nd. from 4:00 to 6:00pm. If you cannot make it give me a call and I can meet you there some other time during the month.

Here is the making of a new work done in Haystack Mountain State Park in Norfolk, CT titled, Up Haystack in late afternoon, created using materials and pigments gathered around Norfolk, Connecticut.








Come and see how it turned out.

All the best,
Bernie

The Sciacca experience

It was a month of discovery. Of people, places and art. Foods and drinks. Of work created and insights for new work yet to be fully realized.

During the month in Sciacca I created five new works of Drawing with Nature using local pigments I gathered in and around the city.

Pokeberry
Fallen down plaster
Clay from the cliffs by the sea
Charcoal from the beach
Yellow flowers that grew everywhere
Rock

The stairs... (see full post)

Le Casette... (see full post)

Sciacca city of stairs... (shown with unfinished line work)

Pesce for cena... (shown with unfinished line work)

Fa brutto tempo...

I also began to sketch in a different manner.

Coda della Volpe arch...

Coda Della Volpe rocks...

Which I realized reflected the composite rock forms that I was so fascinated with along the beach...

...and the tile work scenes displayed on the walls of buildings and homes that made the city itself into a huge outdoor exhibition space.

These new sketches will be a challenge to execute but one that I am eager to take on.

Stazzone beach...

Toward Piazza Scandalliato...

Park above the wall near Piazza Mura di Vega...

Villa Comunale Ignazio Scatturro...

Clay cliff at Eraclea Minoa...

Sciacca from the banchina...

Watch for the results in the coming months...