Wednesday, August 13, 2008

Re-Raveling: Judy Wise

I also had the chance to take classes at Art Unraveled . . . I've been so loving encaustic that I jumped at the chance to take an encaustic collage class with Judy Wise . . . I'm always up for learning some new techniques. Judy Wise combines acrylic painting with wax and collage in a really wonderful way . . . her style reminds me of Chagall's world if it were peopled with angels and goddesses instead of goats and fiddlers . . . and she blogged about her Art Unraveled
class here . . .

Here are the pieces I did: This first is acrylic over-painting on a vintage image, with wax and collage elements.


This second one is a clip art image of a heart that I turned into an octopus, combined with a clip art woman. Again, painted over and coated with wax and collage elements.


I can't say that I'm crazy about either one, but I learned a lot and got some great effects - and I have to admit I love the whole heart-as-octopus thing; I really want to try that again on a larger scale . . .
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5 comments:

  1. gl.August 13, 2008 at 11:28 PM

    yes, i like the heart/octopus imagery!

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  2. Judy WiseAugust 14, 2008 at 8:55 AM

    Bridget, contact me. I have a buyer for the octopus piece if you'll part with it.

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  3. Wayfaring WandererAugust 14, 2008 at 1:25 PM

    That is a very interesting take on the human heart......way to use your imagination!

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  4. futuregirlAugust 15, 2008 at 8:19 PM

    You're not crazy about either one? I was looking at the top one thinking, "Wow, that's awesome!" Then I scrolled down and almost swallowed my tongue. A heart ... octopus?! A harctopus?!

    The worst part is I was just talking to my husband about making an animal a heart ... and your choice of animal is much cooler than mine is going to be ... and done in a different way. But you totally pwnd me there (in the best possible way).

    I'm not surprised that Judy already has a buyer for the octopus piece. It's expletively amazing.

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  5. LeahAugust 19, 2008 at 8:24 PM

    o la la! i've wanted to take a class with judy. i think you're spot on about the chagall similarity with goddesses minus goats. hehe.

    your work is stunning!! i especially love the octopus piece. gorgeous!!!!

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