creeks and marshes …

A few recent workbook spreads and a collage/mixed media piece. I’m trying to get a handle on my current obsession, Burnham Overy Marsh and creek on the north Norfolk coast.

mixed media workbook spread © Mari French 2015

mixed media workbook spread © Mari French 2015 


mixed media workbook spread © Mari French 2015

mixed media workbook spread © Mari French 2015


Collage/mixed media on art board © Mari French 2015

Collage/mixed media on art board © Mari French 2015

I love the expanse of sand and mud when the tide retreats, the marks left by wading birds, the dark breakwaters and remains of bank supports, channel markers tilting at the sky, sunlit drainage channels lined with reeds and broken fencing, bright light on water.

 

more experimenting …

Untitled. © Mari French 2015

Untitled. © Mari French 2015

 

… another couple of experimental paintings, again using acrylic, Inktense sticks and gesso, but this time on loose canvas. The canvas was picked for a song at a local auction; I haven’t painted on unstretched canvas before but I loved the feel of it.

Not sure what way to frame it though. It would be interesting to do something a bit different other than stretching it the usual way. Any alternative ideas out there?

Untitled. � Mari French 2015

Untitled. � Mari French 2015

 

frost and ice…

 

Frozen pool with rope. Mari French 2014

Frozen pool with rope. Mari French 2014

Photographs from my walk around Harpley today. Sub zero temperatures overnight had left some interesting results. I particularly like the way natural and man made objects have been trapped in the iced-over puddles.

Umbellifer. Mari French 2014

Umbellifer. Mari French 2014

  

Umbellifer 2. Mari French 2014

Umbellifer 2. Mari French 2014

 

Frozen pool. Mari French 2014

Frozen pool. Mari French 2014

 

Frozen pool 2. Mari French 2014

Frozen pool 2. Mari French 2014


Frozen pool. Mari French 2014

Frozen pool. Mari French 2014

 

Trapped leaves in ice. Mari French 2014

Trapped leaves in ice. Mari French 2014


Melted frost catching the sun. Mari French 2014

Melted frost catching the sun. Mari French 2014