unmoored…

Moorings 4 © Mari French 2012

Moorings 4 © Mari French 2012

Four recent experimental abstract works…mixed-media on panel, each 40x30cm.

Not sure what titles to use yet, so provisionally I’m referring to them as ‘Moorings 1 – 4’.

I enjoyed playing around with the balance of flowing muslin, taut string and stained tissue on a heavily textured background.

I’ll probably end up giving them a completely abstract title as I prefer viewers to be allowed to interpret them as they will.

Feedback appreciated as until now I haven’t produced much completely abstract work. Although I’ve been moving towards it for sometime. Thanks.

Moorings 3 © Mari French 2012

Moorings 3 © Mari French 2012

Moorings 2 © Mari French 2012

Moorings 2 © Mari French 2012

Moorings 1 © Mari French 2012

Moorings 1 © Mari French 2012

sea lavender completed…

Those of you who read my recent post seeing lavender may be interested to see the resulting painting, just completed, inspired by that day’s sketching on north Norfolk saltmarshes…

Sea lavender © Mari French 2011

Sea lavender © Mari French 2011

Like a lot of my work, this is acrylic on textured, deep-sided canvas, 61 x 61 cm.

It’s rare that I work up a painting direct from a sketch, as I find this a bit constricting, but this work is obviously heavily influenced by my original impression, although I didn’t have it sat in front of me while I painted in order to keep an element of freedom in its execution.

painting lethal earth…

september 2011 © Mari French

september 2011 © Mari French

My response to the remains of the industrial tin mining landscape of Cape Cornwall… its dangerous, poignant and poisonous history (see my previous post).

An acrylic and mixed media work on deep-sided canvas 40x50cm.