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 2. Mari French 2014
Frozen pool. Mari French 2014
Frozen pool 2. Mari French 2014
Frozen pool. Mari French 2014
Trapped leaves in ice. Mari French 2014
Melted frost catching the sun. Mari French 2014
a few ‘found’ compositions among the incidental clutter of my small studio…
leftover scraps from my mixed-media work, stuck on my studio wall…
I add to them on a whim when I think a new piece fits… when I like it too much to throw it away… it may get used again at some point… or I may use the composition itself as inspiration for a future work…
wall detail
leaf skeletons interest me… I wedged this one on my wall behind a card… later realising how it echoes the tree on the card…
the photo quality isn’t great on these I’m afraid, but I didn’t want to use flash and the light was pretty low, and they were taken on a sudden whim…
rag landscape
rag landscape 2
I love the sometimes accidental beauty of paint rags and palettes… this one had been used for blotting the inky impressions of a recent work…
and seems to suggest abstract field patterns and shadows… even the underlying weave of the cloth subtly adds to the effect…
any other artists want to share their own ‘found compositions’?
Mari French RI : contemporary artworks 