Art Textured abstracts

Julie Dodd, Blood Stream

Got a ton of old magazines? This artist tightly rolled-up mag pages to create this stunning canvas. [Photo: Pinterest]

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Creating images with stencils. The stencil will block out the tree shape so it appears as pale blue against a darker sky. I cut my stencils out of card stock for multiple use or contact paper for one-time use.

Textile collaged artwork and art quilts begin with arranging pieces of fabric on my worktable, making decisions about color and pattern. I begin with blank fabric and print the patterns I need, combining monotype printing, relief printing, stencils, hand painting. I loved the combination of deep blue tones that filled this work.

In my studio in DeLand Florida. Work in Progress – Collaging an art quilt that combines hand printed fabrics, gel medium photo transfer. Acrylics on textiles.

I am working on a series of pieces that are 12"x12", collage and paint on paper. I'll be mounting some of them (ones I want to exhibit) on wood panel. I don't know what these are about yet, what themes might emerge, but I am clearly working with a grid format; printed text as a background, a limited palette, and lots of layering. Here are some of them spread out on a table. Here is one in process. Another one in process. This one may be almost finished. I thought I'd share some of my…

Bobbi Baugh Studio. From her studio in DeLand, Florida, mixed media artist Bobbi Baugh creates paper and textile collaged works.

Victoria Potrovitza is a contemporary abstract fiber artist who lives and works in Lancaster, California. She received a MS Degree in...

Almost finished this one! (Pause for a celebratory sigh of accomplishment.) As I’m working on my 2018 series, “Home is What you Remember,” I’ve been doing a lot of process experimentation. And it seems to fit what I’m after in the meaning of the works. “Home” is a rich, deep, resonant, layered, em

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