Presence #37 Contemporary Abstract Mixed Media Painting by Jessica Forrestal

"Presence #37" 9x12 Mixed Media on Wrapped Canvas

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"Reflection XXIX" Contemporary Abstract Mixed Media Painting by Jessica Forrestal

"Reflection XXIX" 9x12 Mixed Media on Paper

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"Transient XIV" Contemporary Abstract Mixed Media Painting by Jessica Forrestal

"Transient XIV" 24x36 Mixed Media on Wrapped Canvas

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"Reflection XXIV" Contemporary Abstract Mixed Media Painting by Jessica Forrestal

"Reflection XXIV" 9x12 Mixed Media on Paper

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"Reflection XXI" Contemporary Abstract Mixed Media Painting by Jessica Forrestal

"Reflection XXI" 16x36 Mixed Media on Wrapped Canvas

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RECYCLED, 9081, abstract collage with recycled materials by Carol Nelson

This painting started out with a piece of rusted scrap metal I found in a parking lot a year ago. The metal sat around in my studio until I finally decided what to do with it. I think it came off a rusted car.
The support, in this case, is a cabinet door. It is actually a nice oak door and it was unfinished, so I first started out by gessoing the panel and painting the edge black. I textured the panel with modeling compound. Then I cut pieces of silver and gold colored aluminum metal foil and copper metal and cemented them on to the surface.
The grid is some metal mesh I found in my garage. I attached the scrap metal to the panel with screws and copper wire. The silver foil was too bright, so I painted over it with quinacridone gold, a very transparent fluid acrylic by Golden. The blue is Golden's primary cyan, which is also very transparent. Using transparent colors on a reflective surface allows the shine to come through.
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