I care deeply about space, emotion, and movement in Art. Asteroid, Pre-dawn
was made with a broad, brass sign painting tool that broke within thirty minutes of beginning the
final painting. Earlier painting studies were much smaller in size, and the papers were smooth
finished. But, my aim for the painting was the look of nighttime drawing nigh to dawn;
and it was a rough, full sheet of watercolor paper which was best able
to reveal my invented color wheel as a spiraling heavenly body.
The final art measures 42.5 x 55.5 inches, framed
Dress Blue Gown
Three photographs showing
my embroidery composition
(an ornamental abstraction)
that I stitched onto the full-length,
royal blue satin gown which
my Mother had sewn
Picture Wrtiting Then and Now
Composition using a broad nib pen, pointed nib pen + sumi ink
19.50 x 20 inches, framed
Torn Paper Universe
Imagining the Heavens
and Earth in Autumn
Rice paper piecess + watercolor paints
22.50 x 47.50 inches
I saw in my mind's eye deepest blue dark night, a blueness un-ending
in the firmament high above the whole world. Stars sparkled
from far away, streaming radiant brightness through deep space. Some of that
lit up the surfaces of other heavenly bodies and made their presence visible
by reflection. But a solitary star also was moving forward during
this night, and was coming very near to the face of the earth. The star,
then, passing over the lay of the lands came to rest quietly,
radiantly, here, overhead a little cove of shelter,
in little Bethlehem town.
Prayer: The Medieval
Four lines of a stanza of the Christmas carol 'Away in the manger'
An illumination created in graphite pencil and watercolor paints
11.50 x 16.50 inches, unframed
Red Sea Seascape
A concept work reflecting on one Sea's
longevity since ancient times, as a super
highway serving the generations.
Watercolor painting
14-5/8 x 9-3/8 in., framed
Imaginary desert setting
in Arabia: a place of rest
and refreshment
in sun and sand.
Paradise Oasis
Watercolor painting,
17 x 10.50 in. framed
A concept work expressing nature as an ornamental forest surrounding a pond.
Pond Oasis
a watercolor painting by pointed nib pen
+ brush. 15.25 x 10 inches, framed
Passion Flowers
Most varietals are flowered, tendril-bearing vine plants
Pointed nib pen + sumi ink
16.25 x 21.50 inches, framed
A happy Lady Bug crawling
in grass and trefoil clover
Trefoil Lady Bug
Watercolor paintng
21 x 17-7/8 in. framed
Floral Arabesque
A modern take on Celtic,
Hiberno-Saxon knotting,
plus Turkish rosettes.
Pointed nib pen, brush + gouache
9.50 x 3.50 inches, unframed
Ornamental Spring
A modern take on Celtic,
+ Hiberno-Saxon knotting
Pointed nib pen, brush, gouache
9.50 x 3.50 inches, unframed
Good Morning. Geometry of the new day beginning
Watercolor. 22.50 x 12-5/8 inches, framed
Summer Night Imagining differences of day time/night time light
Watercolor painting: 21.75 x 13-1/8 inches, framed
Sails Forward
Moving fast forward
in open ocean waters
Watercolor painting.
19 x 14.75 in. framed
Marblized Paper
Earthliness, if it is
even a word,
I can see it.
Oil paints raked
over shallow water
5-13/16 x 14.50
inches, unframed
jcw@wassermandesign.com