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
My Dress Blue Gown
These three photographs are showing
my embroidery composition
---an ornamental abstraction---
that I stitched upon the full-length, royal blue satin gown that my Mother
made and sewed.
Picture Wrtiting Then and Now was composed in stone ground
sumi ink, with broad-nib pen pointed-nib pens. 19.50 x 20 inches, framed
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
An imagined desert setting in Arabia
that may serve as a place of rest
and refreshment from daily
omnipresent sun and sand.
Paradise Oasis
a watercolor painting,
17 x 10.50 inches, framed
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
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
Pen and ink
16.25 x 21.50 inches, framed
A happy Lady Bug crawling around
in trefoil clover and some grass
Trefoil Lady Bug
Watercolor paints on a torn, rough
piece of 100% cotton paper
21 x 17-7/8 inches, framed
Floral Arabesque
A modern take on Celtic,Hiberno-Saxon
knot forms, alongside Turkish rosettes.
Gouache paints, pointed nib pen + brush
9.50 x 3.50 inches, unframed
Ornamental Spring
A modern take on Celtic,Hiberno-Saxon
knot forms and exotic Turkish floral design.
Gouache paints, pointed nib pen + brush
9.50 x 3.50 inches, unframed
Good Morning
An early geometry of the new day, everywhere.
Watercolor. The work measures 22.50 x 12-5/8 inches, framed
Night time for remembering distinctions between daylight and night lights. Summer Night a watercolor painting
21.75 x 13-1/8 inches, framed
Painting forward movement through the ocean, and
wanting to harmonize form and space with the wind.
Sails Forward is a watercolor painting.
The work measures 19 x 14.75 inches, framed
Earthliness, if it is even
a word, I can see it.
Marblized Paper
Oil paints, thinned and floating,
raked over a body of shallow water
5-13/16 x 14.50 inches, unframed
jcw@wassermandesign.com