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Winter Pine Cone 2

Helena Kuttner-Giasson

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Winter Pine Cone 2

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Winter Pine Cone II is a miniature watercolor painting of a pine cone in detail against an abstracted background of pine needles. Giving Botanical art a twist with India ink details, this is part of a series of Pine Cone Paintings. Pine trees hold a special place in my heart, one of my Father's favorite trees in all its many varieties. Pine trees are also a symbol of peace in cultures the world over. The cones they drop are full of character. Many species cannot germinate without a heavy fire. Pine trees are one of the first species to come back when the forest begins to renew itself. Painted on Arches watercolor paper, with USA made Daniel Smith light-fast watercolors, touches of mica shimmer and hand dipped India Ink pen work. This piece is presented under a bevel cut Crescent Museum mat board. Professionally framed under plexiglass in a faux gold leaf solid wood frame. The artwork measures 4 x 6 inches, the opening of the frame is 8 x 10 and the exterior dimension of the frame is 14 x 16. The back of the piece is fully papered and hanging hardware is pre-attached for your convenience. Packed with care in a corrugated box rated up to 200 pounds crushproof.

1
6"H × 4"W × 2"D
Painting
Watercolor
Botanical
Traditional
Framed
watercolor, mica, India ink
Yes
Yes

STATEMENT

If you are looking for Playful Botanical Style Floral Art, look no further! Painted with passion from memory, imagination or my own reference snapshots. I let the paint take me where I need to go, then add a touch of ink to give each piece a stylish pop. I work in two contrasting methods and styles which give me a sense of artistic balance and reflect both the chaos and order in nature, which is my predominant subject matter. My intuitive method begins with a basic color palette which is added to instinctively as the piece develops. In this method I draw upon memories of experiences in the natural world, such as trips out West or walks on one of many of Michigan’s lakeshores. Channeling feelings of movement and color, I use acrylic with both a brush and a palette knife to model the scene. This leads to either highly abstract works or pieces where discernible landscape structures become apparent, such as a hill, a mountain, a cliff or a grouping of vegetation. When working intuitively with watercolors, I will begin painting after observing my subject for numerous hours, such as clouds or birds. Then as I work, images simply present themselves. As the story unfolds, I will add and delete pigments at great length to form an image, and adjust my palette instinctively. My second method involves a great deal of contemplation and planning. It begins with a snapshot of an intimate moment experienced outdoors. A blossom, cloudscape, or waterline is captured as a print, and then key elements are extracted to create the painting. I will play around with the composition, create palette swatches, rough sketches and ultimately transfer the sketch to paper or canvas in preparation to paint. In both methods, I allow the pigments to mingle or overlap freely, creating their own language of color, and after they dry apply black ink to create further motion in broad undulating strokes, or develop form with extensive stippling. The finished piece suggests the reference material, but rarely resembles it. The artwork is completed when I feel it reaches the level of visual emotion it needs to tell a story that others can enjoy.

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