December 18, 2012

Three New Hooked Wool Drawings


2012 #20, hand dyed wool and egg tempera on linen, 16 x 12 3/4 in. 


With these three recently completed hooked wool drawings I wanted to have three very different compositional ideas. In #20 the overlapping shapes create an illusion of transparency, thin and airy, held in by a wool line.


2012 #21, hand dyed wool and egg tempera on linen, 14 x 12 in.


#21's red line meanders across the surface, while painted shapes have an illusion of form. The line flips from a flat design to one moving forward and back in space, though I think the illusionistic aspect tends to take over.


2012 #22, hand dyed wool and egg tempera on linen, 14 1/2 x 11 5/8 in. 


In this final work, a bit of humor as a semicircle precariously tilts atop a platform, while under it, another sits solidly on the ground. This medium encourages me to be inventive, and to have fun.


8 comments:

  1. I love what you do with rug hooking. Thank you for keeping this medium updated and fresh.

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  2. Thanks again, friends, Lori and Connie!
    much appreciated.

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  3. I like the interaction of the paint with the stitching on the first two. Wonderful.

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    1. Thank, Lisa; it's interesting to combine such different materials.

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