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contemporary art, painting, collage, ceramics
sculpture, fiber art ALICE STAMBAUGH
LETS CELEBRATE
FIREWORKS OVER BLUE WATER
HELP! THERE'S A GIRAFFE IN MY BACKYARD
TRANSPORT WITH JOY
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paper mache, mixed media, abstract, printmaking, kiln-formed Artist Statement: I have always aspired to being an artist: majored in art at college, worked freelance in jewelry and fashion, then spent many years managing a college bookstore. But I was always doodling, drawing and painting. As soon as I finish a painting I can hardly wait to start another. The themes, style and shapes progress from one to another as if they have a life of their own. I used to “do” oils: Rocky Mountains with aspen and evergreens and I painted Southwestern adobes and cactus with the wonderful colors of New Mexico. I experimented with watercolor. That’s where I wanted to be! I love the loose way of wet in wet: I love to mix colors you would never think would produce a nice color.
I call my works “rambling geometrics.” They are not
mechanical. Indeed, the flow of line and color leads one through a
never-ending path of shapes, curls and whirls. The paintings are fun to
execute; little stories emerge, but even they can change with each viewing.
I delight in the comment of a viewer who said my paintings foster joy and
bring
POLO PONY WINS THE RACE
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