CHARLIE BOY

Charlie Boy  ~ 10" x 10" Mixed Media Collage.  Hand~painted Papers and Acrylic applied to  1.5" deep Gallery wrap Canvas. (Catch that Glimmer in his eye!)  This is Number 2 in a series of three 10 x 10"  Animal pieces on canvas.  For more information please go to 'Mixed Media Collage' on my Website at www.charleenmartinfineart.com

HEAVY THINKING by Charleen Martin

Heavy Thinking ~ This is a new 10" x 10" piece that I just finished for the Entree' Gallery up in Nordman, Idaho.   It's a great little Gallery, in a beautiful setting, up near Priest River Idaho.  If you haven't been there it is definitely worth investigating.  Heavy Thinking is on canvas, a little different than my normal wood substrate that I use.  For more information on this piece please go to my Website at www.charleenmartinfineart.com

Shadow Falls

Shadow Falls ~ 6" x 9" Abstract, and very textured!  Abstracts are a new road for me.  I really enjoyed doing this ... and while there is still 'structure' to painting an abstract, it definitely has a sense of freedom about it.  In many of my collages I let the background 'tell me' what the finished piece should be.  Some backgrounds are just meant to be landscapes while others are just waiting for that 'WiseWalker' or one of my 'Sisters' to come alive.  So far, in the several abstracts I've done, when I've applied my mixed media 'findings' (in this case . . .  netting, paper towels, tissue paper and spackle) to the board, I haven't gone in with a plan.  I decided to just have fun and let the textures of the background dictate where I go.  It's sort of  like hiking a new trail where you get to enjoy the anticipation of what is just over the horizon . .  .

For information on purchasing Shadow Falls please go to my website at www.charleenmartin.com

Behind the Garden Gate

Behind the Garden Gate

This is one of several new, small pieces I recently finished. It's a Mixed Media Collage on a 6" x 6" x 1.5" deep Gallery wrap canvas ~ something totally different for me.  Well, I guess not that different, as the process is the same, but I usually work on wood.  This time I thought I would try the canvas.   It was fun to do and I was pleased with the end result.  For more information on this work please go to my website at  www.charleenmartin.com