Connection Series
Selected Paintings
Joinder of Spirits I
46″ X 36″ Mixed Media On Canvas
Recently I have put down my brushes in favor of more unconventional painting tools such as scrapers, spreaders and knives. The textural effects add another dimension to the work.
I create intuitive composition based on eye flow and the guiding principle of contrasts.
Joinder of Spirits II
46″ X 36″ Mixed Media On Canvas
Gathering II
54″ X 44″ Mixed Media On Canvas
Painting is a way to discover oneself. We always paint who we are.
There is nothing more satisfying than dragging buttery paint across a canvas.
Gathering
54″ X 44″ Mixed Media On Canvas
Embrace
58″ X 46″ Mixed Media On Canvas
Embrace II
54″ X 44″ Mixed Media On Canvas
Entwined III
46″ X 36″ Mixed Media On Canvas
Party Of Four
48″ X 60″ Mixed Media On Canvas
Entwined IV
46″ X 36″ Mixed Media On Canvas
Lifespring
60″ X 72″ Mixed Media On Canvas
Creating a diptych is like putting a puzzle together. It’s challenging to create both panels so that they make compositional sense whether hung separately or together. It’s really 3 paintings.
For several years, my palette was very muted. Tubes of wild color remained untouched. For right now, bright color has found its way back into my work.
Crowdscape III
70″ X 96″ Mixed Media On Canvas
SOLD
Connection Series
For the past several years, my work has focused almost exclusively on my own interior landscape, plumbing those depths. The Connection Series steps beyond this concern and, through line, gesture, shape and form along with wild bursts of color, evokes the importance of gatherings in their many forms as a necessity of healthy human existence. This subject is even more relevant and compelling as a result of our social isolation resulting from the current pandemic, which has taught us the importance of connection.
-Julie Schumer
