Dates for your diary!
Artsfest in Birmingham City Centre – 10th – 11th September 2011
I’ll be exhibiting my work and demonstrating my techniques at ‘Art on the Railings’ in the city centre on both days. Look for ‘cocoa art’ the name for the trio of artists I work with – Karen Arnold and Rebecca Jayne Dolby. Both are brilliant artists and well worth a look. Mine’s not bad either!! We work in various mediums and styles so theres something for everyone.
Look forward to seeing you there!
Rockpool – 13 White Graphtint pencil on black card 5.5 x 20.5 cm
Rockpool – 12 Ink on paper 20 x 20cm
Rockpool – 10 Graphtint pencils on paper
Rockpool – 9 Acrylic paint on paper 20 x 20 cm
Rockpool – 11 Graphite & Oilbar on paper 20 x 20cm
Rockpool – 8 Acrylic paint & ink 20 x 20 cm
More works from my Rockpool series – I’m finding that the more I do the more ideas I have!
Rockpool series – FOR SALE
Rockpool 1 Graphite drawing
Rockpool – 2 Pen & Ink drawing
Rockpool – 3 Pen & Ink sketch
Rockpool – 4 White ink on black card
Rockpool 5 Watercolour & Ink
Rockpool 6 acrylic paint on paper
Part of a series of work based on a photograph I took last summer in Cornwall which I cropped and produced the first drawing in graphite of a rockpool and shells. From this I continued the series and
each piece is based on the last work in each work, hopefully each piece will gradually change – as ‘Chinese whispers’ in art!
More to follow!
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Ink and wash on paper
This is a cropped section of a bundle of fishing net alongside Mevagisey harbour.
The metal rings are rusting and have beautiful colours and marks on them and inspire other ideas for further works here in other mediums at a later date.
In exhibition – see www.painexhibit.com
Acrylic and Ink on paper, 18″ x 18″
The inspiration for this series are how feelings and emotions are perceived. As a fibromyalgia and arthritis sufferer for over 25 years I hope to portray what it’s like living with chronic pain and exhaustion. Here hidden and visible layers represent how I felt at the time of working.
Inspired by colour, texture and abstraction I am exploring my perception of personal issues and people close to me.
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Acrylic & Ink on Paper, 18″ x 18″
Here I’ve used another cropped image from the original paintingand after layering the paint and colours I worked into the paint and marks with gold ink. The image changes as you move around it, concealing parts and revealing others.
I enjoy the process of applying random brushmarks quickly, then working into the marks in fine detail with ink of pencil.
Here I have used the same technique as in Ocean 7 but on canvas.
The results are slightly different but it still works
for me.
In this painting – again cropped from Ocean 1 painting –
I’ve worked into the brush and knife marks with painted string, ink, gold leaf and paint.
I’m really pleased with the fine pen and ink marks worked into the brush lines
– they are very subtle yet look so lovely (they don’t show up in the photograph
as well as they do in the actual work so I’ve included a close up)
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Acrylic & Ink on paper
Another image taken from a cropped section of Ocean 1.
After a base coat I used thin layers of paint pressed onto the paper with
tissue paper and masking tape, I then worked into some of the marks
with more paint – see close up image.
The photo doesn’t do this one justice as it gleams with light and texture.
Acrylic & ink on paper 5″ dia
I have been using circles of paper to press texture into think paint.
Here I have used black ink to emphasise the patterns left behind.
This is just one of many different patterns from a series of work.
Pen & Wash on paper
8″ x 8″
Working from a cropped section of the original painting
An ink sketch looking at the connecting points in a group of bubbles. Again, part of a series of work looking at bubbles, (which was inspired by work I did over last summer about the sea.) It is part of a work in process.
Watercolour on paper. Taken from a cropped section of the ink sketch. I love working in watercolour, especially wet in wet – very relaxing!
Drizzeled paint onto board inspired by the ink and watercolour sketches
JULIE MEESE ARBSA - Fine Art - Graphite drawings & Oil paintings 
