Cold Wax and Oils on Artboard.
Working with Cold Wax and Oils is lovely, the texture is buttery and luscious, so blendable.
Putting many layers down and scratching or gouging back into them reveals beautiful surprises to work with all over again.


Jazz    14x18 on board

Pentimento..."visible traces of earlier paintings beneath a layer or layers of paint"
That word is very evocative of why I work with many layers, so I can scratch back, sand back, and add transparent glazing. Continuing with collage and opaque paint, hiding and revealing the past in my pieces.
I should have been an archaeologist.
 

"Pentimento"  14x18     Acrylics on Artboard

Acrylics and Polymer collage on artboard.
"Red is the archetypal color, the first color humans mastered, fabricated, reproduced and broke down into different shades, first in painting, later in dyeing.  This has given it primacy over all other colors through the millennia."  Michel Pastoureau.  
  Again, so many layers of paint and transparent polymer collage to look through and see past history.

"Red, the First Colour"   14x18 on artboard

Acrylics, collage, polymer collage.  
A different approach, starting with collage, layers of paint, more collage and on...


"May I Present.."    11x14 on board  

Acrylics on Artboard.  Cold Wax finish.
Diamond design and geometrics in general appeal to me, I incorporate them quite a bit into my work.
I enjoy the crisp clean edges they can offer, which can also be blurred out to just a suggestion of the shape.
The motley attire of a court jester came to mind as I was working on this piece.

"Motley"  14x18 on Artboard    

Looking through transparent layers of polymer collage and acrylic paint to what lies beneath. The history of many layers, the building of form, line and colour. Geometric and vaguely organic shapes mingling together peacefully.  The Cold Wax finish gives the finished piece a soft gleam.

"Looking Back"  12x12 on Board    Cold Wax finish

Working with acrylics and painted polymer collage pieces, adding and subtracting, hiding and partially revealing until I'm satisfied that the piece is good to the eye.

"Journey"  12x12 on board   Cold Wax finish

Cold Wax and Oils is very lovely to work with, luscious and buttery.
Satisfyingly smooth and blendable.



Always fascinated by the microscopic images of natural things.  The water we drink, for instance. And the miniscule creatures that swim and scoot around in their wee watery world. Living things we don't take any notice of.

A Drop of Water  12x14 on board

Lockdown Niche Series - Beauty in isolation  
Reworking one of the great themes, Shelley creates compositions combining the style of the old masters with new interpretation using modern technology. The viewer is faced with familiar objects, yet the compositions hold visual surprises. The play with illusionary elements like unconventional lighting, forced perspective and juxtaposed objects characterises the work, resulting in everyday objects taking on an intriguing and surreal ambience.  
The concept of this series created during the Covid-19 lockdown focuses on the niche as an isolated architectural feature. It symbolises a safe space for contemplation and it's emptiness is filled with elements of nature placed to highlight the beauty that surrounds us in this strange time.


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