Artists Of Texas Contemporary Paintings and Art

Happy 18" x 18" Mixed Media Contemporary Floral Abstract Acrylic, paper, crayon on Birch Panel Happy colors and texture make this panel interesting and fun.  I played with some new hand-made papers.  I was not sure that I would like the birch panel since I usually paint on canvas.  But I liked it and had fun with it.  Contact  Kay  for purchasing information....thanks, Kay

Burrito Wagon 24" x 24" Mixed Media NFS This is one of my very first stabs at mixed media.  It started in a workshop, and then I completed it in the studio.  I had used images of some of our favorite places in New Mexico, and because of the subject matter and colors my husband John really liked this piece and it hangs in our home office. Here is a close-up, as you can see there is a lot going on.  Fabric, torn paper, crayons, confetti paper, old map, paint and images of New Mexico cover the canvas.  I was visiting with another artist the other day, encouraging her to try mixed media..... so this post is for Susan.  Susan is a photographer with a wonderful portfolio.  The possibilities are limitless for some new work, maybe mixed media, using altered photographs.  I found some wonderful papers and images the other day, and it was kind of putting me in the mood to tackle another mixed media piece.  I always have my oils out, so pullin...

42"x24" A collage on painted plywood depicting the last 100 years of surfing.It has old magazine clips,new magazine clips, old board shorts,actual oil paintings I cut in half I glued to a piece of plywood. It's not for everyone but it was fun.I would take about anything to get it out of my gallery.   info and purchasing artabstractz.com You can also e-mail me at tim.lincoln@aol.com

 Cosmic Energy by Leada Wood© www.leadawood,com/blog or www.leadawood.com Speaking of Cosmic Energy....my new laptop is somewhere in the cosmos! I have been trying to post for over two weeks and the compose dashboard has disappeared and the screen where you see the post was about two inches high! Uggggh! don't know what is going on with it. So I get a brainstorm to try my trusty old laptop which the keys are falling off of and it hiccups along but by golly I am posting! Sometimes I just want to forget all this technology! But nooooo, can't do without it now! Who would have thought 20 years ago we would always have a phone on our person and be in a constant state of communication via satellite. Gotta love it though! It is really hard to be unconnected...I feel so alone if my internet is not working...don't you? This painting is a mixed media on paper created with hand painted papers, layered to give depth. There are select embellishments to give i...