Mixed Media Paintings

Mixed Media Paintings
Ruth Kolker

These mixed-media paintings on paper were inspired by my interest in landscape and natural forms. By combining printmaking and painting an exciting journey of discovery can be reached.   How the two disciplines are layered is key to the composition.  Pattern, texture, shape, line and color are woven together to create a visual texture.   I invite the viewer to respond.  

Abstracted cities offer a place of escape, a space for introspection.  I want the viewer to be pulled in different directions, drawn into the real and imagined images of nature.  The place where living naturally occurs can be interpreted in different ways.  It is my focus to transpose the mood and spirit of each painting into a tactile fabric of paint.  The viewer is welcome to determine his or her own narrative. 

The culture in which we live is a place that seems to merge into one body.  By combining elements of painting and printmaking, essential characteristics of the landscape can be used to lead the viewer to site-specific art.  There are no more barriers in terms of material, site, scale and media.  Free association that creates a space for places and things are at the root of imagination.