What is an Artist’s Collection?

An Artist’s Collection is art work the artists keep for themselves. Keep something from every period of your life because it is  interesting  to see how your ideas and styles  have grown, changed or remained the same over the years.  It is also  relevant in deciding where you want to go.  Keep an example of each…

An Artist’s Collection is art work the artists keep for themselves.

Keep something from every period of your life because it is  interesting  to see how your ideas and styles  have grown, changed or remained the same over the years.  It is also  relevant in deciding where you want to go.  Keep an example of each style and technique that you had used, you might want to refer to them.  Here is part of my artist’s collection.

 

Self Portrait 1982
1982 – Self Portrait  –  Watercolor  – More concerned about expression than perfection.
1984 - Death and I - Etching
1984 – Death and I – Etching

 

The Kitchen Sink 1986
1986  – The Kitchen Sink – Line and Wash
Canto II (94-108) The Gentle Lady in Heaven 1988
1988 –  Canto II (94-108)  – The Gentle Lady in Heaven  –  Transfer Print
Velvet Dress 1991
1991 – Velvet Dress  –  Lithography
Coffee Pot and Jar 1992
1992 – Coffee Pot and Jar – Watercolor Painted in Direct
Alerie
1993 – Alerie – Graphite on Paper
Love in Times of War 1994
1994 – Love in Times of War –  Egg Tempera Painting
Bottles on Old Table 1998
1998  – Bottles on Old Table – Oil on Canvas  Direct Painting
El Cerro de los Angeles 2000
2000 –  El Cerro de los Angeles  – Open-Air Oil Painting on Wood
I'm keeping this painting because I was with my family and I remember my son running around playing on the left side of the picture plane when he was little.
2001 –  The Buen Retiro Park in Madrid, Spain  – Open-Air Oil Painting
Roses West Light September 2006
2006 –  Roses  in West Light, Rose Garden in September – Retiro Park, Madrid, Spain  – Open-Air Oil Painting
David 2009
2009  – David  – Mixed Media Painting
Wild Flowers in a Pickle Jar 2012
2012 –  Wild Flowers in a Pickle Jar – Resin-Oil Painting painted in Direct
Eve's Dream 2014
2014 –  Eve’s Dream  – Egg Tempera Painting with Gold Leaf

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