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- Subject: watercolors (paintings)
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Faces and Mask 1
Chance SmithAn abstract watercolor and ink painting on watercolor paper. At the center of the piece is the portrait of a person with purple skin, stained with splotches of pink on their neck and cheek. Two bright pink strokes take the place of eyebrows and beneath that are two thin pink lines in place of eyes. Thin strokes of pink outline lips. The person has long, black hair stained with splotches of pinks and purples and is turned to the left side of the piece. Shades of light and dark pink fill the space surrounding them.View item -
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Faces and Mask 10
Chance SmithAn abstract watercolor and ink painting on watercolor paper. At the center of the piece is the portrait of a person with no hair and light pink skin stained with bright red blotches throughout their face and down their neck. In place of eyes, they have two black angular, organic shapes that turn upwards, similar to eyeliner wings. Where a nose would be, there are two black dots, the paint leaking downwards both off of their face and down their neck. Surrounding the person is a faint green, organic shape that spreads throughout the piece and into the lighter green background.View item -
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Faces and Mask 2
Chance SmithAn abstract watercolor and ink painting on watercolor paper. At the center of the piece is a person with light blue skin, shadowed with a teal color. In place of eyes are dark blue organic shapes that curl upwards. Highlighted in teal are the forehead, cheeks, and nose. In place of a mouth is white paint in the shape of lips. The person has long black hair with streaks of blues. Surrounding the person are layered splotches of different shades of blue.View item -
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Faces and Mask 3
Chance SmithA watercolor and ink painting on watercolor paper. The background is a faint pink, orange, and yellow color. At the center is the bust of a person with light orange and red colored skin. A patch of translucent brown covers where a nose would be, and their eyes transform from red, outwards into a deep brown color that resembles the shape of antlers. Their hair is red, which joins splotches of red surrounding the person.View item -
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Faces and Mask 4
Chance SmithAn abstract watercolor and ink painting on watercolor paper. The background is a light gray, filled with patches of dark gray and blots of black. At the center is a pink petal-like shape with a swirl on the left and an ‘x’ on the right. Black lines reach outwards on either side of the shape. On the top, bottom, and both sides of the shape in the center are more petal-like shapes with similar patterns. Longer pink forms extend from the top of the shapes on the bottom left and right, joining in the center.View item -
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Faces and Mask 5
Chance SmithAn abstract watercolor and ink painting on watercolor paper. The background is a light gray, filled with patches of dark gray and blots of black. At the center is a teal organic shape that resembles hair. Green blots create the outline of a face. Within the outline is a teal ‘V’ shape with a thin line through it where eyes would be, and a teal diamond-shaped blot in place of a mouth.View item -
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Faces and Mask 6
Chance SmithAn abstract watercolor and ink painting on watercolor paper. The background is a light gray, filled with patches of dark gray and blots of black. A large, light gray oval fills the center of the piece. The edges of the oval are tinged with a red-orange color. Within the center of the oval are two orange gem shapes aligned vertically on top of each other. The top gem has a smaller white shape at the top of it, dripping down and leaving a pool of white at the bottom. The gem underneath has a smaller black shape at the bottom of it with a thin line of black reaching up towards the top gem.View item -
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Faces and Mask 7
Chance SmithAn abstract watercolor and ink painting on watercolor paper. At the center of the piece is the portrait of a person with long yellow hair and light yellow skin. They have no eyes. Where a nose would be there are two small, black dots. A black line extends from the two dots to the right, past the face. Another line extends from the left from underneath the dots. Two horizontal lines extend from where eyes would be down past the face, gathering ink at the bottom of the page. Bright yellow bleeds down from the top of the page, dripping into the person’s face and hair.View item -
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Faces and Mask 8
Chance SmithAn abstract watercolor and ink painting on watercolor paper. The background is a light yellow with light purple blots throughout the page. An oval, face-like shape is in the center of the page. The bottom of the shape is filled with deeper purple blots. The upper half has deeper yellow blots and a faint diamond shape in the center. The top of the shape is not defined and extends upwards with yellow strokes. Small white highlights fill the top of the shape and underneath the shape.View item -
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Faces and Mask 9
Chance SmithA watercolor and ink painting on watercolor paper. In the center of the piece is the faceless portrait of a person, their face is filled with shades of deep blue and teal, and they have long black hair. Overlapping and disjointing the face are lines that make the piece look as if it's a reflection in a broken mirror.View item -
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Home is Where the Heart Is
Kristin GirtenA screenshot that has been posted to instagram. The screenshot is of a photograph of a watercolor painting of a house on a cliff. The house is white, with two windows, a white exterior, white chimneys, a brown roof. The house is surrounded by green hills. Above and below the green and the house are pink, purple, and greenish yellow patches blended together in organic shapes. On instagram, it was posted at 7:13pm by @kmgirten captioned “Home is where the heart is.” And has 10 likes.View item -
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My Creative Experience
Jenny HansenA photograph of 8 watercolor paintings. 6 of the paintings are done on brown paper lunch bags; 5 of the paintings are of different colored flowers, and one is of a green snake. The other 2 paintings are done on scraps of white paper; one is a red circle surrounded by lines with the word “wow” below it, and the other is of a blue flower.View item -
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My Gaze
Carmen FloresA mixed media self portrait of a non-binary person. They have short blonde hair with bangs, light colored eyes, a silver nose ring, necklace, and are leaning down towards the viewer. They are wearing a black, lace bra. The colors of the different mediums used to create a pale skin color show through the piece.View item -
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Pandemic Collection #1 10
An abstract painting in watercolor and colored pencil done on paper. There are countless, slightly wavy, thick lines stretching from the top to the bottom of the painting. The lines overlap each other at the edges, looking like vines or tendrils. All of the lines are in shades of green, orange and yellow. There are contrasting colored pencil colors creating thin, organic shapes along them. The white of the page is visible through small gaps between the lines.View item -
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Pandemic Collection #1 3
Alexandria LevinAn abstract watercolor and colored pencil painting on watercolor paper, depicting a forest. The trees take up the bottom half of the piece, grouped together with varying heights but have a uniform straight shape with a point at the top. The trees are shades of dark green with black lines detailed throughout like leaves. Above the trees and reaching to the top of the piece are blazing colors that could be interpreted as a sunset or wildfire.View item -
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Pandemic Collection #1 4
Alexandria LevinA watercolor and colored pencil painting on paper, depicting a forest. In the foreground are three tall trees that are similar to pine trees, their long trunks extend to the top of the piece and their branches are decorated with small, short strokes of dark green to create leaves. In the distance behind the three trees are similar, smaller and shorter trees. The light yellow of the sky covers the entire piece.View item -
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Pandemic Collection #1 5
Alexandria LevinFour tree watercolors concerning the Sept 2020 wildfires, the early 2021 double-ice storm, and forest regenerationView item -
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Pandemic Collection #1 6
Alexandria LevinAn abstract painting in watercolor and colored pencil, done on paper, depicting a forest with a large, broken tree trunk in the center. The tree trunk is in various shades of brown, green, and orange, sitting on a patch of orange, brown, and pink ground; red lines cut through the ground. In the background are the long, skinny brown and green trunks of other trees on a light blue and green backdrop.View item -
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Pandemic Collection #1 7
Alexandria LevinAn abstract painting in watercolor and colored pencil, done on paper. There are countless, slightly wavy, thick lines that stretch from the top to the bottom of the painting. Some of them overlap each other, looking like vines or tendrils. All of the lines are in shades of bright pink, red, and magenta; the white of the page is visible through small gaps and the transparency of the lines. Red colored pencil outlines or cuts through some of the lines in small, short strokes.View item -
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Pandemic Collection #1 8
Alexandria LevinAn abstract painting in watercolor and colored pencil, done on paper. There are countless, slightly wavy, thick lines that stretch from the top to the bottom of the painting. The lines overlap each other at the edges, looking like vines or tendrils. All of the lines are in shades of deep blue, red, and purple with contrasting colored pencil colors creating thin, organic shapes along them.View item -
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Pandemic Collection #1 9
Alexandria LevinAn abstract painting in watercolor and colored pencil, done on paper. There are countless, slightly wavy, thick lines that stretch from the top to the bottom of the painting. The lines overlap each other at the edges, looking like vines or tendrils. All of the lines are in various shades of green, some yellow with green colored pencil creating thin, organic shapes along them. The white of the page is visible through small gaps between the lines.View item -
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Pandemic Portraits 1
Michelle MacKinnonA photograph of a painted bust portrait of a medium-skinned person with short, curly black hair wearing small, silver hoop earrings. Their expression is content and they are wearing a red and white patterned tank top. Underneath the portrait is a quote from the person in a handwritten font: “...And on June 3 2020, I planted my first flowers, which happened to die two weeks later, so I’ll be sticking to succulents”.View item -
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Pandemic Portraits 10
Michelle MacKinnonA photograph of a painted bust portrait of a medium-skinned person with shoulder length brown hair, half tied up in a bun. Their face has many freckles and they are wearing a red coat with white detailing and a fur collar. Underneath the portrait is a quote from the person in a handwritten font: “...And on June 30 2021, I began breeding honeybees for the season then transplanted marigolds and broccoli.”View item -
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Pandemic Portraits 2
Michelle MacKinnonA photograph of a painted bust portrait of a light-skinned person with a dark colored mustache and beard, wearing a black hat, black framed glasses, and a pale red shirt. Around their neck is a white baby carrying wrap, the head of a baby wearing a white hat peeking out. Underneath the portrait is a quote from the person in a handwritten font: “...and on June 15 2020, Sa’ke’j Sunny started his Earth walk and I became a dad”.View item -
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Pandemic Portraits 3
Michelle MacKinnonA photograph of a painted bust portrait of a medium-skinned person with shoulder length black hair wearing a pair of red and black framed reading glasses attached to a gold chain, and a blue hoodie. Underneath the portrait is a quote from the person in a handwritten font: “...And on December 29 2020, I finally gave in and started wearing reading glasses”.View item
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