"When whales want to make a wish, they wish upon a starfish"
Anthony T. Hincks
Ocean themes show up in my work from time to time. I grew up on the east coast and lived for many years on the west coast.
I was probably missing the ocean that day and this little starfish came through to cheer me up!
Painted with acrylic, graphite, oil pastel, ink pencil and stencils.
Mounted to a black cradle board.
12"x12"x .75" Mixed Media on Watercolor Paper/Available $135 Click HERE to purchase. Follow me on Facebook Follow me onPinterest Follow me onInstagram
"Those who are easily shocked should be shocked more often." - Mae West
Deep Rich blues and turquoise colors surround photos I took of a pinup girl painted on the side of a WWII fighter plane.
The Warhawk Air Museum in Nampa, Idaho is a beautiful tribute to our American Veterans.
Painted with many layers of acrylic, graphite, oil pastel, ink pencil and copies of my b&w photos.
Mounted to a black cradle board. 18"x18"x.75" Mixed Media Collage on Cradle Board/SOLD
This painting is SOLD/commissions are welcome. View more of my work at http://tracylupanow.com
"The marsh, to him who enters it in a receptive mood, holds, besides mosquitoes and stagnation,
melody, the mystery of unknown waters, and the sweetness of Nature undisturbed by man." - William Beebe This highly textural mixed media painting, with its soft muted colors, seems to be shrouded in a mist of obscurity.
Painted with many layers of acrylic, charcoal pencil, ink stick, stencils and found papers.
On a chunky 2" deep wood cradle board 12"x12"x2: Mixed Media Collage on Cradled Board $155 Available HERE
“To encounter the sacred is to be alive at the deepest center of human existence. Sacred places are the truest definitions of the earth; they stand for the earth immediately and forever; they are its flags and shields. If you would know the earth for what it really is, learn it through its sacred places. ... You touch the pulse of the living planet; you feel its breath upon you. You become one with a spirit that pervades geologic time and space.” - N. Scott Momaday The recent loss of my younger brother has left me heartbroken and filled with a crushingly heavy sadness.
I chose to name this painting Sacred Ground because it helps me to believe his body was laid to rest in a sacred place
and his beautiful loving spirit was set free to soar.
Painted with many layers of acrylic ,graphite, ink pencil, and collaged with found papers and copies of my b&w photos.
Mounted in a black mat ready to frame.
18"x18" Mixed Media Abstract Landscape on Watercolor Paper $335 Available HERE
"Do you know what it means to miss New Orleans. When that's where you left your heart.
The moonlight on the bayou a creole tune that fills the air.
I dream about magnolias in bloom and I'm wishin' I was there." - Louis Armstrong Fun little abstract painting of a swampy overgrown Louisiana bayou!
Painted with acrylic, charcoal pencil and ink pencil
Mounted in a white mat ready to frame.
10"x10" Mixed Media Abstract on Watercolor Paper $65 Available HERE
"When I'm no longer rapping, I want to open up an ice cream parlor and call myself Scoop Dogg." - Snoop Dogg A kaleidoscope of bright rainbow colors and interesting shapes led me to this playful and entertaining mixed media painting!
Painted with many layers of acrylic, charcoal pencil, ink stick, and found papers.
On a wood cradle board
Mixed Media and Collage on Cradled Board
"My wish is to stay always like this, living quietly in a corner of nature" - Claude Monet Small mixed media painting using layers of acrylic paint, ink pencil and found papers.
10"x10"x.75" Mixed Media on Watercolor Paper, Mounted to a black cradle board.
This painting is sold, commissions are welcome. View more of my work at http://tracylupanow.com
" I feel the earth move under my feet...." - Carole King The energy of the green agitated marks in this painting reminded me of the lines produced by a seismograph during an earthquake.
I lived in southern California for many years and have experienced quite a few earthquakes.
Those fearful memories are evident in this painting.
Painted with acrylic, oil pastel, ink pencil, graphite, stencils and mesh tissue paper.
Mounted to a black cradle board.
18"x18"x.75" Mixed Media and Collage on Watercolor Paper, Mounted to a black cradle board.
"The human heart is like a ship on a stormy sea driven about by winds blowing from all four corners of heaven" - Martin Luther King Jr. The energy and movement in this painting is fierce.
Like a storm on the ocean or a storm in your heart.
Painted with Acrylic, oil pastel, ink pencil, graphite, charcoal, copies of my b&w photos and tissue paper.
Mounted to a black cradle board.
16"x16"x.75" Mixed Media and Collage on Watercolor Paper, Mounted to a black cradle board.
"Pretty, pretty please, don't you ever ever feel like you're less than, less than perfect." - Pink Bright, lively and fresh small abstract mixed media painting!
Painted with acrylic, graphite, oil pastel, tissue paper and stencils. 11"x11"x.75" Mixed Media on Watercolor Paper, Mounted to a white cradle board.
This painting is sold/commissions are welcome. View more of my work at http://tracylupanow.com