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Fluid mediums, such as watercolor, emphasize feedback from the work as a driving factor of art-making. Watercolor easily flows and pools across the page. The artist does not control it, rather works with it. They respond to the chance patterns and mistakes that arise, often requiring a degree of faith that the work will come together in the end. I think that work in almost any medium is likely a similarly enactive process.
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I enjoy focusing on detailed mark-making to represent textures, colors, or objects. Above you can see some details from my works.
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During my senior year of high school, I moved from oil painting to watercolor. At that time I painted houses and investigated their relationship within their surrounding landscapes.
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