Mary Lee Reineking

My current mixed media art endeavors have thrown open a door on possibilities! There is great satisfaction to be found learning and experimenting with tools and techniques, textures and color. My works tend to have identifiable subjects, typically stylized, with inspiration often drawn from the natural world... trees, birds, mountains, flowers, and the interplay of colors. I also really love cool old buildings and can frequently be found taking photographs to use as references for drawings or to incorporate into mixed media pieces as bits of collage or image transfer. The work then becomes a process... discovering interesting references, mark-making on a blank paper or canvas, choosing interesting colors, watching a piece develop and making next step decisions along the way... adding, lifting, layering paint... And thinking about the next thing I would like to learn!