Pelicans, 2016

This highly textured painting went through much iteration. Originally, I was playing with mixing oil and acrylics to get an effect that was as cracked as the bark on a tree. I consider this final painting as a study in the use of painting materials. This is one of the first paintings where I use an airbrush technique to create geometric shapes. Oddly enough, as I measured out the space for rectilinear shapes I realized I had created flock of Pelicans. Description Materials Dimensions Pelicans, 2016: Joan Raspo acrylic, stones, sea shells and airbrush on canvas 23 x 47 inches (58.42 x 101.6 cm)