brettonarts

Debra Bretton Robinson,
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I am primarily an acrylics painter. I begin most pieces with a colored pencil sketch and use it for inspiration, close to my canvas or work space . Usually my subject matter is an under appreciated cityscape or landscape. I notice them everywhere.I like thinking in flat, graphic shapes . If a painting gets too flat even for me, I use patterning that I borrow from my collaging days. But mostly I am intrigued with composition and color juxtaposition. I enjoy making my colors “hum” when they are placed next to each other. I feel this color harmony gives my paintings a contemporary edge even though the subject matter is still, in my mind, representational and the architecture is a window into the past..

Joined: December 2007

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Help! Stolen Art!

Today is a sad day. I put up a fairly large show yesterday afternoon- 18 acrylic paintings, 8-9 collages for Lowell Open Studios in Lowell, Massachusetts. This morning when I went in I found out, to my dismay, that two of the collages were just GONE. Hmm, were they misplaced? No. Thorough searching revealed this not to be the case. It was a locked residence, never happened before. I was to…

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acrylic painting vs. watercolor painting vs. collage

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Last summer on Monhegan Island

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Painting in Gloucester, MA, USA

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Joined December 2007

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