Starting a New Project – Abstracted
For a change of pace I’m going to share some of the photos that I looked at when starting this project. The finished piece will be 18″x45″ so the shape of the piece will be a challenge in itself.
This piece will be an entry into a FAN (Fibre Art Network) exhibition in 2013 entitled Abstracted. This show requires artists to work with a partner, one artist develops a representative art piece and the other develops an abstract/non-representative art piece using a common subject. The pieces will be developed collaboratively and will be hung side-by-side. I’m partnering with Judi MacLeod from Victoria and we have not yet met in person.
This one lends itself to texture….
![Ferns, Ancient Forest, Northern British Columbia 2011 Ferns, Ancient Forest, Northern British Columbia 2011](http://diane-duncan.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/Ancient-Forest-058-300x168.jpg)
Ferns, Ancient Forest, Northern British Columbia 2011
This one has mood …..
- Mountains in Southern Alberta 2012
Loved the colors in this one ….
![Dusk Over the Mountains in Southern Alberta 2012 Dusk Over the Mountains in Southern Alberta 2012](http://diane-duncan.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/Great-Canadian-Barn-Dance-031-225x300.jpg)
Dusk Over the Mountains in Southern Alberta 2012
Once again great texture possibilities ….
![Tree in Ancient Forest , Northern British Columbia 2011 Tree in Ancient Forest , Northern British Columbia 2011](http://diane-duncan.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/Ancient-Forest-129-225x300.jpg)
Tree in Ancient Forest , Northern British Columbia 2011
![Undergrowth, Ancient Forest, northern British Columbia 2011 Undergrowth, Ancient Forest, northern British Columbia 2011](http://diane-duncan.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/Ancient-Forest-137-225x300.jpg)
Undergrowth, Ancient Forest, northern British Columbia 2011
This shape lends itself to the required composition….
Because we live on two sides of the Rocky Mountains, I looked for pictures that would incorporate the mountains…..
![Lake Minnewanka near Banff Lake Minnewanka near Banff](http://diane-duncan.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/051-300x225.jpg)
Lake Minnewanka near Banff
![Rocky Mountains and Canola fields, southern Alberta 2012 Rocky Mountains and Canola fields, southern Alberta 2012](http://diane-duncan.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/010-300x168.jpg)
Rocky Mountains and Canola fields, southern Alberta 2012
- Cascade Mountain, Banff
Because I love skies I looked at this one…..
![June Skies near the Rockies, near Calgary AB 2012 June Skies near the Rockies, near Calgary AB 2012](http://diane-duncan.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/0031-300x168.jpg)
June Skies near the Rockies, near Calgary AB 2012
I realized as I worked through my photos that I am drawn to landscapes but this collaborative work presents more challenges. So I looked at some that provided a closer perspective.
![Foliage in Ancient Forest , northern British Columbia,2011 Foliage in Ancient Forest , northern British Columbia,2011](http://diane-duncan.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/Ancient-Forest-147-300x225.jpg)
Foliage in Ancient Forest , northern British Columbia,2011
![Fungi or Lichen? - found in Ancient Forest in northern British Columbia 2011 Fungi or Lichen? - found in Ancient Forest in northern British Columbia 2011](http://diane-duncan.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/Ancient-Forest-165-300x225.jpg)
Fungi or Lichen? – found in Ancient Forest in northern British Columbia 2011
Judi shared a number of her photos as well. In the end we independently selected a photo of the same kind of Lichen from our collections and the one above, from my collection, was the one we selected for this project.