Helen Howe Braider
Studio #34, Open Oct 5, 6, 12, 13, 19, 20
4939 Broadway, Boulder, CO 80304
Enter at the door beside the garage door.
Because I was a sculptor for 30 years, I have found the rectangular picture plane to be relatively inert so I have played with irregular shapes both cut out of paper and created by assembling panels and other geometric forms to create complex picture planes that have their own energy. I then have to work with that energy just as I had to work with the grain and trust of a piece of wood or stone. I may do something abstract or I may suggest landscape depending on the demands of that form. I also work with the plain rectangular picture plane to explore layering color and design, acrylic and oils playing off against each other.
Painting, Sculpture, Mixed Media
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