Helen Braider
Email: helenhowebraider@gmail.com
Medium: Painting, Acrylic, Mixed Media, Sculpture
I work on paper building up many layers of color. I often start with a light design sketched on the paper which, usually a geometric element or several lines with a layer of gesso and then an undercoat, often a dark color like Payne's gray. Or if I am working with a dimensional painting, I will glue and screw several panels together after I have found and energetic coherent arrangement that speaks to me. I have to consider both the positive space of the panels but also the negative space left by the arrangements.