Such Are the Ways

"Such are the Ways"
8" x 10"
Cut Paper and Glaze on Wood
Based on Proverbs 1:18-19

Forming

"Forming"
8" x 10"
Textured Acrylic, Sharpie, and Enamel on canvas

Learn more about Laura Converse.

It's Your Call

At least half is in how it's taken.

Who touches it, and where

One must remember that motives matter,

[hunger for meaning or unused time]

and so does the life that preceded the glance

[broken from labor or lost at home]

whether clutching shredded bits into gut like tentacles of anemone

or reassembling the whole under microscope

or shredding with aimless scalpel

I have no part in any

and all happens as it will.

"Her Head"
12" x 12"

Layers and Combinations

12" x 18"
Mixed Media on Wood

For one of my previous projects, I made 6 stencils, which, combined in various ways, made 12 designs.  I didn't utilize the stencils to their full potential, in my opinion, so I made an additional art piece with them.  They're now so caked in spray paint that I probably will have to throw them away.  That's ok; I've never re-used any of the stencils I've made anyhow.

I'm happy with how this one turned out.  The layering is only marginally captured in the photo, but I guess that's why originals are always best.

Custom Chucks

I painted some chucks a few days ago.  Here are a few pictures of the transformation process.

 

Please Stop Me

I used some strange materials to create this image.  I started with a crumpled up piece of hp photo paper that was bound for the garbage.  I then did the sketch with a uniball pen, and splattered on some orange-red ink and—strangely enough—vanilla extract.

This small picture is available for sale in my store.

See more of my mixed media portraits.

Seven Stars

This was an experiment in two ways:

1. I tested out using the style of color segregation I tend to reserve specifically for pen and markers--this time with paint.
2. I gessoed a the back of my giant sketch pad as a painting surface; it was the right size to fit into an improvised frame I made. The frame was made from a torn pre-stretched canvas. I ripped off the damaged canvas, removed the staples, and am using the underlying structure as a plain wooden frame.

See more of my paintings here.

Guilt

This is an oil pastel drawing which I created in a coffee shop in downtown Bellingham.  I then scratched crosshatch patterns using a scratchboard tool.

See more of my colorful art pieces or drawings that involve blood.

Self Portrait

In the one art class I have taken—Figure Drawing I—I was required to create a self portrait. There were no guidelines other than that, so I decided that my self portrait didn't have to involve my face.  Then I created my own guidelines:

1. draw right hand with left hand
2. draw left hand with right hand

Strangely, I think I drew better with my non-dominant hand.

Learn more about me here, or check out an interview here.

Grow from It

Materials:

• Cut paper
• Sketch paper & pen
• Glue
• Acrylic paint

See more surreal pieces here, or check out other drawings in my Philippians series.

Abandoned and Found

This is one of those paintings that I got frustrated with and set aside years ago.  It was going to have an additional panel.

I've moved four times since then, yet somehow I never lost it.

It's been too long since I started it; I'll probably sand it down and reuse the canvas.

It's a pity, but it will never be finished.

Find more of my acrylic paintings, or check out more of my art involving hands.

The Source

See other acrylic art based on the Bible, or check out other work involving hands.

Existential Weather

I took a perfectly clear picture of my sister building her card house, but I like the blurry one better.
When I took the photo, I thought of this phrase below.  I no longer understand what it had to do with anything.

"This is what we mean by success."




To look at more of my photography, you can go here.

Now That It's Safe

 . . . you can be born.

This was made with glue, acrylic paint, pen, and marker on vellum.

See more of my art in this style here.

Controlled chaos: "The Starvation for Home"

The Starvation for Home
3' x 4'
Acrylic on canvas

I really enjoyed making this painting—employing gravity and excessive amounts of messy watered-down paint.  I get a kick out of using destructive forces for constructive means.

I like hands, and I use them in art a lot.  You can see more paintings with them.

Art Made in Front of People

This piece was done to 20 minutes of live music as performance art in an auditorium filled with 1,000+ humans.  It was somewhat terrifying.

It started out as a black hand reaching down.  I then flipped the canvas over and covered it with a white hand.

It's made with acrylic paint and excessive amounts of gesso.


I like making paintings of hands.  You can see more here.