Marybeth Heikes

Paintings in Watercolor & Mixed Media

Posts Tagged “Gray”

Red Bull/Recycled Series #2

Red Bull/Recycled Series #2

January 5, 2013

I began this series by taking loads of photographs of the crushed metal cans at the landfill. It was an endless composition of mangled metal — about twelve feet high and six feet wide. Each of my watercolor designs is just a small piece of the whole. I found the ribbed patterns exciting with some […] more »

Recycled #1: Milk, Beans & Fish

Recycled #1: Milk, Beans & Fish

December 13, 2012

This design was inspired by a trip to the local recycling center, and I had been thinking about the possibilities of doing more abstract works. I noticed a huge stack of crushed tin and photographed pieces of it. The can ripples and ripped labels were interesting and I wondered about the abstract qualities that were […] more »