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This series of artwork consists of five-seven 48”x48”x1.5” pieces of work. Using acrylic paint and pouring medium, I mixed plethoras of color together and streamed them onto canvas. As the colors cascaded down and deluged the canvas, I dragged objects through them to create unique patterns. I added a coral reef filled with varieties of underwater plants and fish to live in that reef. Each fish had a different personality, and as I painted I found myself feeling what I imagined the fish felt: the harmony of living among others, the tranquility of being under the ocean, and the contentment of being where they wanted to be.
I first started this Under the Sea series at the beginning of coronavirus lockdown. I felt as if under the sea was the safest place on earth at that time, so decided to depict a seascape on my canvas. I was able to paint in peace, and worried about nothing else. These pieces continued to bring me pacification until the day I got the news that my son had contracted coronavirus, and was admitted into the hospital in serious condition. Then, all at once, the artwork was abandoned and I felt as if I had fallen into a black hole. I could no longer find the energy to finish these paintings. I could do nothing but think of my son, praying that he would be okay, and for many weeks the series sat alone in my studio. After my son recovered from his close encounter with the COVID-19 virus, I felt as if I could finally come face-to-face with these paintings, and finish them. However, my mind was still in disarray and my emotional health had not quite recovered yet, so I took my time finishing the works. I wanted to capture the inner peace I felt when I first started painting. Every day I would work longer and longer until I took a step back and found the series was complete, and my emotions were healed. These paintings gradually enabled me to recover from the devastating shock of possibly losing a child, and helped me cope with those terrible feelings.

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Works on Paper

The pink peonies are a highlight of the spring blooms!

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My boys

Craft

Violet is a cute grey tabby cat with green eyes. She is wearing a sparkly purple and yellow flamenco dress with a lace crochet shawl. Violet and her clothes have been designed and crocheted by hand by me. She has wiring inside, which makes her legs and arms posable - she can sit all by herself. Violet is approximately 12" tall, so she is about the size of a Barbie doll. 
Violet is perfect for a doll collector and any cat lover. Violet will be available at the University of Arizona National Arts Program exhibit in March 2017.

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Works on Paper

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Portofino is an Italian fishing village and vacation resort that is famous for its picturesque harbor. The village is located in the province of Genoa on the Italian Riviera.

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This is like a rug painting on hand-made paper. It is floated with a double mat giving  a  three dimension to the piece. The painting is for sale. Contact me at www.normaboeckler@charter.net

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9 x 12 oil on canvas panel

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Sculpture

"Global Warming"
15" by 13" by 3"
Altered Book Sculpture
2011

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Taken on a below zero morning as the sun was rising and throwing warm golden light across the frozen landscape.

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Taken in upstate New York, August 2009.

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Summer melds with autumn and winter on Buffalo Pass near Steamboat Springs, Colorado.

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Marilyn fans Fans, Public Art, artist Seward Johnson, Chicago.

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56 x 36 Arylic painting

Mixed Media

painting (acrylic, oil) with a cut-up, manipulated paint-by-number piece.

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This is a painting done with water washes and gouache paint, June, 2024. I use my imagination to paint imaginary, deep sea creatures. I use a water filled squeegee sponge to create puddles of combined color and then I quickly fan the watery mass into a shape hopefully resembling a fish. Then, the blunt end of the brush is used to impress the wet paper and leave what appear to be scales, fins and eyes...

Works on Paper

Chalk Colored Pencil

Sculpture

The General presents the Council's Book of Secrets to the village.

Craft

Ring in the Holidays with this silver trio of colored beads with sterling silver spacers and silver tone earring wires, sells for $35.00, email JewelryByBorders@gmail.com for shipping cost.

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Prints for sale. Contact me at info.es.studio@gmail.com and visit www.elizabethcriger.com to view my other artwork.

Mixed Media

A wet winter week in Graton. Exploring Eco dying on habitai silk and steaming color transfers of natural and man made found materials . Painting with natural fiber in ink on mulberry paper. The mulberry leaves only the marks behind when the encaustic medium met the paper on the painting. Magic still!

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