Reclamation

by Shannon Reinbold-Gee

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Reclamation

Done on 5"x7" claybord, this Celtic Cross was a welcomed diversion from life (and from a HUGE papercut project I'm working on). I decided to spot-color the ivy/vine--don't know exactly why--just seemed like the thing to do. Again, my coloring of this piece (like "Hugs and Fishes") was done via computer. I finished "Reclamation" the night of 9/8/05--had to be done for Irish Weekend :-)!

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Art/Drawing Misc. Scratch Board World Culture cross celtic celt

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sheila stanley-powell

sheila stanley-powell 05 Mar 2007

Iagree with ryan mowry in respect to the clouds. there's such beautiful depth of field and it gets lst with the distraction of the clouds. sometimes simpler is better.( of course this is coming from someone who gets lost in detail. maybe I'm learning fromyour work)

ryan mowry 14 Sep 2005

shannon i like the detail in the stone, and the over all feel of the work.personly i would have maybe left out the clouds in the background.you could have maybe also brought some of the blades of grass to the very front of the image, pushing that depth to the piece, as well as give some varying size to the grass blades.

Shannon Reinbold-Gee
Artist Reply: Glad you liked the stone's detail, Ryan. That's where I spent most of my time picking. Neat comments, Ryan. Not a bad idea at all. :-) Once I start to feel that scratchboard is more than a unique way of expressing a sketch I need to shake out of my head, I'll try and give more time to the bits I don't usually dwell on. I usually focus on a single aspect or character in a sketch. Other stuff "comes into focus" as it's necessary, I guess. Hmm. Maybe I do it that way because it's sort of like my writing process. Again--hmm. ;-)

Rob Slijkhuis 09 Sep 2005

Great scraperboard illustration!

Shannon Reinbold-Gee
Artist Reply: Thanks, Rob. It took a little more time than I anticipated, but I'm pleased with the end result! :-)