Sunset in the Woods

These monotypes with collage are Sunsets in the Woods 1-4. Another year of no travel. I did many works on paper of landscapes from memory and what was in my mind’s eye. One evening I looked out my living room window and saw an amazing sunset. Mother nature is the best artist! I finally got back to the printing press after 2 years and was able to print monotypes again which I then collaged on. I have seen many sunsets and only a few sunrises since I am not really a morning person. Nature nurtures us and I create art that is a mixture of what I have seen with my eyes and the truth of what I see in my heart. Through my art, I strive to create an appreciation for natural beauty and a concern for its preservation.

Sunrise at the Jersey Shore

Sunset 1 Monotype with Collage

Sunset 2 Monotype with Collage

Sunset 3 Monotype with Collage

Sunset 4 Monotype with Collage Another year of no travel. I did many works on paper of landscapes from memory and what was in my mind’s eye. One evening I looked out my living room window and saw an amazing sunset. Mother nature is the best artist! I finally got back to the printing press after 2 years and was able to print monotypes again which I then collaged on. I have seen many sunsets and only a few sunrises since I am not really a morning person. Nature nurtures us and I create art that is a mixture of what I have seen with my eyes and the truth of what I see in my heart.

Paper Panoramas

Another Favorite- Asia!!

 I've been fortunate enough to have visit several countries in Asia on several trips. We've been to Thailand, India, Myanmar, Laos, Cambodia, Viet Nam, China and Japan. I love the Asian sensibility. Now I depend on my memories and the images in my mind's eye since travel is no longer safe.

I made these 12 x 12" mixed media works on paper recently and will include some, if not all, of them in my upcoming exhibit Footprints: Travel Landscapes at Da Vinci Art Alliance in May 2021. The exhibition will include art inspired by my travel to the seven continents.  Details will follow.

Beautiful North America

 

Alaska and the great American West offer dramatic landscapes, beautiful mountains and big sky!!Every trip has been a feast for the eyes.

I made these 12 x 12" mixed media works on paper recently and will include some, if not all, of them in my upcoming exhibit Footprints: Travel Landscapes at Da Vinci Art Alliance in May 2021. The exhibition will include art inspired by my travel to the seven continents.  Details will follow.

South America- A Favorite Destination

We have visited South America 5 times and loved it each time. Some places like Chile and Argentina we visited many times and some, like Peru and Columbia, we visited only once. I love the scenery, the Andes, the people, the life style.  I look forward to going again.

I made these 12 x 12" mixed media works on paper recently and will include some, if not all, of them in my upcoming exhibit Footprints: Travel Landscapes at Da Vinci Art Alliance in May 2021. The exhibition will include art inspired by my travel to the seven continents.  Since we cannot travel now, I remember and create art from my mind's eye. Details will follow.

Green Hills of Pennsylvania

 

Green Hills

Green Hills Yellow Sky

Green Hills Orange Sky

Green Hills Green Sky

Green Hills Blue Sky

Green Hills 5

Green Hills 4

Green Hills 3

Green Hills 2

Green Hills 1

I do not have to travel to exotic places to get inspiration. On a drive to Reading to say good bye to a friend moving to Chicago, I saw beauty in the lush greens- so many of them- of the rolling hills of Pennsylvania along the turnpike. As I was enjoying the views of the hills, I saw a sign to Green Hills* which is a small town along the way. I came home and created this series.

Green Hills is a borough in Washington County, Pennsylvania, United States. The borough was formed in 1978 when a local businessman worked to secede from the dry township of South Franklin after voters there defeated a referendum that would allow alcohol sales at his county club.

This series of mixed media works on paper include silkscreen, monotype, and collage.

It's All About Unity, article by Deborah Kostianovsky for InLiquid

 https://inliquid.org/from-inliquid/its-all-about-unity-artist-spotlight-on-linda-dubin-garfield/?fbclid=IwAR1FXCKyL97MOrnRA7ps5D4Si1MnEqbxmrMP0-NiCuIppz2uO8gFsZtfa_4

 

ART Inspired By Travel To Japan

Moon Mountain

Light Through The Forest

Through The Woods

Winter Sparkle 1

Winter Sparkle 2

Woodlands 1

Woodlands 2

 

 

 

Green Landscape With Trees

June 2017 we took a wonderful trip to Japan and saw so many amazing things. Refer to previous blog posts to read about the trip. Here is the art I created inspired by my travel to Japan. I used traditional printmaking techniques as well as some digital imagery. I used Japanese papers for all the collage work.

Transforning Journey: Art Inspired by Trip to Myanmar

Cinnamon Memories 1

Cinnamon Memories 2

Cinnamon Memories 3

Cinnamon Memories 4

Bagan Discovery 1

Bagan Discovery 2

Saffron Memories 1

Saffron Memories 2

Travel transforms you, changes how you see the world and how you see yourself. Going to Asia, but especially Myanmar in 2012, was a transcending experience. The place is spiritual and the journey was too. Here is a series of my visual impressions of what I experienced there- the landscape, spice markets, fabrics, stupas, golden Buddhas, and especially, the people.

This series of one-of-a-kind monotypes with gold collage is my visual reflection and my visual memoir of a voyage (both external and internal) I will never forget. The art was inspired by my trip and the journey inspired me in so many ways, visual and others. I finished the series in late 2012 and then edited it more in 2013 as I thought about it more and added and subtracted  as it took a while for the images, ideas and memories to percolate in my mind's eye and manifest themselves more fully. Does the process ever really end? At some point, I say enough! I am ready to call it finished and let the public see it.

I showed some of these first in my solo show at Da Vinci Art Alliance in May 2013. Several of them are now available at the Accent Gallery in Ocean City, New Jersey. Contact me at garf621@aol.com for more details.