Pulse oil pastels constructing her collages out of

constructing her collages out of shapes and forms she pre-cuts from painted sheets of watercolour paper

focusing on deciphering the relationship between the natural environment expressed in his earth tones and raw primary colors

It is an extremely versatile material that possesses two qualities that inspire the work – form and light

This work is part of a series titled "Flatland" paintings

Pulse oil pastels constructing her collages out ofUchiyama works with watercolor on Arches paper. She often develops as many as eight compositions at one time, moving on to the next while the paint dries on the last. To begin each work, she waits to see a hue on the blank surface. Each additional hue builds off of that original vision, building towards a linear horizontal pattern. Each layer possesses unique physical and material properties: some are opaque; others are translucent; some are