Heather M Nisbet
I think that visual art should evoke positive feelings – and always aim to create work that makes people smile and is a colourful and cheerful addition to a home.
Images of Studio
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About My Practice
I move between generally representative work and the semi-abstract.
Recently my work has been in mixed media – including acrylic paint, charcoal, graphite, Conte pencils, collage material, and acrylic medium to draw it all together.
The underlayers of my paintings have collage and random markings – some of which are (intentionally) smudged by the acrylic medium.
The top layers are the image itself, usually in dilute or thick acrylic paint, depending upon how much of the underlayers I wish to keep visible.
I keep the process going until the work looks to me to be finished….then it's up to you to decide whether you agree!
Tools & Materials
For my mixed media paintings I use the paints and other materials mentioned in the description above.
Tools are varied – including brushes, rollers, scraping implements, old bank cards, baking cutters and many other random items. The more varied the marks and textures that I can make the better, in my view.
Examples of work
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