Barbara Mitchell
I am a mix media artist and instructor living in Edmonton, Alberta. One of my passions is to teach women the wonders of art and how it can fill your life with color, creativity, but more importantly, how to hold onto the process of creating rather than only the outcome.
Perhaps this is why I am so fond of abstract painting. Color mixing, using various substances like India ink, Alcohol inks, watercolor and acrylics, papers, cheesecloth, all in one sitting, just to watch everything flow and meld and become something entirely different.
With abstract I am not forced into a certain end-result. I don't have a significant image in mind. It is truly the power of play and spontaneity.
I do however love what I call "abstract with intent." This is when I do wish to create a sort of landscape or flower garden, but don't have the where-with-all to create realistically, so I improvise with fantasy or make-believe. This can be done using texture, papers, collage items, or just swirls of paint that capture a fleeting image but not a firm one.
I'm also very taken with encaustics, collage, Alcohol inks on Yupo, and CitraSolv.
Mix media of any kind appeals to me with its wide embrace of items to partake of, to create something that can move my inner self and others who might appreciate it.
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Bliss and Blooms
Barbara Mitchell
36x36x1.50
$900.00 CAD

Unity
Barbara Mitchell
48x24x1.50
$900.00 CAD

The Inside of Imagination
Barbara Mitchell
24x24x1.50
$525.00 CAD

The Mesh of Emotion
Barbara Mitchell
48x30x1.50
$900.00 CAD

Into the Blue
Barbara Mitchell
30x30x1.50
$900.00 CAD

Embracing the Earth
Barbara Mitchell
24x30x1.50
$600.00 CAD

Verbalizing Nature
Barbara Mitchell
26x20x1.50
$460.00 CAD

In the Abstract
Barbara Mitchell
26x20x1.50
$460.00 CAD

Indulgence
Barbara Mitchell
40x16x1.50
$500.00 CAD

New Beginnings
Barbara Mitchell
24x24x1.50
$525.00 CAD

The Imagined
Barbara Mitchell
20x20x1.50
$440.00 CAD

Finding the Light
Barbara Mitchell
26x20x1.50
$460.00 CAD

Scenic Emotion
Barbara Mitchell
40x30x1.50
$900.00 CAD

Catalyst
Barbara Mitchell
48x24
$850.00 CAD

Blooming Abstract
Barbara Mitchell
28x22x1.50
$500.00 CAD

All Dressed Up
Barbara Mitchell
15x40
$600.00 CAD

Breeze Dancer
Barbara Mitchell
24x36x1.50
$675.00 CAD

Dancing in the Forest
Barbara Mitchell
40x30x1.50
$900.00 CAD

In Praise of Color
Barbara Mitchell
48x24
$900.00 CAD
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