Elizabeth Bisbing
painted paper collage, et al.
calamity series
botanical art
sketchbooks
animations
recent work
Contact: bisbing@ebisbing.com
| For years I have been working a lot in sketchbooks. These typically are hardbound with spiral sides and are 12 x 9 inches. They are filled with drawings of plants and fish or turtles ... made on site. My favorite places are the High Line and the New York Botanical Garden. I have been recording the dates that these drawing were made. It's interesting to see how blooming times vary from Spring to Spring. Then back at the studio, things are sometimes added to these sketches. i.e. ink, paint, markers, other drawings made in museums and more often a collagraph print of Little Betty Jane. Sketchbooks are a place for me to try out new ideas and to build something ... they can feel like artist books. | ||
 Eastern Cherries Drawing: markers, paper 12 x 9 inches 2018 |
 Cloisters Relief Drawing: marker, paper 12 x 9 inches 2017 |
 Thistle Drawiing: markers, paper 12 x 9 inches 2018 |
 Pink Beebalm Drawing/Collage: gouache, paper 12 x 9 inches 2015 |
 Irises Drawing: ink, paper 12 x 9 inches 2017 |
 White Trillium Painted Paper Collage: gouache, graphite, paper 12 x 9 inches 2015 |
 Passion Flower Vine Drawing/Collage: graphite, paper 12 x 9 inches 2016 |
 Eve Weeping Drawing/Collage: graphite, paper 12 x 9 inches 2016 |
 Water Lilies Painted Paper Collage: gouache, graphite, paper 12 x 9 inches 2016 |
 Magnolia Branch Drawing/Collage: marker, NY Times, paper 12 x 9 inches 2016 |
 Water Lilies II Drawing/Collage: marker, gouache, paper 12 x 9 inches 2016 |
 Hanging Around Drawing/Collage: marker, collagraph print, paper 12 x 9 inches 2016 |