Iskra Fine Art

  • Prints
    • The Tarmac Residency: Airport Landscapes
    • Immersions | At The Shore
    • ColorBath: Images of the Harbor
    • The Floating World
    • Industrial Strength | Urban Industrial Landscape
    • The Scaffold
    • Industrial Pastorale: The Rural/Urban Landscape
    • Botanical Prints | The Natural World
    • Construction | Reconstruction : Urban Landscape
    • Infrastructure
  • Drawings
    • Pencil Drawings: Pandemic Pause
    • Drawings in Dust 1
    • Signs & Symbols (Archive)
    • Botanical Drawings (Archive)
  • Photography
    • New Work Inspired by England
    • Seattle Waterfront Park Photography
    • Architectural Photography | Construction Sites
    • American West Landscape Photography
  • Mixed Media
    • Modern Botanical | Mixed Media on Plaster
    • From the Sea | Water Paintings
    • Sleep Studies
  • Wabi Sabi Abstract
    • Minimalist Modern
    • Ink Painting Abstractions
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Mixed Media

I approach painting as a printmaker, and I am as likely to use a brayer as a brush. I use watersoluble printing inks, watercolor and  acrylic, working on paper or prepared grounds on panel. My style is driven by content, and it may change as the subject matter dictates. My most recent work brings paint, image transfer and old-world patina together in a modern approach to classical botanical art.

Each series below links to a gallery of paintings for you to explore.

Tulip-Opening-Botancal-Iskra

Modern Botanical | Mixed Media

on Plaster

In this ongoing series I use photography and mixed media to pay homage to nature and the classical origins of botanical art. The series started originally with the title, “The Gardener’s Almanac of Irreproducible Phenomena.” As an avid gardener I am mesmerized by the fleeting miracles of plant forms. You can read more about this series and the process of doing these one-of-kind panels on my blog.

 

Water Paintings by Iskra

From the Sea | Paintings

Paintings on panel inspired by the sea and the architecture of shells

 

Baroque Morning

Sleep Studies | Archive

A series of intimate paintings on the theme of sleep, created under the influence of junkyards, hotel rooms and the folkart architecture of the graveyards of Mexico, the ultimate resting place.

 

The Red House

The House | Archive

The house as icon, refuge, and home of memory.

Most of the artwork in this site is available for exhibition or purchase, either as originals or in some cases as archival digital reproductions. Inquiries are welcome. Unless otherwise noted all artwork is composed of my own original photography, drawing, painting and printmaking.

~Iskra

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