I am finally experimenting with several antique hand carved wooden printing blocks from India (used for printing/stamping Indian textiles by hand) that I've been collecting for years. They make great textural background patterns which is what I've done here on stretched canvas, then painted with gold/sienna washes to make it look even more antique. The flowers are made of cut, torn & painted paper, and the big orange one on top is made with sand poured over wet gesso, dried and painted with liquid acrylic which bleeds through the sand in an interesting and uncontrollable way. The center of that flower is an old skateboard wheel with a purple button in the middle!

It will be the center of a triptych, with 2 more paintings in the works (maybe by next week?) and will be exhibited for sale for one night only (!) at the Fountain Hills Artists Gallery (Fountain Hills, AZ) where I will be one of the featured artists at a Featured Artists Reception on March 24th from 6-8pm in honor of Spring! The painting is also available on my website at JaneNassano.com.

These 2 small ones are being raffled off (raffle tickets are free and available all month) at the gallery, with the winner drawn the evening of the reception. Come in and enter the raffle. You don't need to be present to win!