Paintings/collages by Julie L. Irmer
58 Collage paintings.
For those who want to know here is my process:
Glue down paper to the back side and around the edges of a canvass, let it dry.
2. Put stencil shapes on the piece using modeling paste.
3. After the stencils dry, I add a coat of gesso, let it dry.
4. Begin adding shapes. Once I like the design, I glue the shapes down.
5. Gesso everything twice.
6. Paint!
One of the reasons I use “reverse canvasses” is because I don’t have to frame them. You may know, framing pieces can be very pricey. With that said, I do occasionally also glue pieces onto canvass board and/or gater board, which I do then frame.
Cats, dogs, butterflies, birds, bugs, flowers, moon faces are just some of the identifiable objects I like using. I hope you enjoy these art works.
Title: FOR CATS
Size: 12 x 18"
Price: $300
Title: WINTER BIRDS
Size: 11 x 14"
Price: $225
Title: SUNDAY CATS
Size: 11 x 14"
Price: $225
Title: IN PLAIN SIGHT#2
Size: 16 13/16 x 15 13/16"
Size: $250
Title: THINGS TO COME
Size: 16 x 12"
Price: $225
Title: STUDY IN PINK
Size: 8 x 10"
Price: $225
Title: CATS Z
Size: 9 7/8 x 19 7/8"
Price: $300
Title: PINK POINTER
Size: 11 x 14"
Price: $300
Title: 2 DANES 9
Size: 11 x 14"
Price: $320
Title: PINK 2
Size: 12 x 12"
Price: $300
Title: NOT ALONE
Size: 12 x 16"
Price: $325
Title: 2 IN THE GRASS
Size: 13 15/16 x 10 15/16"
Price: $275
Title: SMART BIRDS
Size: 12 x 9"
SOLD
Title: SUNSHINE IN THE GRASS
Size: 12 x 12"
Price: $300
Title: DREAMS OF SPRING
Size: 9 x 12"
GIFT TO Becky Irmer
Title: SPRING GIFT
Size: 9 7/8 x 20"
Price: $320
Title: BROWN DOG, PINK SKY
Size: 9 x 12"
Price: $275
Title: BT X 2
Size: 12 x 8"
Price: $175
Title: ORANGE CAT
Size: 9 x 12"
Price: $175
Title: SEEING IS BELIEVING
Size: 13 7/8 x 11"
Price: $275
Title: TOP CATS
Size: 9 x 12"
Price: $200
Title: DOG DREAMS
Size: 12 x 9"
Price: $225
Title: NOSE TO STOMACH
Size: 11 x 14
Price: $200
Title: GARDEN AWAKE
Size: 12 x 9"
Price: $175
Title: GOOD BUGS
Size: 9 x 12"
Price: $175
Title: STUDY IN RED AND GREEN
Size: 12 x 16"
Price: $300
Title: RED BUNNY
Size: 12 x 16"
Price: $300
Title: GOOD DOG
Size: 12 x 12
Price: $225
Title: GREEN CAT
Size: 12 x 18"
Price: $275
This piece went through many phases. I almost didn't put it up, but finally feel it has come together, so here it is.
Title: STUDY IN WHITE
Size: 12 x 9"
Price: $200
Title: INTO SUMMER
Size: 10 x 20"
Price: $300
Title: CALLING FOR THE MOON
Size: 13 7/8 x 11
Price: $300
Title: H IS FOR HOWL
Size: 12 x 18"
Price: $375
Title: BUTTERFLY MOON
Size: 11 x 14"
Price: $200
Title: HUNTING DOGS
Size: 12 x 16"
Price: $300
Title: WHAT DOGS DO
Size: 12 x 16"
Price: $300
Title: 4 BLUE CROWS
Size: 10 x 20"
COMMISSION by Mike Drewry
Title: SUMMER SUNRISE
Size: 12 x 16"
Price: $325
Title: CATS AT NITE
Size: 12 x 12"
Price: $225
Title: INTO THE WOODS 2
Size: 11 X 14"
Price: $275
Title: DOG MAGIC
Size: 11 X 14"
Price: $225
Title DAY OF WONDER
Size: 18 x 16"
Price: $400
At this point in the year, I began to explore sage greens, muted greens. Some times they come across as gray. Just proving that all color is relative. You can put it next to one color and it looks one way, and then against another it looks totally different.
Title: SUN IN THE MORNING AND THE MOON AT NITE
Size: 12 x 12"
SOLD
Title: SAGE AND PINE
Size: 12 x 12"
Price: $300
Title: DOG AND BUTTERFLY
Size: 12 x 12"
Price: $325
Title: HAPPY TIME
Size: 11 x 14"
Price: $275
Title: PEACE IN THE SHADOWS
Size: 11 x 14"
Price: $275
Title: LEANING ON AIR
Size: 12 x 12"
Price: $275
Title: CAT WALK
Size: 11 x 14"
Price: $275
Title: READY AND ALERT
Size: 11 x 14"
Price: $200
Title: LOOKING AT CHAOS
Size: 16 x 20"
Price: $325
Title: SMALL BUT MIGHTY
Size: 12 x 12"
Price: $225
The Boston Terrier is in memory of Piper who I lost at the end of May.
Title: BUGS AND BUTTERFLIES
Size: 12 x 12"
Price: $225
Title: NATURES MAGIC
Size: 11 x 14"
Price: $275
Title: HIDE AND SEEK
Size: 11 x 14"
Price: $225
This is the start of adding women figures into the paintings again. Only this time I am cutting them out of sheet foam, adding texture via stenciling with molding paste.
Title: DANCING WITH THE FLOWERS
Size: 11 x 14"
Price: $275
Title: ONE CAT, TWO CAT
Size: 11 x 14"
Price: $225
Title: WELL WORN PATH
Size: 16 x 20"
Price: $300
This final piece began with 2 colors: Midnite blue and Grayish Blue. I wanted it to be variations of those and subtle. For me it evokes a winter-time feeling. I most likely will continue this color combination into 2025.
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