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Mixed Media Artist Isobel George
 
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Mixed Media Artist Isobel George
 

“My mother once told me that I was her “easiest” child because she could sit me down at the age of two with a pencil and paper and, for hours, I would draw everything around me, including my brothers and sister.”

Isobel George still “draws” from what’s around her, ingests the images and emotions and re-creates them as watercolour/mixed-media paintings in a semi-abstract-figurative style. She has developed a technique of working with the water, the pigment and the paper, producing a flow and a spontaneity essential to extending the feelings she wishes to express.

A native of London, England, George emigrated to the east coast of America in the early seventies with her husband and two sons where, as a self-taught artist, she spent fifteen years working in graphic design and illustration, providing imagery for books and periodicals.

She has been painting full-time since moving to California in 1992, and divides her creative time between California and the south of France. George’s work is exhibited in public and private collections in Europe, South America and the U.S.A.

“Drawing subject matter from life and from my imagination, I begin a piece with a minimal pencil sketch on heavy, rough watercolour paper. Working wet-on-wet, I apply my initial background colours, using broad brushes loaded with pigment – creating a combination of intense, bold colour and subtle, seductive washes. I don’t mix paints beforehand – instead, I utilize the paper as my palette, shaping the image with the medium. I use gouache for the black areas – it’s solid opaqueness enhancing the brilliant translucency of the watercolour pigments. Towards the completion of a painting, I may add touches of gold leaf and soft pastel, creating an interesting textural interplay.”

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