mixed media artist.
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books.
I love books. Making books. Reading books. Writing books. Sketch books. Art books. Painting books. Cook books. How to books. Pretty books. Blank books. Books. Books. Books. Books. Books. Books. Books. YAY books!
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mixed media.
I use a wide variety of materials: watercolors, gouache, pen & ink, colored pencils, gel pens, gold leaf, masking fluid, salt, book-making, found & recycled objects, hand-made stains for paint. I mix all these elements & the craft of collecting, shredding, cutting & placement of paper, ephemera, to tell new stories. Endless UHU glue sticks and pretty much anything goes.
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paint.
Watercolor, gouache, acrylic, even housepaint. It often begins with a graphite or pen outline, or a dip pen sketch, to be filled in with a variety of paints and wild colors. The best thing about paint is the wild color expressions you can discover and create on so many kinds of sufaces.
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pen & ink.
Pen & ink is dip pen or fountain pen with a variety of different colored or black inks. I often draw contour lines and then paint in or color the form, adding value and contrast with watercolor and other media.
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photography.
I grew up in a family of photographers. My French uncle was a documentary film maker and photographer as was my grandfather. My love of the art was birthed with the passion I had for my old SLR Nikon FM. I spent many years photographing punk bands in the late 80’s followed by the World Beat music scene. Now I mainly use my Samsung Galaxy S8 which I love for point and shoot crafted pics. I avoid using filters, so WYSIWYG and I do my best to crop it as I shoot. Just like in my artwork, I look for patterns. abstractions and wild color in daily quotidian life.
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sketchbooks.
If I was a poet, I’d be composing odes to sketchbooks. I cannot express enough my love of sketchbooks. They absolutely fascinate me. It’s a whole other world into the artist’s mind—their thoughts, ideas, inspirations—that get repeatedly birthed in the sketchbook. Leonardo da Vinci was a huge proponent of them, creating a codex and lifelong record of his deep interest in nature and leaving a trail of brilliance with his markings on his inventions. Notebooks, sketchbooks, journals, allow us a behind-the-scenes glimpse into the workings of an artist, a VIP tour of the artist never seen, ideas to be grown into works. The possibilities are endless.
veronique fleming is a mixed media artist and writer who combines drawings with words, paint and collage in hand-made books, canvas and paper. Her art infuses contour line drawing, collage, hand-lettering, words, and a variety of mediums to create pieces rooted in botanical themes, quotidian scenes and geometric patterns. She is especially interested in creating work that inspires others to tune in to a deeper sense of their own creative power.
She has shown her artwork locally around the Bay Area for the past five years and is the founder of an urban botanical sketch group. She currently lives by the water with her service dog Milou, in Richmond, CA where they can be found paddle boarding together. Making art, yoga and her dog, saved her life. ‘Nuff said.