The journey from a piece of art to a finished framed wall hanging is a complex process using the right materials (elements) and the right tools. Some tools are modern and state-of-the-art and others are traditional and timeless. Hand tools and ruler measurements are essential to the hand crafted approach...Read More
There is a scientific definition and then there are timeless moments connecting living moments which seem to illustrate an unfolding of life. This is the botanical life I see. I use this vision of botanical life unfolding to illustrate the same wordless communion seen in shivers of sunlight, ripples of...Read More
WHITE OUT The high use of white expands the image beyond its physical dimensions. The world of color lies just beyond. Available, limitless. Sometimes a painting can transcend the physical restrictions of height and width and the third dimension of depth is created transporting the viewer beyond the canvas surface....Read More
What Does This Transition Mean We want to welcome you to our new online art gallery experience at themulberrygallery.com We, the owners Del and Barbara Crawford, have decided to focus all of our artful energy away from the brick-and-mortar outlet in Aptos Village in favor of current stability with online...Read More
How Color Effects Spaces Abstract Art speaks emotionally in color. Watch as the colors of Owen’s Art on the Edge take you for a journey. We’ll explore with his current favorite colors of expression in blue, green and red mixed with a base of black or white. We believe these...Read More
Who was the first artist to create an abstract piece? Most folks would list either Kandinsky or Mondrian as the artist of record with both producing abstract art about 1911. In reality, the very first abstract artist was neither and was also not a man. The first artworks that could...Read More
Owen’s Favorite Quotes for the color red. MY MOTHER WARNED ME TO AVOID THINGS COLORED RED Claes Oldenberg I LOVE RED SO MUCH THAT I ALMOST WANT TO PAINT EVERYTHING RED Alexander Calder Owen says, Red! Red! Red! I love red. It is passion in pigment. Romance is...Read More
Ray Evans calls himself a Visionary Artist, and that he is. He sees life as a place where spirituality and nature merge into a surrealistic creation of beauty. He works with pens, pencils, inks, dyes and batik. With these materials he creates his vision of the moment. Once his art...Read More
Black on white – SMBLS art is stripped down human communication with no artifice and no hidden message. The future/past inspired art by OWEN creates a dynamic that inspires the viewer with messaging as direct as the primitive ocher imprint of a hand on a prehistoric cave wall. Each work...Read More
