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Samples of Visual Art

Elf alias Joy Lynn Rosser

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Black and White Works

     When you have all the colors of the rainbow available, why choose to use only black and white and shades of gray?  Because the sparsity of color can give great impact.  Because you can concentrate on other subjects like composition, form, contrast, etc., thereby giving a different kind of artistic interpretation.  It can be a spiritual thing, like the concept of balance.  Or it may be a simple case of economics or ease of reproduction.
     All of these reasons are valid.  I think my black and white work is valid as well. In fact, one of my traveling shows features only black and white pieces.  I call it "Light and Shadow: the yin and yang of art".

Graphics

A single rosebud -- a symbol of purity, love and grace.
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"Rose", pen and ink.

 Abstracts

 
Top :  "Rise and Fall"
Bottom:  detail from "Falling off the rainbow"

Watercolor

Shadow's play has the cat, Shadow, chasing a grasshopper.
"Shadow's Play"
 

Mixed Media

Angelfish floating amongst seaweed.
"Angel Up" -- mixed media
 

Pencil

Cougar Woman is ready to do a shamanistic ritual.
"Shaman" -- pencil
 
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