Unbound Art

Should I focus your attention on the beautiful spring flowers in the garden in front of our house, or the new painting I recently completed on the porch? I wonder if this is the way perception works.... Although we have been a little tired of all the rain, it has produced beautiful blossoms. This weekend, I finally decided that there was little chance of another frost and have moved most of the plants onto the porch. We have been putting paintings on the front porch easel to lure visitors to the studio. Stop by if you are in the neighborhood. For a better view of the paintings on the porch, visit our other blog, Embracing Life .

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Fernando has completed a clam-shell box portfolio , An All Inclusive Presence , that contains an essay and a selection of 60 (13 x 19") prints from the series of Sumi ink paintings on glass that he has been working on since 2004. This portfolio is intended as both a book prototype and the proposal for an exhibit in which the prints could be seen at their ideal scale (around 40 x 60"). The following text describes the process of the sumi ink painting on glass and the motivation behind the work. For more examples of the images created, visit the website Unbound Art Let me first give you some ide a of the process that leads to these prints. First, a very rough sketch of the hu man form or a landscape is made by painting with water on 6 x 8” or 8 x 10” glass plate. Then, this hardly visible and very basic form is tinted with highly and differentially diluted acrylic pigment or sumi ink. Subsequently, a heat gun (an in...

The oil paintings,Interior and Exterior, are on display at Elmira College, in the George Waters Gallery, as part of a group show on Collaboration.

A New Era Is Coming, A New Heart The days are longer, the weather warmer, and never have so many Stone Poems gathered under a single roof. We have now about thirty of them looking for a better home and at excellent, discounted prices. Come to see if there is one with your name on it, or come just for a visit. Saturday March 12 and Sunday March 13 from 10:00 to 6:00 32 Elm Street Trumansburg NY For further information please call or write (607) 387-9691 ferllosa@unboundart.com To preview the pieces available please go to www.unboundart.com click on "Fernando" and then on any of the three galleries under the Stone Poem banner. If you happen to think of anyone who would enjoy seeing this work, please pass this invitation on. Thanks.

Self-Centered Oil on Board, 36 x 48"