Oliveira #Asemic

India ink and acrylics on handmade Green Field paper (1/2/2025). I haven’t made anything larger than postcard size for a long time, so decided to make a couple of larger pieces. This is 14 x 14,” and the one in the previous post is 18 x 12.” But I might go even larger–for a change.

Handmade Sketchbooks

I’ve been making some “perfect-bound” handmade sketchbooks, recycling old art (usually acrylic or ink on primed board or canvas) for the covers. Currently, the pages are Fabriano mixed-media, 160 lb paper, which works well for collage, watercolor, ink, etc.

This is a fun project for me, so I intent to continuing making these, and will probably sell them at the next local art fair.

Mail Art

I joined IUOMA (the International Union of Mail Artists), and have been receiving and sending mail art! Here are some outgoing pieces that I’ve mailed out recently:

Utriculi

Big thanks to Harry K Stammer and Mark Young for publishing my art in the September 2024 issue (parts 1 and 2) of Utriculi (Sandy Press). With thought provoking and mind-jiggling experimental poetry and art by many contributors. Check it out:

Part 1

Part 2

Glue, Ink, and Paint

9/4/2024

Asemic experiment with glue, ink, and watercolor on Strathmore textured acrylic paper. I think I’ll be trying this again, but larger.

Nameless Asemic

Forgot to post some small pieces here that I posted on Instagram. Then realized that I will go off Instagram before I will shut down this website, so I better keep this up. Plus I’ve got my own little media library here.

“Nameless Asemic,” ink on paper, started 2021, revised with color 9/2/2024: