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Kristin Otwell


    I have been exploring nature with watercolor for over 40 years.  Trained as a scientific illustrator, my subject matter has included succulent plants, rocks, leaves and trees rendered with a combination of detailed realism and a focus on abstract design.

    In a new body of work entitled “Transfigured”, I looked closely at the way nature takes back what mankind has made through a process that is both amazing and beautiful.  With watercolor paintings and mixed media constructions, I pay homage to nature's process of transfiguration achieved through rust, decay, age and decomposition.  Old wood buildings, rusted items on the salvage pile, and miscellaneous found objects have long intrigued me.  I find these things strangely elegant and in re-interpreting them through a piece of art, I hope they are "transfigured" yet again.


 


Transfigured - May 2017 Exhibit

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Aging Elegance, Watercolor, 16" x 16", $500
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Hard and Soft, Watercolor, 16" x 16", $500
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Old Barn #2, Watercolor, 10" x 10" $300
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Red Quarter #2, Watercolor, 6" x 6", $125
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Heavy Metal, Watercolor, 12" x 12" SOLD
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Into the Blue, Watercolor, 12" x 12", $400
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Bent Pipe, Watercolor, 12" x 12", $400
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Old Barn #1, Watercolor, 10" x 10", $300
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Red Quarter #3, Watercolor, 6" x 6", $125
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Circles, Watercolor, 16" x 16", $500
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Rusted Green, Watercolor, 12" x 12", $400
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Circular Saw, Watercolor, 16" x 16", $500
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Red Quart #1, Watercolor, 6" x 6", $125, SOLD
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Red Quartet #4, Watercolor, 6" x 6", $125
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Plastics, Watercolor, 16" x 16" SOLD
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Insulation, Watercolor, 18" x 24", $650
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Wrinkled in Time, Watercolor, 24" x 18", $650
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Crushed Drainage Pipe, 18" x 24" SOLD
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Corrugated Roofing, Watercolor, 16" x 16", $500
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Back to the Land, Found wood on pencil drawing mounted on panel, 18" x 14", $350
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Ode to Rusted Nails, Printed leaves mounted on painted and block printed panel, rusted nails, 18" x 16" (panel size), $400 SOLD
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Where the Rusted Nails Grow, shadow box mixed media construction (with small table base - not shown) 6" x6", SOLD



​Older Watercolors

ROCK FACE III Watercolor mounted on cradled panel 24" X 36" $800
Matter ÷ Time SOLD
Succulents Revisited V SOLD
Succulents Revisited VI SOLD
Succulents Revisited IX SOLD
Succulents Revisited I SOLD
Succulents Revisited VII SOLD
Succulents Revisited XI Watercolor mounted on panel 12" X 12" $400 SOLD
Succulents Revisited XII SOLD
Succulents Revisited X SOLD
Succulents Revisited IV SOLD
Succulents Revisited VIII SOLD
Succulents Revisited X SOLD
ROCKS SOLD
RUST AND RAIN I Watercolor mounted on panel 12" X 12" SOLD
RUST AND RAIN II Watercolor mounted on panel 12" X 12" SOLD

Mixed Media Collages


FERN FLOOR, Block print and hand painted leaves mounted on canvas 36" X 48" $800
GRASSLAND, Block print and hand painted leaves mounted on canvas 36" X 48" $800
RHODODENDRON PATH, Block print and hand painted leaves mounted on panel, 24" x 36", $800
SUMMER LAWN, Block print and hand painted leaves mounted on panel, 24" x 36", $800
FOREST FLOOR, Block print and hand painted leaves on decorative paper mounted on cradled board 18" X 24" $400 SOLD
ON THE PAVEMENT Hand painted leaves on decorative paper mounted on board 12" X 12" $300 SOLD
STILL LIFE ON BLUE Paper and watercolor mounted on panel 12" X 12" $350 SOLD
APPLES ON WHITE mixed media collage 73/4" X 73/4" $200