Category Archives: studio

“One Thing Leads to Another”

Posted on December 27, 2016 by Alix H. Travis

One thing leads to another: watercolor transforms into collage; watercolors become linoleum prints then collaged to become neither a print nor just a college but… “mixed media” does not capture the result. “Mixed media” is a technical term, really just … Continue reading →

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Sunday Morning

Posted on March 14, 2011 by Alix H. Travis

Another in Travis’ paintings on life in a rural community in the Catskill Mountains. Particularly notice the many white steepled churches. Continue reading →

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Echinacea with bees

Posted on October 21, 2010 by Alix H. Travis

Echaneshia with bees, watercolor, 50×30 in., originally uploaded by ahtravis. I don’t know whether anyone who viewed the Charles Burchfield exhibit at the Whitney Museum of American Art, NYC was inspired to go home and try to duplicate his method for enlarging … Continue reading →

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“Weeding”

Posted on August 1, 2010 by Alix H. Travis

After 10 years of painting I am beginning to run out of room for storage of completed paintings. From the beginning I have discarded “failed” watercolor paintings. However, I have not subjected my oil paintings to the same rigorous reduction. Now to gain … Continue reading →