I'm a mixed media artist, a muralist, and an avid reader. I do both 2 and 3 dimensional work. Love learning new techniques and teaching and attending workshops. My goal in making art is to start a conversation between the art and the viewer. My art has evolved over the years and is ever changing .
This year I have started a project to draw through the Bible. It is an enormous task. One that will probably take me the rest of my life. I will not paint everything that I sketch, but this one is so like the things I have been painting that I had to try it. Of … More DEFIANT
12×36 Acrylic on cradled panel
14×14 Mixed media on cradled panel
30×40 Mixed Media
36×24 Mixed Media lots of texture in this piece. Collage, texture paste, stencils. You can see I was in a very playful mood when I created this one.
48×36 mixed media . Had a great time doing this piece. I have been experimenting with a dark background. Ultramarine Blue with some black added to make it really dark, and also some black backgrounds. Leaving an edge of dark color around the elements in the painting is interesting. Have done some of that in … More WHERE DOES YOU GARDEN GROW
24X36 Mixed Media on cradled panel As you can see, I don’t take myself too seriously. I decided some time ago that I was finished with the social and political statements in my art. I want to make you smile when you see these colorful, whimsical things that happen when I put brush to panel. We … More EASTER BONNET
36X24 Mixed Media on cradled panel Had lots of fun with this one! Seem to have birds in a lot of paintings.
36×48 Mixed Media on cradled panel This is one of two paintings from the drawings I did at the Symphony rehearsal and concert. The foxtrot, The Chairman Dances, inspired me to paint this abstract. Both this painting and the Purple Velvet painting was in a show called Music To My Eyes. SOLD
36X48 Mixed Media on cradled panel My love for color is growing more and more with each painting. I hope all of you that visit my blog will get a measure of joy because of the subjects and the vivid color. Enjoy!!!
darlene copeland prater 