R.I. Beach landscapes summer 2012

Narragansett Town Beach, R.I.

East Matunuck State beach, R.I.

East Matunuck State Beach, R.I.

After working with the figure and book work for the past month, it's great to return to working in the landscape, and in particular the R.I. beach landscape. This work is part of a much bigger series about the beach I've been doing for 20 plus year.

Judy Tyson studio

Some new work done before my trip to R.I. next week, all collaged with some of the new book work I did last weekend.

New Book Work

I made 10 new book works this week with the intention of double exposing figure elements onto them, this one might stand on its own.

Stephanie Tyson Studio

After showing this work to some friends, I am back to including the medical illustrations in the book works.

Ellen at Tyson studio

Ellen is such a terrific model, really knows how to move in response to my lighting cues. The use of the manikin may remain just an experiment, I think it adds another level of complexity to the narrative. I need to call Ellen and try to set up another shoot this fall before the weather turn too cold for Tyson.

Elisa Book-Figure Collage

Elisa is such a great model, maybe because she is also an artist (printmaker). We only seem to organize a shoot together once a year, but my work would benefit from working together more often.

Kendra-Tyson studio collages