Abstract | Mary Van Deman

• Tango

  Mixed Media, Yupo paper, 4" x 4" x 1/8". Alcohol ink, acrylic, and pattern drawing. *Mounted on 6"x 6" cream gessoed canvas panel for framing or display without framing. *Available beginning Sunday, June 9, 2019 for a l…

• Rising Sun

  Mixed Media, Yupo paper, 4 x 4" x 1/8". Alcohol ink, acrylic, & pattern drawing. *Mounted on cream gessoed 6"x6" canvas panel for framing or display on table easel. *Available beginning 6/2/19 for a low opening bid at w…

• Middle Earth Grotto

  Mixed Media, Panel, 7" x 5" x 1/8". A spontaneous alcohol ink pour combined with pattern drawing. *Priced with 3/4" wide, 1 1/2" deep mahogany wood frame.

• Easter Parade

  Mixed Media, Yupo paper, 6" x 6" x 1/8". A spontaneous pattern drawing on an alcohol in pour. *Mounted on a 6"x6" cream gessoed canvas panel, this painting may be framed or displayed on a table easel.

• Queen of Hearts

  Mixed Media, Yupo paper, 4 x 6. Pattern drawing on alcohol ink. Mounted on 5"x 7" canvas panel. *Priced without framing.

• Summer Breeze

  Mixed Media, Panel, 6" x 6" x 1/8". Another in my series of alcohol ink/pattern drawing paintings. Fun, fanciful and free flowing. *Priced without framing.

• Sailor Song

  Mixed Media, Panel, 6" x 6" x 1/8". From my Zentangle® Inspired Art Series. *Priced without framing

• High Tide

  Mixed Media, Yupo paper, 4" x 4" x 1 1/2". From my Zentangle® inspired painting series of alcohol ink pours. *Yupo paper mounted on 5" x 5" x 1 1/2" cream gessoed wrapped canvas.

• Farmland

  Mixed Media, Yupo paper, 4" x 6" x 1/8". Zentangle® inspired art. I began with an alcohol ink pour and added the "tangles" to fit the shapes I found (more or less). Yupo paper mounted on 5"x7" cream gessoed canvas pane...

• Reefscape

  Mixed Media, Yupo paper, 6" x 4" x 1/8". Organic shapes and colors that I found in my alcohol ink pour inspired addition of the Zentangle® designs that complete the painting. *Mounted on 5"x7" canvas board for easy fram…

• Beyond

  Mixed Media, Yupo paper, 4" x 6" x 1/8". Zentangle® inspired, this painting began with an alcohol ink pour and grew as I added the "tangles". It is mounted on a cream gessoed canvas board for framing or display on a min…

• Windmill

  Mixed Media, Panel, 6" x 6" x 1/8". The alcohol ink under painting was pretty dark on this one so I used lots of white ink for my line work. The title always comes last and reflects what I see in the painting.

• Deep Dive

  Mixed Media, Panel, 6" x 6" x 1/8". "Deep Dive" began with an alcohol ink pour and grew as I added Zentangle designs. A shape near the bottom began to look like a fish to me, so I got a bit literal with this one and add…

• Azteca

  Mixed Media, Panel, 4" x 6". As my ink drawing emerged I found a profile with and elaborate headdress and named this painting "Azteca" because the colors and patterns made me think of Mexico. *The 4x6" image is mounted…

• Oasis

  Mixed Media, Panel, 6" x 6" x 1/8". "Oasis" grew from one tangle to another on an alcohol ink base with soft music as my inspiration. *Priced without framing.

• Garden

  Mixed Media, Panel, 6" x 6" x 1/8". From my Zentangle Inspired/Alcohol Ink Series. These paintings take a lot of thought, but grow without pre-planning. I found a rabbit in this one. Each one has a new surprise.

• Currents

  Mixed Media, Panel, 6" x 6" x 1/8". Zentangle Inspired Art designs on alcohol ink.

• New Growth

  Mixed Media, Panel, 6 x 6 x 1/8". Inspired by the Zentangle® method of pattern drawing using alcohol ink and pen.

• Shadow Cats

  Mixed Media, Panel, 6" x 6" x 1/8". Abstract acrylic on Yupo, mounted on 10x10" white gesso board for a matted look. From a snapshot of feral cats gathering on my aunt's porch at dinnertime. Priced without framing.

• Path to Shangri La

  Acrylic, Yupo paper, 6" x 6" x 1/4". My alter ego is an abstract painter. Painting is about color and shape regardless of subject.

• Fiesta Poinsettia II

  Mixed Media, Panel, 18" x 24". It was fun to play with color and shape in this painting. It has the look and feel of Christmas in the Southwest. It was a juried entry in the Scottsdale Artists League 2011 Winter Exhibit…

• Traffic Jam

  Watercolor, Paper board, 12" x 16". "Traffic Jam" combines realism with abstraction in the same painting. It was included it the Realism to Abstraction Exhibition at the Chandler Center for the Arts in 2005. It was insp…

• Red Horse Running

  Mixed Media, Yupo paper, 11" x 8". This painting is a non objective abstract acrylic collage on Yupo paper. A red horse began to appear in the upper left and I let him stay and painted into him. The price of this painti…

• Cantina

  Mixed Media, Paper, 11" x 15". This painting is the abstracted version of my painting "Ladies Who Lunch". It was juried into the 2003 Arizona Watercolor Association Fall Exhibition. It is acrylic, ink and collage. The p…

• Mexican Noche

  Mixed Media, Paper board, 21 x 11. "Mexican Noche" is an abstracted version of my 1993 painting "Equipale". It is acrylic with paper collage on watercolor board. In 2010 I used this painting as a launch for further abst…

• Terpsichore

  Mixed Media, Yupo paper, 6" x 6". This painting is acrylic and collage on yupo paper. The dancing figure was stamped with a hand carved stamp. The face in the upper middle just appeared, but I think it is the God of the…

• Sun Storm

  Mixed Media, Canvas, 12" x 12" x 1 1/2". "Sunstorm" grew from an underlayer of collage, followed by acrylic paint and then oil. It is a wrapped canvas recessed into a black with gold floater frame. Photo on request. The…

• Hernando's Hideaway

  Mixed Media, Paper board, 14" x 20". Completed in 2010, this painting is a further abstraction of my 2002 painting "Mexican Noche" which is itself an abstraction of 1993's "Equipale" (the painting which gave rise to all…

• Cut Flowers

  Watercolor, Paper, 15" x 20". "Cut Flowers" is an abstracted version of my floral still life "Moonlight on Tulips". It was juried into the Western Federation of Watercolor Societies Exhibition in West Valley, Utah in 20…

• Bits & Pieces

  Watercolor, Paper, 13" x 20". "Bits & Pieces" appears to be a collage, but it is painted on one sheet of paper using a collage that I constructed from a photo of my still life painting "Gertrude's Pitcher" as a referenc…