Waterway II Debra Ramsay His initial color choice then

His initial color choice then guides the composition forward

It is a  “drawing” of color with a brush

and is a combination of intuition-based and planned execution

marks and figures are suspended in dimensional space

Form is frozen by the photographic process

Waterway II Debra Ramsay His initial color choice thenUnframed but mounted and hinged on foamcore backing, ready for framing. Uchiyama works with watercolor on Arches paper. She often develops as many as eight compositions at one time, moving on to the next while the paint dries on the last. To begin each work, she waits to see a hue on the blank surface. Each additional hue builds off of that original vision, building towards a linear horizontal pattern. Each layer possesses unique physical and material