Associations
Plein Air Painters of New Mexico
Exhibitions
“Harvest Earth: Expressions in Watercolor on Clayboard” at Harry’s Roadhouse, the Old Las Vegas Highway.
The landscape paintings of this series seek to capture different seasons, times of t
Mickey Bond Personal Information
My inspiration for painting is the breathtaking New Mexican landscape in all its seasons & moods and the evocative experience of plein air painting. In response I paint energetic & vivid landscapes, without brushes, by manipulating different water media on Ampersand’s smooth & textured "claybords".
Also known as "scratch boards" particularly when stained black, these highly versatile archival panels are a dream come true for those who love to play with paint.
My favorite water-media include CARAN D’ACHE water-soluble wax pastels, tube watercolor, & CRETACOLOR Aqua briques. I do not use brushes when I paint, rather an assortment of tools including cloths, scrapers and my hands to produce marks that are painted, drawn and scratched into the clay board surface. I also employ washes of color to create semi-transparent zones, depths in space and to encase and preserve marks from each stage of the painting. The contrast between fluid, luminous water-media and rigid grooves scratched into the clay surface evokes for me the interaction of natural forces that created New Mexico’s dynamic landscape.
Awards
Galley Exhibitions:
Canyon Road Paint Out Show. Giacobbe-Fritz Fine Art, 702 Canyon Road, Santa Fe, NM October 24-30, 2008
Go! Albuquerque Arts Premier & Preview show. 105 Studios Gallery, 105 4th Street, Albuquerque, NM September 20-28, 2008
Painting the Land of Enchantment. Sumner & Dene Gallery, 517 Central NW, Albuquerque, NM. Receptions 5-9 PMAugust 1 -28, 2008
Juried Exhibitions:
Go! Downtown Albuquerque Arts Festival on Gold Avenue. Albuquerque, NM. September 26-28, 2008
Summerfest Fine Arts & Crafts Festival, Evergreen Center for the Arts, Evergreen CO.July 19-20 2008
Drawings Any Surface: Expressive Lines & Shapes. The Art Center at Fuller Lodge. Los Alamos, New Mexico April 20 – June 2, 2007
