Briana Auel is a self-taught artist who found her way into fine art through works painted on paper salvaged from NYC food delivery bags while living in Brooklyn, NY. Frightened by the blank white canvas and the limits of perfectionism, this substrate offered freedom to create without concern for commitment. Briana affectionately named this early work “Takeout Trash”. The use of paper has evolved from a substrate to elements of shape that are hand-cut, painted, and incorporated into her current mixed media works on canvas, representing abstract landscapes. Graphical and ironically perfectionist due to the process in which they are created, these works are a distinct contrast to Briana’s large abstract works on canvas, focusing on the free-form application of color through emotion and fast movements. These abstract works are primarily acrylic incorporating spray paint, oil stick, graphite, and pastel.
Archival print of original painting 8x8