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Housing Estate – Mixed Media Works by Jessica Bell

06.20.12 | By
Housing Estate – Mixed Media Works by Jessica Bell


Multiplication 1, 2012, 40″ x 30″ x 1.5″, Collage and acrylic paint on birch

Vancouver, British Columbia based artist Jessica Bell has a series, entitled Housing Estate, in which she works in collage and incorporates textiles and paint on birch. The mixture of various mediums is quite beautiful, very abstract and organic. The layers of paint and textiles create depth and rich texture. Notice the house-like shapes in the work? I like how there’s just a subtle reference to them.


Multiplication 2, 2012, 30″ x 40″ x 1.5″, Collage and acrylic paint on birch


Cover Up, 2012, 18″ x 24″ x 1.5″, Sewn textile assemblage on fir frame


Settle, 2012, 52″ x 40″ x 1 3/8″ , Acrylic paint and graphite on birch


The Places We Used to Live, 2012, 40″ x 52″, Collage, drawing media and acrylic paint on birch

The Vessels pieces below are part of a series of 21, which make up a “suburb.”


Vessel 7, 2012, 16″ x 20″ x 1 3/8″, Collage, drawing media and acrylic paint on birch


Vessel 9, 2012, 16″ x 20″ x 1 3/8″, Collage, drawing media and acrylic paint on birch


Vessel 11, 2012, 16″ x 20″ x 1 3/8″, Collage, drawing media and acrylic paint on birch


Vessel 12, 2012, 16″ x 20″ x 1 3/8″, Collage, drawing media and acrylic paint on birch


Vessel 14, 2012, 16″ x 20″ x 1 3/8″, Collage, drawing media and acrylic paint on birch


Vessel 20, 2012, 16″ x 20″ x 1 3/8″, Collage, drawing media and acrylic paint on birch


Suburb (Vessels 1 – 21)

Caroline Williamson is Editor-in-Chief of Design Milk. She has a BFA in photography from SCAD and can usually be found searching for vintage wares, doing New York Times crossword puzzles in pen, or reworking playlists on Spotify.