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)