Desert Pause - Mixed Media on Canvas

About the Work

Two birds pause beside a tall column cactus in the heat of the desert light.
Constructed with cut forms from old works, raised textures, and hand-embroidered landscape.

Materials

• Acrylics, enamel, fluid paints
• Material fragments and recut canvas mixed media works
• Multiple mediums and textures
• Mixed threads (machine-stitched and hand-embroidered)
• 1.5" gallery-wrapped canvas
  

Specs & Shipping

• 18x24" original artwork
• Ships safely wrapped and padded for protection
• Ships in 3 to 5 business days
• Local pickup and delivery available in the Twin Cities metro
• Ready to hang

Process

Each piece in Fragments is built through Kuki’s layered mixed-media process. Backgrounds are created with acrylics, enamels, fluid paints, and textured mediums, sometimes combined with weather capture techniques to create soft shifts and organic surfaces.

The birds begin as fragments of earlier works. Previous paintings and remnant materials are cut down and reshaped into new forms. Every element is hand-placed and finished with a combination of machine stitching and hand embroidery. Nothing is printed or simulated, resulting in a one-of-one textile-meets-painting hybrid that looks simple at first glance but reveals more detail the longer you sit with it.