Desert Signal - Mixed Media on Canvas

From Fragments, Flight - Desert Signal

36x48" mixed media on canvas, 2025

A brilliant red field sets the stage for a flock mid-conversation, perched along a single black line cutting across the canvas. Dimensional stitching and subtle texture shifts give this piece its electric, kinetic feel.

Process

Each piece in the From Fragments, Flight series is built through Kuki’s layered mixed-media process. Backgrounds are created with acrylics, enamels, fluid paints, and textured mediums, sometimes combined with water-based techniques (liquid or frozen) to create soft shifts and organic surfaces.

The birds begin as fragments of earlier works. Sections of previous paintings and remnant materials are cut down, reshaped, and rebuilt into new forms. Every element is placed by hand and finished with a combination of free-motion machine stitching and hand embroidery. All linework is physically sewn into the surface. Nothing is printed or simulated. The result is a one-of-one textile-meets-painting hybrid that looks simple at first glance but reveals more detail the longer you sit with it.

Materials

• Acrylics, enamel, fluid paints
• Material fragments and recut canvas mixed media works
• Multiple mediums and textures
• Mixed threads (machine-stitched and hand-embroidered)
• Staple-backed canvas, wired for hanging
  

Specs & Shipping

• 36x48" original artwork
• Ships safely wrapped and padded for protection
• Ships in 3 to 5 business days
• Local pickup available throughout the Twin Cities metro
• Ready to hang