Desert Signal - Mixed Media on Canvas

About the Work

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.

Materials

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

Specs & Shipping

• 36 x 48" original artwork
• Ships safely wrapped and padded for protection
• Ships in 3 to 5 business days
• Local delivery & pickup 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.