Art Updates | The Art of Colleen Blackard

En Plein Air Monotypes

To delve into this new and exciting medium, I’ve been traveling to natural landscapes to create monotypes from life, from Brooklyn to Austin and beyond.

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Metrocard Drawings for Single Fare 4

While in Austin this summer, I’ve created 11 drawings of the Central Texas landscape on NYC Metrocards (size: 2.5″ x 3.5″) for Single Fare 4. This is the third Single Fare show I’ll be participating in, and every time it gets better and better! Opens September 16th at Highline Stages. More info on their event page.

Archival ballpoint on Metrocard, Private Collection

Live Oak, Archival ballpoint on Metrocard, Private Collection

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Recently Sold Drawings

These are some drawings that have recently sold. Prints of some of the images can be found on my online store

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Drawing Magazine Feature!

I’m featured as the “New & Notable” artist to watch in this Spring’s Drawing Magazine! Available online and in bookstores nationwide

Check out my interview on their website: Why Colleen Blackard is an Artist to Watch

My page!

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Studio Sale – Available Sketches/Studies

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Recently my drawings have evolved into more immediate, luminous watercolors and monotypes as I explore new ways to express the emotions embodied in the Abandoned Series, free from technical and representational constraints. I built a scale-model of the barn and have been manipulating the light and using it as a reference for these new drawings.

I’ve been creating so many watercolors and monotypes using the model barn I built as reference, I’d like to send them off to new homes!