Contemporary Art, mixed media seascape paintings by Dr. Regina Valluzzi. Ink drawings and acrylic paintings using retroreflective glass, dimensional textured layers of mica, reflective metal foil and layers of transparent and clear tinted acrylic painting media. Light manipulating media push light into the paintings, making them move and react with the viewer. Unique extruded acrylic application and innovative liquid techniques (that rely on viscoelasticity ) pattern the glassy acrylic films and create complex sculpted and patterned three dimensional textures. Mostly available original paintings, Highlights from the collection.

1. Mixed Media Seascapes - Highlights
by Dr. Regina Valluzzi
http:www.DreamingLines.com
rv@nerdlypainter.com
Deco Beach, 12 x 12 inches. Acrylic with mixed media. Sold, giclee prints available
Almost all of my seascapes are available as giclees, through Print on Demand
http://regina-valluzzi.pixels.com/

2. Green Sea, 24 w x 36 h inches, Acrylic with glass.
Available through the G19 Gallery, Rockport, MA (978) 290-1411

3. Wave pattern,12 x 12 inches, acrylic with glass, mica and sand
Available through the G19 Gallery, Rockport, MA (978) 290-1411

4. Reinventing the Seascape, Capturing different dimensions of the Sea
Acrylic painting media have a high degree of glassy transparency. They also are compatible with a variety of
other media. The transparency of acrylics allows an artist to create deep layers of undulating sheer
color. Because these layers are not entirely flat, they change as the viewer's perspective changes. The effect is
not exactly like rippling water, but it can be used to create a feeling of lively movement and immediacy in a
painting.
Detail from By The Beautiful Sea, extrusion and pouring techniques using tinted acrylic gel media
create complex glassy films of color resembling water
Because acrylic painting media come in a variety of thicknesses (or viscoelastic properties if you're an
engineer), there are several ways to create unique patterned glassy film. I use a combination of acrylic
extrusion and liquid in liquid pouring techniques. Extruded films and tinted patterned paint and media that are
squeezed though a nozzle. The result is a soft structurally stable ribbon of three dimensional paint. Golden

5. Heavy Gel has enough structural integrity to actually span small gaps, and "air space" can be added to a
painting. When these ribbons dry, they retain their shape and integrity. Depending on the paint to media ratio
the ribbons can be transparent and glassy, sheer, or opaque with a more "plastic" look and feel.
Detail from Water Ribbons, in progress (not the final version). Extruded ribbons of acrylic have
different shapes depending on the nozzle used in extrusion. They dry to form three dimensional
structures. The finishes range from clear and glassy to sheer, to opaque and "plastic"
Poured layers can also be used to create a thick glassy film, either alone or in combination with extruded
structures. When used in combination, the extruded structures control the flow of the liquid. Highly fluid
media will tend to mix together through diffusion. By selecting media of different viscosities (thicknesses),
diffusion and mechanical (convective) mixing can be controlled. These properties are used to create soft foamy
patterns, complex sheer swirls and layered streams within the films. I have also developed some specialized
liquid into liquid pouring techniques that produce predictable complex patterns in thick acrylic liquid pours.

6. Detail from Dawn Eddies. Several different liquid acrylic techniques were used to create the complex
layered patterns in this abstracted seascape. The lower layer is primarily liquid paint swirled into liquid
media. The snaking striped patterns used a specialized technique I developed with Golden's clear tar
gel. The high elasticity of the gel liquid creates periodic flow instabilities with zig zag or sinuous
patterns.
There are also materials that are compatible with acrylic that help bring light into a painting. Glass lenses and
retroreflective spheres can actually cast light into the clear acrylic film. These glass elements create light
effects that move with the viewer and with changing light sources. Mica, metal foil, metal powder and
reflective media also manipulate light in a painting. In several of my seascapes I use reflective media like mica
and foil under a sheer layer of color to create subtle shimmering effects.

7. Detail from Rhapsody on the Sea. Sheer layers of acrylic over mica and reflective metal foil create
subtle glimmering movement in the painting. Retrreflective spherical glass beads provide the
appearance of bubbles and also create interesting light and lensing effects.
Flip pigments are multicoated pigment particles with nanolayers of different refractive index coating the
pigment. They provide the same type of directional dependent color change as the rainbows that you see in an
oil slick on water. Because the layered coatings on the particles are precisely engineered the color change is
also more distinct and precise. These pigments can be used to create flickering rippling movement effects, or
broad glowing movement.

8. Detail from Golden dawn. Flip pigments change colors depending on viewer angle and create motion.
These hi-tech pigments are combines with acrylic extrusion and holographic flakes.
Of course, to make all of these ideas and techniques actually work as a seascape requires an awareness of the
composition, color range, gradations of hue and intensity and other aspects of seascapes and shorelines. The
relative simplicity of seascape compositions opens up a range of possibilities for experimentation.

9. Front Rolling In, 24 w x 18 h inches. Acrylic with mixed media
Available through the G19 Gallery, Rockport, MA (978) 290-1411

10. Water Ribbons, 20 w x 16 h inches, acrylic with mixed media
Available through the G19 Gallery, Rockport, MA (978) 290-1411

11. Islands and Surf, 36 w x 24 h inches, Acrylic with mixed media
Available through the G19 Gallery, Rockport, MA (978) 290-1411

12. Abstract Sunset, 10 w x 8 h inches, Acrylic with mixed media
Available through the G19 Gallery, Rockport, MA (978) 290-1411

13. Golden Dawn, 10 w x 8 h inches, Acrylic with Mixed media
Available through the G19 Gallery, Rockport, MA (978) 290-1411

14. Breakers, 36 w x 24 h inches Acrylic with mixed media. SOLD. Prints available

15. http:www.DreamingLines.com
rv@nerdlypainter.com
Almost all of my seascapes are available as giclees, through Print on Demand
http://regina-valluzzi.pixels.com/collections/landscapes+and+seascapes+including+flowers+and+trees

16. Dawn Eddies, 12 w x 9 h inches, acrylic with mixed media
Available through the G19 Gallery, Rockport, MA (978) 290-1411

17. By the Beautiful Sea, 30 w x 24 h inches, acrylic with mixed media
Available through the G19 Gallery, Rockport, MA (978) 290-1411

18. Rhapsody on the Sea, 48 w x 36 h inches, Acrylic, ink, mica, foil and glass with mixed media
Available through the G19 Gallery, Rockport, MA (978) 290-1411

19. Solid, Liquid, Gas, 14w x 11 h inches, ink on paper
Available through the G19 Gallery, Rockport, MA (978) 290-1411

20. Bubble beach, 10 w x 8 h inches, ink on paper
Available direct from the artist : RV@NerdlyPainter.com

21. Low Tide, 36 w x 24 h inches, Acrylic with mixed media
Available through the G19 Gallery, Rockport, MA (978) 290-1411

22. http:www.DreamingLines.com
rv@nerdlypainter.com
Almost all of my seascapes are available as giclees, through Print on Demand
http://regina-valluzzi.pixels.com/collections/landscapes+and+seascapes+including+flowers+and+trees

23. Sandy Dune, 12 x 12 inches, Acrylic with mixed media
Available through the G19 Gallery, Rockport, MA (978) 290-1411

24. Bubbling Beach, 12 x 12 inches, Acrylic with sand mica and glass
Available through the G19 Gallery, Rockport, MA (978) 290-1411

25. http:www.DreamingLines.com
rv@nerdlypainter.com
Almost all of my seascapes are available as giclees, through Print on Demand
http://regina-valluzzi.pixels.com/collections/landscapes+and+seascapes+including+flowers+and+trees