Patricia Ackor, Artist
oil, watercolor, colored pencil/pastel, fiber
Galleries
 Window on the West
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Stitcheries - These are my images of scenes from The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien (many years pre-Peter Jackson's vision), done with wool, silk and other fibers on cotton duck canvas.
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 Serenity
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Wildlife portraits -
I'm fascinated by eyes and the "character" I believe they can show.
Rather than attempt to emulate the many wonderful artists doing
wildlife paintings in situ, I decided on a more 'up close and personal'
viewpoint. All these portraits are done with colored pencil and pastel
on charcoal paper.
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 The Wreck
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Watercolors from photographs
- Between 1880 and 1900 Clifton Johnson took black and white
photographs all over the world but especially in the Hudson River
Valley of New York. To me, his photographs looked like watercolors and
I have adapted a series of them using that medium on paper.
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 Joyous Waters |
Landscapes in oil - When the
subject is mountains, desert sunsets or sunrises, or any other vista I
feel requires the "solidity" of oil paint, that is usually the medium I
choose.
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 When Cactus Bloom V
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Florals - The Spring of
2008 provided a spectacular display of cactus in flower throughout the
Tucson area. I've painted six, so far, in watercolor on paper, to add
to other floral portraits in my gallery.
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 Sunset with Crane
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Landscapes in watercolor
- For some of my landscape subjects, especially where I'm trying
to capture a misty quality, or sunlight through leaves, or other
insubstantial attributes, I choose watercolor over oil. All the images
in this gallery are watercolor on paper.
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|  Waterlilies I | Creative Weavings -
At Syracuse, as an Interior Design major, I took two years of weaving
and became hooked; no pun intended. After graduation, I created
one-of-a-kind wallhangings, tapestries, window treatments, etc., for my
design clients and then, later, for designers and the public from my
weaving studio in Washington, D.C. Here in Tucson, I hope to continue
weaving, on a commission basis. | | | Guardian of the Canyon | Lithographs and Giclées
- In 1998 I self-published 20 of my images as high-quality four-color
off-set lithographs; they are depicted here, as well as in previous
galleries. In addition, a few of my newer works have been reproduced as
giclées. |
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