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  Ms Candace R Byington   
  Perrysburg, Ohio USA  
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My work is always an experiment.  As of the last 15 years I have been combining various media (watercolor, gouache, colored pencil, oil bar, pastels and of all things sharpie pen magic markers -paint pens and metallic pens!) to create colorful detailed drawings/paintings.   For the most part, I work with watercolor and colored pencil since they dry quickly and create sensuous textures and brilliant colors.
The themes in my pieces revolve around the Mexican Day of The Dead.  I was very inspired and intrigued by the folk art that I saw when I studied in Mexico a few years ago.  I really find the laughing lively skeletons more fun than humans!  These characters are constantly in my pieces even if I sneak them in the shadows!

As of late my work has been  figurative. For a short while I was doing work from memory of women and men dancing in a variety of "gothic" attire.  I found all of the emotions and color and texture and motion of crowds very fascinating and strive to capture the chaos of a moment onto paper. During the last 3 years I have focused on nature, in particular, flowers. The shape of irises, folds of rose petals, and colors of the lily pond have been a source of inspiration. My work is available for sale on yessy.com (www.yessy.com/CandaceByington) cafepress.com(www.cafepress.com/vivacandita) and imagekind.com (www.imagekind.com/vivacandita) I can be contacted on www.myspace.com/viva_candita