Mary Ann Coonrod
Abstract Colored Pencil Drawing
Kansas City, Missouri

My original color pencil drawings are not planned or conceived ahead of time. Dreamlike organic abstractions are my reflections of the contemporary world I live in. The drawings are whimsical with a bit of surrealist overtones. Many times a drawing starts out with something that caught my attention: a reflection in a building, the color of a flower, a feeling about something. From there it grows into its own being. My digital color pencil studies are created from the original drawings that I scan into the computer. These studies give me a chance to make more artistic decisions on composition and color choices. My original watercolors are more abstract dealing mainly with mood.