Light and color are elusive qualities, offering ever-changing patterns that vary with the movement of branches and shadows through the landscape, with the seasons, the time of day, and the weather. My work is about these patterns. I create collages by first hand painting tissue paper. I then builds layers of color and texture with oil paint and oil pastel along with the collaged paper, making shapes and designs that provide layers of color, light, and pattern. I sometimes accent these patterns with other media, such as colored pencil, watercolors, and neocolor sticks to add texture and line, visual moments for the eye to focus on.
Roberta Sprague was born and raised in a quiet suburb of New York City and moved to Maine shortly after receiving her BFA from Syracuse University School of Art in 1970. She became interested in special needs children while sharing art with them, and, as a result, worked with children with communication disorders for many years. At the same time, Roberta continued to make and sell her own art. She currently has work available at Chapter Two in Corea, Maine, Spruce & Gussey in Bar Harbor, Eclectia in Southwest Harbor, and The Landing Gallery, Rockland. SHe has work on display as part of the Davistown Museum’s Maine Artist Guild. She and her husband live on Mount Desert Island
Contact: 3roberta@gmail.com or message via Roberta Sprague, Artist Facebook page
