Watercolor Sculptures

 

Keeping Secrets, ©Elizabeth Sanford
Water media, paper, and wood
15 by 12 by 2 in.
Art WORKS: Metro Office Building Collection

 

I’m a watercolor painter who discovered the world of book arts; now I paint visual fairy tales that unfold in the space between two and three dimensions. Water and time are my chief collaborators, and a craft knife is my favorite editing tool. I specialize in structures that transform in size or shape to reveal previously hidden figures or text. My stories are set along the shifting boundaries between the suburbs and the forest; you never know what you might find if you leave the manicured lawns behind and step in under the trees. 

Among the Trees, ©Elizabeth Sanford
Water media, paper, and wood
15 by 7 by 2 in.
Tales of the Understory, Part 1, ©Elizabeth Sanford
Water media, paper, and wood
15 by 7 by 2 in.
Tales of the Understory, Part 2, ©Elizabeth Sanford
Water media, paper, and wood
15 by 7 by 2 in.
Tales of the Understory, Part 3, ©Elizabeth Sanford
Water media, paper, and wood
15 by 12 by 2 in.
Understory III, ©Elizabeth Sanford
Water media, paper, and wood
15 by 12 by 2 in.
Family Secrets, ©Elizabeth Sanford 
water media, paper, wood and walnut slice 
7 by 5-29 by 1-5 in (variable dimensions)
Family Secrets, view #2, ©Elizabeth Sanford 
water media, paper, wood and walnut slice 
7 by 5-29 by 1-5 in (variable dimensions)
Family Secrets, view #3, ©Elizabeth Sanford 
water media, paper, wood and walnut slice 
7 by 5-29 by 1-5 in (variable dimensions)

Family Secrets, view #4, ©Elizabeth Sanford 
water media, paper, wood and walnut slice 
7 by 5-29 by 1-5 in (variable dimensions)
Secrets Sides of Soil, ©Elizabeth Sanford
Water media and paper
4.5 by 4.5 by 4.5 in (variable dimensions)
Secrets Sides of Soil, view #2, ©Elizabeth Sanford
Water media and paper
4.5 by 4.5 by 4.5 in (variable dimensions)
Secrets Sides of Soil, view #3, ©Elizabeth Sanford
Water media and paper
2.25 by 9 by 4.5 in. (variable dimensions)
Secrets Sides of Soil, view #4, ©Elizabeth Sanford
Water media and paper
4.5 by 9 by 2.25 in.
Reshaping the Shadows – Looking for Signs, ©Elizabeth-Sanford
Water media on paper
22 by 18 by 8 in
Reshaping the Shadows – Looking for Signs, ©Elizabeth-Sanford
Water media on paper
Detail
Reshaping the Shadows – Understory, ©Elizabeth-Sanford
Water media, paper, and wood
15 by 12 by 2 in
Reshaping the Shadows – Understory, ©Elizabeth-Sanford
Water media, paper, and wood
Detail
Reshaping the Shadows – Unseen Omens II, ©Elizabeth-Sanford
Water media, paper, and wood
15 by 12 by 2 in
Art WORKS: Metro Office Building Collection
Backyard Food Chain, ©Elizabeth-Sanford
Water media and paper
7 by 9 by 4 in., (variable dimensions)
Backyard Food Chain, ©Elizabeth-Sanford
Water media and paper
Detail
Hidden by the Trees, ©Elizabeth-Sanford
Water media and paper
7 by 9 by 8 in., (variable dimensions)
Reshaping the Shadows – Unseen Omens, ©Elizabeth-Sanford
Water media, paper, and wood
12 by 15 by 2 in
Reshaping the Shadows – Unseen Omens, ©Elizabeth-Sanford
Water media, paper, and wood
Detail
Six Sides of Science, view #1, ©Elizabeth Sanford
Water media and paper
4.5 by 9 by 2.25 in. (variable dimensions)
Six Sides of Science, view #2, ©Elizabeth Sanford
Water media and paper
2.25 by 9 by 4.5 in. (variable dimensions)
Six Sides of Science, view #3, ©Elizabeth Sanford
Water media and paper
4.5 by 9 by 2.25 in. (variable dimensions)

When Day Dyes, ©Elizabeth Sanford
Water media and paper
6 by 8 by 12 in. (variable dimensions)

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