Judy Pfaff is an American artist born in 1946 who is known for her mixed media installations and sculptures. She draws inspiration from her studies of the 1960s and reactions of oil and water. Pfaff uses a variety of found and natural materials like paper, string, and flowers in her artwork to create a sense of movement and allow viewers to find their own meanings. Common colors used in her work include shades of grey, orange, and blue.

1. New Morning , 2008 Mixed media 91 x 91 inches (231.1 x 231.1) New York 2010 Ameringer & Yohe Fine Art, New York Judy Pfaff By: Tarryn Winik

3. Materials Pfaff uses fiberglass, steel and also plaster. Along with those materials she also uses many types of mixed media. In many of her paintings and sculptures she uses natural materials that she finds such as tree roots and leaves. ” Planetary Time.” 1990 Mixed media 4′ 8″ x 13′ x 5′ 2″ New York.

6. Rosie's Bed , 2009, cut, burnt, and perforated bond Crown Kozo paper, sheet music, silk and paper flowers, wire, fishing line, coffee filters, ink, kite parts, 91 x 91 x 6 inches The use of lines in the installation creates dimension and keeps the viewers eyes moving around the art work. The texture of the installation feels the same as the materials it was made of, the artwork feels like a mixture of both smooth surfaces and also rough and soft. The artwork has movement, the red fishing line starts at the very top of the work and travels all the way to the bottom, this creates movement from the bottom of the work to the right top corner. The movement takes the eyes through the whole installation and creates a greater understanding

7. Materello, 1992. mixed media, 95 x 125 x 75 in . New York. Carl Solway Gallery. In this sculpture, Pfaff tries to create a scenario where the sculpture defies gravity with help from strings but that’s besides the point. The colors used in this sculpture creates an openness in the sculpture which then makes the odd shape of the sculpture even more odd.

8. Koyna , 2008, Layered/cut paper, Joss paper, found images, ink, wire, artificial flowers, wire, Crown Kozo paper, umbrella parts, framed: 94 1/2 x 94 1/2 I really do like this piece of art. It is visually pleasing and creates movement throughout the whole work. The colors used in the picture create a feeling that anything can happen. This painting has many forms of lines which create the outer border of the painting.