Artist research - Gael Stack

Gael Stack is and American painter, she is also a full time professor at the University of Houston since 1974. Stack's work is very unusual compared to other artist that I have researched, at first sight when I seen her work, it reminded me of scribbles and drawings made in a maths books, during a boring lesson. However her work is far more ineradicable and interesting. In her work Stack uses fragments of images, words, drawings etc.and she layers them to create a final piece. 
Here are some images of her work bellow called;
(Forty-one songs #10, ink, graphite, coloured pencil on vellum, 2010)(Forty-one songs #31,ink, graphite,oil, coloured pencil on vellum, 2010). 
I have noticed Stack usually uses a variety of mixed media in her work.

I really like Stack's work, because it isn't flawless or neat and perfect. Instead she scribbles over the top of her work, draws other things over her drawings, and even messes up her image by leaving smudges and fingerprints etc. She isn't afraid to be expressive or different. It also seems like she is inspired by Chinese art, as in some of her work I have seen Chinese style drawings, like in the first image of her work in this analysis(Forty-one songs #10)
One piece of her work that I will analyse in more detail is called Forty-one songs #19, 2010)

When looking at this image with the squared paper , this is what I meant by saying it reminds me of a page from a maths book. In this work, she once again uses a range of mixed media like ,ink, graphite, colored pencil on vellum. The variety of different media makes her work more lively and vibrant.
What I really like about this image is, how it is quite plain and uncomplicated with fairly thin and simple (birow etc) lines, but because they are bold, the whole image doesn't actually need a of stuff going on to appear defined or intriguing. Stack uses a variety of shapes, some are quite sharp, whilst other are linear.

In the majority of her work Stack adds black tones(with graphite) to make a specific subject/image stand out more than others. However in this piece of work, there isn't something that is really strongly  overpowering other images, it seems quite balanced out. 
Possibly just this part of the drawing (image bellow) that is darker than the rest of the work, when I look at this piece of work It does grab my attention more than the rest. Although not for long as I get distracted by other parts of the composition.
Colour wise the artist uses a lot of blue, red and orange shade/colours as well as some black for tone. I like that these colours are never too bright or intense, so they don't create a dramatic contrast or give the image a synthetic look.

I think Stack created these pieces of work to show a different way of being expressive. Also to show that art work doesn't have to have an expectation of being ideal, perfect and neat. It can be very beautiful in a completely different way, people just need to realize and know how to look at it, to understand the feelings of the artist.

I could interpret this work to my theme (environment) by just doing sketches of different things I see/observe outdoors, possibly indoors with natural organic materials too. 
I have already done some work in the style of Stack in my sketch book. Here is an example of one of my drawings that I have done.