Fluid movement on a heavily textured canvas. Layers of transparent acrylic glazes have been applied, revealing underpainted color and shapes. The painting is wired and ready to hang. It is signed on the front, dated and signed on the back. Clear acrylic gloss varnish has been applied to protect the beauty of this painting for years to come.
Please contact me for more information about this painting.
Visit my website to see more of my original abstract paintings.
It took me a while to think of a good title for this abstract painting. After a great deal of thought, the playful composition reminded me of dancing. The soft pastel colors are contrasted with the bright reds, purple and blues on the heavily textured canvas. The canvas is stretched over 1.5" deep heavy duty bars and is ready to hang as soon as it arrives. The painting continues around the sides so that framing is not needed.
Purchase this painting through my email newsletter and save the 45% gallery commission!
"Primavera Overture" measures 30"x30". This heavily textured canvas is stretched on heavy duty 1.5" bars. The painting is continued around the sides of the staple free canvas so that framing is not necessary. The painting is wired and ready to hang.
Click here to see detailed images of this painting.
Visit my website to see more of my original abstract paintings.
I am so excited because I was able to create a video and post it on YouTube!! I know all you young whippersnappers are wondering what the big deal is all about but for someone my age, I think this is pretty amazing.
I've been busy experimenting with some newer techniques that I've been dying to play with. Over the years I've managed to collect all kinds of ephemera that I thought I could use in my art at some point. Well, I rummaged through bins in my studio closet and came up with interesting "bits and pieces", thus the title for this painting. I discovered that cardboard packing can be made to look like corrogated metal. I love the textural look, and feel, of this painting. After composing the piece and adhering the various materials to the canvas, I added more texture with acrylic gels and molding paste. By applying thin glazes of color and spattering water and/or alcohol, I was able to create interesting effects, always allowing the underpainting to show through.
I hope you'll check out this little video...the first of many, I hope. It was a lot of fun to make and a neat way to showcase a painting.
I admit this is a very strange title for this painting. Actually, I painted over another painting titled "Midnight Express". But being a little lazy, I decided to just change a couple of letters and give the painting a new name. The coffee colors in the painting somehow justified that for me.
This is a very textural painting. I started by slathering on thick layers of acrylic modeling paste and pressing various items into the wet medium to create texture. By sculpting the medium, I was able to establish the composition or "bones" of the painting. Once the canvas was dry, I started to apply the color layer by layer. Spattering with water before the paint set up revealed underlayers of color. As I continued to paint it reached the point of completion.
How do we know when a painting is finished? For me it's always been that point when any more work would not add to the finished product. Stepping back from the canvas usually reveals the moment to quit.
Midnight Espresso is available for sale through my website.
