Collage #12 - Original Abstract Painting by Texas Contemporary Artist Filomena de Andrade Booth

Collage #012

12"x12" Matted

6"x6" Art Size

Mixed media

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This is one of a large collection of abstracted collages that I have created.  This one is matted in a wide mat with 3" borders and mounted to a foamboard backing.  The collage has been sealed with an acrylic varnish.  It is ready to be framed.

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The mat shown above is an approximate digital recreation of the actual mat.

Original abstract painting
by
Texas Contemporary Abstract Artist
Filomena de Andrade Booth

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Daybreak - Original Abstract Expressionism Landscape Palette Knife Painting by Filomena Booth

Daybreak

36"x30"x1.5"

Acrylic on canvas

This is my latest adventure into painting with a palette knife.  I'm enjoying the process although painting with acrylics can be tricky because of the short drying time.  Even with the heavy texture, blending is difficult but I'm happy with the result.

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Filomena de Andrade Booth

Texas Contemporary Abstract Artist

Birches in Winter by Filomena de Andrade Booth

Birches in Winter

24"x30"x.75"

Acrylic on Canvas

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Filomena de Andrade Booth - Texas Contemporary Abstract Artist

Promises Kept

I finished this painting today although I had the panel sitting around the studio for quite a while. I love adding lots of texture to my paintings and this one was a great excuse to add some of the materials that I've managed to collect over the years. As I worked, the surface of the panel began to develop into interesting passages that I pulled together with stampings and scape outs. Because the support is a panel, this painting will need to be framed.

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Equinox

This is my latest painting...a little different from my "normal" work. But, as they say, "variety is the spice of life"!

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Bits and Pieces

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.

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Broadway Lights

Broadway Lights

Oil & Acrylic on Canvas

2009

$350.00

My oil paints have been sitting in a bin for quite a while and in danger of turning into petrified blobs. I think the last time I actually used them was at a workshop I took with my art pals, Judy Mackey and Nancy Medina.

When I was in college (back in prehistoric days), I painted exclusively in oils. Acrylics were horrible and difficult to use. But, over the years, acrylic paints were perfected and I found that I preferred them over oils. However, that old bin of semi-dried out tubes were beckoning to me.

I started this painting in my usual manner. After slathering on molding paste to create texture, I underpainted in acrylic but wasn't able to get the blending effect I was striving for. I dug around in the bin and found several tubes that were still in good condition. I had forgotten how much easier it is to work in oils as compared to acrylics. Don't get me wrong, I don't intend to switch completely to oils but at least now I know that I can use them together when I need to. Just some words of caution, in case you're planning to do the same. Oil and water do not mix! Always paint fat over lean - oils over acrylics.

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Midnight Espresso

Midnight Espresso

24"x30"

Acrylic on Canvas

$350.00

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.

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