Merry Christmas, Glad it's over!

I'm so glad it's over! I had a great time and I think the family is happy too, but it feels good to be heading in the direction of warmer weather. In a few months I will be back in a better painting schedule. The warmer weather always makes it easier to paint. Over the holiday I worked on a new horse painting. It is much smaller than the previous two. I also worked on another abstract poured painting. I will post pics of these later.

This is a painting from last year, when it was consistently 20 degrees outside, might not be cold for some but for this southern girl, it was not fun! I loved researching this project. It was a quick one, since it was cold I would get a few done and run inside to warm up. The paint was really thick and if I left anything out it would be frozen.

This is a closeup, you can tell how it was quick strokes, a gesture of a mandolin. It was also painted on extremely layered paint, I think I used house paint for the background, and of course polyurethane.

Even with the economy poor I believe this year will be a year of awakening and creativity for many of us. I can feel myself opening to something better.

New York Poured Painting

I painted this after my January 08 show in New York. When I was there I felt sucked into a large organism; this painting has the feeling of rushing water, (or people). I used strong bright colors because I was overwhelmed with the intensity of the city.

I am feeling a creative surge coming on; the past few months have been dry in terms of new ideas. It's because I haven't been sketching, this is crucial to keeping my juices flowing.

This is a close up of the bottom half.

This is the second close-up, it's hard to capture the depth of this blue through film. There are layers that can only be seen in person.

"New York"

24/30"

Mixed Media on Canvas

700.00USD

Spirit

This is made from tinted and glossy polyurethane, spray paint, and oil paint. The spots of silver and gold were not intentional. When I poured this it looked nothing like the final image. The silver spraypaint gathered into pools. A closer view reveals layers of color and interesting accidental shapes.


I love to use this technique it feels like I am standing back and watching it grow. These paintings have an inner glow.

And a literal glow,...this is the same painting but lit from behind.

This process is strange for me because it is full of surprises. I can pour something and love the gesture of it and by morning it can be a dissappointment. My luck is about 3 out of 5 will show some promise of being interesting.



This is a section of the painting. The colors are raw. When you look into the darkness you see layers of color. It feels like looking at a nebula, or into the depths of the ocean.

Another layer

I've been working on the slow final steps of the choctaw painting. Today I have been looking for every possible hair on this little guy. I will work my way around the painting, one small section at a time and the final stage will be the "living with me" stage. I will spend a few days looking for areas that need to be strengthened.