Color Book Road

 

Click Here For More Info: $100, 6x8 inches, Acrylic on canvas panel

Landscapes have always been uninspiring so I'm giving myself the freedom to explore color and incorporate imagination.  Some of the changes made to the original photo reference:  I continued the road up the hill, added the tiny house, incorporated orange and pumped the color.  Perhaps the color captures the excitement of freedom to travel soon after a year of isolation.  Or maybe I just like color.

I experimented with other variations before settling on the final above incorporating more blues and purples.  I started with the acrylic sketch on the right. 

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Grandma Has Marbles

 

Click Here For More Info: $125, 6x8 inches, Acrylic on Ampersand Gessobord

This painting made me think up a little story:  A grandchild races in the house for a visit with grandma as parents follow behind.  The grandchild views a table and with eyes wide comments to the parents, "See grandma hasn't lost her marbles, they are right here!"  I'm a grandma and I still have all my marbles at the moment.  My mother suffered from dementia late in life and so did her mother.  Perhaps I will loose my marbles some day but at the moment they are right here.  It's also a reminder to enjoy each and every day. 

Last of my flower paintings for now, maybe some peonies as they bloom but that's a ways off.  This was a new experience for me to paint four similar paintings using mostly the same still life subject matter and rearranging it.  I note this because I did not get bored.  Thats a milestone! 

Enjoy your day!

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Runaway Marble

 

Click Here For More Info:  $125, 6x8 inches, Acrylic on 1/8" Ampersand Gessobord

These pastel type colors are fun to work with, so much that I may continue to incorporate them.  I continually get distracted with new ideas so who knows what the future will hold.   Just to point out I've completed three flower paintings in a row without getting bored, now that's a track record for me.  Keeping the inspiration flowing by trying new things is the trick.

I'm beginning to feel the pull for mixed media however so there you go more distraction.  Is it a distraction or more of the learning process?  I'm a forever student.

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Opposite Attraction

 

 

Click Here For More Info:  $125, 5x7 inches, Acrylic on 1/8" Ampersand Gessobord

I'm really loving the pastels, usually my paintings are all about bright color, this is a nice change.  Most artists would understand the title but for those with little art background it has to do with the color wheel.  Pink and green (light green) are complimentary colors, they are opposite each other on the color wheel, they compliment each other.  If you have another meaning for the title let me know I'd love to hear.  One thing great about art work is it's a personal experience for the artist and the viewer.

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Three Cheers For Spring

 

Click Here For More Info - $175, 8x8 inches, Acrylic on 1/8" Ampersand Gessobord

I was in the mood to paint white daisies, these are actually white daisy type mums but they worked.  These little pastel vases were a Goodwill purchase some years back, they are favorites even with their tiny chips here and there.  I needed a third something and the little bluish bottle worked.  Now I have to find a third little vase in a pastel green.  The cheery bright colors are my response to spring and maybe the world getting back to a new normal.

My eight week drawing class for April was canceled, I'm a little disappointed but gives me more time to paint.  There is a virtual four week drawing class being offered as a substitute through Rumriver Art Center Anoka MN if anyone is interested.  It won't be set up as a basic drawing class but a time to get together and draw step by step with me while including some drawing principles.  

https://rumriverart.com/classes/virtual-art-classes/ 

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