December 28, 2023

What if - Part 2

This piece turned out to be a lot of messy fun!   Acrylics on stretched 20x20 canvas

 WHAT IF...

December 26, 2023

What if...

 What if I mixed gel medium with acrylic paint(s) and applied it to the canvas with the back of a plastic spoon...flowers perhaps?  This will require more experimentation.




December 21, 2023

I should be inside painting...

Even though it’s cold and cloudy today, I prefer walking around Wildflower Lake to doing laps on an indoor track!  In my defense, while walking around the lake, I was thinking about what more I could do on the painting sitting on my easel




                    

December 19, 2023

Where Has the Time Gone?!

 I just realized that it's been months since I posted.  It's been a hectic time for me.  I moved from sunny Florida to cold, cold Illinois.  I'm finally settled in and beginning to create art once again.

I decided to paint over a painting that I had done years ago.  I often do this because I like the texture it creates below a new artwork's surface.


light coat of gesso over the painting and some acrylic paint over that


I love creating drips with  paint



What comes next you may ask - the same question I asked myself.  To be continued...

August 10, 2023

"Les trois derrière”

My daughter and I had a fantastic time on vacation in Quebec City and Montreal.  We laughed a lot, ate a lot, climbed a zillion staircases, and slept a lot. We both enjoyed keeping track of our daily activities in the travel journals I made for us.

Inspiration is everywhere.  I took many photographs, of course.  The weather was perfect for outside dining.  We took full advantage of that in both cities' many cafes and restaurants.  

The inspiration for my 9x12 mixed media painting on wood panel

My interpretation:
Just having fun with it!!

the background in acrylic paints

Oil paints to complete the composition


Voila!


June 18, 2023

Solitude...

Lightning, thunder, rain, and gloomy skies today.  Perfect time to work in the studio and finish a painting I started yesterday.

Finished work - oils on 20x20 gallery-wrapped canvas

Quick pencil sketch over an acrylic-painted background

Oil painting using a limited palette

Rather than using a rag, wipe the excess oil paint onto the background

Lightened up the background by brushing over the wet paint with Gamsol and little white oil paint