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Here’s a series I return to from time to time to hone my skills at color balancing and intuitive painting. I like the painting process and I like the look of the resulting painting. (video posted below)
Captive Audience, diptych, 2-24x24”, $1000
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These lilypad paintings, like my “captive audience” series and other colorful abstract paintings, give me the freedom to play with [experiment with] color and line. The impact of the finished piece is eye-catching, in my opinion, making the whole endeavor somewhat addictive. Gotta paint more of these! (also watch the painting process video below and subscribe to my YouTube channel while you’re at it—-link is in the sidebar)
Lilypads #3, 20x20”, $350
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This large canvas would fit great above a mantle or sofa. I enjoyed experimenting with the color pallet on this one.
Longhorn, 38x57”, NA
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The sixth painting in my Mad Symphony series. This is the first attempt at a vertical format. Works well, I think. Posting the video of the painting process down below.
"Mad Symphony No. 6", 40x30", $1200
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I’ve painted a similar painting before (thus the “#2” in the title) but never really returned to the idea until now. I like getting lost in the temperature changes of each successive hill—grays, reds, yellows, blues, violets. Just realized I probably should have named it Fractured Fields instead . . . the alliteration!
Fractured Landscape #2, 24x36”, $725
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On the abstract landscape kick lately. Trying out new color combinations. Video of the painting process below.
Standing Red, 20x20”, $375
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When I started this one, the bright colors I used were simply going to be an under-painting for the more realistic landscape to come, but after I added the tree trunks on the left side, I knew it had to be a colorful abstract landscape. So I just went with it. It was like the trees had voices and wanted their own thing. The Voices of the Trees. Video below of the painting process!
The Voices of the Trees, 24x48”, $900
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I would almost describe this as a Candy Land landscape, the randomly distributed dobs of color recalling gumdrop shapes across the bright landscape. A land where the sky is painted-in with drippy white paint and all the cares of humanity are stripped away just long enough to capture it on canvas. (video of the painting process added below)
Ethereal Landscape, 36x48”, $1450
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An interesting, quirky painting that started from a simple reference photo of a crowd on the street. The final touch that made it work for me, ultimately, was the addition of the shadows on the walls and abstract figures hidden in the clouds. I bounced around several titles, finally landing on the current one which somehow works (might start a new series based on this one).
Echoes and Shadows, 24x36", $700
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I plan to do a few paintings in this Abstracted Pineapple series.
Pineapple Abstracted, no. 01, 36x24", $675
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This one turned out quite well, if I do say so myself. It's eye-catching in person and very large (three feet tall and nearly five feet wide).
Vibrant Lilypads, 36x57", $1600