Abstract Mixed Media Painting on canvas
Abstract Seated Woman
Mixed Media on Canvas
40"x30"
Abstract Ink Figure
The model for this ink drawing was fabulous. She elicits so many different feelings and so I'm able to draw her using totally different dominant colors. For this abstract, I just tried to achieve a feeling of movement and confidence. The colors in her hair made me go for blue!
Female abstract nude in black and white acrylic paint, ink and charcoal on 300 lb. paper, 30"x22"
Black and White Abstract Female Figure
Abstract Female Nude in charcoal and ink
I love working on paper to shake things up! It gives me the feeling of something being temporary and that gives me the freedom to just GO for it...(If it doesn't work, hey, I can use it for stuffing or something:) For this painting, when the model struck her pose, I had a really good feeling about what was to transpire. She was creative, sexy…and relaxed. And that determined the kind of painting I wanted to do…creative, sexy and relaxed! I decided to paint in black and white acrylics and inks, and once that decision was made, I felt I could let my mind go where it would take me and not worry about the end product...I didn't feel obligated to paint what was in front of me, but rather, to paint where it led. And that, my dear Watson, is when the painting began to get really interesting!
Abstract, colorful, figurative painting, "In the Midst"
Abstract Figurative Painting
Abstract Female Figurative Painting
Asking me to pick my favorite abstract figurative painting or drawing is kind of like asking one to pick a favorite child…It kind of depends on one's mood that day! (Uh oh, that doesn't sound very nice...Maybe I should say it's like picking a favorite food:) It really is impossible for me to pick my favorite piece of art because each one speaks to a different part of myself. We're all as complicated as the combination of atoms in the universe that make us up, so how in the heck can ONE painting express all of that? OK...So,.. with that thought in mind, I want to mention that I was asked to do a Facebook Artist Challenge this week, posting three paintings for five straight days. Choosing what to post is no easy matter. Here is one that I put up the first day…It's called, "In the Midst"...
The reason I chose to put this painting in was because I love how it turned out! This painting was done by layering very liquid, transparent acrylics and inks on 300lb. watercolor paper, letting the layers dry, and then going in with more paint…and the wilder the better. I wanted to keep one basic dominant color and that particular day, YELLOW was the chosen child:) So, I stayed basically with warm yellows and oranges. Amazingly, I saw a figure emerge, and voila! the painting was pretty much done. I glued on some dried paints that were left on my palette and "In the Midst" was born!
Abstract Chicken Painting
Abstract Chicken Painting
Using splashes of inks, liquid acrylics and metallic paint, this free-style painting is done on board. It has transparent inks and paint, as well as thicker areas of full-bodied acrylic paint.
This was one of those paintings that just emerged with each splash of paint! I had decided that I wanted to do a painting of a chicken on top of another painting that just wasn't working. I loved the transparencies that were already happening with the liquid acrylics and inks, and I wanted to keep as much of that spontaneity as possible. But, I also knew that I had to go in a new direction and commit to a background and foreground. Committing is always the hardest part for me, because a painting can go so many ways! After turning it every which way, Godzilla chicken was up and running.