A few paintings to close the year out! Horses out West, A Peacock and Birch Trees

Happy New Year!!  Well I managed to get back to some experimental paintings using the intuitive painting process this December.  Our house is off the market and I'm enjoying every minute in my art studio, but looking forward to downsizing in general.  We will relist in February or March.  Until then, I will paint paint paint!!

Here are a few that I completed this month: (All for sale in my etsy.com store!)

This one was inspired by an 8-day road trip with my 21-year old daughter from Atlanta to Los Angeles.  She lives in LA and had totaled her car (no one was hurt).  Her dad gave her a car, but it was here in Atlanta so we decided to drive it there instead of ship it.  I really wanted the time to bond with her and access her mental state. :)
It was a great time and this came out of that experience:

 

"Mare and Foal Head Out West".  30"x40"

And then although I loved the background sky, it just didn't have enough contrast with the horses.  So I painted over the sky and here is the end result: 

 

This next one was a painting that I did and posted here some time ago, but just felt like painting over!  So I created this colorful peacock: 

 40"x40"

 And this next one is another one that I experimented with fluid acrylics to get the effect at the bottom.  I love this mix of colors and techniques.  Plus I love Birch Trees!

 

30"x40" "Fairy Birch Forest"

Well, that is all for 2014!  The year started off really shitty and then got worse before it got better.  I can now say that things are GREAT!!  Happy New Year to all!