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!

Back to Work! Six new abstract paintings

So we took our house off the market.  We had several offers, but none of them worked out.  We put so much into this house and we aren't ready to let it go for way below appraisal.  So that is that!  Since I packed up my art studio when we were under contract, I have since unpacked it!

I was commissioned to do six paintings for an office nearby.  They gave me ideas of what they liked and then I created these paintings.  Installation is this weekend!!  I was given a stipend and then the agreement is that I can sell them on my website and Etsy.  If I do, I just replace the sold piece with another.  They were a lot of fun and a learning experience for me!  (ok, I know the names are corny!)

24"x40" "Gentle Reminders" $399.99

24"x40"  "Serene Tidings" $359.99

24"x36" "Reflections of Peace" $329.99

24"x40" "Floral Happiness" $399.99

Or it can be hung this way: (not sure which way I like better)

24"x36" "Golden Alchemy" $349.99

24"x36""Clearing Memories"

Getting Ready for 90-day Challenge and A Squirrel Painting

Ok, this one has been on my mind to do for awhile and it just sort of worked out for me while I was using the intuitive painting process as taught by Flora Bowley.  Check her work out!!  Amazing!

Anyway, here is my "Squirrel on a Diet"! 36"x36" on stretched canvas.  $250 for sale:

Speaking of diets, I'm getting ready to do this 90-challenge at the new gym I joined in August.  Since my car accident in December, I've packed on 15 lbs!! UGH.  So this will get me back on track for sure.  Wish me luck, because it looks like I'm going to be gagging on some crazy weird shake twice a day!

New Intuitive Painting - Garden with Steps

So here is a new painting that I did using the "Intuitive Painting" technique, which several people are teaching right now.  It's basically to just have fun on the canvas and don't get stressed about trying to make something happen.  Just let it flow, layer after layer.   You never know what is going to emerge, but at some point you just want to go with one image or another.  I seem to use a lot of trees... 

 

"Stepping up to the Journey" 

This painting is 36"x36".  It originally started as 38"x38", but I painted it on primed canvas sheeting and then I stapled it to stretcher bars.  

New Dog Painting - Sunny the Golden Retriever

Ok, so we got a contract on our house and we were given 3 weeks to find a house, pack and get out!  Well after I packed my art supplies and the bar area, they canceled because of a family emergency!! So back on the market!  And the house that we put a contract on had to be canceled.  So well, back on the market! 

I managed to get this 11x14 painting done of my friend's dog, Sunny.  He's a sweet golden retreiver:

Sunny DiLeonardo, by Carol Iyer

I have several more intuitive paintings to post that I worked on a couple of months ago.  I used canvas that was on a roll (won't be doing that again!) and so I had to stretch them over bars myself.  Not something I enjoy!  I'll post them next time.  Toodle loo!

Intuitive Painting - "Listen to your Wisdom" An Owl!

Ok, so this really is good therapy and a lot of fun.  And I've been incorporating my doodling that I love so much.  So glad that I took Flora Bowley's e-course.  And I even sold one-- to my physical therapist who has been working on my wonky wrist!!

In between cleaning and showing houses, I finished this one:

"Listen to Your Wisdom"  36"x36"

Please let me know if you are interested.  I'm selling these for $250 each.  Thanks for looking!!

New Paintings Completed - Intuitive Art - Dragonfly and Puggles!

Ok, just to update the WORLD, because I know EVERYONE is wondering (ha), my right hand is moving!!  The bone has healed and I'm in physical therapy three times a week until I can bend it close to normal.  I can write and type, but it's still pretty stiff.  So with my right hand in tact, I completed these paintings in-between house showings.  (House still for sale! UGH):

Puggle Party 36"x36"

Dragonfly Colors 36"x36"

"Sprockets" 36"x36"

Eyes on Spring 36"x36"

All going up for sale in my Etsy store or my website - carolscanvas.com!!