A fun abstract!

I was doing my normal intuitive painting technique thing and I found myself loving this chaos.  So I'm leaving it just the way it is!  I was going to paint over it and bring out some kind of figure, but I don't think it needs one.  It has a lot of interesting parts to it-- much better to look at in person.  I used gold paint, brown, green, yellow and black.  Just a touch of turquoise is mixed in.  Let me know what you think!

A couple of new abstract-like landscapes

This first one is large 40x60, I think.  My daughter loves it, so it's in her room. 

This other one is a sunset on stretched canvas:  30"x40" Acrylic. Not sure what to call it. Sunset? HA

Now I'm working on a Klimt painting with my one of my daughter's faces in it.  And also painting over an old chaotic painting.  Not sure it's going to be any less chaotic though!!  Have a great weekend. :)

A few LARGE doodle paintings! Elephant and some decorative doodles

I took a silhouette of an elephant and then painted the doodles in the shape on a large 30"x40" canvas.  I shaded it and love the way it turned out!!  It's available at my Etsy store, as well as prints.

 

"Doodlephant"  30"x40"  And the painting is actually a true white background.  

Here is another one with a Navy background and white paint: 

This is 40"x40" "Worlds Apart"

I named it this because my husband is from India and I'm from the US.  Only when his mom visits do I feel that our cultures are so different! 

And then one more (to get it out of my system for a while!), grey background with blue, white and black.  I did a lot of shading to give it some depth:

This is 40"x40"  "Sublime Mandalas"

Got a few landscapes to post next !! Thanks for checking out my artwork.  Now I have to post all of this on my website.  Not my favorite thing to do because the program is so CLUNKY! UGH

Toodle loo

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.