Two New Pages in my Artist Journal (with Time-lapses)
Are you taking a little time trying things out in an artist journal? I highly recommend it!
Abstract Art
Artificial Intelligence (New Conceptual Painting in Pastel)
The conceptualist topic for this piece was inspired by the book Klara and the Sun.
Photos of Student Work (Adventures in Abstraction Maine 2022)
Everyone did a great job and there were plenty of great ideas to discuss and appreciate. Don’t you love it all?
Notes and more Quotes on Abstraction
I’ve been prepping for an Adventures in Abstraction workshop I’m giving in Maine and will be including these among tons of other ideas…
The Child Within (New Conceptualist Painting)
It was fun painting this with its whimsy, gregarious splashiness, organic shapes with pops of color, like joyously blowing bubbles while singing and skipping.
Spirit Moved upon the Face of the Waters (New Conceptual Painting)
This painting depicts the primordial soup, or what the second verse at the beginning of the Bible poetically calls Spirit moving on the face of the waters.
A Summer Picnic (A New Large Abstract Collage)
A conceptualist work, it was fun to paint this sunny, lemonade filled picnic.
Safety Net (New Abstract Conceptualist Painting in Pastel)
Do you feel netted safely in what holds everything together?
Abstract Qualities of Gee’s Bend Quilts
What fascinates me in these quilts is their patently abstract qualities.
Roughhewn (New Abstract Painting in Pastel)
Rough-hewn– both the word and the painting denote what is strong but not polished, rugged but capable, like a pioneer cutting wood, surrounded by messy shavings.
Staycation (New Large Abstraction in Pastel)
Going nowhere and meandering a bit, while pleasantly doing all sorts of little things locally, is the essence of a staycation.
New Pages in my Artist Journal
Trying New Things (acrylic) by Polly Castor Here I am trying some new things in my artist journal. What do you think? Have you started one yet? Idle Thoughts (gouache) by Polly Castor Doubt (mixed media) by Polly Castor Loitering Again (acrylic) by Polly Castor
Boisterous (New Large Abstract Painting in Pastel)
What a fun one to do! Loud, chaotic, cherry, joyous, bright, active, stimulating, energetic… this is the essence of boisterous.