I painted this abstract landscape series in watercolors this week. I had fun exploring options within self-imposed limited constraints. All these paintings have in common:
Abstract Landscapes
Today’s Painting
Above and below is the painting I did today. I was starved for paint, doing nothing creative except but my box-a-day all through the holiday.
My New Painting
I completed a project that had been following me around for weeks and finally I deserved the time to paint! Boy, did that feel good. Painting renders me feeling more whole and resolves any loose ends or rough edges. I thirst for it like water in a desert; I really enjoyed this gulp of refreshment! … Read more
My Two New Paintings Submitted to Guild Show
Today I dropped off these two new paintings of mine for sale in the Ridgefield Guild of Artists’ “Holiday Home” show. For each painting of a 6×6 stenciled cup donated to the Guild as a fundraiser, an artist is able to submit one painting to be shown in the gallery for sale. See my abstracted … Read more
Today’s Painting
I painted this today. The horizontal orientation is how I painted it, but after the fact, I thought it could go vertical as well (see below). It is bigger than usual for me, painted in acrylic on a stretched canvas 24” x 36”. It is also a little more angular than my usual more fluid … Read more
Two New Paintings
I’ve been thinking in paint this weekend. Here are my newest two… The one below is named Dolphin Dreams. Enjoy!
Day 3: Creative Arts Camp 2009
“Every good composition is above all a work of abstraction.” Diego Rivera 1886-1957 “If you could say it in words, there’d be no reason to paint.” Edward Hopper “The most significant thing an artist can do is change our way of seeing.” Milton Glaser, Time Magazine 5/16/90 “I paint objects as I think them, not … Read more
Going Back to Maine Today for Creative Arts Camp
I go back to Maine today for my fourth time at Creative Arts Camp. I will be without internet until late next Sunday or early Monday, so if you receive my blog posts by email, you’ll receive them bunched up again then, and after that I’ll revert to my daily routine! The first time at … Read more
My Other New Oil Painting
This oil painting I finished just before we left Maine to drive home. It is 18” x 24” and was inspired by our bike ride the day before on the carriage roads of Acadia National Park. I feel like I captured well what it is like to be there and ride those trails. We drove … Read more
My New Oil Painting
One of the pleasures of our time here in Maine is my daughter and I oil paint on the dock. (We usually try to do this early in the week to allow for drying time, but we still return with wet ones in the car’s rear window.) This is the painting I did today and … Read more
Two New Paintings
Last night I was what my mom would have called “beside myself.” I was exhausted and would have gone to bed, but the sheets were in the laundry. I wanted to read, having searched for a moment to do so for weeks, but was too tired and restless. My husband and son were off at … Read more