My New Painting Archive Room
I am so grateful for this space to store work I’ve already made, keeping it out of the way from my current creative process, and making my office and studio so much nicer to be in!
Paintings
Katahdin Bark with Lichen and Moss (Large New Plein Air Pastel)
I was fascinated with the abstract quality of all this this texture on the tree bark, and I painted it larger than life to draw attention to what is too often overlooked or ignored.
Two New Abstract Paintings in Gouache
Both of these are worshipful paintings, contemplative and centered in the ephemeral that is right here before us.
Blue is the Color of Longing (Quote by Rebecca Solnit)
The world is blue at its edges and in its depths…
Visit to the New Britain Museum of Art for the Helen Frankenthaler Show
Photos from our visit with thoughts on Frankenthaler.
Four Small Works from January
If you are too busy to paint, keep painting, just go smaller. Here are some recent examples of that from this month.
Four Other Paintings from 2020
Here are four paintings I did in 2020, that had not yet made it onto the blog:
At the Portal of the Afterlife (New Abstract Conceptual Painting)
Sometimes our friends pass on too soon. I painted this to help me realize the bright abstract future they face.
Nexus (New Large Mixed Media Painting)
The new highly textural painting of mine is quite large (28″x40″) and is done in mixed media: pastel, acrylic, and ink.
Aggregate (New Large Abstract Conceptualist Painting in Pastel)
An abstract conceptualist work, “aggregate” means a gathering, a collection, a whole formed of disparate elements, a loosely compacted mass of fragments, unity among separate units, to form or group into a cluster, a sum total, an overall composite…
Conundrum (New Abstract Conceptualist Painting in Pastel)
We’ve all experienced this. We are buzzing along just fine, and then just before a fork in the road, we get all confused and flummoxed about which way to go, and nothing seems clear, and we’ve got to decide, but there so much conflicting stuff going on, and… That’s what I painted in this new abstract conceptualist piece called Conundrum.
My Art Year in Review 2018
In this post, you can see some of my favorite work done this year, hear of the progress made and opportunities enjoyed, as well as my art goals for the coming year.
Announcing My Huge October One Woman Show in Southington
Announcing my huge one woman show displaying 83 paintings for the month of October in Southington, Connecticut!
My Childhood in Nature (New Large Abstract Pastel Landscape)
Although not brought up to be religious or to have a doctrinal view of God, I regularly got this awesome sense of immensity, and light filled perspective from nature.
Starlit Lagoon (New Large Abstract Pastel by Polly Castor)
This painting of starlight reflected in the lagoon took longer to make than I thought it would, but it came out the way I hoped.
Tropical Reef (New Abstract Oil Painting by Polly Castor)
It has a lot of juicy, thick paint, so is very textured, as well as colorful and organic.
Too Tired to Sleep (Abstract Expressionist Painting in Pastel)
I had a blast doing this abstract expressionist painting. I like this one and caught the feeling perfectly.