A girl on a paint pony galloped by my studio window. Spring break in the country!
Title
I know all the COOL artists title their work before they start. Soooo
together. Which may explain my struggle. I have spirals and the Earth, but no pithy title.
Spring
Thru the winter I worked in acrylics because I have a propane heater. It does NOT like fumes! I believe I’ve learned enough to no longer be afraid of them, but I will go back to oils until next winter. I continue to explore spirals as well. I’ve moved away from helixes. There are lots of different kinds of spirals.
acrylic on paper
I continue exploring spirals.
spirals
These are acrylics. I’m getting more used to them. I’m using the spiral as a symbol of life, like DNA.
snowed in, again
This is ridiculous! You’d think we were still in Chicago! I AM getting a lot of work done, but I would love to be able to drive to town when I want to.
I’ve tried painting
my driveway, not in western perspective, but flat like African art. However I’ve put the mountain in “correctly”. To get all of the snow you’d think I’d just paint it titanium white, w/ a black ribbon for the road. There was a lot of color in the River, so I tried it. Now I have to wait for it to dry enuf to add in some white hightlights. Also, the light is very different when it’s snowing, than when the sun comes out. THAW! I’ll make the rest up! More on the Tree of Life.
killed it
I added a lot more paint to the top of the tree, with the painting upside down. So there will be drip marks flowing “up”. I also added a little space ship w/ a solar array. When this dries enuf, I will highlight some areas.
Tree of Life
I think I’m “just before” killing this painting. I don’t know what’s bothering me. Maybe I was foolish to try such and odd ratio. This is not the golden mien!
edges
I got off axis from this panel to show the edges I painted. I was going to go w/ flat black edges, but the other panels look good with the wraparound.
trying acrylics
My FC studio has a propane heater and I can’t use oils when it’s lit. I got to work there today. These are two 30″ panels. I don’t know whether the doors will warp, but I put the paint on in washes. I really like the effect. I know I will put more paint on them, but maybe I can save some of the wash areas. The color is so delicate, and the panel is not.