"Branching Out" Abstract Triptych Treescape

"Branching Out" is the newest treescape triptych to make it out of my studio, recently sprayed with a protective matt finish and currently drying in my basement. 

I wanted to do a multi-canvas painting and knew that I had something in mind that was really contemporary and abstract but I also wanted lots of texture, so I decided on a triptych treescape.

First I always play around with different shapes and sizes of canvas, orienting them different ways to try and decide how I want to lay out the painting.  Once that portion of the process is decided upon, I can than go ahead and make my sketch.

While I'm creating a sketch, I also start on my background which can take a couple of days for a painting this size as there are layers or color applied that must dry before others are added.  A heavy application of stucco gives the tree branches really thick texture.

 

The finished panels are placed together for the last time, just to make sure everything looks just right and the completed painting has emerged.





An Abstract Tree-Scape

This week I got the bug to work on a contemporary piece, a quadtych (4 panel) tree-scape, "Extensions".  Sometimes when I'm planning a multi canvas painting, I will run down into my basement and grab a bunch of assorted sized canvases and just begin by arranging them in all different configurations on my studio floor.  I play around with the layout until I think I've got something that pleases me , as I try to keep in mind the design that I want to create as well being that has a great deal to do with the sizes of the canvas and the layout I have chosen. 

This piece has a very abstract background of different slashing shapes (((( and ))))) .  Many times with my paintings I work with  very wet surfaces and watery paints so I must lay the canvases out flat.  With this piece the varying background colors and shapes were done very wet, while the foreground tree branch was done in a dark, bold...thick black acrylic paint.    

The end result was exactly what I had in mind for this painting when I started it, contemporary, colorful and abstract.  All artists have a varied and unique process for their creations and for me, when I'm doing a multi-canvas painting, I like to play around and arrange things and then experiment with color to determine what the base of my painting will be built on. 

"Beyond The Depths" - Abstract Acrylic Triptych

"Beyond The Depths" is the newest abstract triptych painting to leave my studio this week. Would you believe when I sat down to first start working on this, it was supposed to be a hummingbird painting? After the first day I was thinking "ok, maybe I see a hummingbird in there somewhere." By the end of the second day this piece let me know that it wanted to be an abstract, one that focuses on the deep, dark and unchartered depths of the ocean. I think it is really important to listen to my work; my paintings always guide me in the direction they want me to take. Sometimes pieces turn out just as I envision them and other times, like with this painting, they take me in a totally different direction and it is up to me to listen.

The painting I'm currently working on was supposed to be a garden sculpture painting with abstract elements and instead, it turned into a fairy painting......see what I mean? I just listened and that is where the painting led me. Hopefully that one will be finished in the next few days.

"Beyond The Depths" measures 12"h x 24 1/2" w x 1 1/2" d. www.artfulcreations.etsy.com

"Wheels Of Time" Acrylic Abstract

Last week I just finished my newest abstract painting, "Wheels Of Time". I had so much fun painting this piece, I would say it has to be one of my favorites. This painting was inspired by my weekly walks, I get a lot of wonderful ideas and inspirations from walking out in nature. One of my favorite places to end my walk each day is the cemetery right down the street from my house. Filled with lots of history and fabulous monuments, including that of George Armstrong Custer (my personal favorite) it always gets me thinking about the passage of time and the people who have come before me.

If you didn't think a comtemporary abstract painting could be inspired by a historic landmark....well, here you go, the above is proof that it can be. www.artfulcreations.etsy.com

"Epiphany" - Abstract Acrylic Triptych

Recently I've had the great desire to start painting abstracts and "Epiphany" was my first completed piece. Sometimes you can really surprise yourself with what interests you as well as the new directions creativity can take if you just let yourself run wild. I'm really having so much fun with abstracts that I'm currently working on my 3rd one right now. Anything is possible if you just open your mind to new ideas.

This painting measures: 12" h x 21" w x 1 1/2" d and is currently at Celebrations Gallery:

www.celebrationsshoppes.com . www.artfulcreations.etsy.com

Nectar.....Fresh From The Studio

A week ago I just finished a new acrylic painting, "Nectar" on 2 -1 1/2" deep gallery canvases.

Nectar has a mystical and I think, magical deep blue background.

The painting of course would not be complete without the silhouette hummingbird.

Each canvas panel measures 11" x 14" for a total size of 14" x 22"". The sides are painted a solid black to coordinate nicely with the painting and go easily with any decor. This contemporary painting was so much fun to create....I plan to work on more in the future.

I'm in the tedious process right now of transferring all my fine art and pendants over to my new Ruby Lane shop: www.rubylane.com/shops/artfulcreations . You can find Nectar in my new shop as well as some of my other work. Once the transfer is complete, I'll be selling paintings and pendants solely from that site and will be linking directly there from my website. In the mean time, yet another contemporary hummingbird painting is getting ready to fly out of the studio...I'll try to show that piece next time.

Serenity......

I've gotten so drawn into the look of the multi-canvas paintings I've been seeing that I'm feverishly working on a few at this very moment. This painting is aptly named "Serenity" and I hope brings some peace and contentment to those that view it.

Painted on 1 1/2" deep gallery canvas, the painting continues all the way around, to all four sides of each panel.

Serenity is painted in acrylic on (2) 6" x 8" gallery panels that come together to create one vision. Red poppies are surrounded on all sides by the blue ocean and soft white cloudy sky.

I think that multi-canvas paintings have such a modern, contemporary and just plain updated cool look. I'm halfway through my next multi-canvas painting..."Nectar".... Hmm, any gueses as to what that might be?? You'll have to wait and see.

This painting is now listed in my ETSY shop: http://www.artfulcreations.etsy.com/ .