"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

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/ .