Last Painting of 2012

This is one of my 'just let it evolve' paintings, where I don't have a plan.  I painted the background and it sat for a few weeks, later I added the geometric cubes and left it for a few days.  I don't really think or consider what I am painting before or while I am working on these.  Lastly the road and men were added, upon reflection I guess the 'times' and current predictions of 'end times', surely played a part in this non-planned work.    The few I do in this way are usually completely of my imagination, as I just sit down and paint without thinking.  Sometimes I an listening to a book on tape, or talking on the phone, so I truely am not actively thinking about what I am painting.   Most often my paintings are planned, and I basically know what I want before I even sketch it out.   It is 11x14 stretched canvas with acrylic, and the last painting of the year.  Happy New Year!   :)

Celtic Fire

This study in warm colors is a landscape of two actual Celtic places.  In the foreground we have  Poulnabrone  (The Hole of Sorrows)  a dolmen located in North Clare Ireland, and the background is Kilechurn Castle on Loch Awe in Argyll Scotland.  The cloudy sunset is from my imagination.  A warm change from the last picture, and from the weather we are having right now.  It's an 18x24 acrylic painted round the edges.  I never tire of monotones or castles, hope you enjoy!

Winter in Purple

Nearly monotone winter landscape.  Twelve inches square.  An acrylic on stretched canvas.  I like restricting my palette, particularly with landscapes.  This one was inspired by a claendar photo.  To me it looked lonely but peaceful, and with all the wild weather I suppose that's a change.  There's a yellow/orange landscape to come, I usually do a hot and a cold at the same time.  Maybe I need the balance :)

Faraway Field

This Celtic Knot enclosed field of flowers is painted in acrylic on an 11x14 stretched canvas.  It could be any where, it came straight from my imagination.  I first painted a multi colored back ground and added the knot.  Not sure of what would live within it, I began painting the flowers around the boarder.  Once that was done I sat back and imagined what would fit within.

Hope for Creativity

This painting, done on an artist's palette, is for a charity auction.  Check out www.hopeforcreativity.org  for the information on their October first auction.  The palettes will be sold to raise money to purchase art supplies for needy children.  When I found out about this I was excited to join in;  as an artist and art teacher, this is just the sort of thing I can get behind.  The idea behind my painting, which is also written on the blue band around the landscape is:

Hope in the dawn of a new day, be inspired by the world around you, and free your creativity.

It has my celtic knot, and a look that reminds me of 'Creativity' one of  my past paintings.  If you like it go to the site and find out about the auction, it's for a good cause.