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.

Another Flower Girl



'Iris'

She has been finished for a couple of months, but I just got around to photos.  This 10 inch square acrylic is part of the continuing series of 'flower girls'.  Painted around the edges, which are 1 inch.  She has more in common with Lily than Rose, tucked into this field.  Although, if you recall Lily, there is no landscape, so it is a bit more of a portrait.  I have begun work on Holly, which should be done in time for the holidays, and  therefore fit right in.


' Iris '

 * If anyone has a title for the old man at Arrlington let me know, right now I am calling it 'Despair'.

Marble Columns

I call this one "QUIET ENCLOSURE".  It's an 18x24 canvas panel, with a custom frame made to look like columns as well.  Painted in acrylic, inspired by photos of Santi Quattro Coronati in Rome Italy.  I say inspired, because I almost always change reality to suit my taste.

I like the depth created by the columns in the foreground in relation to the ones in the background.  The photo had no flowers, but I thought a touch of color would cut up the neutral tones.  The red of the frame brings this out nicely.  Here is a closer look at the painting - 





I can see why a place like this would allow someone to seek spiritual matters.  It seems a peaceful place for reflection.  Now that I look closely at this photo I don't care for the way I cropped off one of my favorite parts, the detail of the under arches.  Oh well, you can see them up top.