This is the second in my series celebrating fall in the Rockies.
Aspen Leaves 1, 10x10 original oil painting, $100
My favorite time of year in Colorado is fast approaching. Fall is fabulous. To purchase with Paypal, please see my website, www.carolnelsonfineart.com
A New Day, 16x20 original impasto oil painting of a farm
This bucolic scene was photographed on my recent trip to Minnesota. The farms there are so beautiful and many look like a painting waiting to happen. I wanted to do an abstracted foreground - 2/3 of the painting, actually - using a palette knife with lots of paint. The texture you get with a knife cannot be obtained in any other way. I also wanted a painting with lots of different shades of green. I think the painting is successful in those objectives.
For a discussion on impasto technique, please see this Empty Easel article, http://emptyeasel.com/2007/07/26/what-is-impasto-thick-textured-paint
Life of Leisure 5, 6x6 original acrylic painting of a cat, $100
I really like the way this close up portrait turned out. This cat has such a sweet look. I took a lot of time trying to make the fur look realistic. To purchase with Paypal, please see my website, http://www.carolnelsonfineart.com/ SOLD
Mini Poppies, 6x6x1.5, original acrylic painting of poppies, $100 each
I must be approaching 40 of these completed. They are like little jewels and have a lot of appeal. The photo makes them look slightly oranger than they are - they are redder. Also, these have not been varnished yet. The varnish deepens and intensifies the color, but makes them too shiny to photograph easily. They are on gallery wrap canvases (painted edges) so no frame is necessary. To purchase with Paypal, please see my website, http://www.carolnelsonfineart.com/
Fenced Poppies, 12x36 original acrylic painting of poppies
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I have another show this weekend, so gotta do some more poppies. They sell well because I think people respond to the vibrant colors and the texture. In this painting, I tried to simulate a chain link fence in the background. I actually did see some poppies growing against such a fence. I have always been attracted to squares and grids (don't know why) and did a whole series of paintings with grid backgrounds a couple years ago. History repeats itself.
That reminds me of a funny cartoon I cut out of the paper: Two little old ladies are looking at house plants. The first one says, "I named the fern JFK, the ficus MLK, and the ivy Lincoln."
The second one observes, "All met untimely deaths."
The first one replies, "History will repeat itself."
Cracks me up because I occasionally have house plant fatalities. Last winter I was so frustrated with aphids eating the blossoms on my hibiscus, I put the plant outside. The aphids froze to death, as did the hibiscus. Tough love. SOLD
Life is Good, 16x20 original oil painting of hereford cows
I was going to call this painting "Mrs. Brown, You Have a Lovely Daughter." My husband nixed that idea because the song (sung by Herman's Hermits) is 40 years old, and most people won't know about it or remember it unless they listen to "oldies" radio.
Let me know if you like (and are old enough to remember) the Mrs. Brown title. For purchase information, please see my website, www.carolnelsonfineart.com
Life of Leisure 4, 10x10 original acrylic painting of a cat, $100
I tend to work in series, and, I must say, this cat series is really fun. I love the peaceful (or is it bored) look of this cat taking a sunbath. To purchase with Paypal, please see my website at http://www.carolnelsonfineart.com/ SOLD
My local newspaper, The Denver Post, sponsors a haiku contest every week with different subject matter each time. When the subject was cats, this was the winning haiku (poem with 3 lines with a 5-7-5 syllable beat):
Tom went out one night
Forgetting the shelter spay
He could just consult
Kudos to Jim Vetting, Greeley, CO
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