Leaves 6, 9061, metal leaf abstract

Another example of my leaf series. The leaves themselves were cut out of gold embossing metal - I think it's aluminum- that I got at an art supply store. The cool thing is that the metal is gold on one side and silver on the other. The background is highly textured and the whole piece is covered with resin which gives it an "under glass" look.
I'm sorry that these photos just don't show the details very well. If I give it enough light to show the background well, the shiny leaves are overexposed.

Blog Featured on Jane Hunt's Blog

I am honored to have my work featured on Jane Hunt's blog. Jane commented on how she was drawn to my abstract work, to her surprise, because she usually prefers a more representational style.
That surprised me because Jane's work is far from representational. Her highly textured paintings are a uniquely suggestive of abstracted landscapes. Each one could be considered to be an abstract, with their finely structured composition and muted palette that would fit easily in most decors.
Thank you, Jane.
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Leaves 2, 9057, mixed media collage of leaves.

Please see description of Leaves 1.

Leaves 1, 9056, mixed media collage of leaves

I created a number of leaf collages using various elements such as metals, tyvek leaves, nails, brads, tacks, and all covered with a layer of resin. Each one is about 12 inches long and 6 inches wide and mounted on another board to stand out from the wall about 0.5 inch.
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Breckenridge July Arts Festival

I have a lot of new work to display at the Breckenridge July Arts Festival next weekend. Many pieces have resin on them and as soon as they're dry, I photograph them and post them here.

Hiking in the Mountains

I am back from our stay in the mountains ( in Colorado). I just have to post this one photo taken on our hike up from Hoosier Pass. See that tiny jeep road in the lower center? We walked on that road - and you can see the view that we thought was so stunning.

Vacation

I'm in Breckenridge, CO, at our condo at 11,000 feet. You flatlanders would be a little short of breath up here. I won't be posting any paintings until next weekend, but that does not mean I'm not painting! I just can't upload from my camera to my husband's laptop - have to wait 'til I get home.
Yesterday it rained all day long so I got THREE small paintings done. They were specifically created for my show up here in Breck over the fourth of July. They have an aspen leaf theme. The aspens, by the way, are so beautiful right now. Their leaves are new and bright green. They flutter and tremble on the slightest breeze.

Well, gotta go take my coffee out on the deck, and drink in the incredible view.

Jigsaw 2, 9055

I seem to be stuck in this multi-canvas 12x12 format. It's called operant conditioning. Robert Genn wrote about it in his newsletter. He said that if you're successful with something, you will tend to repeat the thing that gave you success. Because the last two multiple canvas paintings (Jigsaw,9050, and Color Quad, 9051) sold so quickly, I'm destined to keep going in this format.

This one is a much more subdued palette than Color Quad, but it works on many levels. I left the canvas exposed between each of the segments, then covered the whole thing with a quinacridone gold wash which resulted in orange lines. It also turned some of the turquoise areas to green.

Someone said it reminds them of stained glass, which is ironic, because I used to have my own stained glass studio. I love doing stained glass, but it is SO EXPENSIVE and very time-consuming. Painting is much easier.

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Aspen Dream, 9054, mixed media abstract triptych

This painting is a triptych on panels. I had trouble with the photo. The panels are not that dark on the bottom. If I lightened the bottom, the top was over exposed - AAARRRRGGHH. I cut out the leaf forms from thin metal and then nailed them to the panels.

My next outdoor show is over July 4th in Breckenridge, CO. Artwork with an aspen theme sells well in the mountains - especially to Texas tourists who want to take a little Colorado home with them. For purchase information, please see my website.
SOLD

Joys of Outdoor Art Shows

The Summer Art Market was a huge success - I sold 14 paintings, but it was not without its harrowing moments!!! Saturday night it hailed 6 inches just a few blocks north of where the show was set up. Hail FLATTENS tents.
On Sunday, the skies got darker and darker. We could see rotation in the ominous purple clouds above us, then a white tornado started to form. We could see it above our heads and everybody was taking pictures of it. The sirens were wailing. It was eerily calm - like all hell was about to break lose. I wanted to run for cover, but this customer was deciding about a $600 painting. She was sending a picture of it to her husband with her phone and waiting to hear back from him. The whole scene was surreal.
She bought the painting. The storm never had an actual tornado, but strong winds tore down some trees, and, miraculously, all that happened north of where we were. All we got was another deluge of rain. I had to move all my crap (cardboard boxes, chairs, umbrellas, stuff) that is normally outside the tent to the inside, and it looked like a disaster zone. Sold 3 paintings to people who just wanted to get in out of the rain. LOL

Summer Art Market

This is probably my last post until Monday, 6/15. This weekend I'm in another outdoor art show in Denver, sponsored by the Art Students League of Denver.

Weather in Colorado in June is often very unpredictable. A couple days ago a tornado did millions of dollars in damage about 5 miles from my house. Today the tornado sirens went off again. There wasn't a tornado, but about 10 miles from my house they got 2 inches of hail. All we got was rain.

I'm worried about getting blown away or flattened by hail this weekend. Keep your fingers crossed for me. Ah, the joys of the outdoor art festival circuit.

Full report on Monday (if I'm still here.)

Summer Harvest, 9053, original still life of summer vegetables

This is the latest challenge for Karin Jurick's Different Strokes from Different Folks blog. The subject this time is this colorful plate of summer vegetables. I tried to emphasize the light/shadow and keep a painterly approach. For purchase information, please see my website.

The Art House Canvas Project 2

I'm participating in the Art House Canvas Project 2. The Art House Coop is a gallery in Atlanta, GA, that sponsors art projects in which thousands of artists are invited to participate. They have many projects open for participation. The one I chose, Canvas Project 2, will exhibit all the submitted work at the Atlanta Airport and then at the Art House Gallery.
With this project, the artists receives five 3x3 mini canvases and a list of 5 words. The artist is to paint an interpretation of each word. My five words were FUSION, CONCAVE, LAPIDARY, INSIDE OUT, and BLIZZARD. It was fun to try to come up with a painting representing each word.
I finished them off with an epoxy coating, which is the glare you can see in the photos. Can you figure out the words represented by the five paintings?