THREE'S COMPANY, 9106, textured palette knife still life © Carol Nelson Fine Art

I am having fun with these palette knife paintings. The unique texture created by a knife is so pure - you are literally looking at a slice of pure pigment. This is not to say I don't mix the paints out of the tube - I do, but when I have mixed the desired color mixture, it is applied directly. The result is a passage without a lot of blending of colors into each other.
I took a lot of liberties with the colors in these pears. Pears come in a lot of colors although the turquoise may be a bit of an exaggeration.
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APPLE TRIO, 9105, textured palette knife still life © Carol Nelson Fine Art

Notice that little copyright sign in the title of this post? All you have to type is the following three symbols or words with no spaces: & copy ;
I think that is very cool, although it won't stop the Chinese from copying your work.

This painting was difficult to photograph because of the red. There is a lot of alizarin red (Golden's Alizarin Crimson Hue fluid acrylic) in these apples and, for some reason, instead of getting that gorgeous deep, rich red, it wants to show as brown. I had to tweek the colors to get a fair representation of the painting, but I lost a little of the purple tones in the background in the process.

I used four other red family colors in these apples - Golden's Primal Magenta and Pyrrole Orange, and Liquitex's Napthol Red Light and Quinacridone Crimson.
Those colors are SO LUSCIOUS. I was outside varnishing the painting yesterday and when the sun shines on this piece, it literally knocks your socks off. Actually, I wasn't wearing socks at the time, but I know they would have flown off if I had been.
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Fall Newsletter

My newsletter is an irregularly published blurb I send out via email to people who have signed up for it at shows or while visiting my website. If you are a regular reader of this blog, it's mostly a rehash of what I'm posting here.
As they say in marketing 101, getting your name and images of your work in front of potential buyers is the name of the game. Of course, one has to be careful not to send it to random people who have not asked to be on the list, lest I be put in the category of spammers.
If you want to take a look, here is a link to my latest newsletter. If you want to be on my newsletter list to get my occassional epistles, just go to my website and sign up. Thanks, Carol

1st PLACE

My painting, SHINING THROUGH, 9076, was awarded 1st place in the juried GATEWAY TO THE ROCKIES SHOW. I knew (or at least had a feeling) I had a winner when I painted that one. This painting has gold metallic paint which glows softly under the right lighting.
Reception for this art show will be on Friday, 11/13/2009, for those in the Denver area. Details on my website under "events".

UP CLOSE, 9104, textured poppy close up painting © Carol Nelson Fine Art

This extreme closeup of a poppy is in the tradition of huge floral paintings for which Georgia O'Keefe was famous. I painted this on a cradled panel with the painting extending around to the edges. In spite of it's small size, (12 x 6 inches) it packs a lot of bang for the buck. If you have a spot that needs a little color, this will do the job.
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SOLD

GOLDEN POPPIES 1, 9102, textured poppy floral painting © Carol Nelson Fine Art

I haven't painted any poppies lately and was having withdrawal symptoms. Usually I've painted them on a canvas ground, so this painting on MDF panel was something new. I really like the way the sculpted petals look on this smooth surface.
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Precious models her new coat.

This is my dog, Precious, a 12 year old shih tzu. She looks spiffy in her new color coordinated coat with faux fur collar - Precious would never wear real fur other than her own. She also likes the slenderizing effect of basic black.

NEST 2, 9100, textured birds nest with eggs © Carol Nelson Fine Art

This is my last nest posting for a while. This is similar to nest 1 except this is a 6x6 square, while the previous one was a 5x7. This presentation is also with a mat and under glass. The effect is similar to Nest 3 and with the glass on top, they almost look like actual nest and egg specimens.
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NEST 3, 9101, textured birds nest with eggs © Carol Nelson Fine Art

Another bird nest with eggs that are speckled pinkish and brown. This painting is on a 5x7 inch gessoboard panel, which I would normally frame without glass. I had this black frame with double matting in my studio. When I slipped the painting in under the matting, it looked so good that I'm going to present it in this fashion.
If the glass is distracting, it can be removed, but on a matted painting, I like having glass to protect the mat. For purchase information, please see my website.

BLUE HEAVEN, 9099, textured blue hydrangea flowers © Carol Nelson Fine Art

I enjoyed doing a hydrangea commission so much last week I just had to try doing another one. This one is on 6 x 6 inch panel and also features use of abundant texture. For purchase information, please see my website.