"Forest Wonders 2" mixed media textured trees © Carol Nelson Fine Art

Forest Wonders 2

I did this painting as a demo for a student who is visiting from California for private lessons.  I'm not usually a fan of the color pink, but I think it works in this painting.

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"ORANGE DREAM" 12053, mixed media flowers red poppies © Carol Nelson Fine Art

Orange Dream

What fun I had with this vibrant floral painting.  The flowers, vase and some other areas are made from used paper towels that I had cleaned my brush on.

The diagonals in the piece give an edgy quality that adds to the drama of the piece.  The closeup shows the texture of the paper towel (I use Viva) that closely resembles the weave of the canvas.
How cool is that?!

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"WHAT A PAIR" 11014 daily painter still life pears © Carol Nelson Fine Art

"WHAT A PAIR"

The idea with this little painting was to put down a stroke of color and then leave it there.  You can see lots of brush strokes.  There is an honest freshness to paintings done in this style.  It is impossible to muddle colors because the paint for each stroke is mixed on the palette and THEN applied - no mixing on the painting itself.  That's where some painters get into trouble and end up creating mud when they start messing around with paint already on the canvas. 
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RAZZLE DAZZLE, 9069, orange poppy diptych

This painting is done on two panels measuring 8x24 inches each. I never tire of painting poppies. I tried a new technique on this piece. I tried texturizing the panels with venetian plaster before painting the flowers. Venetian plaster is used in the decorating business to give walls a textured, marble look. I really like the effect. I would not use this on a flexible surface, like canvas, because it could be popped off I suppose. On half inch thick panels there is no danger of that. For purchase information, please see my website.

Poppy Trio, 9064, original poppy floral triptych

Here's more of these little cube frame paintings. I can think of so many things that would look good in this format. Poppies have always been a favorite of mine. I made each one a slightly different shade - orange for the middle one, then one with more yellow, and one with more red - the black frames are smashing for all of them.
I guess I'm so taken with these cube frames is because I have always liked squares and cubes - they show up a lot in my abstract work. Scroll down and look at the previous post with the little cubed abstracts. They each have several tiny metal squares.
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Seven Poppies, 9025, vibrant poppy still life

Here I am returning to my favorite flowers. This painting is a diptych done on an 18x30 and a 24x30 canvas. That makes it 42 inches across, so it's impressive in it's size as well as it's vibrant
hues. I enjoy painting on multiple canvases because I think it adds a special dimension to the finished piece. The flowers wrap around the painted edges of each canvas, so framing is not recommended for a clean, contemporary look.
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Thirteen Poppies, 08908

Perhaps I've had enough of winter already. I was compelled to paint these poppies. It is a variation of my logo painting that is on the opening page of my website, my business cards, address labels, and the top banner of this blog.

Of course, my love of orange and yellow is very evident. I was trying for a painterly, impressionist type approach on this painting.

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Orange 2

My online gallery, Daily Painters, is having an "orange theme" for Wednesday. What could be more orange than this?
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Fall Bouquet, 06708

Not every painting is successful. I was trying for spontaneity wielding a loose palette knife. It's not really there. I had to really work it. And it fell face down on the floor at one point.

It DOES have lots of texture and my favorite colors, so that's a plus. One instructor told me, when all else fails, use splatter. I laughed to myself as I used the toothbrush to splatter on the white.

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POND SERIES VII, textured acrylic of golden aspen leaves

This is a revision of an earlier painting. The whole Pond Series featured flowing free-form backgrounds with sculpted aspen leaves "floating" on the surface. Previously, the background on the upper left was very dark. I wanted to keep it rich looking, but lightened it up with some more purple/green. I also toned down the orange. The leaves are sculpted with acrylic medium and then painted with metallic gold and bronze.

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Face 6, Oil Portrait in Fauvist Style

Another fauvist style portrait. I think I will probably do about a dozen in this series. I am learning more about rendering the human face with each painting. I doubt any one would want to purchase one of these, but when you see them all as a group, they're certainly a colorful bunch.

Poppy Field, 15x48 acrylic

I've been itching to paint these poppies on a really large format. Readers of this blog know how much I love to paint poppies, using lots of acrylic medium for added demension to the flowers. For a tutorial on this process, please see http://carolnelsonfineart.blogspot.com/2007/05/poppy-garden-step-1.html

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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

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