"4 O'Clock on Rock Candy Mountain" textured abstract landscape © Carol Nelson Fine Art

"4 O'Clock on Rock Candy Mountain", 8x8, by Carol Nelson

This is a demo painting I did for some students in my studio.  The cool thing about this painting is the substrate.  It's a burlap canvas panel I found at Hobby Lobby.

I've never seen panels like that before.  Since I'm all about texture, the burlap panel is right up my alley.  To contrast with all that matte texture, I used embossed foil for the "sun."  The shine doesn't show in the photo very well, but looks great in person.

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"Copper Curls" mixed media abstract with metals © Carol Nelson Fine Art

"Copper Curls" 6x6 mixed media

This is a little mixed media piece I did to take to my Metals and Mixed Media class in a few weeks at Art Unraveled in Phoenix.  I will be teaching how to use metals in a mixed media painting.

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"Ignition Point 2" mixed media metallic abstract © Carol Nelson Fine Art

"Ignition Point 2" 10 x 10 mixed media

There's gold leaf, aluminum foil, mirror paper, origami foil, and glass beads in this on.  It seems my love for shiny stuff is without limits!  In person, this looks so much better than the photo.

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"ABC FGH" mixed media abstract © Carol Nelson Fine Art

"ABC FGH" 8x8 mixed media

detail view

I really wish the shiny metal parts of this painting showed better in the photo.  It adds so much when you can see all the shiny/dull and rough/smooth parts of this mixed media piece.

Yes, I know "ABC FGH" is not the most inspired title, but when my husband suggested it, I couldn't get it out of my head.

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"Southern Relic" mixed media abstract rust painting © Carol Nelson Fine Art

"Southern Relic"

Progress photo showing metal piece and iron paint.

When I was wandering around the French Quarter in New Orleans last month at the Golden training workshop, I kept an eye on the ground for treasures - you need to do watch out anyhow because the pavement is so uneven.  This old piece of metal was one of my finds.

To make more rusted patterns around the piece of metal, I applied iron paint over textured paper and molding paste.

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