Moving Closer

"Moving Closer"

30" x 30"

Mixed Media

Gallery wrapped canvas

SOLD

 

What kind of things are artists doing during stay at home order?

From seeing Facebook and Instagram posts, my artists friends are painting beautiful paintings  everyday.  I'm following Larry Moore's "What if University" and doing studies.  Lots and lots of studies about color combinations, texture, shapes, line, and lots of ideas for new paintings.  Below are most of my studies from the last month.

Making beauty marks with one color.

                                               Color and Texture

  Azaleas at the Biltmore

Studies from an ancient blue door in Spain

Studies from ancient building following the Camino in Spain.

30 Day Challenge collage

Here it is.  Thirty days of paintings made with Picmonkey.  Three plein air pieces are included.  Now it is time to order more supplies because between the two challenges, I used about 50 panels.  Some panels I divided into fourths for studies.  What a great journey this was.

New 30 paintings in 30 days with Leslie Saeta

Day 1 of 30 paintings in 30 days

Abstract Study

My theme last month for the 31 day Strada Easel Challenge was painting from photos from the Carolina's except for a few exceptions.  This month theme will be studies of abstract or color triads.  The challenge for myself is 61 paintings in 61 days.

These Paintings are for sale at 

Novant Health Cancer Center, Randolph Road, Charlotte, NC 

"Blue Door" 24" x 18"

                                  "Open Arms  24" x 24"                                  "Broken Fence"  8" x 10"

                                                        11" x 14" Hay Bales

"Mineral Springs"

I liked the way the alcohol ink worked in "Hot Springs"so much  that I made a slightly larger one for "Mineral Springs".  I framed this one to give to a dear friend for a graduation present.  It is in a floater frame.  What do you think?

"Hot Springs"

After watching artist June Rollins demonstrate how to work with alcohol inks, I tried this one.  The two colors I used were stream blue and butterscotch yellow.  I used metallic gold and metallic silver which adds a shine to the painting.  It is a fun process.