Used Wooden Palette II

Happy Friday! I have a freshly used and abused palette available!

Used Wooden Palette II

Acrylic on Wood, approximately 12 inches by 15 inches

Available here SOLD

Yellow, Family of Four

After working on paintings with a lot of more intricate palette knifework (like Poppies in Evening), I like to give myself a break with something more fluid and abstract. Hence the following...

Yellow, Family of Four

Acrylic on canvas board, 11 inches by 14 inches

Available for purchase here

Madam on the far right turned out looking like Venus de Milo. I popped this one into a spare frame to get a feel for it on display.

(display suggestion)

Orange Figures

Originally, I intended this to be an abstract small landscape to use up the paint I had from "Orange Coneflowers." When it was finished, it looked like the ethereal figures of three people. And I can't unsee it now.

Orange Figures

Acrylic on canvas board, 5 inches by 7 inches

Available here

I popped it into a frame to see how it looked. It's one of my favorites now.

(display suggestion)

Diving for Love

This is a slight departure on my usual palette knife painting. It's a combination of palette knifework and hand carved stamps.

Diving for Love

Acrylic on canvas board, 5 inches by 7 inches

Available here

The background is palette knifework with a pretty substantial texture. I'd made a pair of handcarved stamps with these diving swallows several years ago that fit the size of this canvas nicely. The border was created by scraping the width of a palette knife perpendicular to the edge. It was a fun diversion to my usual work.

Orange Coneflowers

Here's a trio of perky orange coneflowers to share today. It's smaller painting I whipped up using leftover paint from earlier paintings, although I think I usually wind up using as much material as I would have if I'd started from scratch.

Orange Coneflowers

Acrylic on canvas board, 5 inches by 7 inches

Available here

When I finish a larger piece, I'm usually left with dibs and dabs of paint, so I'll work them onto a smaller canvas without much rhyme or reason. When it's dry, I'll decide which direction to go. This one said, "Coneflowers!" Have a close up...

Red Tulips II

I confess I am a bit of a pack rat. I'm working on learning to let go of things I don't really need, especially when it comes to my little "projects." I think I started this painting back in 2012. I finished the background and then got stuck.

Red Tulips II

Acrylic on canvas board, 8 inches by 10 inches

Available here

I enjoyed working on Yellow Tulips before the Storm, so I decided to revisit tulips on this painting I started four years ago. Whew! Cross one unfinished project off my list. Have a close up.

(detail)