I've been moving into a new house this past month and have only stolen a few moments to paint. Here are some pieces I've recently finished.
The top one, "Carthage," was begun a long time ago when I was painting with coffee. I was never that satisfied with it, so I set it aside and recently added the white areas and the small red square. It's framed with leftover strips of black cherry, something I plan to do with a lot of the small pieces.
The second one down is "Reflecting Pool." This one has been through many stages, but finally I'm pretty happy with it. It is a little more vibrant than the colors here suggest.
Finally, "Ascend" is another piece that was begun a long time ago and sort of stagnated as a fairly boring composition until I added the connecting arc and it all kind of activated. The first and last pieces were completed for exhibit in Tim's "Little Big Show" along with 3 others. "Reflecting Pool" is a stand-alone, a color and layering experiment for some of the larger pieces I'm working on.
4 comments:
the bottom one really captures a calming mood which is a cool effect. i really like the simple swooning pink line that goes through the top...also you used the wood surface to your advantage.
in the middle one there is a nature feeling in it but i feel like that bright/acidishy yellow/blue combo at the top kinda throws me off a bit.
the top one i really like how you contained the cracks. how did you make those cracks and then contain them like that without the cracks showing up underneath?
cool little paintings...i always like seeing the crazy stuff you do with acrylics. it's inspiring.
These are great! I dig the cracks on "Carthage" as well. Did you use a special medium? Awesome name too. Brings back fond memories of my favorite World History class from college. And yeah, that swooping line makes the whole composition. Good stuff.
The cracks are with a heavy paste ("crackle paste" I believe it's called) that you apply and then let dry for a few days. It's pretty delicate so after I stained it with the coffee I coated it with several layers of clear medium. I think I just palette-knifed away the parts I didn't want crackly, using a roll of masking tape to get the circular shape right.
i really like the pink and wood one. nice structure.
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