Thin Places

Thin places are places that are sacred to the person, a place that feels connected to God or heaven. I am working on a series of thin places that are special to me. I love the beach and wetlands, or places where the water is meeting the land, especially where reeds or grasses emerge from the water. I am following Georgia O'Keefe's exercise in reducing elements down to the minimum, using little color. The attached painting is one of a series of "Changing Tides" which uses little color, some texture to give a feeling of movement of tides - which is symbolic of passing of time.

Non-objective

I just took the plunge and spent one whole day working non-objective, and I had a great time! I am attaching one painting from yesterday.

Abstract Art

I am still working on trying abstract painting. I am having a problem going completely non-objective; I still want to be able to see something recognizable. I guess it will take a lot more work on my part. I recently attended a talk on Jasper Johns which was very inspirational so maybe I can get started on something.

Variations

I am now working on variations of the wildflower series. I am abstracting the wildflower scenes and doing some paintings of weeds and grasses. I know I need to work some larger paintings, but I love the 12" x 12" format and have just ordered some more canvases. Guess that means more 12 x 12 paintings! Also, I am concentrating on using new colors; I am tired of doing green and blue for landscapes. I am really trying to use reds and yellows for warm paintings and use arbitrary colors for landscape scenes. I am attaching a painting that is an abstraction of red poppies.

More Wildflowers

I am posting another of my wildflower paintings. This series of paintings is done with acrylic paint on 12" x 12" canvas. I am almost finished with this series with the last few done in a more expressionistic style than the first ones. I love painting with this size canvas, but I think I need to tackle some larger works next.

Another Wildflower Painting

I am enjoying working on paintings of wildflowers as they are blooming now and are so beautiful. I find that I really am influenced and tend to be interested in painting what is around me. I am working with images that are fairly realistic, as in recognizable; then I move to abstract them and hopefully onto non-objective interpretations. Painting with a palette knife helps me to abstract.

New Series

I have been working on a new series based on wildflowers. The wildflowers are blooming in our area, and I find myself pulling over to the side of the road to take pictures of them. They are irresistable! I am continuing to work small, on canvas or board, in acylic. I have done several paintings that are recognizable as wildflowers, and I will continue to abstract them as I do more paintings.