Clouded

This piece, Clouded, was the first of the recent three modern paintings. I had a hard time getting a good photo of it, so it is last up on the site. The color still seems to be a little off but I will keep trying to get a better photo.

With this I wanted to experiment with line work and a smearing technique. I love the lines and the splatters but the large clouded areas are still growing on me. I would like to do something with more lines and maybe a variation of widths, but like I said this was an experiment. My signature is in the corner as it is in other pieces. Hope you like this piece.

I should have another beach scene painting that I will be putting up in a day or so. Watch for it!

Meltdown

This piece was a little rough at first. I didn't like what I had originally done, but then I started experimenting with it and I think it turned out well. I blended some of the brown and cream to lighten the brown color and create a feathered look on the outer edge of the canvas. I then decided to add some blue and then let the colors drip in order to show some of the canvas coming through. Then it was just a matter of pouring on paint and letting it drip down the canvas.

Hope you enjoy the painting as well as the title! To me, its a visual of what a meltdown might look like. So, this is my meltdown!

Touch of Darkness

This painting is rather modern and abstract. I was inspired by the paintings I had done for my mother to do more modern paintings. This one I wanted to be darker and I just started painting. It turned out better than I had hoped for. After I had laid down and slightly blended the basic blue and brown colors, I had a hard time trying to figure out what else it needed. I think that the corresponding paint splatters really enhance the outcome of the painting.