Blue Series: Early 2013

My next series I am beginning tonight will be going back to my abstract roots. I am going to explore Liquitex Basic Ultramarine Blue, working other colors into it and seeing what I find. The only other colors I will use in each painting will be Liquitex Basic Titanimum White and Liquitex Heavy Body Mars Black.

Brown colors need to be created using compliments. The minimum number required for the series will be at least six, however only three were good enough to post.

All photos are Liquitex Acrylic paint shot with a Samsung Galaxy S III smartphone.

 Blue (Orange)

 Blue (Red)

 Blue (Yellow)

Landscape Series: Winter 2012

After I completed the Hue Series I switched gears from abstract to realistic imagery. And even though I have a french easel I decided to scour the web for high-res photos to work from. I feel mixed about these results. Typically I work abstractly at first and don't have a preplanned path for the painting to take. I place color on the canvas and step back to see what it is. I never think about nudes, landscapes, still-life's or anecdotes. I see the surface like a child that needs me to guide it in the direction it needs to go to realize whatever it is going to be. And if it just happened to become a nude, landscape, still-life or anecdote then that was what it wanted me to help it be.

All photos are Liquitex Acrylic paint shot with a Samsung Galaxy S III smartphone.

Rapids

 Stone Slabs

 Three Trees

Three Birch Trees

 Paper Birch

Two Birches

Hue Series: Fall 2012

I did a series of abstract paintings in the fall of 2012 focusing on the six primary/secondary colors. I considered these color studies so I worked with student grade level Liquitex Basics on Blick Canvas Pad. I wasn't happy with how the Blick Canvas Pad held up to the acrylic - bowing and warping. So halfway into the series I tried another canvas pad brand - Fredrix Canvas Pad - and was much happier with the results.

These are my favorites out the series.

All photos are 18 x 24 Liquitex Acrylic paint shot with a Samsung Galaxy S III smartphone.

 Orange

 Purple