Tuscan Landscape

This isn't a typical weekly painting since it took over a month to paint but I wanted to post it for this week's painting since I just got it hung. It is 23 canvases painted to hang together in an abstract collage. It was fun to paint but also a challenge because I used acrylics (which I haven't used since high school) so they would dry quickly and I could get it to Mexico. The original reason I used a series of small canvases was because it was a good way to get a large painting to Mexico on the plane. It fit neatly into our luggage. The largest canvas is 10" x 20" but the overall painting is about 4' x 8'.

Tuscan Landscape
4' x 8'
Acrylic

Wisteria

I'm leaving for Mexico tomorrow for a week so I am posting this early. I didn't want to miss a week. I've been painting a large project that I'm taking to Mexico and finally finished it so I only had time to do a quick watercolor sketch for this week's painting.

Wisteria
Watercolor
Image size 9.5" x 6.5"
Unframed

aeonium

Now I'm back to nature. I love succulents and wanted to try painting this aeonium. I love the colors. This is my red/green complementary color palette.

Aeonium
Watercolor
Image size 9" x 9"
Unframed

Rocks III

This is the last painting in my "Rocks" series. It was fun to do abstracts but I'm ready to go back to representational art for awhile.

Rocks III
Image size 15" x 22"
Watercolor
Unframed

Rocks II

"Rocks II" is the second abstract I've done that was inspired by granite slabs. I'm getting more comfortable with painting abstracts but it still isn't really my thing. I'm much too literal to see things in an abstract way.

Rocks II
Image Size 15" x 22"
Watercolor
Unframed

Rocks I

This is very different from my usual painting style. I've never felt comfortable with abstract painting. It does not come easily to me. However, I recently spent quite a bit of time in granite yards while we were picking counter tops for our house and was inspired by the beautiful stone configurations in some of the slabs. This is the first in a short series of my rock inspirations. I also used a limited palette of Ultramarine Blue, Raw Sienna and Burnt Sienna. This could also be considered an alternative primary palette using the Raw Sienna as the yellow and the Burnt Sienna as the red.

Rocks I
Image size 18" x 24"
Watercolor
Unframed

Sunflowers on a Shelf

Another try at a still life and yet another version of sunflowers. I really am tired of painting them because of all those darn petals but they are such happy flowers.

Sunflowers on a Shelf
11" x 15"
Watercolor
Unframed

Yellow Angels

This was an interesting painting to attack. I had fun with the border details and working the organic shapes in with the geometric shapes. I used a different brand of paper than I usually do so I had to fight with it throughout the whole painting. It was like learning to paint again.

Yellow Angels
30" x 22"
Watercolor
Unframed

Pear Trio

This is another painting that is being influenced by the workshop I'm taking.

Pear Trio
7.5" x 11"
Unframed

Magnolia Still Life

This is a painting I worked on in a watercolor workshop I am attending. The colors are new to me and I really like their richness.

Magnolia Still Life
7.5" x 11"
Watercolor
Framed