Back and Forth Abstract Acrylics and the Pastel Landscape

                                                             24 x 24 Galley Wrap Canvas


It is sometimes problematic to go back and forth between two mediums as well as two totally different subject matters. I do Outdoor Art shows and have been juried into several shows for the spring, some with my Pastel body of work and some with my Acrylic Abstracts, thus the working back and forth. I am very excited about the abstracts and can't wait to see the consumers response to a whole display of them.

These are some new ones that I have been working on. I am working on painting series in the same color palette as to make paintings that will go together. This is what is done in the print world ( I worked for a while with a company that sold prints of my work) It is common that a buyer will purchase two or three paintings if they compliment each other.

I probably will not be posting much as I have three weekend shows in April and three in May, some are travel away shows so my time is very limited but I will try to keep you apprised of what is happening.

Paint Over

Some times we have an idea and think that one does a painting on a theme and thinks that it is executed well. Upon further reflection  and after a time , one revisits the painting and it is no longer to their  liking or had processed another thought. The good thing about acrylics is that you can paint over the old work. This is a progression of that old painting to the new.
The redish drips on the left in the second image is brown India Ink, It makes for some interesting results . Also in the final completed piece on the right side.

Painting size is 24 x 48

Almost Abstract Landscape

This is a large gallery wrap canvas, 24 x 48, large for me anyway. I took the landscape and simplified it way down, yet can still tell what the scene is.

6 x 6 Abstracts Created on hard board panels

I found these 6x6 hardboard panels on a site that is geared to teachers or kids camp programs.The kind that has craft kits that you can buy in bulk. The site is www.S&S.com  they were very reasonable so like most artists ordered a bunch and figured I would do something with them.

So I gessoed them and decided to paint mini abstracts. I did them in a series of  two, three or four. Below represents 2 of  4 in the series. The middle one was how I made them so they could be hung. I purchased a 1 x 4 x 6 feet long piece of pine,cut them to size with my compound slid saw, a little sanding , glued them to the square with panel glue used in a chalking gun and added the mirror hanger.

They look great hung together in the series. Enjoy

Small Abstracts 6 x 6

New Year , New Blog and Renewed Inspiration

  Hi and Welcome,
I am excited about creating this new blog with my right off the press new paintings, I have been working on this new body of work for about 9 mos. now and having a heck of a lotta fun, it is now time to share my journey with you. Ah!, the journey is the best part, all the possibilities that have no end insight.

I hope that my posts will give you food for thought and aide in some small way on your personal journey.

It is an evolving process for me, so different from my more representational pastel landscapes, to do a 180 working in a more or total abstract vane. I still adore pastels and still get a kick out of painting on location but this has opened my eyes to so many more ways of interpreting something. My new path will only enhance my pastels and visa verse.

Please feel free to comment, add suggestions or questions about any of my posts.

Hope you enjoy the ride and creative painting to all,

Virginia ( Ginny )

Wild Flower Morphed continued

The beginning with thin washes of acrylic paint with some areas sprayed with alcohol for the surface runs.

Process continued , emphasis  on the Clematis flowers.

Close up of the paper pattern and texture created with it.

This was the near completed piece but decided It still needed work and did not like the flowers or the colors.

This is what the painting finally morphed to. You can see the remnant's of the bottom right 3 flowers from the image before it , I added the complement of the purple with the inclusion of the yellow gold daisies. Noodled a bit more and called it done.