Joyful, Joyful

"Joyful, Joyful"
8" x 8"
Acrylic on canvas panel
I painted with a joyful heart today. I spent two days with a very ill child and finally made him laugh and hug me.  The little guy loves the color yellow, so I made certain to include that sunshine color in this joyful composition.

It's another palette knife piece.  I'm enjoying the looseness of the application of paint in this technique.  I'll do a few more before moving on to some large roses that are auditioning like starlets.

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Dragon Tails

"Dragon Tails"
18" x 18"
Acrylic on wrapped canvas


There's a place not too far from here where the sky looks like cotton candy, and clouds resemble dragon tails. If I close my eyes it's right over ... there. Try it. See if you agree. 

This painting is sold, but I can recreate a companion piece in your own cotton candy colors if you'd like.

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Larger Than Life

"Larger Than Life"
18" x 24"
Oil on wrapped canvas


Although the bloom on this sun-lit rose faded unexpectedly, it remains imprinted on my heart—always will. It was a rose I chose from a garden full of them, a special one that delighted and amazed me. A beloved rose. 



I painted this large piece in an afternoon—alla prima—in one sitting.  I felt compelled to capture the essence of it before anything changed, as it was painted from life. 

Carol



Taste and See

"Taste and See"
12" x 12"
Acrylic on canvas panel
I read recently that some people can taste color. "No way," you say, but it's true.  It happens by way of a neurological condition in which there is a "union of the senses" called Synesthesia.  Imagine the sensory delights one could experience in a painting such as this!  

Please enjoy another in my knife series of garden paintings.

Carol

Tree of Life

"Tree of Life"
18" x 24"
Acrylic on wrapped canvas
My Tree of Life curls just like life itself.  You never know from one minute to the next what will change and how that change will impact your life. "Buckle up," I say, "It could be a wild ride."  

This is my attempt at making a Tree of Life style with paint, instead of with fractal-generating software.  The background is troweled-on plaster and faux finished like I used to do on walls. It's very textural, both visually and to the touch.

I'm happy you are here with me today.
Carol

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Mostly Sky

"Mostly Sky"
8" x 10"
Oil on canvas panel
On a toenail of the foothills on the front range sit a few buildings; a couple each, for human and equine use. Nothing is nearby or convenient, according to my standards. To live so far-removed from humanity is beyond my comprehension.

The depiction of "mostly sky" is an accurate account of this desolate place without a sushi, martini or genius bar within a day's trot.

Thanks for looking today.
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June's Jewels

"June's Jewels"
12" x 12"
Acrylic on canvas panel
The months that ramp up to June in my zip code exist for the sole purpose of nurturing plants to produce treasured blossoms of ruby, sapphire, tanzanite and garnet, cradled in shades of jade. 

This is another offering of knife painting. "June is busting out all over" was a pretty accurate observation, according to Oscar Hammerstein.    

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Fusion

"Fusion"
  24" x 36"
Acrylic on wrapped canvas
painted black border
Two elements, solids in their own right, collide. They swirl, liquefy and amalgamate. The synergy of their fiery union bears repeating. 


Please enjoy one of my favorites in the series of abstracted swirl paintings. Today's canvas is not only filled with swirls, some of them have developed tails, adding an active element to the mix.

It's warm, come sip ginger ale with me.
Carol

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Brackish Pool

"Brackish Pool"
8" x 8"
Acrylic on canvas panel
Brackish pools saturated the perimeter of the inn where I stayed on the Intracoastal Waterway. I was so drawn to the ecosystems at my feet, I almost missed the colors across the way.  


This is another knife painting—my summer delight.  I love how acrylic paint gets crusty on the canvas as I paint, and makes a texture I can't create any other way.  


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Wildflowers

"Wildflowers"
8" x 8"
Acrylic on canvas panel
It was sunny on the edge of the woods where wildflowers mingled with prairie grasses for our viewing pleasure.  A hammock for two was stretched between two trees in the shade where he read to me as we rocked.  


This little knife painting is compiled from a photo I took a few years ago. The floral elements were scattered on the page, so I nipped and tucked and slathered them on my small panel.
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Ballgame

"Ballgame"
24" x 24"
Acrylic on wrapped canvas
painted black border

Throughout the globe—the galaxy, in fact, examples of sports are recognized in the artifacts of nearly every culture. While there is no indication of how these balls were used, it can be assumed the event was spectacularly entertaining due to the number of used ones spiraling in the universe. 


Here is another in my series of fractal wannabes.  Again I attribute my inspiration to Jock Cooper's amazing talent.

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Fractalish Desert

"Fractalish Desert"
24" x 24" 
Acrylic on wrapped canvas 
I've confessed to my passion for swirls and have painted a lot of them with a ball motif in hot colors, so when I stepped back to look at them as a body of work I recognized the opportunity to explore the concept with different colors and motifs.  This is what happened.  


I totally enjoyed making this piece. It satisfied my desires to paint sun, sky and mountains without looking anything like a landscape.

Please come back to see more tomorrow.
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Fractalish Fire Dance

"Fractalish Fire Dance"
24" x 24" 
Acrylic on wrapped canvas
painted black border
Energy spun, twirled and whirled in this magical realm charged with saturated, hot colors—dazzling my senses.  

My intrigue with fractals continued as I explored the graceful curves of of several swirls in different sizes and colors of balls.  I even swirled the nearly dry paint into the circular shapes with an eighth-inch bristle brush.

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Fractalish

"Fractalish"
24" x 36"
Acrylic on wrapped canvas
black and blue painted border
When I first saw Jock Cooper's artwork I was drawn to his computer generated images with Fibonacci swirls and a bold use of color.  Once we became friends, we both wondered how a painter would execute the essence of what math equations had done for him via a software program.  I assigned myself the challenge.  


This is another in a series of fractal-like paintings I made during this particular quest. I hope you enjoy the series while I work on a few more house portraits.

I always appreciate your visits.
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Log Cabin

"Log Cabin"
24" x 36"
Acrylic on stretched canvas
This is my take on a log cabin quilt with the red hot chimney around which most cabins were built.  As you can see I got bored with the traditional cabin piecing within about two strips, so I abandoned it and went for something a bit more daring.  


This is one of my "less recent" pieces while I work on a larger current piece.

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