Monday, August 20, 2012

Alberta Heat

Alberta Heat
12x36"
Mixed Media on Canvas
Painting # 92 - This was a fun painting to create. Again, I learned the value of glazing. I used yellows, magentas and purples to glaze my trees so that they won't all be the same colour.

This painting was recently selected for the Alberta Society of Artist's Celebrating Alberta Exhibition.

Still Waters

Still Waters
18x24"
Mixed Media on Canvas
Painting #91 - This painting was created from a photo I took while visiting my home town of Stratford, Ontario. Again, this was an abstract painting before it became a landscape. I applied mixed media and drips and drabs of paint before the landscape began to take form. I'm bewildered by how hard it is to paint trees. I like the little group of plants and reflections in the bottom right-hand corner.

Bucolic Birches

Bucolic Birches
8x8"
Acrylic on Canvas
Painting #90 - I painted this landscape from my imagination as I was tired of using photo references. I learned the value of glazing during this process. Glazing helped me achieve a variety of colours amongst the birches, which helped to create a more interesting painting.

Reflections on the Avon

Reflections on the Avon
8x8"
Acrylic on Canvas
Painting #89 - In my course I learned that a strong painting has an interesting focal point. Thus, mine is the reflection on the left-hand side. I dulled the reflection on the right-hand side of the painting so that they wouldn't compete with each other.

Inviting Pathways

Inviting Pathways
8x8"
Acrylic on Canvas
Painting #88 - I used the same picture for this painting as I did for my previous painting. I painted this one at my workshop. There is an abstract painting behind this landscape. Interesting process... I like it better than starting with a white canvas.