New Painting Finally

Light In The Foliage.

Acrylic Paint, Soft Pastels And Acrylic Paint Pens On Polyester/Cotton Canvas

48” x 40”  (122cm x 101cm)

Hi there.  I’ve been away awhile.  My health hasn’t been very good so it’s been difficult to make art.  I started this painting over a year ago and now I have finally finished it!  It is the largest painting I have made so far.  It is so freeing to work on a big canvas.  I think I am happy with it.  I will get cards and prints made, maybe by December I think.  I hope you enjoy looking at this painting, it really was fulfilling to make.  Bye for now 😊 

 

Small Floral Canvas Painting

‘There Were Flowers In The Deep’

Acrylic, Soft Pastels and Acrylic Markers On Cotton Canvas

60cm x 50cm

Hi there😊.  I finished this painting I posted about last time.  It was a really difficult painting to make because it has a sombre mood to it and sometimes I felt pulled to a dark place.  But I made it out and I like it.  It is a small painting compared to the others, which also made it difficult because for some reason it is easier for me to work big.  I hope you enjoy it!

Thanks for looking and reading😊

New Floral Canvas Painting

Acrylic Paint, Acrylic Pens An Soft Pastel On Polyester Cotton Canvas

100cm x 76cm

Hi there😊  I finally finished this floral painting which I seemed to have been working on for a while.  I was distracted, mostly by health problems but that’s life.  I am happy with how it turned out in the end but there were more than a few worrying moments.  I did have a lot of fear because I’m painting in a process driven way and part of me is still scared to trust and let go.  It is a lot like riding a horse in so many ways.  By process driven I mean that the painting gets made up as I go, kind of like improvisation.  I do make preparation sketches in Watercolour of flowers that are difficult and that I am unsure of but I don’t plan much.  I think I have talked about this before.  So I am pleased with the colours and the life in the painting.  I know the composition isn’t perfect but I like it like that.

So the weather is cooling here and it will be winter soon.  I hope wherever you are that life is treating you okay and you are all feeling okay.  I am not sure what is next painting wise but I will post about it.  I will do another floral, I have a vague idea of what I will do.  Thanks for looking and reading.

(Description:  two images of a large vertical canvas painting of flowers and leaves in a grey coloured square vase with white polka dots.  The flowers are in a big bunch in blue, pink, orange, yellow, brown, light pink.  The style is almost loose and there are little details added with acrylic pens of different colours.  The background is a very light yellow/gold colour.)  

Summer Floral On Canvas

‘The Fluid Summer Blooms’

Acrylic, Pastel and Acrylograph Pens On Polyflax Canvas

30 x 24 Inches

Hello and Happy New Year, at least I hope it will be a good or better year for all of you😊.  We have had such hot weather this week, too hot to be outside but it was okay.  I haven’t taken my Christmas tree down yet because I just love the sparkling lights and that festive feeling that seems to be gone the day after Christmas. 

So I posted this painting last year because I thought it was finished but I would stare at it on my easel everyday and I knew it wasn’t right but I just had to wait for the solution to come and it did last week.  I added more to the outside with the acrylic pens and I am happy with it now.  So now onto the next one which I am looking forward to.  

Goodbye till next time😊 

Floral Canvas Painting

I have been practicing painting florals with acrylic paints on canvas for a couple of years now but have been reluctant to post them here because I wasn’t happy with my efforts.  I was finally happy with this one but part of me still isn’t sure about it.  I used acrylic paint, soft pastel, Acrylograph pens and Posca pens.  It was a lot of fun to make because it was a really intuitive process except for using my reference photos to help with accuracy.  

I went to the beach yesterday and I had to wear a windproof coat because the wind was so cold even though it is now summer.  We have a weather event called La Niña which means that we will have a wet, cool summer, which I don’t mind because I don’t feel in the mood for the scorching heat this summer for some reason.  I am just happy for the sun to be out now and then😊.  My health is slowly improving and I am grateful for the good hours in the day.  Thanks for reading and looking🙏   

Mushrooms

Girl with Mushrooms

Gouache/Watercolour/Graphite Pencil in Moleskine Journal

So I don’t really know why I decided to draw mushrooms with this girl.  I think I was feeling a safe childhood place where there are fairytales, woods and yes, mushrooms. 

I hope everyone is doing okay.

Summer Rain

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Anointing: Summer Rain

61cmW x 76cmH

 

 

Hi there :)  Another mixed media piece to post.  I had fun with this one.  I was trying to capture the heat and light of late summer combined with rain.  I love the smell of rain on a hot day. 

On another level, it's kind of about the cleansing power of water and fire.  The flame cleanses like water, it's not hot, it's cooling, as it cleanses and rejuvenates. 

 Also I have this thing about inner light or an inner flame.  I think I'm preoccupied with this because at times I've felt the fire go out in me.

 

I made this piece with old newspaper, patterned paper, pencil, crayon and acrylic paints.

 

 

Mixed Media

 

 

 

 

Her Heart Is Good As New

41cm W x 51cm H

Mixed media on canvas.

 

Hi there :)  I said a while ago that I was experimenting with mixed media.  This painting is one of the ones I am most happy with.  I had a lot of disasters, including gel medium splitting for some reason and going all goopy (yuck), which completely ruined a work I really liked.  Oh well. 

I was happy with the colours on this one but the mixed media background may have too much going on for my liking.  I'm still learning and really enjoying the random messiness of it all, considering I used to be addicted to being neat and tidy with my art.  I wish I could be that tidy round my house :)