‘storm’, acrylic on canvas, John B. Aird Gallery on-line show, September 2023 to November 2023 www.airdgallery.org
I repainted the small spiral shape on the lower right hand side. I like it better now.
‘the pink cloud’ painting. Acrylic on canvas, 20x24”. I changed the colours in the rainbow to be more accurate. I like it better now. I entered this into an online abstract show, and the original ‘storm’ painting. Maybe it will be accepted.
The finished painting. I like it. I’ve wanted to do something like this for at least 2 years. I don’t know what took me so long. I altered the rainbow after I took this photograph.
Step 2 of the experimental abstract painting. I did the 4 small rectangles last night, then I taped them off and did the black cross shape. Now I need to figure out what the overall design is going to be. I can cut stencils with my Cricut stencil cutter if I want curves.
So far, so good. I see a totem pole, a tornado, a crow, a horizontal cross and the letter ‘A’. None of this was intended. It was just supposed to be a random painting of squares and geometrical shapes. It’s really fun to do though. I love different colours of paint swirled together.
The surface covered in swirled paint sections. Fun, but chaotic.
Painted out some of the background with white paint. And then…
I painted it blue. I went downstairs at 11 a.m., no shower, no COFFEE, and worked until 4:30. Forrey brought me a cup of tea. I had dinner and watched TV, then went back and worked for another couple of hours, until 3 a.m. All this, and I’m not even sure I like it yet.
I added another ‘t’ shape to the center of the painting, then scratched the paint with an exacto blade. At the end of the day, I like one part of this painting, so I’m going to do another painting, just of this part. I changed the title to ‘storm’. Acrylic on canvas, 20x16”.
This is going to be the next painting. I have a canvas primed and ready to go.
The ‘storm’ abstract painting, and the ‘pink cloud’ painting. I could hang them together.
One layer of paint on top of a layer of grey paint, and a layer of matte medium. I like it a lot so far. Layer two will smooth the colour out and make it more even.
The finished painting. I changed the rainbow, and took it outside in the sunshine to photograph it. I love it. I seem to be getting mixed reviews though. Most people like the other painting.
I bought this painting by Alexander Thomas @Thecreativebuffet on the Paris Art Crawl today. I love the texture and the shapes.