Two New Paintings

This weekend I worked small again, coming up with two that I like. The challenge for me always seems to be making these studies larger on canvas. But more on that later. For now, these little ones each signify a departure from my usual color palette.

For the first one, I used cutout pieces of watercolor paper that I painted randomly and collaged them onto a sheet of canvas-textured paper that I had already prepared a while back. I had been experiencing an urge to utilize collage into painting and this is where it took me. Sort of “Reclamation-ish” but without the lengthy prep work. This is how it turned out.

Turn of Events (study)

12" x 12", Acrylic on Paper

The second one was pure color experimentation with a few tubes of paint that just took my fancy. I like how it turned out!

A Touch of Yellow

12" x 12", Acrylic on Paper

Forgotten Sticks and Stones

A while back I did these tiny Sticks and Stones. Small and all on paper, these were to experiment with color and new techniques like tissue paper collage, paint pens, oil wax crayon, scraping and re-cropping. They aren’t going to be for sale, although I think #58 has potential. I have framed that one in a tiny frame but I think I might mount it to a wood support with white-painted edges. I was documenting this morning and since I just photographed them, I thought I would post a quickie on them.

from top to bottom: Sticks & Stones #s 57, 58 and 59

6" x 6", Acrylic on Paper

Sticks & Stones #63

I just submitted this painting to the Artful Home. I finished it after #64, the small work on paper in my previous post, but started this one first, hence its earlier numeric designation. I mention this only because I was pretty sure it was finished before #64. I even photographed it. But when I was doing the color correction to the image, something just wasn’t right. It didn’t seem finished. I left it alone for a couple of days, painted #64 in the interim, then decided I definitely needed to do something with this one. So I did and now I like it so much better.

Sticks & Stones #63

18" x 24", Acrylic on canvas

A small painting

This is a quick post to show my latest little painting.

It was fun to paint. Like magic.

Sticks & Stones #64

9 x 12, Acrylic on Paper

New “Arte”

Finally! Inspired by the small study on paper entitled Arte de Natura, Elemental will be submitted to the Artful Home for consideration. Hopefully, it will be up by the end of the week.

Elemental

24 x 24, Acrylic on Canvas

5-31-12 Update: it is now available on the Artful Home!!

My own art collection

After my post yesterday it got me thinking… perhaps people would be interested to know that I also collect art and have for several years. So I think that from time to time I will talk about my art purchases and show pictures of them hanging in my house. This first piece that I will share is a piece I bought about eight or nine years ago. The artist is Sunstone Maria. At one time, she sold her work on eBay and that is where I purchased this piece. The painting is entitled “Saturday Morning” and it measures 24" square. I remember she listed this piece a few times and to my complete surprise, it did not sell. But every time she relisted it, I would watch it. Then one day, she put it on an extreme sale and it was a “Buy It Now”. At this point, I could not pass it up, so I immediately “bought it then”. It’s always a little bit of a gamble with art on eBay. A lot of the artists (at least then) did not know how to color-balance their painting images and I have to admit that a few times an art piece would arrive and I would be very disappointed as the color was no where near what I was expecting. But this piece arrived and was exactly as it had been depicted. I have been happy with it for the past several years and it hangs in my living room above the fake fireplace. Below is a photo of my living room in its entirety, taken a few years ago. I've added a few things, but the art is still the same.

Full view of the living room. Sunstone Maria’s “Saturday Morning” is in the center above the fireplace. The piece on the left is a reproduction (the only reproduction I own) and the three pieces on the right are paintings that I have done.

A closer image of “Saturday Morning”.

I recently did a Google search for Sunstone Maria and was pleased to find that she is still creating art and has a website:
http://sunstonemaria.com/

Whatever happened to…?

I recently had a conversation with someone about how I love to receive photos from the people who buy my paintings showing how my paintings are framed or displayed. I got the urge to locate those photos and here’s what I’ve found.

Sentinel and Rhyme & Reason (2005) were both purchased by the same person and this is how she had them framed.

Back in 2005, I did a lot of Small Works on Paper. They all measured 9" x 12" and I found the process quite freeing. I think this is where my love of working on paper originated. I approach a piece on paper with an eagerness to try anything (after all, it's only paper!), and usually what happens is something good and I'll think, “I wish I could just transfer that onto a canvas!” These next pieces were all in that series and the same person purchased all three. I love how they look framed.

Small Work #19 (top) 

and Small Work #23 with Small Work #24 (bottom)

The customer (an art consulting firm) did not send me the photos below. I found them on their website in a section displaying samples of their corporate installations. These were commissions done in 2008.

Reclamation 28 and Reclamation 29

So, if there is anyone out there reading this who owns a Glenys Porter Original, please send me a photo(s) of how you have it (them) displayed. I would love to see them again!