I was thinking of the transparent aspect of undulating waves, and the different blues in the ocean when I painted this. 11x14 acrylic on canvas, sides painted, wired and ready to hang, UV varnish.
Available at Saatchi Art
Showing posts with label Mermaid. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Mermaid. Show all posts
Sunday, August 16, 2015
Mermaid's Delight, by New York artist, Celeste Plowden
I learned the art of acrylic and pastel painting through private instruction, after having spent my career as a designer of printed fabrics in the New York market place. I am a graduate of the College of Design, Art and Architecture at the University of Cincinnati, with a major in the History of Art, 1977. Later, I studied printed textile design at Parsons School of Design, in New York. Immediately afterward, I began free lance work for several design studios in the garment district of NYC, where I did re-coloration work for printed apparel fabrics, and sold my own designs through Bread and Butter Designs,also located in New York. In addition, during the 1980's and 1990's, I designed a number of needlecraft and stencil books for Dover Publications. Currently, I am working on a series of exotic birds and other animals done in acrylic paint, with a palette knife, for texture and brilliant color. I consider my paintings to be representational or impressionistic in nature, and I use fantasy colors because what I see often makes me feel these colors,and what would make an interesting composition, rather than using realistic colors.
Saturday, June 20, 2015
Original oil paintings by Karen Tarlton palette knife impressionism
Planning on doing some plein air painting with them this weekend.
You can't beat the view in this studio :)
10x10
Mermaid
"I must be a mermaid, Rango. I have no fear of depths and a great fear of shallow living."
— Anaïs Nin
Saturday, June 6, 2015
Original oil painting Mermaid Dance by Karen Tarlton
8x10
Mermaid Dance
Well it's been a beautiful Spring and the start to a lovely Summer.
I am now in San Diego and enjoying it so much.
Painting everyday, and running in the perfect weather on the ocean is inspiring.
I see seals and ocean birds everyday and boats of course so if you see
more ocean inspired paintings, you'll know why!
Somebody asked for Mermaids, and so here is the first :)
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