16x20 acrylic on canvas.
This is a painting I am donating to a fund raiser today.
Showing posts with label blues. Show all posts
Showing posts with label blues. Show all posts
Sunday, August 9, 2015
Amphora of Hope, 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.
Friday, August 22, 2014
"Blues Skies" by Karla Nolan, 36"x36" unframed palette knife oil painting on gallery wrapped canvas
Well,
this is a biggie -- 3 feet by 3 feet, painted primarily in blue hues.
Hence, the name. The clouds in Colorado are so beautiful, so numerous
with the varying shades of the blues in the background, they light up
everything! Ready to hang, no need to frame unless you want to.
"Blues Skies", 36"x36" unframed palette knife oil painting
on gallery wrapped canvas, $1295
includes s/h in continental U.S., click
Paypal button listed at blogspot below or write me at KarlaNolan@gmail.com for more information
Thanks for viewing my art! Greetings from Fort Collins, Colorado
"Life is an onion and one peels it crying."--French proverb
Escapism. Defying time. Serenity and solace. Reliving treasured moments...the reasons I paint and make artwork. The creative acts are surely the most pleasant and yet difficult of all. Color and form are special friends. The challenge of perfecting artwork is monumental and exhilarating. This effort has grown to be both friend and family, which are the two most important aspects of my life. Judaica is my most challenging art...Hebrew and I don't always get along!
I'm mainly self-taught in art, relying on intuition, experimentation, benefiting from studying books, visiting museums, galleries and learning painting techniques from other artist friends/relatives. I've studied pastels with Clive Tyler, taken oils with Daniel Edmondson. My newest medium is painting on glass, inspired by an Italian master, bringing this art technique home and applying my own topics. My oils are mainly with palette knife.
This art style might be called "abstract realism", an oxymoron in its own right. Favorite contemporary artists include Cruciani, L Horowitz, Berberian, S Stork, C Tyler, D Edmondson.
"Life is short, use color!"
Monday, August 27, 2012
Urban Blues by Lisa Elley. 100% Palette Knife Oil Painting.
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| Urban Blues by Lisa Elley. 8 X 10. Palette Knife Oil Painting |
A sweet, rustic little orange doorway, nestled in complementary blue
walls makes for an eye catching, urban European scene.
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