Palette Knife Painters, International: lily

Sunday, February 7, 2016

Roses and Lilies by NY artist Celeste Plowden

A bouquet of pink day llilies and red roses pops out from a cool background of pale grey, viridian, and peachy pinks, and brings to mind warm hearts and love. A special gift for for Valentine's Day that will never fade!

This abstract floral is painted with acrylic on canvas, UV varnish, sides painted, wired and ready to hang. Painted with a palette knife for texture.

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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.

Monday, July 1, 2013

Looking Up, pink lilies floral oil painting by Marion Hedger

Looking Up, Pink Lilies by Marion Hedger

18x24cm (approx 7"x10")

Oil on canvas panel, painted with a brush and finished with a palette knife.
For sale on Daily Paintworks HERE

Several years ago I planted several containers with lily bulbs. Once they stop flowing they are put into a corner of the garden and forgotten about. But each year they perform wonderfully. Their only care is watering and a bit of feed. These are lilies from one of those containers. Painted alla prima, in situ. It's lovely painting outside, but the sun does have a habit of moving around making it difficult to catch the light. You have to make up your mind early on where the lights and darks are to be placed.

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Sunday, February 7, 2016

Roses and Lilies by NY artist Celeste Plowden

Monday, July 1, 2013

Looking Up, pink lilies floral oil painting by Marion Hedger