Showing posts with label passion. Show all posts
Showing posts with label passion. Show all posts
Saturday, August 31, 2019
Tuesday, August 28, 2018
Three paintings by Paula Formanek
Yesterday I 
painted these 'magical' flowers from memory ... from my recent hikes in the Czech Forest ... When I was there, they were in bloom, providing colour and 'energy' in forest clearings ... 'Enchanting Gloves' - oil with knife on canvas, 20 x 26 cm ... Wishing a happy day to everyone! ...
"Enchanting Gloves" by Paula Formanek
'A field of Passion', oil with knife on panel, 28 x 36 cm ... this is one I started in Europe and recently brought home ... just completed yesterday. My love for poppies goes back to childhood when I ran through the fields and helped my grandmother pick them ... she would dry them and then submit to state pharmacy ...
"A Field of Passion" by Paula Formanek
This one, started several months ago after I came home with some tulips ... itching to get back into a little painting today after down time with the flu ... A WIP, thick oil on panel ...
"Tulips" by Paula Formanek
Friday, February 5, 2016
Love for Love, by NY artist Celeste Plowden
Hearts and Valentines come to mind, in
this abstract painting of the feeling of happy love. Reds and pinks
preside over a few gray spots, all in all, uplifting and hopeful!
Acrylic on canvas, UV varnish, sides painted, wired and ready to hang. painted with a palette knife for texture.8x10
Acrylic on canvas, UV varnish, sides painted, wired and ready to hang. painted with a palette knife for texture.8x10
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.
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