Dancin' Trees

Dancin' Trees

9" x 11" - acrylic on heavy wc paper - $45.

This small painting is really a variation on a theme, inspired by the photo image below. 

This image was the starting point for two recent larger canvas paintings......

Listen to the Trees    sold

Regeneration   sold

.......but of course one idea tends to breed others, and so I wanted to try a more extreme variation; painting on paper, using a 'hot' palette and loose brushstrokes resulted in this. I think the trees are dancin', don't you?

Tropical Vibe on the South Shore

Tropical Vibe on the South Shore

24" x 36" - acrylic on canvas - $450

Like most painters,  I constantly use a variety of brushes -  small and large ones, square shaped and round ones, all in various sizes. In some recent paintings I have been experimenting with building up layers of colour and form with squarish brush strokes using a 'bright' brush. I like the overall chunky look of these strokes and the way they contribute to abstract quality of the composition. 

This composition is a riff on an earlier one, but using a very different, colourful, high key palette. Lots of intense colour, colour galore in fact!