left handed drawing and painting

It has been almost 3 months since my last post in mid April. A long time I know, but, I was working on several canvases through May and June, and then almost 5 weeks ago sh*&#*&% happened. I fell in a stupid accident and broke both of my arms!!!! I am past the worst of it now, casts have been replaced with braces and I have started physiotherapy. I am able to move my wrists, and arms in limited ways. For a number of reasons my left arm is healing faster than my right (dominant) one, but I am optimistic and expect a full recovery in the future.

                                        

Last week, I needed some art therapy, so I finally started drawing, using my left/non-dominant hand and then added some water color paint. It felt so good to do both after what seemed like an eternity. The results are above.

The three sketchbook paintings below are ones I did before the accident, using a similar technique. 
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Marsh on the 118

Marsh on the 118

12" x 36" - acrylic on canvas - SOLD

Every year on our drive to and from our cottage in Haliburton, we go past this view along the188 East, and every year I take photos, and several have inspired paintings. Here is the (cropped) photo.....

In this, the latest painting, I used a different and challenging (for me) format - the wide horizontal canvas - and interpreted the scene in a more painterly and less stylized manner. I was really happy with the finished painting.

A close-up view of the left portion gives a better view.

And the previous paintings based on this photo....

Radiant River 

(sold)

Scorcher

(sold)

Sunny Day, Provence

Sunny Day, Provence

acrylic on canvas - 18" x 14" - SOLD

Several years ago I discovered a site that offered week-long painting sojourns in Provence  - the dream holiday for a landscape painter, foodie, market-shopper and confirmed francophile. This painting was inspired by a scene near where I stay there, and is one I did last year as a workshop demonstration piece. The workshop was about how to experiment with landscape space and abstraction through simplification of forms. 

Here's to sunshine and spring!

Collage 'Scape 5

Collage 'Scape 5

mixed media: acrylic & rice papers on canvas - 16" x 20" - $90

This work is the last of a group of landscapes created through layering acrylic paint and decorative rice papers on canvas, to build the image. 

The subject is olive trees.  

Thanks for looking - have a great day.

Collage 'Scape 4

Collage 'Scape 4

mixed media: acrylic paint & collage papers

9" x 11" - SOLD

The fourth in this small series. The composition is based on a Scottish landscape photo. I did not add as much paint on the surface of the papers once glued down as in some of the other works, because the papers allowed me to say what I wanted.

Collage 'Scape 3

Collage 'Scape 3

mixed media: acrylic paint & collage papers on cradled panel 

9" x 11" - $65

My third interpretation of a landscape using decorative collage papers and lots of paint, both underneath and overtop of the papers. This one is a little more abstract than the others.

Here is what it looked like when I started - and I liked that too, and wondered about stopping - but did not, and I love the finished work. BTW, the entire surface is protected and sealed with a varnish.

Collage 'Scape 2

Collage 'Scape 2

acrylic & rice papers mixed media on canvas - 14" x 11 - $75

This is the second mixed media landscape using a combination of acrylic paint and decorative papers to build the composition and image.

The first stage in which I glue the papers on to the canvas is below, to give you an idea of how I start.