"A Sweet Spirit" ($40.00)

(adjusted price....$40.00)


"A sweet spirit is like the wind...felt but not seen." We can often see the effects of the wind but the wind itself is not seen. The same is true for a sweet spirit. And the effects are ever so lovely. Another word that aptly describes this type of spirit is kindness.

This piece could be described as an abstract landscape. The gradation of color from yellow to orange is a great contrast to the sharp lines of the brilliant violet and blue. The white haze is a very dilute application of gesso applied before the paint. This "veiled" effect was the closest thing I could create to represent the wind. The diagonal sweep also helps to indicate movement.

Referencing my notes from yesterday's post...the bright and stained colors in this piece were created by greatly diluting the acrylic paint with water. (It is probably (20) parts water to (1) part paint.) It also helps to choose colors that are intense like Nickel Azo Yellow..Pyrrole Orange...and Quinacridone Violet. The rich blue at the bottom is Anthraquinone Blue. (All of these colors are Golden Fluid Acrylics.)  They work together because the top three colors create an analogous color scheme and the dark blue at the bottom is a direct complement to orange. This is the power of color and it is (10x) more intense in the original.   Just something to think about.

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