"Color Spectrum" ($60.00)

(adjusted price....$60.00...mounted on a 1.50" depth clayboard)

"Color represents the spectrum of emotion." Have your emotions ever been in constant motion like the color appears to be in this piece? If so, stop and realize that emotions can't think. Many times they can lead down the wrong path. They can be as mesmerizing as looking at moving color. Thinking on the truth of a situation is better than following emotions.

This entire piece was created by mixing three acrylic colors with Liquitex Pouring Medium. It was then poured...one color at a time...over damp paper. By tilting the paper and combing through the color, a wonderful marbelized effect happens.

The gray at the bottom happened when the black bled into that area at the periphery of the pour. It's a wonderful idea to leave part of the paper that way to show contrast and have a place to do some lettering.

This type of application is "gooey" and thick and requires overnight drying time. Using a hair dryer causes ripples in the pour so let it dry on its own. (To those in my color workshop this Saturday...this is a "sneak preview" of one of the things you will be doing.)

Just something else to try or think about.

Please contact me personally to inquire about this piece.

"Mood Lifter" ($60.00)

(adjusted price....$60.00....mounted on a 1.50" depth clayboard)

"Simple and beautiful form is a mood lifter." The power of artwork to comfort and bring joy is the best motivation for spending the time, effort, and energy it takes to create it and to continue improving skill levels. When people are in pain, they do not need the "bizarre" that is often seen in the art world. They need beautiful form that communicates...everything will be all right in my life again. It's a stabilizer.

Color is a powerful communicator. And a person does not need to understand it to enjoy its power to transform a mood or living space.

The artist, however, needs to make it a life long study. Even when you do that, there will be deeper levels of understanding on the horizon. In this piece, I had a good background of analogous colors.(next to each other on the color wheel) By using my knowledge of color, I was able to make it more compelling by adding purple which is the complement to yellow. You might be looking closely to even see purple, but it's there. The reason it is not obvious is because it was painted over yellow which "grays" it down into a rich neutral. It is in the darker parts of the background as well as the gourd. The lettering is also done in purple (Perylene Violet Gouache...WN)

This type of color sense is learned by doing . Even if you make a decision to simply paint a color on blank dry paper...allow to dry...glaze over with other diluted color, it is a valuable exercise to expand your knowledge of that particular color. Just something to think about.

Please contact me personally to inquire about this piece.

"Turquoise and Fushcia" (unavailable)

"Color my happy landscape with turquoise and fushcia." We are all affected by color, positively or negatively. That's why a good interior designer is worth their weight in gold. The right proportion of color in the right saturation can make or break an environment. May this happy color combination brighten your day.  (Another piece created for a give away this Friday.....(http://www.pactofaustion.com/)

There are only two colors in this piece, but the mingling of the two plus the first layer of randomly applied gesso yield several more tints and tones.

When experimenting with color, technique comes marching into the process. Several questions will help with the experimentation process. What happens when the color is applied on dry paper?..on very wet paper?...or slightly damp paper? What happens when painting over gesso?...over unprimed paper? What happens when another color is painted over the previous color while it is still wet? What happens when the first layer is completely dry and then painted over with a different color?

Questions like these will yield a working knowledge of any color combination you might want to try. Just something to think about.