Having Fun with Abstracts

12 Dec 2011 4 Comments

by Jennie in Uncategorized

This is something very new to me and rather exciting.

Different influences have come together to encourage me to have a go at some abstract paintings:

- I have taught Abstracts to adults who have difficulties with fine motor skills and the results have been very encouraging and rewarding.

- I also noticed the wonderful variety of Artwork on display in the Grundy Art Gallery and admired the freedom in the Abstract pieces of work.

- I wanted to paint on a canvas with watercolours but the medium I had purchased to enable me to do so did not work, so I started painting with acrylics on canvas and was dismayed by my colours becoming muddy, so I wanted to find a technique that enabled me to keep the colours as fresh and vibrant as possible  - I also wanted to see if painting with a palette knife would loosen up my technique in acrylic and enhance the colours….

… and the result was this green Abstract experiment – it’s just a little piece on a small box canvas. I was very excited by the mark making the palette knife could produce –  it’s just an experiment but was great fun to create -

I decided to call this little experiment ‘Turning Point’ and pop it on the wall in my studio to remind me to keep my colours fresh in my paintings.

Here’s my second Abstract – this was requested by my daughter because she liked ‘Turning Point’ but wanted a little box canvas abstract with reds and oranges… it didn’t work for a while until I started to think about her and what a lovely personality she has. I also thought about the Autumn colours and how fast the Winter has arrived, so here is the second Abstract – we have been debating what to call this one, again it’s on a little box canvas… I thought perhaps it should be called ‘The Winter Comes so Quickly’ but my daughter thought it could be called ‘Blooming Frost’

So these are two tiny little abstract experiments – great fun to create!

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