Listen to the patter of the rain. It feeds the thirday earth, changing the dried tan field to a plush green meadow; a blanket of love. Turned on a faucet above caused life to bloom so shortly after its gloom. It washes away the past giving hope to thefuture. All is right with the world so listen to the patter of the rain.
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Title: Differences
Size: 14 inches by 11 inches
Medium: Acrylic paint on stretched canvas
Year completed: 2017
Write Up:
This is an older painting of mine that I painted in 2017. I was feeling lonely, so I went to my paints. You’ll notice that this painting has 5 blue flowers, 5 bees, and then 1 large red rose. The rose doesn’t have her bee though. It seemed like everyone was paired off except for me. That doesn’t mean that I won’t bloom and that doesn’t mean that the painting should be sad. It is a simple fact, which is why the background is so bright and cheerful.
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Title: Unzipped
Size: 14 x 11
Medium: Acrylic paint on Canvas
Finished Date:Â Early 2017
Summary: Unzipped is my first surrealism painting came when rains came after a long drought. The change in weather gave new life to the land and showed me that life can be renewed even after a long rest and struggle.
Inspired by surrealism I painted an image that came to be while driving home after a rain storm.
California was is a drought and before the rains came everything looked dead and dry. We then had heavy rain fro at least two weeks. It seemed like the days the rains stopped nature came back to life. Everything was green and colorful again.
It was as though the sky unzipped and brought life back.
In this painting I captured the wonderful feeling that the rain brought. It was as though we were transported to a different land.
Over half the painting has blues and greens with touches of red, yellow and a bit of brown. The other half, where the rain has not reached, is filled with gray and tan. There is no life vegetation where there is no rain.
The could that is being unzipped also takes up a large portion of the dry section. It gives a hope that the rain is coming, but also shows that more focus is on the rain when there isn’t any.
This painting is split, but should give you hope. Rain will come when it is needed and breath new life into the same land, so even if things seem gloomy, dark, and dead keep the hope alive. Life can be renewed.
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Title: Simple Rose
Size: 5 x 7 inches
Medium: Acrylic paint of canvas
Finished Date: Finished 2014, gallery wrap 2017
Summary: As the title suggests this was a simple and quick rose. The main purpose of it was to experiment with painting a flower
Write Up:
This is one of my first canvas paintings. I was focused on technique, which is why it is so simple.
It is simple and singular, with only one red rose with a steam and two small leaves. The beauty is in its simplicity.
As you can see the background is blue and teal. It was created by a crisscross wet blended method. I had only done this technique on larger surface areas and I was pleased with how well it transferred to this smaller area.
The stem’s technique is a gradual shading using a pale green for where the light source hit and a more brown shade of green for the shadowed areas.
For the rose itself I used a crimson base with white for the light and purple for the shade.
For years I would look at this painting and wonder why it did not seem complete. I was at a loss about what was missing and how to improve the art piece. I wanted to keep it simple, but it needed something more. In 2017, I added the gallery wrap. Instead of blue or teal, which would have been in line with what a gallery wrap’s purpose is, I chose red. This small detail makes the painting look and feel complete. It is just enough contrast to give the simple painting another element.