Fire Meets the Sea-an intuitive painting

Fire Meets the Sea
18"x 24"
Mixed Media on Canvas
If you want to own this painting go to my website kellyjeanetteswift.com to purchase.



After struggling with my last painting for a week, this
painting was done much faster. Why? It’s because I had fun doing it. The last
one was too controlled, too tight. It was not lose enough. This one was more
intuitive and free flowing except for the parts I chose to control like the
placement of the molding paste for texture and the lovely little pink circles.
I have no idea what they are. They just felt right to do. After staring at the
painting for a while I have decided to call it Fire Meets the Sea. I see
flowing lava, sea spray, and vegetation. I actually love this one a lot. I wish you could see the details on this piece.






Title: Fire Meets the Sea
Size: 18”x 24” mixed media on gallery wrapped canvas
Technique-wash painting, painting, sculpturing, dripping, mark making
Materials used-acrylic paint, molding paste, spray paint, gold oil stick, acrylic markers, oil pastels

Tools used-paint brushes, palette knife, markers, fingers, spray bottle

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Obstacles

New work will be posted as soon as I can get the weather to cooporate with me. My house has bad lighting so I have to go outside to take good pictures. It's sunny today, but very cold and windy. Maybe I should buy a lamp with natural light bulbs. Costly, but good investment. I really would like to find a way to market my work into resellable items-prints, cups, cards, etc. Then I could put them on zazzle.com. I would also like to invest in a good printer. There is a site called CraftCount.com that list the top 100 sellers in all categories on etsy. I check out the top artists selling and realized that they all had one thing in common. Prints. All were selling prints of their work. Even though I like doing one of a kind paintings, prints could up my sales. I could leave corporate America sooner. Wish me luck!
Read more

Summer Impression 1 for sale---#101

Image
Imagine sitting in your yard in the shade of a large tree on a beautiful Summer day, drinking a cold drink while you watch a butterfly flutter by, it's brightly colored wings reflecting the sunlight. This painting is a 16x20x1 mixed media abstract incorporating acrylic paint, watercolor sticks, found papers, and 3d elements. The sides are painted and the painting is ready to hang upon delivery. All art work is created in a smoke free environment and stored in a cool dry area. All artwork is sealed with a gloss varnish to bring out the glow of the rich colors and all 3d elements (if any) are adhered on afterwards. I'm asking $100 for it with $10 shipping which includes insurance and confirmation. Certificate of Authenticity will be emailed to you. The artwork is shipped flat and well packed. I do my shipping on Tuesdays and Thursdays and sometimes Saturdays if needed. Please note that I, the artist, retains the copyright to all my images. I do plan to offer prints of my artwork....
Read more

The Ocean Calls

Image
A new painting! 24x36 and I had so much fun doing this one. I don't know, but maybe I have fell into what excites me. I am listening to Artistically Speaking on Blog talk radio with Rebecca E. Parsons. This time she is interviewing intuitive artist Sandra Pineault. A great interview that I found very interesting as I have started doing this myself. Not trying to look like everyone else and giving in to my love of colors, shape, and texture. The Ocean Calls, I think, came out of my need for warmth and sun and the sea. Thinking about the sea a lot lately. I guess I'm looking forward to my vacation trip to the coast in May. Is it May yet? :(
Read more