Kelly Jeanette Swift

Really not sure about the direction of this one. I tried some new things and did not do any molding paste first. I just started painting. I like the colors though. So glad it's warmer now. I feel more like painting when I am not shivering. 36 x 36 gallery wrapped mixed media on canvas-acrylic paint, graphite pencil, oil pastels, spray paint, ink, interference paint, gold ink, gesso Techniques used-brush painting, finger painting, drawing, stamping, dripping, stenciling

Yes, I agree with this article. This is why I do abstracts. I want people to be pulled in to my work. To study it and find new things. To have an emotional connection to it http://www.salon.com/2016/ 12/18/ this-is-your-brain-on-art-a -neuroscientists-lessons-o n-why-abstract-art-makes-o ur-brains-hurt-so-good/ #.WFhPdMhWGsI.facebook (Rotko)

New beginnings, new art making, new friends, new writings, new resolves. Here is Wishing all to a great New Year!

So many new techniques to try. I have already tried a few and had some astounding results. So much fun.                                                         Go here to see a preview of the book To see more of her work http://sandraduranwilson.blogspot.com/

                                         Women of Abstract Expressionism. I really admire these women. I love abstract expressionism and have geared my painting toward that direction. I really think I was born to late.

I had a dream last night that I was painting on a very large canvas. I was rubbing my hands all over it smearing great globs of a very beautiful blue all over it so that it dripped and ran like a waterfall down the canvas. I looked at my hands and they were also dripping with that amazing blue. It pained me that I had to go to work this morning and not paint. Also I am out of large canvas.                                                                                               This is the closest I could find to that color.