last summer

The Jubilant Garden #2

acrylic on 3 canvases
16.5 x 49.5"

The Memory of Flowers

acrylic on 3 canvases
10 x 30"

Jubilant #3

A few days ago I posted this "before & after" picture:


And here it is, different again:



acrylic on canvas
16.5 x 16.5"

A bit busy, I would say!

It could be said that this is how I see the world - crammed full of stuff, everything moving and hard to differentiate.

Anyway I will leave it, move on to the next painting. Hopefully there will be improvements with each attempt.

The Jubilant Garden #1

acrylic on 6 canvases
18.5 x 76" approx.

Worked on these tonight, think they're finished now... liking the gold strings laid on top.



edit:
*SOLD* !!!

surfacing

Got some matboard from the framing shop next door, they always have a big box of leftover pieces & were happy to give them to me. How lucky is that!

Some of these are on canvas and some are on the matboard:


Acrylic on paper works very well! It's a bit absorbent, so I can get watercolour-ish effects.
I might also glue some matboard to cradled wood panel... hmmm... could create a nice raised edge if the panel is slightly bigger than the piece of matboard. Ideas, ideas.

Next, I have to start using some other colours! Everything right now is shades of red, ha.

& then some

So...
this 5-part series:


became a triptych:
I'm calling this the "Jubilant" series.


The other two became individual paintings. I just worked on them a bit tonight; here are the "before & after"s:




Feels like I'm starting to get the hang of this!