Nantucket Basket

            

 Back to traditional Dayton work! A good friend, who is really into Nantucket Baskets, asked me to do a small piece to hang outside their door at the senior facility where we now live.  This is the result.  I looks handsome, even more outside their door.  I think that I'll do some more of this type.

Black Background Pour

In this one, I tried to blow out a piece, but this time on a black background.                                                    It came out very dramatic, I think.

                     
 

Acrylic Pouring Flower #2

 

  Another flower example.  I reeally like this one!

Acrylic Pouring Abstract Flower #1

 Another example of pouring, but not so abstract.   was trying to make some flowers develop, using the hair dryer "blow out" technique.  I'm going to play some more with this technique.

 

Acrylic Pouring With Cells

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These are two more examples of the "blow out acrylic pouring" that I have been experimenting with in the last few months.  In addition to the blow out, I have been playing with what they call a "cell activator".  This is a chemical - in this case a silicone oil" - which when added to the paint, creates spaces or "cells" in the finished piece.  It is so fun to see these cells form after you have done the piece.  It feels very organic.

Blue Blow Out Acrylic

This is a new "acrylic pouring" piece.  I've discovered a new way to do these pieces.  In the earlier pourings, I used a palette knife to make the image on a unpainted canvas surface.  In this one, I put a white paint surface down initially, then put lines of color, and then made the magic happen with a hairdryer.

I really like the result i this one and a lot of people seem to like it, too.  I'm keeping this one!

OSU Pouring

  These two were done with two friends in mind.  They had seen the first acrylic pouring and liked the result.  Since they are both Ohio State Buckeye fans, I did these using the OSU colors of Scarlet and Gray.  Can you see the goal posts?

 

Acrylic pouring again.  This is the same as the previous piece, but uses different accent colors.  This one is hanging at home.  It has even more motion than the first one.

 

Acrylic Pouring #1

This is something new for me. I have been following a new painting technique, called "acrylic pouring" online.  I have watched many YouTube videos about it and decided to give it a try,  This is way different from my normal detail style.  But, it really grabbed me.

This technique uses acrylic paint, an "extender" to dilute it, and then a silicone oil to create some of the detail.  The concept is that the oil doesn't readily mix with the acrylic (oil and water) and then creates the cells in the colors where the it is used.  It creates an amazing image.  The actual image is created with a palette knife over a white paint base.   Not bad for the first try!!!

     

 

 

This piece has a lot going on! And a lot of challenges to master.  First, the window and the tree in the background.  The tree has to be out of focus to show the third dimension.  Secondly, the glass vase and the flowers.  Painting glass is something that I find hard.  Lastly, and you may miss it, is the candle and the reflection in the window.  That may be my favorite part of this one.

 

The Door In Bricks

My painting buddies laugh at me when I paint something with bricks.  Because I have to make them realistic, including the grout in between the bricks.  The opportunity to do that made me love this image.  And, including the poppy flowers in the front added even more interest.

 

Aspen Grove In Fall

I love aspen trees and have painted quite a few of them over the years.  I loved this image of a watery aspen grove with the great fall colors of these beautiful trees.  Since I also love using light in my paintings, the reflections made me love it even more.

 

Dripping Roses

This is a large piece, 30" x 30".  I saw the image online, but wanted to try my hand again with droplets from a recent rain<  It turned out as I had hoped and it hangs above our bedroom now.