I began this painting with expressive charcoal marks, moving quickly and instinctively. I mixed the paints and got started, I had a rough idea of how I wanted to start the brush marks but then it moves beyond that and it takes on its own energy.
Tag: rainbow colours
Freeform, loose brushmarks
This mini painting began with loose charcoal marks. I used wide paintbrushes to be as expressive and free as possible.
Freedom
Freedom was painted around the time of the Winter Solstice. I moved while I imagined flowing rivers and looking through woodland into the sun, inky dark sky and stars are seen. There is an ending and a beginning. There is lightness and darkness. I’m proud of its luminous light. I love the movement and energy I captured.
Adventure
Adventure was painted at the same time as Freedom, around the Winter Solstice.
Funny influences
My latest painting work-in-progress. Possibly a little influenced by the scarf I was wearing?
Explosion
In the early stages of this painting my children said it looked like slither.io (a video game) and so it developed. The yellow came in from explosions in video games; and often with my work there is textiles feel and rainbow colours.
Autumn Leaves
This is a view of looking down at newly fallen hawthorn leaves on the ground, the incredible surface pattern with pops of red, orange and yellow. I went to town on a dark, moody Turner-esque inky background to give depth, and because the actual ground was the tarmac of a kids’ playground. Creativity strikes anytime!
Winter Pansy
I’d been exploring darker, moody, Autumn colours and I really needed a blast of rainbow colours. I have created three paintings inspired by the winter pansies planted in my gravel pot garden which have flowered throughout the change of seasons.
Winter Pansies
This is the second of three paintings inspired by the winter pansies planted in my gravel pot garden which are brightening up Autumn.
Bluebells I
This painting incorporates a loose drawing style I often come back to and the colour palette is literally a rainbow of colour!
Tulips
This painting means so much to me. A truly wonderful weekend workshop away from the family chaos immersing myself in all things acrylic mixed media at The Old School in Whittlesford (I know, the name, it was synchronicity!) with Valerie Pettifer. This one hangs proudly in the entrance of our Old School House.