Modern Abstract Paintings on small canvases, "Precipice", "Mountain", "Longview" by Elizabeth Chapman

"Precipice"

Acrylic on 10" x 10" canvas

 

"Mountain"

Acrylic on 10" x 10" canvas

"Longview"

Acrylic on 10" x 10" canvas

All three of these paintings are currently available from my website, Etsy store or Zatista.

It can be a difficult task to get back to work after having been away for awhile.  We just got back from a wonderful family vacation with daughters from A Beautiful Mess, and son from dorenchapman.com.    
So how to get back in the creative mode...back to work.  Well, for starters...just go.  Don't feel as if you have to whip something up every time your in the studio.  There are a lot of other needed things that can be done when in the studio when your not painting.   Today, I begun by applying a light varnish to some paintings that were completed several weeks ago. (these have already been listed) I always photograph before applying varnish as it prevents having to work with any glares. I use a gloss varnish that is applied lightly as I don't care for a glossy finish.  

Thankfully, I had these three paintings that were finished and listed several weeks ago ready to be posted. They were painted together in several sessions layering and building up surface texture. They very much look as if they could go together as one piece, a triptych. I am really hoping that they will sell that way, but they could be purchased as separate pieces.

Now, to find what else needs to be done in here..... perhaps tomorrow back to painting or who knows, maybe today!


Elizabeth Chapman
Contemporary Abstract Artist

Melodious Beauty, Contemporary Abstract Painting "Arioso" by Elizabeth Chapman

Arioso

Acrylic on 30" x 48" x 1.5" canvas

SOLD

Ever spent time looking for something and then find that there it was right in front of you the whole time. Kinda what this painting was like for me.  I had spent so much time up close working on it that I just wasn't able t see it's beauty. About to give up, I drew lines in charcoal  with the intent to later come back and work it over.  Wow. There was no way I was going to do another thing to it. The vertical lines did it. It had been there all along. Melodious.  

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Email: elizabethchapmanart@gmail.com

Elizabeth Chapman

Contemporary Abstract Artist

Contemporary Palette Knife Abstract Expressionistic Painting, Custom Order by Elizabeth Chapman

'Little Summer'

Acrylic on 24" x 30" x 1.5" canvas

Available as a custom order on Etsy by clicking; HERE

This painting has been one of my most popular paintings, if not most popular abstract on Etsy.  It was painted for a person who had an interest in the first painting that came out "Indian Summer"., 2009. Later there was a two panel commission, "Better Two" and then there was "Summer Splay" a 48" x 48" in 2013.

Because of it's popularity, I have decided to paint some more of these.  A custom order for a similar  painting to "Little Summer" can be purchased from the listing I created on Etsy by following the link above or email me: elizabethchapmanart@gmail.com

The paint is thickly applied with a palette knife on the canvas as colors are mixed and merged together. Beautiful!

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Elizabeth Chapman
Contemporary Abstract Artist

Modern Expressionistic Abstract Painting "Salient" by Elizabeth Chapman

Salient

Acrylic on 30"W x 40"H x 1.5" canvas

SOLD

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Mixing more grays. Here I am painting with a much more neutral color palette intertwined with pops of color.  This one was painted after having done a series of floral abstracts using lots of bright colors. As I begun, I was thinking about several paintings I had done several years ago "Ablaze" and "Resonate" following a high horizontal composition.

Elizabeth Chapman
Contemporary Abstract Painting

Contemporary Abstract Painting "Aurous" by Elizabeth Chapman

Aurous

Acrylic on 30" x 30" x 1.5" canvas

Available

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Enjoyed painting the florals, but time to move on to the abstracts and a larger canvas. It's been a while since I've painted a red abstract.  Challenging myself to work with mixing grays here. Harder than I thought it would be.

Elizabeth Chapman

Contemporary Abstract Artist

Large Abstract Contemporary Painting "Enthusia" by Elizabeth Chapman

Enthusia

Acrylic on 40" x 40" x 1.5" wrap canvas

ORIGINAL

SOLD

One of the largest (40" x 40") of two canvases that I have recently completed.  The second is still on the easel as I feel it needs a bit of fine tuning.  I've noticed the use of much more neutral color and enjoying the challenge of mixing and layering with them.  

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Elizabeth Chapman

Contemporary Abstract Artist

Contemporary Abstract Painting "Radiant" by Elizabeth Chapman

Radiant

Acrylic on 24" x 30" x 1.5" canvas

Available from Etsy: HERE

A larger one! This one is a mixture of the more neutral colors contrasted with bolder and brighter.  It went through several stages in order to resolve the composition.  I'll leave it to you for interpretation!

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Elizabeth Chapman

Contemporary Abstract Artist

Enigma Modern Expressionistic Abstract Painting By Elizabeth Chapman

Enigma

Acrylic on 36" x 36" x 1.5" wrap canvas

SOLD

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The story behind this one is interesting.  A simple line design with charcoal was the first step. Then the pouring of liquid acrylic paints on the canvas as you can see with the runs. A layering process of pouring white and blending with a brush occurred next. All of this was to be the undercoat. In the center I worked with heavy body acrylic paints and a palette knife. I left the painting like this with the intention of continuing the palette knife process later.  The next day when I walked into the studio to work, it took my breath away. I really, really liked it as it is and decided to leave it alone for a bit. Well, with the confirmation of several family members loving it as well, I decided to call it finished.

This isn't a bad picture of it at all, but in real it just seems to glow. The contrast between the two textures created by the liquid acrylics and the heavy body acrylics is BEAUTIFUL.  When do you decide a painting is finished? What do you think?

This one has been listed in my website and is available for purchase from me: HERE
Also, the zoom feature on my website can be used to view a close up.

I hope you will visit my website to see a portfolio of all my current abstract paintings.

Elizabeth Chapman
Contemporary Abstract Artist

Sonority Expressionistic Abstract Painting by Elizabeth Chapman

Sonority

Acrylic on 24" x 24" x 1.5" canvas

Auction begins at $100 with $35 shipping to anywhere in the continental USA. Ends next Wednesday, 12/10.

Great buy!

This painting is an original work from 2010. It is on a gallery wrap canvas with the 1.5" depth sides painted black. I use Golden acrylic paints for their saturation and longevity of color. It is also coated with an acrylic polymer varnish. Wired on the back and ready to hang. 

I have place it on the Daily Paint Works site on auction. If your interested and would like to bid, you may follow that link: HERE   

A bit more about this painting:  An image of this work was sold and used for a poster promoting "The Haydn Concert at Christ Presbyterian Church"....Mass for Troubled Times by F.J.Haydn in Canton, Ohio / 2011 ORIGINAL Certificate of Authenticity

Original Abstract Expressionism "Lumina" by Elizabeth Chapman

Lumina

Acrylic on 24" x 48" x 1.5" canvas

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Available

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This one was painted weeks ago before venturing into painting the previously posted floral abstracts.  It went through three distinct stages each one could have been a painting in itself.  Sometimes continuing is a difficult decision to make when a painting is going well, yet you know it just isn't there yet.  It reminds me of a statement I once read from an artist's interview.  The question asked was "when do you know that the painting is complete?" followed by..."and aren't you afraid you might go past that point?" The answer was something like this..."there are endless amounts of time the painting could have been considered completed and it would have been ok. I simply don't worry about it, for you see if I should past that point and continue, another point of completion will occur." 

I took this painting past several points where I could have called it done, yet was not ready to call it finished. It was the third take in which I became totally immersed with enjoying the process of painting.  I remember thinking how this must be the way a child paints. Not so much thinking about "the rules" that we have picked up along the way, but more about, "oh, this area is so pretty, I think I'll circle it" or why not put this color over here....living in total freedom!

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Elizabeth Chapman
Contemporary Abstract Artist