expressions on paper.....

'Mien'

Mixed media on 22"H x 30"W on heavy (150lb) Arches paper

Ready to frame

SOLD

May be purchased directly from my Web Gallery: Here
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or

by contacting me: elizabethchapman@artlover.com


Expressive!

A gesturally pencil drawing was the beginning of this painting.  I pulled out my palette with watercolors and began playing and layering various colors.  There is only so much watercolor paint that you can put on paper before having to back off and let it dry.  The thickness or weight of the paper has a lot to do with how much water it will absorb.  Working through several sessions I layered colors and that was my only intent....until....I thought of that beautiful light ultramarine acrylic color that I so love.  There was also gesso layered in-between and more acrylics on top.


Reminds me a lot of a painting that I did several months ago as a commission titled "Sister Style"
which was a request from an earlier painting "Spree".   I was not at all thinking of these as I began and never thought about them until it was nearly done, but there is definitely a similarity. "Mien" will have to be framed.  The two horizontal edges are deckled, which I personally like the raw look.  If I where framing it, I would not matt it. But would have it fused to a back board as to be able to see the edges.  Something else about this paper that I like is that it shows the Arches stamp in the bottom right hand corner.  Use the zoom feature in my Web Gallery to get a close-up of the details.

Unique style!

Lots of fun in switching out and trying various different materials.  Even though it does have a similar re-sembalance to two earlier paintings, it still has it's own story to tell.

Wouldn't you say?!


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Elizabeth Chapman
Contemporary Abstract Artist

REMINISCING

Mien

Mixed Media on 22"H x 30"W heavy watercolor paper

Ready to frame

SOLD

One of my favorites from 2013 working on the watercolor paper. Would like to continue working in this style in 2014.  Not really working right now, as we are preparing to celebrate Christmas.  With so much going on, I find it's best for me to spend time relaxing whenever possible.  Spent a little time yesterday in the studio, de-cluttering  a few spaces.  Just this little bit can help me feel organized and ready to begin a new year of painting.  I have some new Golden acrylic liquid paints bought that I've experimented a bit with, but will be playing more with these later.  Enjoy your week!!

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Elizabeth Chapman

Contemporary Abstract Artist

HAPPY NEW YEAR

Alterna

Acrylic on 32"W x 36"H x 1.5" wrap canvas

Ready to Hang

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

I've been waiting to share a series of new works with the new year.  …and here we are 2014!

Why wait?  I suppose it's because I've been experimenting with some new techniques and just seemed fitting for it to go with a new year.  I'm totally sold on using Golden acrylic paints, mostly for the color saturation factor that they have.  The heavy body have been my favorite in that I like to build up a surface of paint and they work well with a palette knife.  Recently, I've been attracted to working more with layering creating more of a translucent surface in which underlying shapes and colors can be seen. That brought me to trying Golden's liquid acrylic paints.

This painting is a combination of working with both the liquids and the heavy body.  For me the liquids are a lot like working with watercolors.  Last year,  a technique began to develop in which my intention was to create a watercolor abstract on paper.  Mien and Chichi are examples of this. Somewhere along the line, the acrylics would work themselves into the painting. That is what happened here.  The intention was to strictly work with the liquids, but along the way the heavier thicker paint I am accustomed to just crept in. 

Oh, well…however way, it worked. Don't you think?

Hope 2014 is full of new created treasures.

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Elizabeth Chapman
Contemporary Abstract Painter