Modern Expressionistic Abstract Painting "Dancer" by Elizabeth Chapman

Dancer

Acrylic on 8" x 8" canvas

Original 2016

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Elizabeth Chapman
Contemporary Abstract Artist

Modern Expressionistic Abstract Painting "Palisade" by Elizabeth Chapman

Palisade

Acrylic on 22" x 30" heavy watercolor paper

Ready to frame

ORIGINAL 2015

Available

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Working on paper with this abstract.  When I work on paper I often feel much more free, as if I don't have to get it right. I like that. Nice abstracts come from this. However, they do need to be framed. Ideas to work with include matting with a frame, floated over a matt and framed or could also be mounted on a cradle board. 

Enjoy!!

Elizabeth Chapman
Contemporary Abstract Artist

Modern Expressionistic Abstract Painting "Innocence" by Elizabeth Chapman

Innocence

Acrylic on 20" x 30" heavy paper

Ready to frame

SOLD

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I'm not posting near as much now as I did back when I began this blog back in 2008.  I was painting and posting nearly every day.  It was new to me and I enjoyed it. Fast forward to 2015 and I'm having to make myself post at least once a week. The good news is that I am still passionately painting and enjoying the process of creating. I know that the solution to this problem is that I am needing to change my blogging style so that I'm having fun with it.  Like painting.  But how do I get there?   I believe it's a willingness to take that risk. This painting is a recent creation that I would describe as being purely abstract expressionistic.  Total freedom. No worries.

Elizabeth Chapman

Contemporary Abstract Artist

Modern Expressionistic Blue Abstract Painting "Fruition" Acrylic on 36" x 48" canvas by Elizabeth Chapman

Fruition

Acrylic on 36"H x 48" canvas

SOLD

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Painting can be a struggle and then again it can be such a joy. The struggle often comes in finding the flow of a particular painting. Getting in the groove, so to speak. I was going along pretty safely here, but it just didn't feel right. Needed something. For me this time as often, it was a matter of taking a risk. That is where the circular motion came in and then there was that moment of just knowing, this was it. The joy of creating a painting that has it's own unique voice.

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Elizabeth Chapman
Contemporary Abstract Artist

Modern Expressionistic Abstract Painting "Aspect" by Elizabeth Chapman

Aspect

Acrylic on 12" x 12" canvas

SOLD

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This one reminds me of a landscape with it's high horizontal composition. Colorful!!

Elizabeth Chapman

Contemporary Abstract Artist

Modern Expressionistic Abstract Painting "Enchant" by Elizabeth Chapman

Enchant

Acrylic on 36" x 48" wrap canvas

Available

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This painting is another one from this summer in which I have been working on and refining a new painting technique. Will I continue with this and totally disregard previous ways . Certainly not, but more than likely it will be incorporated into my own.  It's good to experiment, try new things and make new discoveries.  All a part of the process.  Looking back upon my painting career, I can see that the element in which I most consistent with is in the way I begin, follow through and finish a painting.  There will be the initial spark or idea in which I am inspired. It can be a certain color scheme, something that caught my eye, a concept, a photograph, etc.,....the list is endless. This is what drives me to the canvas laying down those first marks in which the dialogue begins.  It can be the hardest step. From this point one idea will lead to the next, which will in turn lead to the next, then the next and next until there is a  feeling of completion. Sometimes I have to let go of previous ideas in order to push the painting forward.  That can be difficult as well.  The important thing is to allow yourself the freedom to paint outside the box.  It's all a play with color, values, shapes, lines and texture. What and how I choose to paint with may always vary!

Elizabeth Chapman
Contemporary Abstract Artist

Modern Expressionistic Palette Knife Painting "Rush" by Elizabeth Chapman

Rush

Acrylic on 24" x 24" canvas

Available

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I have several different techniques that I like to work.  This one is a palette knife painting. It's not that I always plan it out that way, it's just that some time into I will find myself switching over to a palette knife.  But still, modern expressionistic style.

Elizabeth Chapman

Contemporary Abstract Paintings

Modern Expressionistic Abstract Painting "Capricious" by Elizabeth Chapman

Capricious

Acrylic on 24" x 48" x 1.5" canvas

Ready to hang

Available

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This painting was a work that definitely took an unpredictable turn from it's foundational layout. Fun, whimsical and anyway the wind blows are but a few of the words to describe it's creative flow!

Elizabeth Chapman

Contemporary Abstract Painting

Modern Expressionistic Abstract Painting "Hidden" by Elizabeth Chapman

Hidden

Mixed Media on 10" x 11" 156lb paper

Ready to frame

Available

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This painting was done as a demonstration piece that I did for a workshop. It was created using a technique that I developed with my very first abstract paintings. Instead of using watercolors as I had once done, I used high flow acrylic paints. These did a really good job in working much like a watercolor with transparent layers of color. A stencil that I made out of paper was used to print the darkest blues. My way of putting those first marks down. Lastly, I found a place to fit it into the piece becoming a focal point, yet hidden. Can you find it?

Elizabeth Chapman

Contemporary Abstract Artist

Modern expressionistic abstract "Intrigue" by Elizabeth Chapman

Intrigue

Acrylic on 24" x 48" x 1.5" canvas

Available


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Elizabeth Chapman
Contemporary Abstract Artist

Contemporary Abstract Painting "Clement" by Elizabeth Chapman

Clement

Acrylic on 8" x 8" canvas

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SOLD

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Elizabeth Chapman

Contemporary Abstract Artist

Floridian Expressionistic Inspiration "Equa" by Contemporary Artist Elizabeth Chapman

Equa

Acrylic on 30" x 40" x 1.5" canvas

Fresh off the easel!

ORIGINAL 2015

SOLD

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This painting was inspired by a recent trip that we took to Florida around the middle of February.  The first thing my eyes caught site as I looked out from the airport was all of the palm trees, blue skies and sand. Green, green, green,...everywhere!

We were welcomed back to Missouri with 20 degree weather, gloomy skies and brown trees.  This painting was a way to visually journal those pure Floridian experiences. Can you see any of it?!  

It's been nearly a month since I painted this one, but with the snow and cold weather was not able to get outside to photograph it. LOL.So, here it it....enjoy!!

Elizabeth Chapman

Contemporary Abstract Artist

Colorful Contemporary Abstract Painting "Lea" by Elizabeth Chapman

Lea

Acrylic on 10" x 10" canvas

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Similiar color palette to the last one I posted only on a bit larger canvas. Not intentional. Just the way it worked out. Lots of color!

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Elizabeth Chapman

Contemporary Abstract Artist

Ready to frame "mini" expressionistic abstract "Starward" by Elizabeth Chapman

Starward

Acrylic on 6" x 6" 156lb Arches paper

SOLD

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Contemporary Abstract Paintings

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

BLUE Abstract Expressionistic Painting "West Wind" by Elizabeth Chapman

'West Wind'

Acrylic on 36" x 36" x 1.5" canvas

SOLD

This is an abstract painting that I recently painted for a couple in Laguna, California.  It was painted to have a similar feel to another painting Zephyr, which I painted last winter and sold.  I went back and studied the painting to figure out how and what colors I had used in the mix. A Phathlo Blue is the main color used here.  In keeping things similar, I also listened to the same music...Chopin.

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Elizabeth Chapman

Contemporary Abstract Artist

Red Abstract Painting "Ascend" Original Art by Contemporary Artist Elizabeth Chapman

Ascend

Acrylic on 24"W x 30"H x 1.5" wrap canvas

SOLD

For the longest time red was a favorite color of mine.  At one time the majority of my paintings were in the red warm color palette.  Recently, as I was viewing my portfolio it dawned on me that the majority of my paintings are now mostly in the blue range.  How did that happened?  Well, I believe it began last winter and I just simply kept painting in a cooler palette.  Seems like blue is the new favorite.  As I was picking out a new background color for my blog, guess what color stood out. Yep, blue. I'm working on fitting more of the reds back in.  That was the inspiration for this painting!

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Elizabeth Chapman
Contemporary Abstract Artist

Gold Abstract Painting "RISE" by Expressionistic Painter Elizabeth Chapman

RISE
Acrylic on heavy (156lb) acid free paper
Ready to frame

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I don't always have this to show, but the painting below is a shot taken just before it was completed.  Honestly felt as if it was nearly done, but couldn't quite put my finger on it. Taking this image helped me to see that.  I left it to lay as I worked on other paintings.  One day, I walked in the studio with a willingness to take a risk and that was just what it needed!

Above image is the completed painting.

Elizabeth Chapman

Contemporary Abstract Artist

"Oh-so" Expressionistic Abstract Painting by Elizabeth Chapman

'Oh-so'

Acrylic on 15"H x 17" heavy acid free watercolor paper

Available

Another, oh-so much fun painting. On paper, so would need to be framed.  The third one completed from this grouping.  The first and second one "Just For Fun" and "One Fine Night" can be seen by scrolling down.

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Abstract Expressionistic Painting "Elation" by Contemporary Artist Elizabeth Chapman

'Elation'

Acrylic on 24" x 24" x 1.5" gallery wrap canvas
Available


Fresh off the easel!  ….and the last of these size canvases. I'm needing to order more canvases, but having a dilemma with which sizes to order.  I love working on so many different sizes.  This size is handy in that it can easily be taken off the easel and turned on a table.  With each turn there is a fresh perspective which helps in creating balance.  On the other hand, the large canvases have a lot more space to play in.  The smallest are actually the hardest and take the longest for me.  So, I'll scratch those off the list for now.  

Anyway, I can wait a bit longer on that decision. However I can not on the bubble wrap.  I sold a painting this week! yay!…and used the last of it for packaging.  This has got to be done soon…like today. We buy a super large roll here locally, which requires a trip with the truck.  The roll is so large that we can not get in through any of our doorways!  It has to be rolled out in the driveway where it is cut in half and roll up into two rolls for storage.  Something, that we do about once a year and we usually get it done before running out.  We still have some cardboard left, so that can wait for another few boxes to be made.  So, as you can see there is more going on behind the scenes than just painting.  Working on catching up!  


This painting along with a full portfolio of available works can be viewed in my web gallery by clicking: HERE


Elizabeth Chapman
Contemporary Abstract Artist