"SANDSTONE" 11005, daily painter geologic abstract © Carol Nelson Fine Art

"SANDSTONE" 11005

"SANDSTONE" underpainting

I took a workshop yesterday.  It was about approaches to abstract expressionism.  We examined the work of three prominent artists, including Jackson Pollock, Mark Rothko, and Richard Diebenkorn.

Of the three Diebenkorn is my favorite probably because his style is the closest to the type of work I do.  We worked on raw canvas that was stapled to a firm support - masking tape covers the staples so they don't get paint on them and become harder to remove.

Above you can see the under painting, which was in warm tones analogous to the finished piece.  I scraped the painted surface with a large comb to make some parallel lines.

If you compare the random color fields of the under painting, you can see that I merely enhanced what was already there.  It was truly a case of letting the painting paint itself.

Of course, it ended up looking like a geologic abstract!  No surprise there.  I'm not putting this on my website yet because I'm not sure how I'm going to finish it.  Right now it's stapled to a support and doesn't have a finished edge.

"GRAND CANYON 2," daily painter geologic abstract © Carol Nelson Fine Art

"GRAND CANYON 2"

                


This painting (the lower version), was hanging around my studio for a couple years.  It was in a gallery for a while, and in a couple outdoor art shows.  Nobody shared my vision of a geologic abstract done with a relatively limited palette, so I jazzed it up with some purple, blue and turquoise.

I think the composition is good, so it was worth exploring more color options with this one.  For more information about this 36x36 acrylic abstract, click here to go to my website.

"GRAND CANYON 3," daily painter geologic abstract © Carol Nelson Fine Art

"GRAND CANYON 3"

This painting is one that is worthy of a showcase spot. The companion piece to this one was purchased by the City of Lone Tree, Colorado, and hangs in the civic center. It is 48 x 24 inches, so size alone makes it an imposing piece.  The inspiration for this geologic abstract comes from the Sky Walk over the Grand Canyon.  The view is looking down into the canon.

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