Luna

April 23, 2010 | Posted By: Annie | No Comments
Filed Under Annie, Art Shows, For Sale, Our Artwork 

I know that I may have promised certain people more owls for the WW May show. . . but the proliferation of botanical specimens in my yard distracted me. More owls for the fall show and Indie Craft Parade, thats a promise.

This newly finished one, Luna, Mystery Weed and tribute to the Schiele Girl in the Striped Dress? Ok, so maybe that’s not the real title, I hate picking titles. I’ll just say that this is another milestone for me, a return to my former true art self. (weeeeeirdo. . .) What I mean is, I realized, that as I was finishing this one that it looked so much like my oil work in college ( I had been oil painting at least six years by then, I’ve been in acrylic about five now). The thick loose brushieness over glazes. And the color palette (yes, the obsession again) I can’t tell you how familiar it feels, I think perhaps these colors were in nearly every painting I produced from that time period, tubes and tubes or cerulean and the siennas. And I don’t mind actually. I guess returning to old techniques can be a good thing sometimes. We’ll see what the public thinks about it.

Below, another painting of the mystery weed, and a thank you to Paul Flint for tipping me off about this gray/blue paint was in the oops stack at paint store. A gallon of it for pocket change, yay.