
Four new big square stretcher frames now sit waiting for canvas to be stretched over them and stapled: I am ready for the voyage. In the meantime, on of those big canvases: a transition piece. A cloudy landscape with lavender fields. There is a fine line demarcating a sky full of storm clouds and a luminous abstract painting, and I am having a good time walking that line in this piece. Not sure if this will lead to more landscapes (those lovely autumn fields and soft warm winds are beckoning). Note: this painting is still in progress....(I am still working on the lavender fields) and was inspired by a local painter.



I have always had such a hard time with acrylic.. muttering at the dullness of the paint, but I found some beautiful tubes of paint that are blowing me away... quinacradone yellow-gold, for one! Does anyone else fall in passionate love affairs with tubes of paint like I do? Also loving the immediacy of the gesture, and the ability to paint and paint and bury strokes under one another, without the lengthy drying time. So I will close with pictures of these last few abstracts: they are about 24 x 30 inches, and 24 x 24: acrylic on wood.
Oh yes...i love me a good tube of paint. nothing more magical and empowering. Sometimes, I have to fight the urge to just lick. Your work is aMAZing. Love lex.
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