I really like the way this turned out. Lots of layers and time for drying. This is another painting for "Soundscape" the Charleston Artist Collective show. It will be taking place at my husbands office.
11 Fulton Street, Charleston.
We had a meeting about the show today and I am getting excited after seeing all the artists artwork!
I was happy with this except the face and head. (Thanks Susie for the suggestions!) Take a closer look at the "movement" on the left side of the painting around the bow.
I have changed the skirt color from pink to blue and ended here. Still not sure. We shall see what happens before the Charleston Artist Collective "Soundscape" show on October 21.
Oil on canvas framed. Available at Charleston Artist Collective Gallery. Link on my blog.
Charleston Artist Collective created masks to donated to The American College of the Building Arts "Mask Project". This is the mask I made. What a fun night!
I moved to Charleston 20 years ago. With no previous training I decided to try painting. Acrylics first, easy clean up, then switched to oils, more freedom. I am inspired by the natural world around me. I love colors and shapes that I see outside, I try to make them come alive on my canvas. The sense of movement in my art is influenced by music, it is an essential element. Moving while I paint keeps the energy flowing. I use a palette knife to carve lines and shapes to construct a canvas full of movement. I love to build up layers of paint so just a sliver of the original peaks through. The blueprint of the landscape is secondary to the placement of the blocks of color. I am a member of the Charleston Artist Collective, a web-based business. I also show my work at Atrium Gallery in Charleston, SC. I paint in my home studio in the Old Village of Mount Pleasant, SC. I started painting to fill my walls...now I am an "artist in progress"