Oct 22 2007
Creation
Creation, 36″ wide by 40″ high, is the first acrylic floral painting I did after creating the long series of paintings for my book, The Acrylic Flower Painter’s A-Z of Flowers. You can see the freedom of movement and joyous use of color that was unfettered by the requirement of photographing the work at four different stages during the painting process.
Actually, photographing at four different stages was not too bad. After awhile I got into a rhythm and had the habit of knowing when I needed to stop working in a certain area until I had photographed that stage, in order to present the distinct stages of creation in the painting.
It became really hard on the last painting for the book, a complex peony, which had to be photographed in nine stages to present a more in depth presentation of the process. I almost felt contained in a strait jacket trying to do that.
So this painting was a wonderful celebration of being able to freely paint without any interference from camera work. I could paint whatever area to whatever degree the spirit moved me, and I certainly did!
This painting is available at RiverStone Gallery in Ennis, Montana.To give as a gift or to enjoy for yourself, see the giclee prints of this painting.
Hi Lexi,
This is a great day for me as I’ve been looking at beautiful art all morning. I just left Bern’s site and earlier I was over at Mark Penta’s (another artist) site http://www.creativejourneycafe.com where he has just done an interview with Dale Stephanos, another artist.
You all are a very talented group of people. I feel so fortunate to have you and Mark as visitors to my blog.
BTW: I love this piece of yours too!