Claudia's View

Tuesday, September 4, 2012

Reflections II

Acrylic on 11 x 14 5/8" gallery wrapped canvas

This is second in my fun series of Reflections. The bold bright colors give it a very contemporary look. It looks great hanging on the wall!

Reflections I

Acrylic on 16 x 20 Canvas Panel

My mood this weekend was to do my favorite fun type of painting. Love doing this kind because you never know how they're going to turn out. One of my dad's favorite past times was to see what images he could see in the clouds....that's one of the things I like to do with this type of painting. Each person will see different things. What do you see?

Saturday, September 1, 2012

Aubree's Puppy

8 x 10 Acrylic

One of my granddaughters called me last weekend to tell me she wanted a painting of a puppy for her birthday. She wants to hang it in her room. Since her birthday is today, there wasn't time for an oil painting to dry so I went ahead and gave it a try in acrylics which is much harder for me to work with. I hope she'll like it!

Update: My granddaughters reaction to painting was "Awesome!"

From This Day Forward

12 x 12 Mixed Media Collage

This is my very first mixed media collage piece. The inspiration for this is the current sermon series at church. While this series is continuing, this piece is on display at the church. I really enjoyed working with the mixed media and collage - from concept to finding various textures and materials to work with. Hope you enjoy this, too.

Rolling Hills

11 x 14 Oil

I'm actually happy with how this turned out. For me, this was an experiment with color to make the various hills of land. I think it accomplished my goal. This painting is currently framed in a mustard color frame that sets off the gold sections of the painting beautifully.

About Me

My original love was the performing arts. I grew up dancing, and it was my dream to be a professional ballet dancer. That was not to be so I turned to other forms of creativity. It's only been within the past few years that I discovered painting. I'd forgotten how much I loved drawing as a child. Maybe this is a passion re-awakened! I'm a self-taught artist and always looking to learn new techniques. One of the things I've always classified myself as is a "perpetual student". I love learning, and I love experimenting with new techniques. For me, this is one of the best parts of art; experiencing new things is more important to me than the finished piece. So you never know what I'll end up with. Hope you'll enjoy the experience too!