Abstract Prairie Landscape Painting - Harvest

Harvest

24x30 inches, acrylic on canvas

The colours for this abstact prairie landscape painting were pulled from memory.  Growing up, my family travelled extensively throughout eastern Canada, weekends here and there, camping, cottaging, and the infamous family roadtrips where destinations were chosen based purely on how far we could drive each day following a gas station road map.

So much of that terrain was farmland, endless golden fields that tipped slowly up to a pale summer sky, dirt roads and dust.  Fun times.

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Large Abstract Painting - North Atlantic Crossing

North Atlantic Crossing

24x24 inches, acrylic on canvas

I think this large abstract painting of the North Atlantic was inspired inadvertently by all the talk in the news right now about the anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic.  I really set out to do a painting in firey orange and robins egg blue.  But I find with abstracts, they are never done until they are done, meaning - one must work at it until satisfaction is achieved.  And today, well, the orange and blue just didn't cut it.  My mind kept returning to this dark base of slate blue and green.  And as that progressed, so did the sky, into icy blues and greens.  Go figure...  And so it is named:  North Atlantic Crossing.

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Huge Abstract Painting - Night and Day

Night and Day

30x36 inches, acrylic on canvas

This huge abstract painting is a little more abstract than usual for me.  I've been painting every day for the past week and a half and have been thoroughly enjoying it.  It seems whenever I have time to squeeze a lot of work into a small period of time, I become more free with the process, and experiment more.

Seeing that I am self-taught, every painting is a learning ground, and that's what keeps me interested.  Last night I fell asleep thinking about all the different colour combinations I wanted to try.  Oddly enough, this wasn't one of them.  Abstracts, more so than traditional landscape paintings, seem to have a life of their own.  And it's my job as an artist to help it find its way.

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Huge Abstract Painting - Earth Song

Earth Song

30x30 inches, acrylic on canvas

Earth Song seemed like an appropriate name for this huge abstract painting because of all the warm earth tones.  To me this seems like a pre-dawn landscape.  There's a glimmer of sun on the horizon giving everything a golden glow, yet the sun has not yet made an appearance.  It seems to me so quiet and peaceful.  I can almost feel the cool air on my skin.

Along with my love of landscape, comes a love of weather, of changing seasons, and times of day.  To capture the mood of a place is something I always strive for; it's what makes painting worthwhile.

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Abstract Landscape Painting - Telegraph

Telegraph

12x12 inches, acrylic on canvas

Now you might be thinking Telegraph is an unusual name of this abstract landscape painting.  And you might be right.  However, when I was painting it, the colour combination somehow reminded me of old photographs of the Canadian prairies, which led to the thought of the vastness of the prairies and how once upon a time communication across vast distances were sent via telegraph.  A bit of a stretch, I know.  But that's how things sometimes work out.

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Abstract Landscape Painting - Interferance

Interferance

12x16 inches, acrylic on canvas

This abstract landscape painting is based on a similar colour palette to Car Ride.  I really enjoyed working with those colours and the sense of distance I think I achieved in both paintings.  

The name for this one came to me while working on the 'sky' section of the piece.  For some reason the colours and the patterns of the strokes reminded me of storms that cause great interferance with electrical devices.

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Abstract Landscape Painting - Meadow

Meadow

14x18 inches, acrylic on canvas

This abstract landscape painting of a meadow was actually painted around the same time as Car Ride and Brush Fire.  You might notice that a similar palette was used, unlike yesterday's pale rendition of Sand and Sea.

This burnt orange colour has always been one of my favourites.  And I think the addition of the mossy green is what makes it feel like a meadow, perhaps in autumn, when the fog lies low in the field. 

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Abstract Seascape Painting - Sand and Sea

Sand and Sea

20x24 inches, acrylic on canvas

This abstract seascape painting is quite a departure from the paintings of the last two days.  Perhaps it's the infusion of sun into my day that has me painting such sun-drenched, sun-bleached landscapes.  

This piece has an almost white washed, shabby chic feel to it.  There is so much texture in the sand portion of the painting that it appears as if made of a weather-worn board.  I'm sure I've seen cottage furniture with this texture before, painted some aqua green, or robins egg blue, then painted with a thin wash of white.  

A perfect piece to bring a light and airy feel into the home or cottage.

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Abstract Landscape Painting - Car Ride

Car Ride

16x20 inches, acrylic on canvas

In keeping with yesterday's post about naming paintings, the name for this particular abstract landscape painting came to me mid-stream.  A bit of an unusual name, that somehow seems to work.  

Growing up, my family often went on long car trips for summer vacation.  I remember sitting in the backseat with my head against the window, watching the landscape whizz by in a blur as we pulled our camper trailer all over Canada.  This painting, and it's blurred lines, somehow reminds me of these trips.  Perhaps this is where my love of abstracting the landscape began... 

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Abstract Landscape Painting - Brush Fire

Brush Fire

16x20 inches, acrylic on canvas

Something new from the studio!  It's been a while since I painted.  Sometimes life has other plans for me.  However, I'm happy to announce that I have three new paintings to share with you that I will be posting over the next few days.  Today, I will start with this new abstract landscape painting 'Brush Fire'.

I rarely have a plan when I start to paint, mostly I just want to put colour to canvas, and I choose colours based on how I'm feeling at the moment.  So what comes as a result of layers and layers of colour and texture is always a surprise to me.  Sometimes a title will come mid-stream, sometimes it takes hours, even days, before a painting is named.  Today, however, the title was immediate upon completion.  With such a burning orange swath running through the middle, Brush Fire seemed an appropriate choice.

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