New Mixed Media Piece: "Springtime"

"Springtime" is my new mixed media piece painted in acrylic on a hard board cradled.  It measures 18x18.

This piece has many three dimensional aspects to it that I have highlighted with color to accent a particular area. I used oil pastels, paint, and many mediums.

The circles represent the continuity of life, and I use them in many of my paintings.  But in this one specifically, the circles take on the form as "seed" under the ground, as well as, above.

The color palette is very charming-- pinks and alizarin, and crimsons.

Tulips and Forsythia

Tulips and Forsythia is done in acrylic in a more expressionistic style. I wanted it to have a more abstract background to get away from the boring, typical still life settings.

I entered this piece in the new spring show at RepARTee Gallery in Penfield, NY. It will hang until the end of June.

This is done in acrylic, and has lots of great colors and interesting brushstrokes. It measures around 27" x25"