Painting 11 is “Return to Avalon”, 8×8 square
Whew I’m just scooting in a little after midnight and I’m ready to go to bed, so this will be quick. As in usual fashion this painting started out to be something entirely different but I have to say in this case I rather like the way it turned out.
As I painted layers and swishes I was thinking of painting leaves and tree branches, something I love to paint and will continue to paint, but as I looked deep into what was becoming… I began to see little parts of what you see here just peeking out and showing itself to me. What a surprise. I’ve painted abstract landscapes before but none like this, none as moody as this and I like the moodiness. It is finished, just needs a signature.
As I painted I began to think of what I thought was happening in the painting and to me it is nature revolting against a now non-existent humankind. We died from our own accord after assaulting our mother earth and nearly using her up for all she had and now she is quickly returning to her natural self. I may turn this into a series, I can see it clearly.
I snapped some photos as I worked… Thank you for being here, I’d love your thoughts.
UPDATE: 1/18/14
I wanted to add to this post since this is the painting that sparked a series after it, four more paintings. If you want to learn a little bit more about this as I questioned myself as to why I felt the need to paint these, the answer is in the next post. I have links below to all of the paintings. Thank you for comments and support.
- Reconcile – this post has the story behind why I am drawn to paint this series
- Dwell no more
- Resumption
- Reclaiming – the final piece
Nice work, Jaime! Beautiful! I enjoyed watching the process as well. Thanks for sharing.
Thank you Michelle! This was a lot of fun and I think taking pics of the process helps me for future work, too. I’m glad you stopped by!
The first word that comes to mind: “REMARKABLE”. I truly love this one, it has a wonderful feel about it….so much thought, so much meaning…(and I thought this before I read your description.) 🙂 Have fun with Day #14.
Are these acrylics?
Oh my Joan, that is a strong word! But I love that you think that 🙂 I felt like it had a special feel as well and I’m so pleased that you picked up on it, too. To answer your question, yes these are a combination of acrylics, glazing medium and acrylic ink. Now what to paint today! Ha ha.. I’m so glad you stopped by.
Hey There Jaime,
Okay, I can see the glazing medium now. I use it with a lot of my paintings, too. I love how each layer peeks through the next. I stand my my comment. This Is a remarkable painting. I love looking at it. 🙂 Looking forward to seeing more!! Enjoy your next painting. TTYL
stand “by” rather…. 🙂 darn typos
hee hee… don’t I know it! 😉 or that dang auto-correct is the worse!!
Thanks Joan. I go through phases with glazing, actually I think I get lazy or don’t want to waste it… haha I’m silly like that sometimes. I get stingy with my art supplies. I really do appreciate your sweet comments about this painting. You’re probably painting away right now, I look forward to seeing what turns up. 🙂
I like it a lot, Jaime! Good job!
Thank you Kathy! Thanks for being here 🙂
nice painting Jaime!
Thank you Marie, I appreciate it!
Nice one! Good art should elicit feeling I think and this does. Very ominous. Ominous and yet peaceful. And I think working in a series is a great idea. It’s how I plan on developing a “body of work”. (Isn’t ‘art speak’ funny?)
Thank you Tina. It does have an ominous tone to it a bit, but I kinda like that. I have four more paintings in the works to add to this new series. I took the idea and ran with it, but I’m too pooped tonight to finish them so I’ll get to it tomorrow. I feel liberated a bit now by cutting myself some slack. Something that comes so easily (this series) must be a sign, right? I agree art speak is funny sounding sometimes 🙂
That’s more like it Jaime. Well done with lots of mystery and emotion! Glad to see you “got right back up on your horse”! 😀
Wow thanks Sandy! I love to get comments like that. I thought it had a little mystery too and the fact that you think so makes me think so even more 🙂 Thank you for your encouragement!
HI Jaime–I’m so happy to meet you via our blogs. I looked at your work, too, and really enjoyed seeing your paintings, really loved seeing them all together on those shelves, and truly believe you ARE accomplishing. I think you are unique among artists, very original and experimental. I am going to be looking forward to seeing more of what you do and hope that you can stay relaxed about the challenge. Your work is wonderful, I would be very proud…
Oh thank you so much Meredith! I really appreciate your heartening words and am trying my best to stay relaxed. I think I am more so now during this last half. I’ve given myself permission to not make it everyday. If 30 paintings happen during the 30 days, great! If they don’t… I have still learned lots of lessons and I will still have painted more than normal which was part of the reason why I joined. So glad to have you here!