Monday, July 11, 2011

"SOUTHWEST SPIRIT" 11054 daily painter textured southwest abstract landscape © Carol Nelson Fine Art

"SOUTHWEST SPIRIT"


                






My friend and fellow artist Nancy Standlee posted a beautiful painting on her blog the other day that she had given a face lift.  I seem to be in a bit of a creativity slump lately, so what better time than to try to give a face lift to one of my unsuccessful paintings.


               




Above is the original version. You can see that I didn't mess much with the composition, but I pumped up the color.  I got rid of that black band across the top.  As a matter of fact, there is no black in the new version - just some deep purples and browns.  The black was too harsh.
I also added some purple and turquoise.  The result of this face lift is a genuine painted lady!  Looks really good in that floater frame.  For more information, please click here to see my website.

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