Susan Spohn --- Autumn Trees

Pallet Knife Painting, Fall Scene, Woodland, Fall Colors, Earthtones, Large Painting, Colorful Paintings, Impressionistic, Vincent Van Gogh

Autumn Trees

30 x 30

oil on board and paper

This painting had an interesting creative process from start to finish. I first primed and gesso'd the board, then using matte mediums, added scraps of paper in leopard and floral motifs to sort of form the outlines of trees and bushes. I then picked up my pallet knives and started painting mixing large quantities of paint, and generously swiping them on the board resulting in a thick, textural and loose painting. In the end, almost all the paper and board are covered, but it was fun to see what would happen in this creative process.

This painting is for sale for $850.00. Contact me to figure out the shipping costs, or if you are passing by my studio, you can pick it up right here. Visit my blog for more information: susanmspohn.blogspot.com   and to easily see a nice selection of my paintings, visit my new website:  www.susanmspohn.com

"IGNITION POINT" 10168, daily painter textured metal abstract © Carol Nelson Fine Art

"IGNITION POINT" 10168

 I love this painting.  Remember my torch experiments from last week?   Well, here's what I created with three of the metal foil sheets I burned with my butane torch.  I just LOVE trying new things and this turned out really cool.

This is how it started

 After burning the foil pieces, I glued them to this 30x15 canvas.  It's hard to see in a photo, but I made the corners lift up using clear acrylic gel.

Closeup showing burned metal foil.

Side view

There's a site called photofunia.com where you can upload photos and do fun things with them.  I took this painting and manipulated the image so it looks like three paintings in a store window.  Fun, fun.

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