"Fluidity 24"

Had fun being a bit messy with this one.  

Individually, the colors are glorious, but together the green is not my first choice.  

As someone smart once said 

"There is no bad color -  just a great color in the wrong place".

"Fluidity 24"

12 x 12 Acrylic on Canvas Sheet

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"Fluidity 23"

In Florida, this is our "Season" - when the weather is milder than anywhere else 

and we are fortunate to enjoy lovely sunny days without melting.  

But it also means our restaurants, roads and stores are packed with tourists, 

and it takes a lot longer to accomplish anything.  

Plus, it's when family & friends visit and marriages take place.  

All of which has been cutting in to painting time in my studio!

However, I have managed to produce a few things to post 

and here is Day 23 of my Fluidity Series.

"Fluidity 23"

Acrylic on Canvas Sheet

12 x 12

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"Fluidity # 11"

I am so impressed with the work of Seungyoon Choi 

who is the ultimate master of this technique 

that I am attempting for the 30 Day Challenge.   

Check out his site at www.choiseungyoon.com/

and watch some of his videos - amazing!

I tried for a little more spontaneity in the movement with this one.  

Note to self...adding a second color when the first one is still wet 

creates a potential for disaster (which I barely avoided :-).  

Not that Seungyoon Choi has any difficulty with multiple colors!

Sigh....

"Fluidity #11"

Acrylic on Canvas Sheet

12" X 12"

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"Fluidity #10"

In keeping with my plan for the 30 Day Challenge, trying to work in 3's, 

today I have changed technique from spraying with water 

to smearing with a Catalyst rubber-y thing-y.

Also thought I needed to work larger and on canvas.   

This is the kind of technique that may look easy but in 60 seconds 

the canvas is mucked up and theres nothing to do about it but start over!  

Pick a simple design to start (and one color) if you want to have any success!

"Fluidity #10"

Acrylic on Canvas Sheet

12" X 12"

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"The Kiss"

Day 29 - Down to the last two days of The 30 Day Painting Challenge 

and I'm happy to still be producing little studies for it.  

However......I am looking forward to it being over for several reasons.........

1)  It shall be good to work again with large brushes on large canvases 

with my abstract expressionism and continue to build up a body of work for galleries.  

I might use a few of the small studies as jumping off points.

2)  I have ideas from our trip to Europe in 2015, for some new 'Narratives' pieces.  

I want to set up my EBay & Etsy site to sell them. 

3)  Figure out if by some chance I have learnt something concrete from this endeavor, 

other than the knowing-I-accomplished-it satisfaction.  

My goal was to become faster at decisions of design, application and completion.  

In other words .... speed up my slow, meticulous process and produce more art work!

4)   I hope that some of the fatigue & stress of having to complete a small painting 

every day, as well as working on a 6 foot commission 

(which is nearly finished too) will be reduced.  

I have my sweet and wonderful husband to thank for his patience 

and for doing everything to keep us in meals, washed clothes and clean house!

Maybe I'll have time to get a haircut, walk on the beach, dig in the garden............ have a life?  

Nah....probably not :-)

"The Kiss" by Gillian St George

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I miss hearing the sound of the gentle waves kiss the sand.....
Gillian

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"Steps" by Gillian St George

"Steps" is big bro to "Stages".   

They hang out on the wall together, in their crisp white double mats, 

and show-off streamlined silver frames.   Cool vibe.   

"Steps" by Gillian St George

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"Stages" by Gillian St George

Whenever I work in only black, white and red, I wonder why I'm not doing it more often.  This limited palette naturally gravitates me to a more 'zen' design and my only regret is that I've neglected my calligraphy training. There is an unhurried simplicity in the application and one could get into a meditative state (see note below).  

A lovely little book I reference quite often is 

"The Spirit of the Chinese Character" by Barbara Aria and Russell Eng Gon.

My "365 Days of Tao" tries to be a daily read, 

and is incorporated into the end of my yoga practice. 

"Stages" by Gillian St George

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That being said..... if I didn't have the country music radio playing I could say I was meditating while painting!  However, as anyone who listens to country music knows, it is lively, repetitive and definitely NOT meditative!

Om and Namaste'

Gillian

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"Merging" by Gillian St George

I think January is sailing by, yet when I look back over this 30 Day Challenge, 

it feels like eons ago that I started it.  

Why does 'time' have more than one length, depending upon the activity?  

I think it's bizarre....and I know I'm not alone in this thinking!

I am looking forward to The Challenging ending on the 30th yet I am loving every minute of it and shall miss it!  

More bizarre-ness!

"Merging" by Gillian St George

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When I step back from the Challenge I hope I can actually see and feel any changes that have taken place.  I want to be able to fully appreciate the benefits of sticking to a 'project' like this, thru thick and thin.

Have you ever done a Challenge of any type before?  And what did you get out of it?
Gillian

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"Mirage" by Gillian St George

My brain is demanding simplicity and I like to listen to it's voice now and then.  

So here is another calming piece for the day.

If you're like me, you could have two voices:  one might be the lazy voice, 

and the other is the prodding-me-to-get-on-with-it-voice.  

Or one voice whines "I can't" and the other forcefully replies "YES YOU CAN!"

I long ago named these two brainiacs and in an earlier blog (now defunct) 

I introduced them, so forgive me if you have already heard this. 

Please meet Itch and Scratch.  

Just don't ask me which one is which as they like to switch 

backwards and forwards just to add to life's little challenges - 

that way they figure, I'll never really know which is the best voice to listen to :-)

Hmmmm..........  

"Mirage" by Gillian St George

8 x 8 matted to 12 x 12

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And thanks for stopping by and listening to my ....er....brain cells talking.
Hugs.....Gillian

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"Ascending" by Gillian St George

Day 24 and still hanging in there.......

"Ascending" by Gillian St George

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"Angular" by Gillian St George

Needed to paint with some light cheerful colors today to offset the gloomy weather 

and the even gloomier forecast for the weekend.  

"Angular" by Gillian St George

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However.....I realize that our weather here in Florida is way better 

than most people are experiencing in both the US & the UK right now......

- so I apologize for my pathetic whining 

and shall go pull out my big girl paint brush and get on with my commission!

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