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Acrylic/Suns
"Stress", 8x10 original acrylic painting on canvas board with embellishments, 2008, $150
On exhibit at Pop Shop Gallery in Lakewood beginning September 4
Guess what frame of mind I was in when I created this piece?
"Sun Stare", 11x14 original acrylic painting on canvas board, 2003, Private Collection (prints only)
On exhibit at Studio M in the Massillon Museum through September 19
Heavily textured, colorful and with an eye that dares you to look away.
"Zodiac: Leo", 16x20 original acrylic painting on canvas board, 2008, $275
On exhibit at Studio M in the Massillon Museum through September 19
The work began as a lion made out of paint dots which I was going to make for my son’s bedroom. I pretty much had it done except for the outline when I decided it just wasn’t working for me. So I decided to turn it into a heavily textured, funky sun face instead. But I kept the lion in the work’s title and thought maybe I’d do all the signs of the zodiac as suns and for me, the piece still retains an air of “lion” about it.
"Midnight", 11x14 original acrylic painting on canvas board, 2003, $200
This piece seems a little darker and sadder than most of my other sun faces; as if it's midnight and the sun isn't quite sure what it's supposed to be doing.
"Pride", 8x10 original acrylic painting on canvas board, 2003, $150
On exhibit at Studio M in the Massillon Museum through September 19
This piece started off as a sunflower, but that wasn't working for me, so it became a sun. I added some pastels and charcoal to it as well. I named it "pride" not in a bad way but because the rays remind me of a lion's mane..
"Sun Royale", 8x10 original acrylic painting on canvas board, 2003, $150
I wanted to try my hand at an abstract painting. I wasn’t happy. I decided the abstract painting should be the jungle and I’d paint an elephant. That still wasn’t working. I ended up with a sun – but without a face like I usually do – and used gold as my outline color. The colors and texture remind me of tapestries in a castle, hence the name.
"Gypsy Rose", 11x14 original acrylic painting on canvas board, 2003, Private Collection (prints only)
I am fascinated by suns, especially ones which show a partial view. I like the color combination of this one - the contrast of the bright blue sky against the oranges of the sun and the rose color in the face.
"You are my sunshine", 8x8 original acrylic painting on canvas board with painted frame, 2008, $150
On exhibit at Studio M in the Massillon Museum through September 19
One of my few paintings with writing on it: “You are my sunshine, my only sunshine” is written in gold paint on the painting; “please don’t take my sunshine away” is written on the black frame. I feel like my husband is my sunshine, and with extensive travel he was doing at the time, I didn’t want him to go.
"Zodiac: Gemini", 11x14 original acrylic painting on canvas board, 2008, $200
On exhibit at Studio M in the Massillon Museum through September 19
This is the second in my ambitously planned "Zodiac" sun series. I named it "Gemini" because like a Gemini is said to have split personalities, the two sides of the sun differ from each other. I think the eyes of the Gemini look confused, as if it isn’t sure which personality to be at the moment.
"Sunrise", 11x14 original acrylic painting on canvas board, 2003, Private Collection (prints only)
Obviously one of my very very favorite pieces because I chose it as my "signature" piece.
"Secrets", 11x14 original acrylic painting on canvas board, 2003, Private Collection (prints only)
This sun face makes me feel it is hiding more than its share of secrets …
"Night and Day", 11x14 original acrylic painting on canvas board, 2003, $150
On exhibit at Studio M in the Massillon Museum through September 19
I originally used this design on a 16x20" acrylic painting for my husband as an anniversary gift. People liked the design - dots of different colors coming together to form the sun, moon and stars - so after I completed the first one for my husband, I did other versions in different colors.
"Night and Day 2002", 16x20 original acrylic painting on canvas board, 2002, Private Collection (prints only)
This painting was commissioned by a client who had seen the original “Night and Day” but requested a different color scheme to better match her living room. (She ended up putting the piece in her office, where it is a definite focal point.)
"Mystery", 16x20 original acrylic painting on canvas board, 2008, Private Collection (prints only)
The original "Mystery" was begun in 2003 as a horizontal acrylic painting on an 11"x14" canvas panel. I wasn't happy with the way that was going, so I flipped it vertically. I had most of the painting done in 2003 but took a 5-year hiatus on it. I finished it in 2008 after discovering that I had to include the bottom of the nose. This painting is so textured and I love the colors and the fact that one eye is green and one eye is purple. (FYI - this condition is known as Heterochromia and is uncommon in humans, but quite common in dogs (such as Dalmatians and Australian sheep dogs), cats, and horses.) (P.S. One of my daughters had the idea to paint the blue moon on the star in the forehead - the perfect last touch!)
"Rising Star", 11x14 original acrylic painting on canvas board, 2003, Private Collection (prints only)
After painting several partial sun faces, I decided to try to paint a whole one. My first attempt was kind of Don Drumm-ish, but not in a good way. In fact, it was actually pretty ugly. So I painted over it and made it a lot “prettier”. It was purchased right away, before it even had a title. When the woman who bought it took it home and showed it to her niece, her niece fell in love with the piece, so the woman gave it to her as a gift. Her niece at that time was very active in the theatre and music, so I named the painting “Rising Star”.
"Awaken", 16x20 original acrylic painting on stretched canvas, 2009, $150
If this painting doesn't wake you up, I don't know what will!
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