October 16th, 2019
 Abstract Landscape Yellow Kaleidoscope Onlythemoon Art Gallery.jpg "Yellow Abstract Landscape A kaleidoscope of colors")
Introducing my new Yellow Abstract Landscapes! Part of the artwork I created in my 100 days project.
Abstract art allows us to speak in ways that we cannot with words. Landscape art, both in it's making & in its appreciation, is part of our collective response to the world around us. Read more...
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October 3rd, 2019
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Autumnal Vibes! 🍂
On a recent walk, I noticed that the path was littered with purple damsons and brown hazelnuts. The air was filled with yellow-green leaves and the odd white feather floated down from the trees. Autumn has begun!
My Autumnal collections are informed by these Autumnal colors...
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October 2nd, 2019
Rose Tinted Autumn 🌹🍂
Outside, the trees are rustling in the wind. With green & yellow starting to fill the air, as the first leaves make their way to the ground...
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September 30th, 2019
Hello Autumn! 🍂
Hurrah! Autumn is here! I love Autumn! 🧡
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September 9th, 2019
Abstract Landscape Earth Tones 39
What title would you give this artwork? Any ideas on titles? Let me know!
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This is the third of four earth tones abstract landscapes. Each landscape has been transformed digitally from analog work to create a digital painting.
This artwork is in cool blue & grey tones, with lines of a distorted, glitched, landscape.
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This artwork is one in a series of four, earth toned abstract landscapes, you can view the artprints by clicking on a thumbnail below:
You can view this as an art print here.
Or take a look at the collection of Earth Tones Abstract Landscapes here.
September 9th, 2019
Abstract Landscape Earth Tones 38
Would you describe this as a geoscape or abstract landscape?
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This is the second of my earth-toned abstract landscapes. This digital painting has been transformed from a sculptural collage. When looking at this collection, they remind me of geology, of the composites that the earth is made up of.
I’m not sure if anyone else has used the term to describe art, but I think the word geoscape seems fitting for these artworks.
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View the artworks
This artwork is one in a series of four, earth toned abstract landscapes, you can view the artprints by clicking on a thumbnail below:
You can view this as an art print here.
Or take a look at the collection of Earth Tones Abstract Landscapes here.
September 9th, 2019
From Collage to Digital Abstract Landscape
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This abstract landscape was made from digitally editing a page from my September sketchbook.
This month I'm using an old paperback book as a sketchbook, creating an altered book.
This Abstract Landscape digital painting in Earth Colors was created by manipulating a photograph of a collage.
I love the lines of earthy colors, and the gorgeous peach and lilac!
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View the artworks
This artwork is one in a series of four, earth toned abstract landscapes, you can view the artprints by clicking on a thumbnail below:
You can view this as an art print here.
Or take a look at the collection of Earth Tones Abstract Landscapes here.
September 5th, 2019
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Collage: The Stuff of Matter
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Here's some detail from a collage work in progress. I love the watery and earthy tones & textures.
When using collage, the colors & textures from newspapers & magazines become the "art" materials & color palette.
What's so enjoyable about collage is that the source of the material is readily at hand, allowing the freedom to experiment, transform, & reinvent something that would otherwise be discarded.
Let me know what you think!
What do you think about collage as an artform? What collage artworks do you like? Can you think of any of your favourite artworks that have an element of collage?
It’d be great to hear what you think!
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September 4th, 2019
The Power of the Triptych
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In photography, video, and bookmaking, art is presented in a series, telling a story, using patterns and rhythms.
Wall art can do the same thing, grouping a series of artworks together can tell a bigger story, & have a different impact than that of an individual artwork, or a collection of different pieces.
A triptych is one way of grouping artwork to tell a story and one that's been used throughout history.
Here are my Teal and Magenta Abstract Landscapes as a triptych.
Whilst they work as individual pieces, together they show rhythm and a story of a wider landscape. A landscape that is changing frame by frame before our eyes. The images are similar, have the same color, making them appear sequential and filmic.
Let me know what you think!
Why do you think triptychs and groups of artwork are so powerful?
Or do you prefer a gallery of individual pieces, differing in style and subject?
Be great to hear what you think!
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Teal and Magenta Abstract Landscapes Triptych
Here are the three artworks that make up this series, you can view the artprints by clicking on a thumbnail below:
Or take a look at this triptych collection here.
September 3rd, 2019
Teal and Magenta 3
Abstract Landscapes Digital Art
How can a smudged line suggest the horizon?
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The beauty of abstracts is the suggestion of something, and the wonder of art is that something so simple as a smudged line can suggest the horizon.
In this teal and magenta artwork, its suggests a landscape in a minimal way, through line and color. A line denoting the horizon.
In my last two blog posts about the other two artworks in this triptych, Teal & Magenta Abstract Landscape 1, and Teal & Magenta Abstract Landscape , I wrote about how difficult I find it to write about my art. & that Georgia O'Keeffe's quote about art explains, in part, this difficulty. Art for me is about something beyond words, a recognition of something, an emotional engagement without language.
It’s this engagement that I try and tap into when making art, to guide me to know when an artwork is finished.
Listening to this inner voice can be difficult, especially if the artwork does not look resolved! Or there could be more paint to be added! Or perhaps there’s a different composition to try! Maybe it looks unbalanced and could do with something to balance the composition...
But listening to this inner voice is important. I think that this taps into the ability of art to communicate without words. & it might be something that I may not completely understand at the time. But this inner voice, this communication without words, it’s the essence of art for me, it’s the ability of art to say something is the horizon when it’s simply a smudged line of color.
This to me, is the power of abstract artwork, and the power of abstract landscapes, to communicate a sense of place, of being. Sometimes with nothing but the most minimal of lines.
What is your experience with art?
Is it an engagement that’s hard to put into words? Do you have an emotional connection to the art that you like? Or is a recognition of something? Or do you engage with art on an intellectual level?
Let me know if you have any comments!
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Teal and Magenta Abstract Landscapes Triptych
Here are the three artworks that make up this series, you can view the artprints by clicking on a thumbnail below:
You can view this as an art print here.
Or take a look at the collection of digital abstract landscapes here.
