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Orange Garden

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090718 Orange Garden 18″x24″ acrylic on canvas

This was a painting I dreamed of on May 24th along with “deep blue” , so you kind of have to imagine them next to each other like this because this is how I actually saw  them in my dream and started modeling them:

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It was, I guess, inspired by the the  orange garden of the hearst castle near the pool and my general fascination for orange trees. IMG_8575smallIt changed in the process, I never painted orange in it, in stead gold showed up and blue, creating a reference back to “deep blue”. IMG_8573smallThe orange-green color combination is something that has been on my mind for a while and I just didn’t know in what structure I would want to paint it. The possible place where the orange would fit in this painting still exists – as I saw it in my dream – I decided not to painted it. I would like to explore it within a painting of its own – where the orange trees are in focus. I know how it will look like and if the right inspiration crosses my path to activate it, I ‘ll do it :) .

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Flaws

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090717 Flaws 18″x24″ acrylic on artist wood board

I dreamed this painting during the night of 4th of July. I saw it very clearly and detailed in a close up. I saw the structure and the colors – it came out imperfect and the imperfections caused  diversions, it evolved under my hand and I actually like it better than I saw it in my dream.

The little flaws are made of modeling paste and I could work with lot of carving because the underground is not canvas but  artist wood panel – first time I ever painted on it and an excellent choice  for the nature of this art work. I hope you like it. It goes well together with another painting I am working on right now and I think it will fill up the spot over my couch since my beloved “currents” that matched so well with with the leather was  for the gallery of major interest as well.

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090618 Oklahoma City, OK

24″ x 36″ acrylic on canvas

I f******* love this painting.

I waited a few days prior to this post. Waited if I would come up with anything else than this statement. I didn’t. I told the background story in an earlier blog post of mine, so this is done. What else is there to tell except that it turned out better than I though it would, except that it has more depth than I thought it would have, except that it has so much more diversity than I thought it would have, except that I think I did an awesome job with the sky  and that the details are just gorgeous.

( p.s. to a friend of mine: No – these are not bar stools but water tanks, thanks, I love you girl!  :) )