Posts Tagged ‘Abstract and Just Plain Weird’
Blue Square
Tuesday, June 15th, 2010
Blue Square by Amy Crook
I have never managed to successfully take a photograph that captures the color and texture of this painting. It’s a sad sort of blue-grey, but with a gentle glow of hope in the upper left that keeps it from being depressing. There’s a lot of subtle color changes and textures, and I’ve finished the edges with Payne’s Gray, which has helped to set off the small details and changes in colour.
This painting’s story isn’t so much the story of it being painted one day in a fit of melancholy and creatitivty, as it is the way it’s travelled with me through the years. Right now it’s hanging on the wall above my antique secretary, with smudges on the wall from where I painted the sides last month (my poor landlords, I console myself that I don’t plan to move for several years yet). It’s lived in many apartments, sometimes hanging, sometimes not, but it’s always held a special place for me as an abstract that, while having no discernible figures or features, still manages to convey something to the viewer.
Blue Square, 20″x20″ oil on canvas, $699 $545 through Sept. 14 with free shipping. $70 of your money will go to charity; you can see this month’s choice in the sidebar.
The edges of this canvas aren’t finished, but the staples are painted over with a dark grey, making it suitable for hanging as is. I’m always happy to help you by framing it for a wee little fee, if that’s your preference.
Tags: Abstract and Just Plain Weird, abstract sale, blue, for sale, oil painting
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Broken Rainbow
Thursday, June 10th, 2010
Broken Rainbow by Amy Crook
I went through a phase many years ago of painting on glass — I even made friends with a stained glass artisan who would sell me their broken scraps, which I hauled around for many years before realizing I was pretty much over a painting base you can cut yourself with.
This piece uses both thinned acrylic paints and liquid food coloring to get the different color effects, each piece painted individually and then re-assembled from 3 broken sheets into one big panel. I took the photos by putting the piece on a light table so you can see the transparency of the colors. I’ve always meant to built a light box to house this so it can be displayed, but I’ve never had the tools and motivation at the same time.
Broken Rainbow, 15″x5″ acrylic paints and liquid food coloring on broken glass, not for sale.
Tags: Abstract and Just Plain Weird, acrylics, glass, nfs
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Pigeonholed
Saturday, May 29th, 2010
Pigeonholed by Amy Crook
I painted this around the same time as some of my other abstract and semi-abstract pieces, and you can see some technical similarity with Precious and Untitled Experiment 1. The jewel-tone colors sneak through the black texture, and contrast with the frame around the sad, pigeonholed head. It’s hard to capture the subtle colors in a photograph, but the piece has a lot of depth in real life.
I actually sold this painting years ago to a friend who was moving at the time, and although it’s long paid for, he never did manage to pick it up and take it home, so I hold it in trust for him. Hey, Josh, come get your art!
Pigeonholed, 16″x20″ oil on canvas, sold.
Tags: Abstract and Just Plain Weird, and Other Morbid Things, nfs, oil painting, Skulls, zombies
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Ouroboros
Monday, May 24th, 2010
Ouroboros by Amy Crook
The touches of copper paint glow brightly in the photograph, as though the camera picked up the particles of shimmery metal in the paint.
Ouroboros was painted as another experiment, and is one of the abstracts I’m the most pleased with. The copper swirl of the snakes eating tails concludes with one escaping the endless spiral. The rough white shape on its periwinkle background calls to my mind a giant wing against a twilit sky, Quetzalcoatl overseeing his little cousins perhaps. The metallic paint highlights here and there throughout the painting in subtle and unsubtle ways to add dimension that goes well with the textured brush strokes.
Ouroboros, 16″x20″ oil on canvas, $1199 $935 through Sept. 14 with free shipping. $120 of your money will go to charity, check out the sidebar to see who I’m donating to this month.
The edges of this canvas are unfinished, but it’s otherwise suitable for display as is. I’m also happy to frame it for you for a small additional fee.
Tags: Abstract and Just Plain Weird, abstract sale, for sale, oil painting, snake
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Untitled Experiment 1
Monday, May 17th, 2010
Untitled Experiment 1 by Amy Crook
I painted this a few years back when I was experimenting with a lot of different styles. In this one there’s a lot of visual texture, as well as a bit of gloss in the periwinkle rectangle from the painting medium that also gave it its transparency. People have asked me what it’s supposed to be or mean, and I have to admit that I just liked the way it looks. I like that something as simple as four overlapping rectangles gets a lot of complexity from little brush strokes, variations in color and opacity and even the softness of the edges.
This piece isn’t edge-finished yet, but I plan to paint over the white edges & staples with black so it could be hung without a frame. Well, I hang it without a frame anyway, but I’m special like that.
Untitled Experiment 1, 18″x24″ oil on canvas, $599 $467 through Sept. 14 with free shipping. $60 of your money will go to charity, check out the sidebar to see who I’m donating to this month.
The edges of this canvas are unfinished, but it’s otherwise ready for display. I’m also happy to frame it for you, for a small additional fee.
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