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Copper Beeches
Thursday, January 26th, 2012
Copper Beeches by Amy Crook, $323
This is one of those pieces that’s frustratingly difficult to color match or photograph in any reasonably representative way. The background is warm golds and orange-browns with layers of spirals in more browns and metallic copper. The salt pools are all centered over shiny copper spirals, though the salt itself didn’t pick up much color at all from either the background or the copper. There’s even a few golden leaves floating subtly through everything else, and that and the original Sherlock Holmes story are where the piece gets its name.
Copper Beeches, 8″x8″ salt and watercolor on paper, $323 framed with free shipping.
Copper Beeches, detail, by Amy Crook
Tags: brown, copper, for sale, gold, orange, salt, watercolor
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Moon Dark
Friday, January 6th, 2012
Moon Dark by Amy Crook, $333
I really love how stark and simple this piece is. I was tempted to add more color to it, but in the end I think the copper moon and golden, salt-haoled stars are best on their own. In a simple black frame, it’s really striking, a slice of night for a desk, wall or bedside table.
Moon Dark, 5″x5″ watercolor and salt on paper, $333 framed, with free shipping.
Moon Dark, detail, by Amy Crook
Here you can see how the salt picked up a tiny bit of the iridescence from the paint, though mostly it sparkles all on its own.
Moon Dark, framed art by Amy Crook, $333
Tags: black, copper, for sale, gold, moon, salt, spirals, stars, watercolor
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Autumn Breeze
Monday, January 2nd, 2012
Autumn Breeze by Amy Crook, $333
I wanted to revisit the autumnal color palette of Autumn Winds, so I created this piece with different materials. The paper is a thick, soft cream-coloured printing paper, and the little spirals use quinacridone burnt orange paint instead of the less lightfast pen ink, though the pigment doesn’t infuse as well into the salt. Instead of tea there’s all watercolor paints for the rest, breezy spirals gathered around each salt pool like strange seeds tossed on a light fall breeze.
Autumn Breeze, 8″x6″ watercolor and salt on paper, $333, framed, with free shipping.
Below you can see how the salt crystals spread a little into the textured paper without going too far outside their original pool. The actual color of the piece is somewhere in between the two images, more saturated than the scan but less so than the detail photo.
Autumn Breeze, detail, by Amy Crook
Tags: brown, for sale, gold, orange, salt, watercolor
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Tentacle Deeps 19
Tuesday, November 8th, 2011
Tentacle Deeps 19 by Amy Crook, $222
The background on this is a rich, pure quinacridone gold wash that glows with color like a sunset. I used a brush pen to create the tentacles, which silhouette nicely against the gold. The ink took forever to dry on the thick watercolor paint, but once it did the blackest areas look rich and matte against the slightly glossy paint.
Tentacle Deeps 18, 5″x7″ mixed media on paper, $222, framed, with free shipping.
Tags: black, brush pen, for sale, gold, tentacle deeps, watercolor
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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 with free shipping.
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.
Tags: abstract sale, gold, green, lilac, oil painting
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