Archive for the ‘Abstract and Just Plain Weird’ Category
Growth 9
Wednesday, November 8th, 2017
Growth 9, 5″x7″ ink on paper
One person who saw this said, “This looks like my soul before coffee.”
Sometimes you’ve got darkness swirling inside with the golden good bits, and you just need to send those little pieces of yourself out into the world to try to find more lightness.
This Growth painting is for everyone who has a hard time with wanting to remain invisible, even when they also want to reach out and connect.
Growth 9, detail, by Amy Crook
Above, you can see the subtle gradations of color and shadow, the play of light in the golden-flecked center. Below, this piece is contained in a frame, trying to outgrow the confines of its page.
Growth 9, framed art by Amy Crook
Categories: Abstract and Just Plain Weird, Floating Gallery, Series and Books
Tags: brush and ink, for sale, growth, j herbin, pen and ink
Hurtling Through the Void
Saturday, November 4th, 2017
Hurtling Through the Void, 7″x5″ pen & ink and watercolor on Arches cover black paper
A pockmarked planetoid hurtles through the nothingness of space in this subtle, fascinating mixed media work. Reds and golds ride on the velvety charcoal background, and a subtle debossing effect makes the corona and tail of this coment seem to disappear.
This painting is perfect for someone who likes to be surprised, to find the hidden details in a seemingly simple image, to imagine their own narrative in abstract art.
Who do you know like that in your life?
Hurtling Through the Void, detail, by Amy Crook
Above, you can see the divots left by the ink pen and the way the red ink catches the light in chameleon colors. Below, the frame makes a portal to some outer space where you can watch asteroids go by at your leisure.
Hurtling Through the Void, framed art by Amy Crook
Categories: Abstract and Just Plain Weird, Floating Gallery
Tags: black paper, for sale, metallic, pen and ink, salt, watercolor
Inktober 2017, day 10-16
Tuesday, October 17th, 2017
October marches on, and so do my pens and brushes. Enjoy this week’s mix of commissions, Patron sketches, and weird doodles!
Inktober day 10: I’ve Got the Keys to Your Horse, for Jeff
Inktober day 11: Ink Spirals
Inktober day 12: Autumn Ghost
Inktober day 13: You Made Me Ink
Inktober day 14: To Have Ambition is My Ambition
Inktober day 15: Hmm? First Doctor for Ian
Inktober day 16: Needs More Caffeine
Categories: Abstract and Just Plain Weird, Completed Commissions, Daily Art, Flowers, Trees and Landscapes, People, Figures and Faces, Pretty Words, Sea Creatures and Other Animals, Series and Books, Tentacles, Things I'm a Fan Of, Whimsical and Strange, Zombies, Skulls, and Other Morbid Things
Tags: brush and ink, commission, doctor who, halloween, ian doctors, inktober, j herbin, jefferson, octopus, patreon, pen and ink, tea, tentacles, word art
Inktober 2017, day 1-9
Tuesday, October 10th, 2017
October is here, and with it comes cool winds, crunchy leaves, and ink art! There is an official prompt list, which I followed for exactly one day, oops. Instead, I’m concentrating on drawing things that make me happy this time around, with a side of clearing out my daunting commissions queue, so expect a hodgepodge of whatever mood strikes me throughout the month.
Inktober day 1: Swift
Inktober day 2: Sharks
Inktober day 3: Syrups for a Patreon patron
Inktober day 4: Growth 9
Inktober day 5: Ghost Mandala
Inktober day 6: Bone Rose
Inktober day 7: Happy Halloween
Inktober day 8: Autumn Warmth for Kim
Inktober day 9: Hermione & Luna for Disco
Categories: Abstract and Just Plain Weird, Card Design, Completed Commissions, Daily Art, Flowers, Trees and Landscapes, People, Figures and Faces, Pretty Words, Sea Creatures and Other Animals, Series and Books, Things I'm a Fan Of, Whimsical and Strange, Zombies, Skulls, and Other Morbid Things
Tags: brush and ink, commission, halloween, inktober, j herbin, kim, patreon, pen and ink, word art
Formations 3
Wednesday, September 6th, 2017
Formations 3, 5″x5″ Copic ink and watercolor on watercolor paper
Only 3 pieces into the Formations series, and already it has broken away from the subdued dichromatic palette of the first two.
A motley of subtle colors play together in this rocky planetoid, and two different sets of formations are highlighted, in interference red and blue, colors that only reveal themselves in certain lights.
This map is filled with mysteries!
Formations 3, detail, by Amy Crook
Above, you can see the winding red ways, the hints of shimmering blue, and the strange bloom of green on the surface. Below, this tiny planetoid is in a frame, waiting to bring its mysteries to you.
Formations 3, framed art by Amy Crook
Categories: Abstract and Just Plain Weird, Floating Gallery, Series and Books
Tags: fo sale, formations, interference, map, planet, watercolor
Winter 3
Sunday, September 3rd, 2017
Winter 3, 12″x6″ watercolor on Fluid watercolor paper
Continuing the tradition, this Pathways art to calls for winter, for coolness, for the rise of trees from the depths of snow, for the white of a sky bleached by a distant sun.
Wide and low, this glimpse into the wintry forest is an odd shape that would go perfectly in a bookshelf, or matted into a bigger frame as shown here.
Where do you need the crisp bite of winter in your life?
Winter 3, detail, by Amy Crook
Above, you can see the cool blue-violet shapes that feel like trees, or vines, or rain down a window. Below, the painting is in its temporary frame, waiting for a new home.
Winter 3, framed art by Amy Crook
Categories: Abstract and Just Plain Weird, Floating Gallery, Series and Books
Tags: for sale, pathways, watercolor
River Hallway
Saturday, September 2nd, 2017
River Hallway, 4″x8″ watercolor on Fluid watercolor paper
Like soothing waves of water, this blue-violet color contains surprising amounts of detail once you look past the initial impression. There’s a very subtle hint of sparkle here and there, the smallest shapes of water and spray, and of course the more obvious gradations of flow.
The tall, narrow rectangular shape echoes a hallway flowing with water rather than a more natural stream.
River Hallway, detail, by Amy Crook
Above, you can see the tiny details, flecks of paint and flecks of white like foam and stones in the water. Below, the painting is trapped in its frame, a piece of time forever frozen under glass.
River Hallway, framed art by Amy Crook
Categories: Abstract and Just Plain Weird, Floating Gallery, Series and Books
Tags: blue, interference, nfs, pathways, purple, sold, watercolor
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