Crying Petals

I completed a new painting. It's large 26 inches square but it went relatively quickly. 

I had some leftover black matte board scraps laying around that I cut into various pieces, painted and then hot glued together in layers for a 3D effect. 

I enjoyed creating textures on some of the pieces. I had forgotten how well acrylic, good acrylic, paint can be built up. 

I had a hard time capturing the real colors but you get the idea. 

I've mentioned before how I don't like to title my paintings so I asked advice from friends on FaceBook and one of my cousins suggested Crying Petals. I thought it rather fitting. Overall I think this painting could speak for the Kansas summer that flowers have had to put up with. 

Feeding Insects Painting

Finally, I finished this painting! I think I've been working on it on and off for two or three months. 

I kept having other projects I had to finish first pop up along the way. 

Acrylic on gessoed cardboard and it measures roughly 10 inches square. 

Normally with my radial paintings, I've worked hard at making the "mirror images", for lack of a better term, exactly the same. However with these insects (I guess they are insects) I really enjoyed the challenge of making them all different while making it look as though they belong together. 

Of course, I still am working in the dots. Something about the way the dots turned out reminds me of Islamic works and architecture. Perhaps because the visual elements have become so stylized and more decorative I guess. 

The corners are the only element of the painting I'm just not sure about. I finished them last but I don't know if I like them but I don't know really what to do with them. 

This is my favorite part; the meeting of the three bugs. 

I like the tension of space between them as though they could almost touch but not quite. 

I have an idea in my head for my next painting to be somewhat similar but with stylized sea turtles and waves. We'll see how it turns out; I'll have to get some sketches done first. 

....or maybe I need to finally get that bathroom mural done....hmm, but I have some thinking to do on that one too! 

Marker Monday - New Paintings

This is my latest painting. It measures about 7x7 inches.

The colors are a bit off and it's a bit blurry...still learning to manual focus on my new camera lens.

I started adding the polka dots and could barely contain myself.

They were so fun I almost covered the entire space with polka dots!

What kind of title should I bestow upon my polka dot sun/flower...thingy?

I think it'd make a wonderful quilt....anyone want to quilt it for me? Ha ha!