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Cheerful and Colorful Paintings in Oil, Acrylic, Mixed Media and Collage
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Friday, July 29, 2011

Contemporary Mixed Media Abstract Painting with Epoxy Resin Glaze ~ Antique Roses" by Texas Daily Painter Nancy Standlee

 "Antique Roses" 11057
8x8x1.5" Mixed Media Abstract Painting with Epoxy Resin Glaze 
The epoxy resin glaze gives a clear glass-like finish with lots of depth and it enhances all the colors. These pieces are more beautiful in person than what a photograph could ever present. There are several steps that need to be followed in sequence and the resin cures in 8 hours, hardens to full strength in 72 hours. The piece has prepared Tyvek, embellished foils, acrylic paint, Yupo collage and sand/gravel painted gold.

A side view of the cradle I made after 3 trips to Home Depot trying to find the correct wood, finding the right cutting tool, and lots of emails to the artist who introduced me to this mixed media way of working, Carol Nelson. I'm returning one tool and ended up cutting with a jigsaw that required a lot of patching with modeling paste!! I think in terms of time I would be better off buying ready made Ampersand gesso panels. It was a big learning curve. Now do I really need to buy a table saw? That would require me cleaning out the garage to find a place to put it and with it 103 in Texas I'll probably keep using the jigsaw for awhile. I used an extension cord and set up shop out in the back yard and I made cradles all day long yesterday.

 
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Friday, July 22, 2011

Contemporary Mixed Media Textured Abstract Painting ~ "Earth's Curl" ~ Texas Daily Painter Nancy Standlee


"Earth's Curl"
12x12x1.5

"Earth's Curl" is a highly textured, mixed media contemporary abstract on gallery wrapped canvas. I used some texture medium on the canvas with some collaged oriental papers. Warm colors of an analogous scheme of reds and golds are a reminder of our hot Texas summer.

I posted this today on Daily Paintworks HERE.

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Wednesday, July 20, 2011

Textured Mixed Media Acrylic Figurative Abstract ~ "Two or More Persons: HOV" 11049 ~ by Texas Daily Painter Nancy Standlee

"Two or More Persons: HOV 11049
24x24x1.5 Acrylic Textured Red Abstract Figurative

 This is my red painting. I brought several canvases (some new and some old turkeys) when I took the Cheryl McClure Abstract class recently. It's good to have extra canvases around to wipe off the excess paint from your brushes and use up any left over palette paint at the end of the day to tone or just add some new color to a canvas. I went to the workshop with the intention of painting a red painting and all of them turned into something else. I kept finding people in my abstracts so in this one I just drew some figures and put on red paint over a highly textured foundation. After working on it again this week, I find my ladies have become a blur and the red painting has morphed into an analogous warm painting. Maybe my red painting will appear at the Carolyn Reigelman's workshop in September in Granbury.

The title of several of the abstracts that I worked on during the workshop comes from road signs I saw coming home in heavy Friday traffic. In the Dallas area the HOV (High Occupancy Vehicle)  lane is reserved for two or more persons or I considered "Two for the Road". 

Visit my gallery at Daily Paintworks and this week we are advertising on Design Sponge. 

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Monday, July 18, 2011

Mixed Media Abstract ~ Apollo: Gray to Moonscape 11044 ~ Daily Paintworks ~ Workshops by Texas Daily Painter Nancy Standlee



"Apollo: Gray to Moonscape" 11044
10x10x1.5 Acrylic Mixed Media Abstract

This highly textured mixed media abstract has been added to my Daily Paintworks Gallery. It has neutral blues and grays and is one of a series. These small mixed media abstracts will make a great decorative accent in your home. DPW has easy art search options by size, color or genre and you can see the featured art, all art, the day's art or auctions. A convenient feature is a daily email if you go HERE and sign up for the latest daily art that is posted. Request please...will you please LIKE our page on Facebook, HERE . 

Daily Paintworks first ad of the new expanded DPW will soon be live and you can see it HERE at the Design Sponge.

For the past two weekends I've given "mini workshops" for some of the Canvas by Canvas ladies. For the 2 day collage I was working on Stoney, Music and Motorcycles. See it on my blog post HERE. Below are the two works from my "students". What great first efforts Maryann and Betty made.
 Maryann's Collage

Betty's Collage

 Connie's Abstract
Several CBC ladies wanted an abstract workshop (one day) and here is Connie's effort. Mine and Barbara's are still in the works.

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Wednesday, July 13, 2011

"Stoney, Music and Motorcycles" 11042 ~ Torn Paper Portrait Collage Painting by Texas Daily Painter Nancy Standlee

"Stoney, Music and Motorcycles"
24x330x1.5 torn paper collage on canvas
NFS
This torn paper portrait collage painting is of one of my sons, Eric and his dog, Stoney. I gave a 2 day collage class to several of the Canvas by Canvas collaborative group and this was my demo piece. It will be varnished and delivered sometime this week. 
I chose text and magazine images that describes some of Eric's interests and some of my feelings for him. That's some of the fun of doing a personal portrait of someone you know and searching for just the right text. Some of the text in this collage, "Don't go changin", No Fear, music notes near his mouth as he plays the harmonica in a band, "Boss" was my dad's name, "77" no meaning, just a nice graphic element, a cross, "The new rock star" is for Roxy, Stoney's friend who was left out, "S" for Stoney, "Boozefighters Motorcycle Club, National Chapter 69, and then my interpretation by finding "Where the wild things are". 

I had to put a wheel in his bandanna because his love affair with wheels go way back. In the 60's there was a big plastic tricycle that sat close to the ground. He wore out two and learned if he put one wheel on the curb, pedal fast to gain speed, he could blast off the curb into the driveway opening into the street on two wheels..sorta a sideways wheelie. Guess the boy grew up as a "street biker". His father's name was Dan and I found a large Dance and wrapped the text around and he loved Italian bikes, Moto Guzzi, soI had to put Italy in the mix (and I've been to Italy.) Eric was born in California, lived in Virginia, and so "Hey, its OK.he's in Texas now, and wrapped on the side is "to make something happen, tell a Texan it can't be done.". I couldn't resist a little sweet, syrupy saying about Mom, I hid on the side "Mom...a son's first love, a daughter's best friend."...awwww..

If you try a collage, remember it will wrinkle. That's OK and you'll think you have the canvas covered but will keep finding blank spots for days and it can be very tiring because you are processing so many design element decisions at once. The hardest thing on this one I think was the beard and how to make a black boxer vary in color.

In a later post, I will show you the work done by the CBC members. In the fall, I may do a collage workshop in Granbury and one in Graham and there is a possibility of one in Arlington. If you are interested, send me your name. It would be a 2 day portrait collage. Well, I say portrait one person in the class did a chicken so we just called it a chicken portrait. 

Empty Easel has some more of my paintings on line HERE in the Featured Artist section.  

I joined Daily Paintworks in June and have been posting one painting a day. If you're on Facebook please LIKE our page HERE.We'd love to get one thousand likes. David Marine developed the site and will advertise this next Monday on  Design Sponge, a very popular design blog by Grace Bonney.

Thanks for visiting my blog and try collaging a family member or your pet or yourself (someone who won't fuss if you don't get it exactly right. It's great fun.) Just be aware of those stray pieces of red paper in the tub or the bed that have stuck to sticky hands. You are not hemorrhaging. 

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Saturday, July 9, 2011

"Birthday Roses" 11040 ~ Acrylic Floral Still Life Painting ~ by Texas Daily Painter Nancy Standlee

"Birthday Roses" 11040
12x9 acrylic floral painting on canvas panel

Today I've given "Birthday Roses" a little face-lift. It is an older floral still life that has been varnished, renamed and a new photograph that is truer to the colors of the painting.

Workshop News:
Carolyn Riegelman Workshop September 27-30, 2011
"The Epitome of Intuitive Painting" in Granbury TX
Carolyn works in acrylic abstract style. The information is not posted yet on the Lake Granbury site but wanted you to save the date if you're interested in working with a great group and learning more about Carolyn's style of abstract painting and use of fabulous color. 

Daily Paintworks:
I've joined the Daily Paintworks group of painters and click HERE to see my gallery. I am adding about one painting a day to the gallery and this week all the paintings posted that day will go out in an email feed so if you're interested, you can subscribe by email HERE. If you're on FaceBook can you please LIKE the Daily Paintworks page. Thank you.

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Monday, July 4, 2011

Contemporary Mixed Media Abstract ~ "Be Yourself" by Texas Daily Painter Nancy Standlee

"Be Yourself"
8x8 on mdf board

Mixed media abstract, prepared Tyvek, foil, textured papers, oriental papers, cut up paintings, found papers, coated with epoxy resin, blue color painting (click on the image to enlarge)

I am surprised at this painting when I see that it's blue as this is not a color I usually work in but the epoxy resin coating gives it a lot of dimension and depth. This is one of the mixed media paintings I worked on in the Carol Nelson Granbury workshop. See my blog post HERE. I have plans to make a cradle for it later with a new saw but the learning, frustration curve may be too much!

See other paintings in my gallery at Daily Paintworks.
I've given my blog a new face lift. Several had mentioned the black background was hard to read so I decided to go a little lighter.

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Saturday, July 2, 2011

Contemporary Abstract Painting ~ "Landscape Data:Circle Abstract" by Texas Daily Painter Nancy Standlee

"Landscape Data: Circle Abstract"
12x12x1.5
acrylic on gallery wrapped canvas, cream colored sides

I've recently joined Daily Paintworks and you can see my gallery HERE. If you click on the painting, there is a zoom/magnify feature that give you great detail.


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Friday, July 1, 2011

Contemporary Figurative Acrylic Painting ~ "Lady Liberty - Lylas 2" ~ by Texas Daily Painter Nancy Standlee


"Lady Liberty" 11028
Lylas 2
12x9x.75 gallery wrapped canvas, no frame required, black painted edge

This is a special July 4 celebration acrylic figurative painting offered at a holiday price. To zoom in and magnify certain areas go to my gallery page on the Daily Paintworks site HERE. A happy and safe holiday wishes to all.

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