Gallery - Acrylic Paintings
I love painting with Acrylics because of the flexibility in creating different styles. Since Acrylics are water based, you can achieve a variety of looks from watercolor to traditional oil style paintings along with what I consider "acrylic style". My favorite themes to paint are derived from travel and my love of nature. Most of my paintings can be found in my Shop, but these are a few that were commissioned, gifted or previously sold before I set up my online Shop.
PAINTINGS: COMMISSIONS, GIFTS, PREVIOUSLY SOLD
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BREATHE SERIES
I painted this series during the pandemic, which was born out of the claustrophobia of COVID and the feeling I get when I see things in nature that make me feel like I can escape life and breathe.
A few notes about the paintings.
Upon finishing painting #3, Sunshine, I had a memory of a teacher in 4th grade who was very pretty and played Sunshine on my Shoulders on the guitar. She died in a car accident. I didn't remember this memory until the painting was complete.
Painting #6 has a story. Meet Chase. Both of the photos used in this painting are his - a photo Chase took of the sky and a selfie that he took. The inspiration came to combine his 2 photos into a painting for the Breathe series because Chase has cystic fibrosis and "Just Breathe" is part of his tattoo collection. Despite having CF, Chase has the most positive attitude and it's really amazing to watch his life unfold. He is creative, inspiring and a walking work of art! The painting doesn't do justice to his tattoos as they are very colorful, but I wanted the colors of his sky photo to stand out, so I decided to paint Chase in sepia tones. This painting was given as a gift to Chase.
