NATURAL Very TEXTURED Large Acrylic Painting

This painting was created for a 3 artist show that was focused on the photography of Phillip Lacinak. Phil took his photographs while on assignment in Africa with Jack Hanna's Wild Kingdom.
The photos of African wild life, people and surroundings inspired me to create a few additional pieces for the show that would tie my artwork in with the photography.
This piece is very Natural and Earthy and VERY TEXTURED. The textured areas are almost an inch off the canvas. Three of the elemental rings are accented with Gold Metallic.
The bottom of the painting is accented with coated straw and the 'snake' element on top of the straw is Red Och-re in color.

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EARTHY Very TEXTURED Large Acrylic Painting - Brown and White and Metallic Copper

This painting measures 30" x 40" on a Gallery Wrapped Canvas. The colors in the painting are White, Burnt Siena and Burnt Umber with the center element running from one edge of the painting to the other is in Antique Metallic Copper acrylic.

This painting is from the 'Begin Again' Series and has a strong Earthy presence. My favorite features of the painting are the Metallic Copper textured element running from one edge of the painting to the other and the use of White in this painting to contrast the Browns for a very natural, snowy feel.

There are the elements of the 'Begin Again' Series, including
Japanese text and text from the Voynich Manuscript.



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SQUARE Abstract Painting - 3' x 3'

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EARTHY with Japanese Text - Original Art

This is another TEXTURED Earthy painting from the Beginning Again Series, especially created for a 3 artist show in Orlando, FL.

My friend, photographer Phillip Lacinak invited me to participate in a show with him and Jack Beals. Phillip was displaying his photography from Africa, taken while on assignment with Jack Hanna's Wild Kingdom.

I needed a few more pieces to flesh out the show and created this one as a simpler version of this style. The Japanese Text is there, more prominent on this piece than the others and done in Forest Green with Metallic Gold outline.

The Voynich Manuscript Text is there as well on the left of the painting.


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Returning To Fire

This is one of my favorite paintings that I have created recently. I started with a 'repurposed' canvas. I had started a painting for some sort of an event, using a play on words - but I never finished it.

The background was painted with a starting coat of paint and there were some words written in pencil on the canvas.

Well, I began creating this piece - very TEXTURED. Elements come off the canvas at least 1 and half inches at the highest point. You can almost see the texture off the canvas in the first image above.

I really must learn how to take 3D photos

Upon completion, I noticed, that just barely, ever so faintly, the word "ONE" is still visible if you look closely in the 'glowiest' part of the painting.

I decided to leave it there and not paint over it.



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EARTHY Original Art with Texture and Script

This painting is from a series called 'Begin Again' and it represents one of my favorite types of paintings to create. It has TEXTURE, It is EARTHY (but still glows). I once made a joke to someone looking at my art that my paintings look like something that was just dug up out of the ground. I could tell by the way they laughed suddenly that they were thinking the same thing.

This piece also has TEXT. I like to play with text in paintings, but avoid using English in America usually, because I feel once you put a word or phrase on a painting, you 'pigeon hole' it, by giving it a meaning of some kind, rather than leaving it open to interpretation for the viewer.
So, I use text few Americans or English speaking people would be able to interpret, such as Japanese.
Now, I don't know how to read Japanese (I won't pretend to, since I would be quickly busted by anyone who does, looking at my paintings) I just do a sort of alphabet practice - using an alphabet called Hiragana (the most recent and simple Japanese alphabet) What it represents to me is text as a beauty element - the use of brush strokes. Also, it speaks to the viewer on a 'symbolic' level. You know it means something, but you see it just as an embellishment.

Metallics are often used in these types of paintings to add an 'ancient' feel to it, as it is easy to make the metallic element look old, rusty or covered with patina.

I also like dripping paint. Yes, a lot of people use dripping. I once had someone tell me about my art that it looked 'alive' - as though it was bubbling up (like lava) I like to have paint dripping from cracks and crevices, as though it is like lava, or a life force from within the painting 'oozing' out. I also like to use the dripping like an outpouring of emotion.

Another favorite is to use text from a manuscript called the Voynich Manuscript, which has yet to be interpreted. I love the mystery of it. By including excerpts from it in my painting, it plants little 'surprises' for the viewer in the future, if the manuscript is ever interpreted :)


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All That Glitters - Gold - Copper - Silver Metallic Painting

This is made entirely of recycled paper (on canvas) Acrylic Metallic Paint in Gold, Copper and Silver. Measures 24" x 36" on Gallery Wrapped Canvas

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