More Flowers

'Carolyn's Flower Garden' 12"x36"
From my Gallery of Paintings

In Abstract

'Glass Lake'
A painting for my Hubby

Abstract in Teal and Purple

Inspired by the huge paintings a dear friend and I enjoyed at the Royal Academy in London

on Etsy

Cottage Chic

'Apricot Tree'
A touch of whimsy in soft colors

on Etsy

In Full Color

'Teal Sky'
Another summer painting - this one in vivid, surreal colors

In a room:

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Painting in a Room

'Copper Age'

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Long Shadows

Trying it out in a room

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Viewing a Painting

'Purple Mist'
I've uploaded it into a wall template design to get a feel of how it might look in a room. What do you think? Better as just the painting, or does it help to see it in a room?

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Poppies

I love the way poppies heads seem too big for their stems, a burst of color bobbing in the wind.

This is another painting in my Poppy Series:
Orange Poppies
36in W x12in H x1.5in W

In my Etsy shop

Playful Poppies

Poppies in Grass

Sunrise Through the Poppies

Poppies in Spring

Playing with color and texture in my poppy series.

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Weekend Painting

 

Painting in a sun filled room and dancing with my music! Is there anything more fun?!

Step-by-Step Color Evolution

Come take a peek at how the color evolved in this abstract painting!

I've been having fun with abstract art - admiring the way colors dance and play off of each other. And marveling in the freedom to paint over, to alter the look and feel with just small dabs of paint here and there.

I often get asked how I pull colors together and my usual answer is to simply play, then figure out what is and what isn't working! On this painting, I started with a complementary palette of red-orange and blue-green geometric swatches and thought I would share the last few steps I took to pull the colors together:

 I liked the basic colors and design, but felt that the composition was spotty - the contrast between dark red-orange and light teal too great.

So I painted over some of the red with more teal, added some dark teal accents as well as some drips of rust to help pull the teal and red-orange together.

A bit of white here and there helped draw the eye in a circle around the painting.

 I felt that the colors worked better with each other, however still too much emphasis on the dominant red-orange.

So I painted over more of the red, softened the white with a bit of rust and added drip lines of teal to better link the squares and make the geometric aspect a bit more obscure.

'Copper Age'

Summer Painting

A few paintings I created over the summer...

You can see all of my paintings on my website: www.BeverlyAshGilbert.com

Painting

Flowers bloomed on my canvas