New Paintings Finished

   

The painting continues...This Cove No. 1 completed and listed for SALE online at

http://www.carolynsalinas.etsy.com/ 

Here's painting Cove No. 2 still in progress and should be completed soon.  Both of these paintings are same ones I listed recently.  Although the 3 mini canvases I started last week are still waiting for attention.  It's strange since there so small it seems like I would have finished them quickly.  And although I've looked at them I haven't painted any further on them.  But in writing this....I'm wondering maybe they are completed or at least close to finished.  Just a few strokes and they'll be done.  Sometimes I think because I'm very detailed oriented I'm always seeing more work to be done.  But simple is very nice.  So I've been puposing to be aware and listening to the inner voice....knowing when to back off....and let simplicity reign.

These next ones are a new adventure for me....Abstracts.

  This is titled: Yellow Sails and will be listed in my online shop.  I really like the coloring and the flow. My son Alex said it reminded him of the view looking out of his office at Blue Lime Studios located on Bay Street in Savannah Georgia.  He likes the painting for different reasons than I but that's the wonderful thing about ART.  It's a personal experience and there isn't any right or wrong. 

Yeah, it's lovely.  It's not required but for me as an artist there's always a pleasure in the creating process.  Sometimes I paint with an image in mind and then sometimes I paint out of a mood.  There are a lot of times especially when I've been busy with the tasks of daily living or the "cares of the world" are lapping at my shores......that I see colors and colors mixing in my mind's eye and I have a sense of pushing to get the shades out of my thoughts and onto paper or canvas.  Which is really the only way to empty them out of me.  This was a push with the colors inside my thoughts wanting to be released.  It's done.

Now here's another light hearted Abstract which I've just finished and titled:  Ocean Gold.

The waves crashing into shore......

I have plans of much painting this weekend at the lake.  Ahhhhh  "plein aire".  Although I didn't get my studio set to work in yet at the lake I will be setting up around one of the lakes to enjoy the fresh air, sun, and outdoors.  I expect it to be a very creative and enjoyable time for me.  I'll post the results of the painting next week or sooner if there's a moment of free time.  Celebrate Memorial Day!  A lot of people have paid with lives to protect the Freedom we enjoy daily.  Let's remember their sacrifice with respect.