Out of the Box

Spoleto is over, I'm getting ready to leave for Italy in three days for the workshop by Il Chiostro, but wanted to share my first abstract, appropriately called "Abstract #1". After painting in the park small paintings each day, and looking at my neighbor's contempary work, I thought I would "get out of my box" and try something new- and it was really fun! I got lots of tips from fellow mixed media artists around, bought some tissue, and acrylics and worked all day on this 36x36 canvas.

When I start to paint, I pretty much have an idea of where I am going with the painting. With abstract, it was interesting because it was a new way of thinking as I approached the canvas. Except for the composition, the thought process was totally new for me and really took me in a whole new direction, which was challanging.