Square Painting
5 Feb 2013
Today I am finally sharing a project I have been working on for months: my square painting! This all started with a pinwheel painting inspired by Elise’s, and then I made a circle painting. Still enamored of shapes and colors, I went with squares.
I drew these squares with a pencil and a ruler and then very imperfectly filled them in. I love that you can see brushstrokes and squiggly splotches of color.
Once I had them all finished, I knew exactly where I wanted to hang them in our living room. I love the bright color they bring into the space. Many thanks to my photographer, who did a lot of standing on chairs and moving flashes to get these shots!
I kind of love that I’ve unintentionally created the same color palette in all of them. I guess bright and cheery is what I go for!
Eric also took these awesome close-up shots, which I just love.
This is pretty magnificent. Fun with close-up lenses!
Although it took me from September to February to get from here…
to here, it was totally worth the wait.
Feb 05, 2013 @ 04:19:59
I just love these paintings. The colors are perfect and the way they are grouped together provides even more interest. On the left, the circles look like a three dimensional stack coming at you and on the right, the squares are floating off the canvas.
Feb 06, 2013 @ 22:26:54
Thank you so much! That’s such a beautiful way of looking at them!
Feb 05, 2013 @ 07:45:55
Lovely colors and textures! This reminds of… is it Kaffe Fassett? Textiles?
Feb 06, 2013 @ 22:27:28
Thank you! You are more knowledgeable in that arena than I am!
Feb 05, 2013 @ 10:26:13
Such beautiful bursts of color for your living room, and how extra special it is that you created these beauties yourself — much like the loving home you and Eric have created around you!
Feb 06, 2013 @ 22:27:53
Thank you so much! If there’s one thing I can’t live without (besides coffee!), it’s color!
Feb 07, 2013 @ 20:44:37
Those close up shots remind me of arial photos of our fields. 🙂
Feb 07, 2013 @ 21:54:11
I had the same thought! They’re like rainbow fields!