"IN THE GROOVE" 11058 daily painter textured copper abstract © Carol Nelson Fine Art

"IN THE GROOVE"

If I were Donald Trump, I would have said "You're fired" to me.
THis is a complex painting with two parts, separated by a thin gap, covered with clear resin, and mounted on a larger board.

The last step in assembly of this piece is to glue the two painting panels on to the mounting board.  I use Gorilla glue for this process.

I applied the glue, carefully positioned the two pieces, and put something heavy on each piece.  I KNOW that as Gorilla glue creates the bond, it bubbles and expands a bit.

You have to keep a close eye on your painting to make sure it stays where you want it.  Even with weight on it, it can move.

After I had it all weighted down, I went to check my email FOR JUST A FEW MINUTES.  (Here's where I fire myself)  I got too involved reading email, and when I came back to check this painting, both the top and bottom parts had moved 1/2 inch to the right and were now immovable.

I couldn't BELIEVE it.  I tried to reposition them, but it was no use.  The only solution was to cut 1/2 inch off the wider side.  This is not easy to do with a ancient radial arm saw.

I was oh so careful in measuring and cutting off that 1/2 inch. I had the resin coated parts wrapped in plastic wrap to protect them.  Fortunately, it turned out great.  What makes me mad is that I KNOW BETTER!!

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"ELEMENTAL GREEN" 11051 daily painter mixed media textured abstract © Carol Nelson Fine Art

I'm continuing to work on a series of small abstracts for an upcoming show. This size sells well both on the internet and at art shows.
I textured this one with modeling compound and tissue paper. The red/green color scheme is always a favorite of mine. For more information, please click here to see my website.

"MONDRIAN - ZORN 2" 11037, daily painter mixed media abstract © Carol Nelson Fine Art

Similar to yesterday's painting, this one features the Zorn palette and the Mondrian design. Textures on this one are tissue paper, newspaper, and cedar bedding.

This painting is a panel mounted on a backing board with a 1/4 inch spacer in between. This gives the painting a floating appearance on the backing board.


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"MONDRIAN - ZORN" 11034, daily painter mixed media abstract © Carol Nelson Fine Art

This painting exhibits the design made famous by Piet Mondrian (straight lines dividing up the space), the color palette of Anders Zorn (yellow ochre, cadmium red, black, white), plus several textural elements (newsprint, acrylic medium grid pattern, crackle paste.)

Yes, the black lines ARE straight - the camera distorts them slightly.

It is a demo piece for my Metals and Mixed Media workshop. In the workshop, students choose from several design patterns, several color palettes, and numerous texture effects to make their own unique abstract paintings.

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"SEDONA," 11036, daily painter mixed media landscape © Carol Nelson Fine Art

This is a demo piece I did in the Granbury, Texas, workshop last week. It has embedded tyvek, glazed foil, and heavy texture. I haven't painted the backing board that it will be mounted on yet, but will get a picture of that in the next few days.

I have a big show coming up in two weeks, so have to really get busy painting for that. If you're in Denver June 11 and 12, be sure to stop by the Summer Art Market at the Art Students League of Denver, 2nd and Grant.

Blogging opportunity

I am honored that you felt compelled to create "Carol's Clan."  Does that make me the Clan Master?  or Grand Poobah?

For those of you who do not have a blog, this would be an EXCELLENT place to dip your toe into the online world of art.  Debbie and I, and I'm sure Nancy too, attribute more than 50% of our sales to online transactions.

To get accepted into online galleries, such as dailypainters.com, or dailypainteroriginals.com or dailypaintersoftexas.blogspot.com, you have to first have a blog where you post you newest paintings regularly.

Creating your own blog is really easy.  The only skill you need to know is how to upload a photo.  You should all be photographing your work as you complete it anyway.  I create a new folder on my computer each year, and put the images there as I add more work.

ROTHKO-1, 11035

I give each painting an inventory number.  That Rothko demo painting is called "ROTHKO-1", 11035, meaning it was the 35th painting completed in 2011.  The more you paint, the more important and inventory numbering system is.  I have probably painted over 50 poppy paintings over the years.  They're all called Poppy This or Poppy That.
When someone purchases a painting, the number system assures that  we're talking about the same painting.
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