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Roses in Paper

Cheryl
{emailcloak=off}This almost abstract painting hints at the subject in a mysterious cloak of deep green and pale blues. Click to view a larger version of this painting Thanks for supporting a career in the arts by buying directly from the artist! Purchase the Original Painting 24″ x 24″ oil on pre-stretched 1.5″ canvas ready-to-hang, finished edges, unframed  Local Pickup $576    With Shipping    $636   Order a Beautiful Canvas Print giclée canvas print stretched on ¾” frame delivered to your door, ready to hang free shipping to most Canadian and U.S. locations (takes 1-2 weeks) sales tax is added at PayPal checkout  12″ x 12″    $95     24″ x 24″    $225    Note: On PayPal, you can use a credit card;  you don’t need a PayPal account More Information On PayPal, you can use a credit card;  you don’t need a PayPal account. Sales tax is added at PayPal checkout. For canvas prints, free shipping applies to most US and Canadian addresses. An extra charge may apply for remote locations (e.g. Territories, Alaska, Hawaii). If so, we will contact you before processing your order. Satisfaction guaranteed. Full refund – purchaser pays return shipping only. For the original, the edge is painted a complementary colour. For canvas prints, the painting wraps around the edges of the frame. Your art has a protective coating. It will last a lifetime!  
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Streams of Mercy

Cheryl
{emailcloak=off}This abstract painting has many subtle shapes giving it a feeling of flow and movement. Dynamic and peaceful at the same time – the title ‘Streams of Mercy’ seemed just right. Click to view a larger version of this painting Thanks for supporting a career in the arts by buying directly from the artist! Purchase the Original Painting 24″ x 30″ acrylic on pre-stretched 1.5″ canvas ready-to-hang, finished edges, unframed  Local Pickup $612  With Shipping    $672   More Information On PayPal, you can use a credit card;  you don’t need a PayPal account. Sales tax is added at PayPal checkout. Satisfaction guaranteed. Full refund – purchaser pays return shipping only. The edge of the original is painted a complementary colour. Your art has a protective coating. It will last a lifetime!  
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Clearing

Cheryl
{emailcloak=off}This painting captures that magical moment when the sun breaks through the trees as you approach a clearing in a deep forest. Click to view a larger version of this painting Thanks for supporting a career in the arts by buying directly from the artist! Order a Beautiful Canvas Print giclée canvas print stretched on ¾” frame delivered to your door, ready to hang free shipping to most Canadian and U.S. locations (takes 1-2 weeks) sales tax is added at PayPal checkout  18″ x 27″    $205     24” x 36″    $295    More Information Free shipping applies to most US and Canadian addresses. An extra charge may apply for remote locations (e.g. Territories, Alaska, Hawaii). If so, we will contact you before processing your order. Satisfaction guaranteed. Full refund – purchaser pays return shipping only. The painting wraps around the edges of the frame. Your print has a protective coating. It will last a lifetime! The original painting is in the collection of JoAnne DePace.  
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Howdy Neighbour

Cheryl
{emailcloak=off} The background is highly textured, which shows in the way the paint reacted on it, and adds to the gentle mood. Click to view a larger version of this painting Thanks for supporting a career in the arts by buying directly from the artist! Original Painting – SOLD 24″ x 30″ acrylic on pre-stretched 1.5″ canvas Order a Beautiful Canvas Print giclée canvas print stretched on ¾” frame delivered to your door, ready to hang free shipping to most Canadian and U.S. locations (takes 1-2 weeks) sales tax is added at PayPal checkout  16″ x 20″    $155     24″ x 30″    $245    Note: On PayPal, you can use a credit card;  you don’t need a PayPal account More Information On PayPal, you can use a credit card;  you don’t need a PayPal account. Sales tax is added at PayPal checkout. For canvas prints, free shipping applies to most US and Canadian addresses. An extra charge may apply for remote locations (e.g. Territories, Alaska, Hawaii). If so, we will contact you before processing your order. Satisfaction guaranteed. Full refund – purchaser pays return shipping only. For the original, the edge is painted a complementary colour. For canvas prints, the painting wraps around the edges of the frame. Your art has a protective coating. It will last a lifetime!  

Layers

Cheryl
The joy of acrylic paint is often found in multiple layers. And since it is fast drying, this is easy to do. The lovely transparency of colour laid down in layers is a wonderful dynamic. Add texture to that as well, and the creative sparks really start to fly. All acrylic paint is essentially glue, and so the acrylic transparent mediums can have items such as sand, poppy seeds, fibers – just whatever captures your interest – added. After adding a layer of texture, try flowing wet paint over it to make the texture stand out even more! And yes, we were playing with this in the recent Wet & Wild course. It was a great week with lots of creative paintings happening! Here’s the video of paintings created by my students at this course – enjoy! 
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Artist’s Hoarding Disorder

Cheryl
A recent writing by Canadian artist Robert Genn used this interesting phrase – or something similar. I think all artists have it. For me, it’s the stocking up of paint when it goes on sale. Naturally I tell myself I’m saving money. And I do eventually use it all, finding myself amazed to be running out of my favourite phthalo again. I think collage artists get it the worst. When you get into collage, dollar stores become gold mines. Glitter and so very many interesting small items that could be adhered to a canvas to make a fascinating image. Scraps of various types of papers wander into your home and start accumulating. Really, when you get into collage, nothing in the house is safe from being glued onto an image. Too much fun! Do you have Artist’s Hoarding Disorder? What items do you hoard? 
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Dreams

Cheryl
“I’ve dreamt in my life dreams that have stayed with me ever after, and changed my ideas. They’ve gone through and through me, like wine through water, and altered the colour of my mind.” – Emily Bronte 
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An Artist’s Challenges

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It’s wonderful to be following your dream and doing what you are passionate about – in my case, painting. Yet there are challenges to being an artist by profession that may not be obvious at first glance. For example, painting is a high energy activity for me. I keep the brush moving, and I think hard! Much as I love it, painting is not something that I tend to do when tired. So I need to plan my best time of day to do my painting. Other issues are common with those who are self employed. Such as – it’s hard to find a balance with work time and family and friend time. Still, there’s so much to be thankful for – a job I love passionately, and supportive family and friends who understand the unusual hours I sometimes keep. What about you other artists out there – what are your challenges? 
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Edges

Cheryl
One of the key elements in any painting is the type of edges employed within the image. A variety of soft and harder edges give a painting life and depth. Soft and lost edges add mystery and let the eye move through. Hard edges stop the eye and say ‘this area is important – pay more attention to this’. Artistic license is frequently taken with where the softer edges are applied. The painter may decide very differently than the camera does, depending what they wish to emphasize. Oil painters have the advantage on this one – with slower drying time, edges are more easily softened.