Stockley Gardens Fall Arts Show

This weekend, October 19th and 20th is the Stockley Gardens Fall Arts Festival. I will be in space C9 .  The show is open from 10am - 5pm on Saturday and 12pm - 5pm on Sunday.

Below is a new painting called Coastal Breeze.  It is 8x10, mixed media on panel. I have a number of new paintings that will be on display. Please stop by for a visit.

Have a great weekend,
Laura

Coast Breeze 8x10 mixed media on panel

Port Warwick Art and Sculpture Festival October 12th and 13th, 2013

Aperture 8x8 mixed media on panel

This weekend, October 12th and 13th is the Port Warwick Art and Sculpture Festival. I will be in space A6. The show is open from 10am - 6pm on Saturday and 10am - 5pm on Sunday.
Above is a new painting called Aperture. It is mixed media on cradled panel and is 8 inches square. I have a number of new paintings that will be on display. Please stop by for a visit.

Aerial View

Aerial View is mixed media on handmade paper.  The painting was then mounted to a cradled panel so it is ready to hang without a frame. I often start several paintings at one time and finish them when “they speak to me”.  Even though I looked at this start a number of times, it just didn't speak to me.  Along came a new product that I wanted to try – Golden High Flow Acrylic.  I pulled this painting out and began finishing it.  The painting was started with some texture mediums and ink.  It was about 80% finished and the remaining 20% was finished using these new paints.  I was extremely pleased with the glazing properties of the transparent colors.  I particularly love the lower right hand corner where I was able to glaze purple over the yellows and neutrals.

Aerial View mixed media 

Foundational Integer

Caribbean Duet

Foundational Integer  is an 10x8 mixed media on board.  It evolved by starting with a layer of texture using ink.  The next layer was a few pieces of newspaper collage, and then numbers were stenciled in the upper right.  From there, I applied many thin layers of acrylic paint, watercolor crayons and Pearl-Ex powders.  The painting was then varnished with a thick glossy layer and framed in a wide matte black frame.

4th Annual Buckroe Beach Arts in the Park Festival

I will be participating in the 4th Annual Buckroe Beach Arts in the Park Festival in Hampton, VA. on Saturday, September 14th from 10 am until 6 pm.  Here is a link to more information http://www.peninsulaconnects.org/artsintheparkfestival.html 
Please stop in for a visit.

Burnished Groove

Still Waters

It’s finished! The 48x60 commissioned painting that I have been working on, that is.  Working on this painting has been an incredible experience.  I loved every minute of it, even the part where it is 60 inches tall and so am I.  This meant that I spent quite a bit of my painting time sitting on the floor or kneeling  After starting with a couple of layers of heavy texture using gesso, paper  and modeling paste, I began many, many layers of paint and mediums in various shades of blue, green and yellow.There is also a little espresso and bronze.

Still Waters 60hx48w mixed media on canvas

The goal was a peaceful, abstracted landscape to include specific colors requested by my client.  I am very pleased with the finished work and she is pleased with the photograph.  The painting will be delivered soon.

And so it begins - progress on 48x60 canvas

And so it begins… The work on the large painting I mentioned earlier.  This painting is quite large (48x60) and is the largest project I have taken on so far.  As my friend and fellow artist, Adele Castillo (http://adelecastillo.com/) predicted on my Face Book page https://www.facebook.com/LauraGibbsStudio, I am enjoying working on this large canvas.

The large blank canvas was a little daunting at first.  I started with two layers of heavy texture and a number of layers of paint so far.  My goal is an abstracted landscape with soothing, peaceful colors.  

This is a commission piece and the client is out of town.  So that I felt comfortable with the colors we were discussing, she went to a paint store and chose some paint chips to send me.  I think this worked out very well as I was able to see exactly what she had in mind.  The painting is to be primarily a range of blues, greens and grayed versions of these.  The highlights will be soft yellows and whites.