Wednesday, January 15, 2025

Evil Inevitably Destroys Itself ...

This photo has a lot of glare. In the morning, I will shoot another pic of this spread and I am sure it will be much better.

I Ching Quotation


 

Tuesday, January 14, 2025

Coppery!

Today's collage sketchbook spread. Orange and red violet, what a pair! Plus all the copper. I like it.

Uplifting



 

Monday, January 13, 2025

Jumble collage today






I worked on these 10x8" paintings yesterday, and I got to this point and did not know what to do next. They are very dark, with lots of pattern; plus collage papers that are thick and make the surface very uneven. So I printed them out on my inkjet printer, coated them with matte medium (using the gel plate), and attached them to my collage sketchbook. Today I added a lot of collage elements that are much more in the blue-green / red-orange spectrum. I am not sure that would work on the original paintings, but it was fun to do. Looks like a jumble! 




Chaotic Feelings

Friday, January 10, 2025

Collage Sketchbook Spreads

January, 2025, working in my large sketchbook. Each page is 8.5x11", so a spread is 17" wide. I am working on these as two-page spreads so far, although I did do the red one to face an existing gel print page which has gold with red-orange shapes.

Lunar New Year


May You Be Well


Peachy


Regal Circles

Thursday, January 02, 2025

Huathe / Hawthorn January 1, 2025

I put a yellow glaze on the painting with contact-paper masks to make it lighter and brighter. I find that I really like it at this stage. Lots more to come of course.

Huathe / Hawthorn

 

Wednesday, December 25, 2024

"Rising" Series

 When I get to a certain point in my paintings, I don't know what to do next. Is it, are they, finished? Do they need something more? At that point I have to wait to find out. I look at them and ask that question mentally, and immediately I get and answer. Should I do more to this piece, this series? No! Wait! Let it rest (on the president's desk?)! These may or may not be finished. Enjoy!

Rising I


Rising II


Rising III


Rising IV


Rising V


Rising VI



Ethereal Spheres

 "Ethereal Spheres" is an experimental painting using interference paint. It looks different depending upon the angle of the viewer. It is 24x24x2", acrylic and collage on cradled wood panel. It may be finished?

Ethereal Spheres



Green Bay I and II


"Green Bay I and II", abstracted landscapes, acrylic on canvas, 36x24x1", available. Contact me at ellecoyoteart@gmail.com to purchase. I grew up in Green Bay, Wisconsin, a short drive from the actual bay. I took a photo of this view of the bay, looking south from the eastern shore of Door Peninsula, and these are the second and third paintings I did from it. I added so many abstract shapes and patterns that the landscapes are fairly obscured, but they are visible if you look for them.

Green Bay I


Green bay II


 

Friday, September 20, 2024

Dancer I and II (II reworked)

I was satisfied with Dancer I but II for some reason I could not get to work out. I kept thinking it was the color of the background, and I kept changing it. Finally I realized there was not enough contrast and color variation in the circular collages, and I changed those. Now I love both of them!

Dancer I

Dancer II

 

Monday, September 02, 2024

Alder / Fearn and Willow / Saille Finished!

These two paintings have taken a lot longer than I expected them to! They are the first couple of a large series of paintings that start with the ancient Irish alphabet, known as the Ogham Tree Alphabet. I don't know the trees by their UK names or sometimes even by the species of tree, so I use the North American equivalent to start the underlying drawing/painting. The Ogham letter is incorporated somewhere in the design. These two are Alder / Fearn and Willow / Saille. The paintings are acrylic and collage on canvas, 30x30.

Alder / Fearn


Willow / Saille

 

Doors of Perception September 2024

This series is about our individual viewpoints, symbolized by small circles; there are sixteen circular or circle-related collage areas in each painting, in a grid format; each one is unique. Surrounding them are very loosely painted soft grey-green brush strokes, lots of line work, and some black and white marks to set off the colors. Doors of Perception I - IV, 20x20", acrylic and collage on cradled wood panels, unframed.

Doors of Perception I


Doors of Perception II


Doors of Perception III


Doors of Perception IV


Monday, August 19, 2024

Doors of Perception Series Update

I finally found a way to keep the parts of these grid paintings that I really love, but unify them visually. The rigid grids were keeping me from enjoying all those shapes inside it.

Doors of Perception I



Doors of Perception II

Doors of Perception III

Doors of Perception IV




Monday, August 12, 2024

Alder and Willow on our Living Room Wall

Alder / Fearn and Willow / Saille are both inspired by the ancient Irish alphabet, called the Ogham or Tree Alphabet. Each letter was associated with a native tree.




Willow / Saille

Willow / Saille is another Ogham Alphabet-inspired painting, 30x30", acrylic and collage on canvas. Work in process.


 

Alder / Fearn

This painting is 30x30", acrylic and collage on canvas. It is inspired by the Ogham Alphabet of ancient Ireland. It is still in process.


 

Friday, July 26, 2024

"Moon Shadow" Finished Piece

 



I finished this painting May 14, 2024, according to my notes. I feel it was a breakthrough painting, in that I started glazing over the old painting, then masking out shapes, which created windows through which we see the old colors and shapes. Then I painted those shapes, making sure to paint boundaries, using different colors for parts of a shape that can be seen through the "windows". This is my current process.

Tuesday, July 23, 2024

Bayshore series ( of two paintings) Finished.

 These paintings are finished, and I have uploaded them to my website. They are available for $575.00 apiece (unframed) at ellecoyoteart.squarespace.com.



Bayshore I, 24x24" acrylic and collage on canvas






Bayshore II, 24x24" acrylic and collage on canvas

Tuesday, July 02, 2024

Bayshore I and II (reworking)

I loved these paintings but felt they were not quite what I wanted. I glazed them over, but then they were too dark. Now I am painting the patterns in the collage pieces and increasing the contrast, as well as making them lively and fun. Bayshore I has some distance to go; right now it is a bit chaotic, though I like many parts of it. It needs a unifying something or other. Making art is always an experiment.

Bayshore I (in process)

Bayshore II (finished)


Friday, June 21, 2024

Summer Solstice I and II

Summer Solstice I and II were created to celebrate the longest day of the year, and the day when the sun appears to stand still, then change direction, moving south after having moved northward for 3 months. This day is the beginning of summer, though the days will already be getting shorter! Summer is a time of play in the Northern Hemisphere, when families visit the beach, play outdoors, eat and drink cold treats, and spend time goofing off. The colors of these pieces reflect that outlook and time of year. 

The paintings are done on white mixed media paper, 9x7", and the image area is 7x5". Due to the conditions of the photo, Summer Solstice I seems to have beige paper. It is actually nice and white. These are available through my website for $50 per painting, or $85 (USD) if you purchase both at the same time. Visit my website