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 




Sunday, June 16, 2024

Ribbons

New painting, 8x10" image on 9x11" mixed media paper. Ribbons! I like the subtle background images with mid-century inspired shapes, and soft mixtures of color. It is set off by the collage and ribbons of light colored paint.

Ribbons


 

Tuesday, June 04, 2024

Warmup Postcards

I was just fooling around with paint and collage today on a 9x12" mixed media pad. I did not like the way the composition turned out, but then I remembered long ago making postcards from 8x12" paper, so I cut it up and I really like the resulting postcards (well, 6x4" paintings). I photographed them on white background to highlight the colors. They could also be matted in white.





 

Monday, June 03, 2024

Warmup

Warming up in the studio today. I have been so focused on building my new website that I had almost no time or energy to play in the studio. PLAY DAY! Remember to visit my website, ellecoyoteart.squarespace.com, and subscribe! I will be sending occasional studio notes.


 

Friday, May 31, 2024

ElleCoyote Art New Website OFFICIALLY Launches Today!

Here is a link to my new website, ElleCoyote Art: If you find any problems with it, please notify me at ellecoyoteart@gmail.com.

https://ellecoyoteart.squarespace.com/



Thursday, May 30, 2024

Launching My New Website Tomorrow!

I am SO excited about my new website! I hope you will subscribe. I will send out occasional updates to my subscribers.


 

ElleCoyote Art Website Launches Tomorrow!

 

I have been building my new website for a couple of weeks now. I had a site that was not working for me. I changed hosts and tomorrow I will post the new website, including ways to purchase my work! If you follow this  blog, I hope you will visit ElleCoyote Art and subscribe. See you tomorrow!!




Friday, May 17, 2024

"Vesicas" Reworked

"Vesicas" has changed quite a lot since I did it in 2022. It is upside down now, and I painted over the collage elements. The colors are new, too. Acrylic and paper on cradled wood panel. In process.


Tuesday, May 14, 2024

"Moon" Reworked

I had to rework this painting because some paint dripped on the face of it while I was painting the sides. I did not want to do anything to it, for fear of wrecking it. As it is, I like the direction that it took while I was working into it. It is not finished, because my eye cannot escape the white shapes that are nearly in the middle, but if I add some more high-key elements it should work out. I have to let this layer dry first. Stay tuned!



Friday, May 10, 2024

"Nion", The Ash Tree in Process

"Nion", 24x24, acrylic and collage on cradled wood panel, second and third layers.