Wednesday, March 13, 2024

"Segmented"

This is a small piece, 7x5", acrylic and collage on wood panel. Its size and the bold colors give a sense of playful intimacy. There are lots of segments in the imagery.

Intimate



Wednesday, March 06, 2024

Modern Pigments

There are two important categories of pigments, modern and mineral, aka organic and inorganic. Traditional pigments were made from finely crushed rocks, combined with a medium such as oil, acrylic medium, and in the case of both watercolor and gouache, gum arabic. The modern or organic pigments were developed in chemistry labs. The organic pigments tend to be brighter and more transparent than the traditional inorganic pigments, and they retain their color even when mixed with each other, white or black. The pigments used in these sketches are: Naphthol Red Light, Quinacridone Magenta, Hansa Yellow Light, Benzimidazalone Yellow Light, Azo Yellow Medium, Anthraquinone Blue, Phthalo Blue Green Shade, and Phthalo Green Blue Shade.

In the following sketches I used only modern pigments. I added a little of the main background color to each of the other 6 colors, to get them to harmonize. I did not use a lot of white, so these are very intense. I will do this kind of sketch with the other 4 pigments as well. In the red sketch, I used Hansa or Lemon Yellow, which is not very lightfast. In the other two sketches, I used Benzimidazalone Yellow, which is the recommended choice for a green-leaning yellow pigment that is lightfast.

Naphthol red mixed with the rest


Benzimidazalone yellow mixed with the other pigments


Anthraquinone blue mixed with the other pigments



 










Sunday, February 11, 2024

New Collage Sketchbook

 This is the cover of the newest collage sketchbook, made from one 22x30" sheet of watercolor paper, folded, cut and glued to make a thick-paged booklet. More to come as I get to them.



Anemone In Process

"Anemone", acrylic and collage on 10x10" canvas panel. In process.




 

Wednesday, January 17, 2024

Mooning I and II

 This pair have now been mounted on cradled wood panels. 6x6x 1-5/8"

Mooning I

Mooning I, side view



Mooning II



Mooning II, side view



Mooning I and II, side by side

Jungle

 Jungle is a sketch from 2022, acrylic, now mounted on a cradled wood panel. 8x10".

Jungle


Nourishing Vision I and II

This pair of small collages are cut from a sketchbook page and mounted on cradled wood panels. The collages are about 5x5" and not quite square. The wood panels are 6x6".

Nourishing Vision I

Nourishing Vision II



 

Tuesday, January 16, 2024

Frolic Series New Photos and Renamed

The Frolic series are abstract, brightly colored acrylic and alcohol ink paintings on paper, mounted on cradled wood panels. The mounted dimensions are 5x7x1-5/8". From top to bottom, Frolic I through VI. All are available for purchase. Please contact me at ellecoyoteart@gmail.com if you are interested in owning one or more of these delightful small paintings.









Saturday, November 18, 2023

Snakey Paintings

 These two are older work that I am practicing on, to work out my process. 8x10", acrylic and collage on flat wood panels. Their working titles are Snakey Painting 1 and 2.




Saturday, November 11, 2023

Moon Reconfigured

 "Moon", 24x24", acrylic and collage on cradled wood panel. A new incarnation, after many.



Sunday, September 17, 2023

Charisma I and II

 "Charisma I and II" are mixed media paintings, 16"W x 20"H, on cradled wood panels. They are works in progress.

"Charisma I"


"Charisma II"


Thursday, September 07, 2023

Unveiling

"Unveiling", acrylic on mixed media paper, unframed, 10x8", available through my website:

 https://ellecoyoteart.artweb.com/



Saturday, September 02, 2023

Friday, September 01, 2023

Self-Transcendence

Happy September!

What is self-transcendence? It is the spirit inside a human being rising above the personality-level concerns to do what is best for their spouse, family, friends, neighbors, community, nation, humanity, the planet, or all life in the universe.

"Self-Transcendence"


 

Thursday, August 31, 2023

More Sketching End of August 2023

These are daily sketches from August 27 - 31, 2023.

"Imagination"


"Life Force I and II"


"The Emptiness of Waiting"



"Initiation"



"Origin"

Saturday, August 26, 2023

Daily Sketching

 Day before yesterday, trying to get back into my art practice, I did a sketch. I was looking into astrological transits for that day, and the Sun happened to be at 3° Virgo, (rounding up). I looked up the degree in Dane Rudhyar's book An Astrological Mandala, and the keywords were STRENGTH WITHIN, so I made that the title of the sketch. I had done a sketch the day before, and I titled it LIBERATING ORDEAL, and the sketch today is named BROTHERHOOD. I am not very good at consistency, but if I can keep it going, I will use the keywords for each degree until this time next year, as titles for my daily sketches.

"Liberating Ordeal"











"Strength Within"


















"Brotherhood"










Wednesday, August 09, 2023

"Cheer I and II"

These two were somewhat static until I decided to attack with drippy paint. Then I added contact paper masks and covered the surfaces with Quinacridone Crimson mixed with Indian Yellow Hue. I am pondering them, seeing if they need anything more.




Saturday, July 29, 2023

"Unified Field Redux"

I did "Unified Field" in 2020, but something about it has bothered me ever since. It seemed to lack cohesion. So this week, I covered the entire surface with a blue-violet glaze. It was overwhelming, but then I wiped it back, sanded it, and finally wiped it with isopropyl alcohol on cheesecloth. The colors still show through but they are much more subtle. It seemed to call for a focal point, or some contrast. I happened upon a light tan painted tissue in my stash, which had other colors of paint in places, and the ragged edge of brush strokes where the transparent tissue disappears (when glued down with acrylic medium). I tore it into various sizes of pieces and applied it, and the whole painting came to life for me. The 2020 version is mostly yellow, and the new one is mostly violet. "Redux" means brought back, or revived, which is definitely true in this case. It is still a work in progress, though.

Unified Field Redux


Unified Field (2020)