Contemporary Acrylic Abstract Art Painting , "Hotspot" by Colorado Mixed Media Abstract Artist Carol Nelson

A painting with a limited of black, white, and gray palette with a pop of color, which always results in a dynamic eye-catching piece.

This is another demo example for my Make Abstracts Sing workshop at Art Unraveled in Phoenix in August.


8"x8" Acrylic on Paper

$200.00

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Contemporary Acrylic Abstract Art Painting , "Hotspot" by Colorado Mixed Media Abstract Artist Carol Nelson

A painting with a limited of black, white, and gray palette with a pop of color, which always results in a dynamic eye-catching piece.

This is another demo example for my Make Abstracts Sing workshop at Art Unraveled in Phoenix in August.


8"x8" Acrylic on Paper

$200.00

Click HERE for more info or to purchase.

Learn about my special Canvas Minis HERE

Sign up for my quarterly newsletter HERE

View my WORKSHOP SCHEDULE  Here

View my available BOOKS Here

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Contemporary Acrylic Abstract Art Painting , "Hotspot" by Colorado Mixed Media Abstract Artist Carol Nelson

A painting with a limited of black, white, and gray palette with a pop of color, which always results in a dynamic eye-catching piece.

This is another demo example for my Make Abstracts Sing workshop at Art Unraveled in Phoenix in August.


8"x8" Acrylic on Paper

$200.00

Click HERE for more info or to purchase.



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"New Approaches to Mixed Media Materials,"

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Mixed Media Geologic Abstract Painting "Arroyo" by Carol Nelson Fine Art

This painting is a large (48x36 inch) triptych on three wood panels, each measuring 48x12 inches.  I added a LOT of texture, including gritty modeling compound, rocks, and glass blobs.

The most exciting thing about this painting is hardly even visible in a photo.  The area around the rocks has a pouring of epoxy resin resembling water.

  48"x36"x1.5"Mixed Media on Panel/sold

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Contemporary Acrylic Abstract Art Painting , "Hotspot" by Colorado Mixed Media Abstract Artist Carol Nelson

A painting with a limited of black, white, and gray palette with a pop of color, which always results in a dynamic eye-catching piece.

This is another demo example for my Make Abstracts Sing workshop at Art Unraveled in Phoenix in August.


8"x8" Acrylic on Paper

$200.00

Click HERE for more info or to purchase.



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It's been two weeks since the launch of my new teaching video,

"New Approaches to Mixed Media Materials,"

and the response has been amazing.  I am so please that hundreds of you have purchased the video and then told me how valuable you think it is.

If you want to see what all the hoopla is about, click this link:

www.craftsy.com/ext/CarolNelson_10658_D


You can watch the trailer, and if you're not completely satisfied, there is a money back guarantee.

 Learn about my special Canvas Minis HERE

 Sign up for my quarterly newsletter HERE

 View my WORKSHOP SCHEDULE  Here

 View my available BOOKS Here

"Inscrutable" mixed media abstract painting by Carol Nelson

"Inscrutable" 8x8 inch, framed

detail

As usual, the color is better on my website.  Click here to go to my
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"Overview 2" mixed media abstract landscape painting by Carol Nelson

"Overview 2"

"Overview 2"

As you can see by comparing the two images above, I tweaked the values and improved the painting so much.  I also added a "sun".

This painting is similar in method to the one I posted yesterday.  The Gessobord panel on which it is painted, was heavily textured before the paint (Golden Fluid and/or Golden High Flow) was poured on it.


For more information, click here to go to my website.  The image on my website has more accurate colors.

"Iron Strata" mixed media collage with metal by Carol Nelson

I was pounding things flat with a hammer and my new anvil today.  This painting was sitting near the table I was working on.

It's a painting I did about a year ago.  I've brought it to several workshops as an example of using paper to look like rusted iron (using iron paint.)

This curled piece of flattened copper wire looks great as a little embellishment on this painting.

For more information, click here to go to my website.

"USO Tour" mixed media abstract collage painting by Carol Nelsonon

"USO Tour"

This is a demo painting I did for my mixed media workshop over the weekend.  I called it "USO Tour" because it reminded me of the trips made by celebrities to entertain the troops.  The painting has fresh faces, bling, and music all incorporated into the design.

I am pleased with the color palette which has some subtle gray-greens in the background, and the occasional surprise color choices of blue and purple.

For more information on this painting, click here to go to my website.

"Red Muse" mixed media abstract collage painting by Carol Nelson

"Red Muse"

This was a demo piece I did for a mixed media workshop I was teaching last weekend.  The letters are words I found in the Sunday paper advertising section.

I like seeing the title of a painting IN the painting.  Also, you will notice some corrugated cardboard, burlap, stenciled letters, and gestural marks.

For more information, click here to go to my website.

"Winter Solstice" mixed media winter tree landscape painting by Carol Nelson

"Winter Solstice"

This painting is a demo I did for private instruction students in my studio.  I was trying for a more muted version of my tree paintings.  This one has pearl mica flake "snow", which does not photograph well, but is a really beautiful effect.

For more information about this painting, click here to go to my website.

"Arroyo" mixed media geologic abstract landscape painting by Carol Nelson

This painting is a large (48x36 inch) triptych on three wood panels, each measuring 48x12 inches.  I added a LOT of texture, including gritty modeling compound, rocks, and glass blobs.

The most exciting thing about this painting is hardly even visible in a photo.  The area around the rocks has a pouring of epoxy resin resembling water.

For more information, click here to go to my website.

"Winter Wardrobe 2" mixed media collage tree landscape by Carol Nelson

"Winter Wardrobe 2"

 

This painting is a demo I did for my Abstracted Tree class yesterday.  I used Golden's Pearl Mica Flake (small) for the "snow".
I really like the effect, and wish you could see it better in the photo.  It goes on as a white gel, but after it dries, all you see is the little reflective mica flakes.

For more information, click here to go to my website.

"Ancient Mysteries" geologic abstract by Carol Nelson

"Ancient Mysteries" 36x40 inches

First painting of 2014!  It's a departure from my normal saturated earthy palette.  It even has pink in it - a color I usually hate, but it seems to work here.

This painting was torturous for me.  There must be 8 or more layers of paint as I struggled to find the right color combination.  Close inspection reveals some of the previous color choices.

The unusual texture is achieved with Golden's Glass Bead Gel.  The little beads are about the size of a period on this page.  That isn't very big, but when you spread them out on the surface with a palette knife, they refract the light in an unusual manner.  It's also interesting the way you can charge in another color after they're dry, and watch the color working it's way into the beads.

For more information, click here to go to my website.

"Layers 3" revised acrylic abstract collage by Carol Nelson

"Layers 3" 8x8 inch mixed media collage

This is the new version of a painting I did last month.  The only difference is the addition of the black circular squiggles.  I admit to being terrified of gestural marks such as these - ESPECIALLY if the painting beneath is already done.

It would be easy to really screw up a half way decent painting by adding these quick marks that cannot be easily controlled.  Their beauty is in their spontaneous flow of movement.

So these were done as an acrylic skin on a sheet of plastic.  The black lines are dimensional paint (Tulip and Lumiere are two brands).
After the dimensional lines are dry, cover them with soft gel gloss, clear self leveling gel, or clear tar gel - all Golden products, although other manufacturers make similar products.

You end up with the black lines (in this case) in a sheet of clear acrylic that you can cut up, and arrange on your painting any way you choose.

original version

Here's a view of some other squiggles I have ready to go.

The beige background is the wood of the table.

For more information about this painting, click here to go to my website.

"Mineral Rights" mixed media geologic abstract by Carol Nelson

"Mineral Rights"

This geologic abstract painting is done with high flow acrylics on a textured canvas.  In pouring on the colors, you don't have total control over what's happening and that is what's fun about painting this way.

For more information, click here to go to my website.

"Layers 2" mixed media abstract collage by Carol Nelson

"Layers 2"

When I was in New Orleans last October for the Golden Art Educators training, there were a number of artists in the group who were very good at this type of collage technique.

It looks so easy, but it is NOT.  The layering of different collage elements, bringing some forward, pushing some back, does not come easily to me.  I need lots more practice.

I'm just starting to experiment with gestural marks.  In this case, I started with some scribbles from an oil stick.  Later in the process, I used color shapers to inscribe the circles in the upper left quadrant.  This is a timing issue.  The bottom layer must be dry when you apply another layer.  When the top layer is still wet, you can draw into it and the bottom layer will show through.

The painting is on wc paper, and mounted on wood panel.  There are a number of artists who work this way.  The nice thing about painting on paper, followed by mounting, is that you don't mount
anything that is not successful to you the artist.

For more information on this painting, click here to go to my website.

"Fractured Letters" acrylic abstract geometric by Carol Nelson

"Fractured Letters"

This was a fun project.  I read about this on Pinterest.  Print out your name (I used CAROL) on your ink jet printer in a font you like.  I used Ariel Black in 200 font size.  Spray with fixative so the ink will not run.

Cut the letters up and mount them on a panel or canvas.  I used a 6x6 wood panel.  Use polymer medium gloss to attach and seal.

I wanted to try using Golden Clear Tar Gel as a surface treatment instead of varnish or resin.  To hold in a thick layer of gel, I used blue painters tape around the edge.

Some happy accidents occurred (I love happy accidents.)  My cheap ink (from Overstock.com) bled, in spite of being "fixed" with ink fixative spray (Premier Art.) That's what the blue bleed around the letters is from.  I like it.

The black gesso on the sides was brushed on after the piece was done.  Originally, I had white sides, but changed my mind, thinking black would look better.  ANY stray gesso that got on the tar gel surface was about impossible to remove, but I like that too.

I'm not sure if it's the tar gel layer, or the bleeding that gives the piece somewhat of an encaustic look.  Another like.

I can imagine doing this on a huge scale.  Even if you do a little one, you could use it as a design for a larger work on canvas. I could never come up with a design like that - it has a geometric and random look at the same time.