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'MIDNIGHT GOLD'

6 x 6 x 1.5" Acrylic on Textured Canvas

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This reminds me of the miles of Golden Wheat fields down in the Palouse region of Eastern Washington.  We were down there last week and the wheat is already peeking up through the soil. 

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WINTER AT BROKEN LIMB FALLS

'WINTER AT BROKEN LIMB FALLS'

6 x 9" Acrylic on Textured Wood Panel

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SNUGGLED IN TO WINTER ...

'SNUGGLED IN TO WINTER'

5 x 7" Acrylic on Textured wood panel

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HAPPIEST OF NEW YEARS EVERYONE!

CHARLEEN

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6 P.M. AND THE NIGHT PEEKS IN ...

A new Painting done on Textured Canvas.  I love working on the Texture ~ especially for landscapes.  I think it adds a lot of dimension to a painting.  

'6 P.M. AND THE NIGHT PEEKS IN'

10 x 10" Acrylic on Textured Canvas

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They who dream by day are cognizant of many things 

which escape those who dream only by night.
~ Edgar Allan Poe

Til next time ...

Charleen

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BEHIND THE GARDEN GATE

BEHIND THE GARDEN GATE  ~  SOLD

6 x 6" Mixed Media Collage

  Crackle finish Acrylic for the Background along with Hand~painted Papers make up this small Mixed Media Collage on 1.5" deep Canvas.

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WHEN THE SUNSET IS IN AGREEMENT

WHEN THE SUNSET IS IN AGREEMENT  ~  SOLD

6 X 6"  Acrylic on 1.5"" deep Textured Canvas

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OUT OF THE SADDLE 

'OUT OF THE SADDLE'

12 x 12" Mixed Media

I put the Texture down on this one and then when it was dry went back to 'see what I could see.'  :) I saw the Horse.  I'm sure different eyes would have seen different things.  That's one of the best things about Abstract Art ... how we all interpret what we see, sometimes so differently.

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Have a Great Day!

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DEAR OCTOBER, I LOVE HOW YOU DRESS.

DEAR OCTOBER,  I LOVE HOW YOU DRESS.

6 x 8" Acrylic on Wood Panel

This is another Piece done on a heavily textured wood panel.  The texture is random so the challenge is to find the Painting amongst all the texture.  :)

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'FEEL THE HEAT.  DANCE OF THE SERENGETI.'

'FEEL THE HEAT.  DANCE OF THE SERENGETI.'

12 x 12 Mixed Media on Wood Panel

I actually did the background on this Piece quite a while ago.  I had an idea for a collage but when I drew it out on the background (chalk) I was't enamored.  I put the background aside and recently brought it back out again.  What I saw this time was totally different.  The background was done with a brayer; the tree ... a brush and a sponge; and the sun is actually collage.  A lot of different elements coming together to create simplicity.  

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WINTER IS COMING ...

'WINTER AT BROKEN LIMB FALLS'

6 x 8" Mixed Media Painting

This is one of those Pieces that is already done before you start.  I did some very heavy texture on this wood panel.  Very abstractly, not really with anything in mind.  When the texture had dried and I went back to look at it, I immediately saw the broken tree limb and the rocks.  I also saw Winter.  I suppose it could have been any other time of the year but for some reason I saw Winter which made it a little more challenging.  Winter and cold ...  I guess it is just around the corner.  :(  

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'BREAKTHROUGH'

'BREAKTHROUGH'

SOLD

6 x 6 Acrylic on Textured Canvas

This started its life as an abstract landscape.   The strip of heavy texture in the middle (paper towels) was originally a mountain range (it's now upside down).  I never was very happy with the finished product so I finally gave in and started from scratch.  This is one of those pieces that was just meant to be.  Once I 'saw' its new life it didn't take me very long to do and it sold almost immediately at a recent Studio tour that I was part of.  It went home with a member of a very prominent Hollywood family (at least 4 are Actors and she is one of them) whom I did not even recognize until AFTER she left.  Someone else handled the actual sale for me so I was momentarily oblivious.  The sad thing is, she was actually in my home about 10 years ago as part of a Show I was having for a mutual friend who is a Photographer.  (Long story).  So,  has she changed that much, or ... is my memory just that bad now.  
Somehow, I feel it's the latter.  :(

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THE FAMILY TREE:  
           "I'M SORRY ... BUT I STILL THINK HER SKIRT IS TOO SHORT."

THE FAMILY TREE:  

"I'M SORRY ... BUT I STILL THINK HER SKIRT IS TOO SHORT."

12 x 12 Acrylic on Textured Wood Panel

Another from my 'The Family Tree' Series.  

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WINTER AT BROKEN LIMB FALLS

WINTER AT BROKEN LIMB FALLS

6 X 9 Acrylic on highly Textured Wood Panel.  

This was a fun piece to do as the 'story was told' as soon as I looked at the dried texture on the wood panel.  I guess it was all in the sub-conscious.  :)  

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'ASLEEP.  UNDER THE NORTHERN LIGHTS'

ASLEEP.  UNDER THE NORTHERN LIGHTS

6 X 6   Acrylic on Textured Background.  

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THE MARRIED COUPLE:  "I'M TELLIN' YA, I TOLD THEM 6 O'CLOCK!"

6 X 8 Acrylic on Textured Wood Panel

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AND THE NIGHT ANSWERED IN SILENCE

6 X 6" Acrylic on Textured Wood Panel

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THE WAITING HOUR

6 X 8" Acrylic on Textured Wood Panel

This Piece is Sold

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SHADOWS AND SOULS

5 X 7" Mixed Media Collage
Hand-painted and found papers with Acrylic on Wood Panel

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AND THEY HELD THEIR BREATH IN ANTICIPATION

12 X 12" Acrylic on Textured Wood Panel

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BREAKTHROUGH

6 x 6 Mixed Media on Canvas

I used lots of background Texture on this piece.  I have to say, it started out as something totally different and this is where I wound up. I liked where it ended much better than where it started!   :)

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