Extrusions

Large heavy 22"x30" 300lb paper
with many layers, glazes, and impasto effects.
Bronze, gold, green, sienna, Indian yellow hue, Azo gold are just some of the colors that make up this painting.

$150.00 plus shipping

A page from 1908...

Another "Mini" painting, with this one being the first of a series I am starting

using 100 year old pages and pieces from the year "1908."

It all begins with an old Webster's "Pocket" Dictionary, some related photos,

images, and words from an era we likely call "antiquified"-published, documented, or made over one years ago-in the year of 1908.

So, here is the first, on 5"x7" paper, with Golden's fluid acrylics: bronze, golds, Indian Yellow hues,

and gloss medium here and there....

Only 50 dollars (plus shipping)

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Mini Abstract #6

SOLD

Land meets water

Acrylic paint and mediums create a heavily textured "impasto" effect thanks to Golden's gloss gel,. Colors include fluid acrylics Prussian blue, Nickel Azo Gold, and more.
Canvas board 9"x12". COA by EBSQ.

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Mini Abstract #5

Another small abstract-5"x7" Acrylic on textured paper. This one would frame quite nice-a couple more on the way.

Only 35 $ (plus shipping)

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Mini Abstracts 1 & 2

A Work in Progress..

A "Work in Progress"-this is a textural abstract on 300lb, 22"x30" paper. Layers of paint, medium, and some collage pieces are all in there, but the entire painting is not finished...

Ghost Nite

These are my latest creative endeavors as I recover from the past spring and my bout with the hospital, etc.
They are on 5"x7" textured paper and express my latest use of acrylic paint, mediums, and mixed media.

All the "Mini Abstracts" are
Only $35.00/painting-
plus $5 for shipping...

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Wall of Spring

These are my latest endeavors with acrylic paint, mediums, & mixed media collective. They are
my "Mini-Abstracts," on 5"x7" textured paper.



All the "Mini Abstracts" are
Only $35.00/painting-
plus $5 for shipping...

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All artwork is signed both front and back and comes w/ a COA from EBSQ. (Certificate of Authenticity).

Where to Begin?

Hello all...
I will try and give the short version of where I went for the entire spring of this year.
In the last two weeks of this past January, I begin to feel a weakness I had never felt. Intermittently, I also began feeling short sharp pains in my chest, with chills and fever soon to follow. I went to the emergency room on Saturday, January 31st. I was admitted that night. It is now the second week in May. I have only been out of the hospital a few days.

I stayed in the hospital with a heart infection I had no idea I even had over three months. I come from a family where though we have our ailments, heart problems are rare, until now. I am "infection" free, but I have a heart murmur that requires medication.

I am making a cautious but hopeful recovery.

Without supplies for creativity (and to weak to use them if I had had them), as well as no Internet access, I got to know time, even just the clock on the wall, very very well.....

Thank God for friends and family-I cannot say it enough....

So, I have not abandoned "the Colorspeaker!" I will have to do a bit of connecting-I was in the middle of Ms. Mone Musel as the guest artist for January (yes, last Jan.) when I got sick.
My apologies to you, Mone.

As far as what is next, I will drop by fellow artist and blogger Casey Klahn at his blog
The Colorist to start!!

I will be back soon.
Thanks to everyone.

Apache Whispers

This is another favorite of mine-and I think the description Mone' gives is a good as it gets; so here, in her own words, is the illustrative version as well as the names of the colors used in the creation of this piece...Enjoy!!

"This HUGE triptych painting has been beautifully distressed and washed with countless layers of earthy 'woodsy' hues contrasted with a cool palette of blue gem and Turquoise accents. The surface has been richly textured...GORGEOUS...perfect for a huge wall that needs a STUNNING centerpiece!"

TITLE: Apache Whispers
SIZE: includes three 12"x48"x1.5" canvases
PRICE: $795 SOLD
YEAR: ©2008 Mone' Musel
MEDIUM: Acrylic on canvas

"Prominent colors include Red Brown, Deep Umber, Buff, Turquoise, Teal, Rust, Red Sienna, Goldens, and hints of Blue.. Delicately embellished with Goldened Copper acrylic accents. UV varnish protectant applied for an ultra high gloss shine. Signed on front. Sides painted Black for a clean, frameless presentation. Shipped wired and ready to hang. Stretched on heavy duty professional wooden support frames. Includes signed Certificate of Authenticity."
By Mone' Musel

Mone' Musel:Mayan SunSpell

I decided to begin my introduction to this artist by posting the first of several paintings I personally connect with. Mone' has made it clear that I should just pick the paintings I like;I had one request that I could not do myself , however; And that is a picture of this artist herself. I then realized she is simply shy, and though she creates these large enigmatic paintings, she is quite private.I can understand this very much, and will do my best to respect her privacy.However, I also believe in this artist and her talents, and that alone deserves what I aim to do this week:

Introduction to "An Artist Defining Style: Meet Mone' Musel."

Title: MayanSunSpell

Size: 30" x 30" x1.5"

Medium: Acrylic on canvas

Price: Sold

Year: Mone' Musel ©2008

This painting I just love for several reasons.The colors are seductively inviting and warm. The quality of the substrate (canvas) itself is wonderfully evident; with the dark tones around the entire piece continuing around all four sides is not only so that it can be hung without framing, it actually frames and centers the entire painting with the dark color.With a vital simplicity reminiscent of Rothko's late works, it is the thick application and layers of paint that add texture, depth, and a unique duality: a dark and light mood exist simultaneously. "Complexity in the Abstract."

*Note: Though this piece is sold, she offers high quality re-productions (Giclees) of many of her works. The title of this post is a direct link to this featured painting on her website. Simply click on the title and you will go straight there.

by Julianne Richards

The last finning of the whales

This is the painting that was, "the first painting of the year." Now completely re-done, with many layers and applications...I will have much more to add to the description of this piece in terms of the process as "distance always lends some perspective"- of which at this time I have very little...
It is 24"x30" with 7/8" depth canvas. It is Back stapled and all four sides are painted. I am eager to return to my regular cycle of posting-of which I have been unusually estranged from.
However, this week is a busy one, and I will be writing with updates as the days continue.

Julianne Richards 2009

Price: $250.00 (plus $25.00 for shipping)

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This month featured Artist: Mone' Musel

This month I have the pleasure of doing a post and interview on an artist that is from Austin, TX.
Her name is Mone' Musel, and she creates large textured abstract paintings that are 100% original, incredibly unique, and, in my opinion, deeply inspiring. I have followed her work after discovering her on Yessy, where I too have my gallery. I will announce the date of the post in the coming weeks, so be sure to bookmark this one. An artist of this caliber, who is even self taught, is as rare as they are special. I also want to say thank you to Mone' for accepting my request with genuine enthusiasm. This will be January's highlight-and it isn't going to be my art!!
My new works are coming soon.
'Till then,
Happy New Year everybody and stay tuned!!

First painting of New Year

I don't know if this is still a work in progress, but I am thinking it is...

Acrylics on canvas 24"x30"x.75"

The base coat is made up of iridescent pearl, silver (fluid acrylics by Golden) ,and blue, heavy bodied silver, powder blue, white and black. As usual, I did not "mix" my mixture, thus leaving me the ability to make streaks and lines. Lots of dry brushing. I used more fluid acrylic Quinacridone Violet and interference violet for those dramatic purples....I think I might go back to the easel with this one...

Tornado in box

Acrylic paint and mediums on 16"x20" back stapled canvas.

Antique gold, gold, umber, Golden's fluid acrylic Azo gold, fluid Nickel Azo yellow, and fluid iridescent gold made a base, unmixed, and full of streaks to let dry. This is an abstract painting in what I would call its most rudimentary form. No forethought, no planning- i painted completely unstructured. I later returned to it and added some pale olive with just a touch of turquoise, golds, and interference green. The black textured "string gel," intertwined with a copper colored gel medium, has me still passing by it as I work on other paintings, pausing with the thought-Is this done? Or in need of a total makeover??

Hmmmm....

Labyrinth

This is the final piece in "Textural Abstracts" Series.

It is on heavy, quality paper 18"x24." Gesso on both sides and left to dry.

Then i sanded the side I would paint. The first layer was gold, Yellow Ochre, Buff white, interference Gold, Iridescent pearl.

I left a heavy layer of those acrylic colors, and let it dry. I lightly sanded the entire piece, before I taped off the sections I would paint. A light dry brush application of Burnt Umber , followed by Crimson, pale olive green, always sanding after applying, so as to sand it slightly wet.

I added a string gel medium with black acrylic and fluid interference green to texture and detail the edges. Celtic symbols are throughout the painting, glazes under them and then cover them....

Finished with a UV protective gloss varnish.

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Language of Time

This is a painting on 300lb heavy, quality paper-22"x30".
After applying Gesso on both sides, I laid a base coat of Umber, crimson, & Golden's fluid interference green- and then sanded it while still slightly wet.
After letting it dry, I applied different colors, a string gel medium (you can actually pour on -consistency is like honey) and then an acrylic glaze. Some steps I repeated. This may still be a work in progress...

Signs of History

I have several more finished paintings from my series "Textural Abstracts" that are finished and in need of uploading...This is on High quality, 260Lb heavy paper 15"x20" with Lots of texture. Acrylic colors are Umber, Sienna with Gold and interference Greens, and yellow ochre with gold and more Raw sienna...A little bit Cerulean blue is coming through-as my first base coat was cooler tones, until adding the many layers of aforementioned colors...

Finished w/ UV protective gloss varnish.
Certified Authentic by Ebsq-and comes with COA.

Only $175.00 (plus shipping)
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