Eden's Dawn, Abstract 18.25 x 24" oil on constructed canvas
©Helen Read
unframed, painted around sides
(see images below)
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As this painting progressed, the abstraction began to look more and more like a garden to me; a beautifully vibrant and rather untamed garden. I felt a sense of motion and a bubbling energetic life emerging. Jewel tones insisted on their brilliance, greens required variegated variety, and an unexpected roiling of color began to unfold from above.
No one knows, of course, what the imagination or hand of God brought into existence at the formation of the first garden. We can imagine, though. Was it a tidy, orderly formal garden? Or was it something more wild and free, tumbling with abundance, extravagant in color, bursting with energetic life…. beautiful and good, yet untamed and filled with possibilities?
This painting explores that question using color and brush stroke, with an unconventionally constructed canvas. Experience an idea of Eden’s Dawn.
This painting is painted around the sides. No framing needed. The canvas is a constructed canvas, with unfinished edges and fraying becoming part of the composition. The canvas was primed and gessoed prior to painting.
Herrick Woods
7x5" - matted in white for 8x10" frame - Watercolor on paper |
shown in a solid wood frame w/cherry finish.
Ready to ship!
The woods holds a sense of wonder for me, particularly when the golden light of autumn filters through leaves just beginning to change.
Nearly every color of the rainbow can be seen for the eye that looks deeply.
This painting is an invitation into the beautiful, jewel tones of God's lovely creation as seen with wonder!
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Years ago, I stretched a canvas by piecing together pieces of canvas, priming it, and giving it several coats of gesso. I wasn't completely sure where to go with it. I added a few layers of thin paint and put it aside to think about.
And it's sat, untouched, ever since.
This week, I picked it up again and have been working with a very expressionistic style to create something of interest, incorporating some of the interesting features of a pieced canvas.
It's still evolving but there is something happening on this canvas now.
It's still coming together. I have a few more ideas before it is finalized.
It's been very freeing to work in this uncharted way,
listening as I go... sensing the direction.
Ballerinas, 7x5" Oil on gesso panel
©Helen Read
With a graceful dance in the breeze, these lovely blossoms are some of the first signs that spring is arriving. They come in an array of shades - yellow to orange - with their lovely green foliage standing tall.
This painting is ready to frame, or there see the framing option below
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Domestic shipping included
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Give aways are fun! Especially when you are the recipient!
This small original oil painting is my next give away!
It measures 3x3" and is on a rigid canvas panel. It is perfect for display on a tiny easel
or
because it has a magnetic backing, can be affixed to a metal surface
The brush marks in the paint as well as the canvas surface give it a lovely texture.
I'll be sending this to one of my friends who receive my email each month. All the details about how to enter to win will be in my May note. OH! -- maybe you'd like to receive that note!
Not only will you get details about this give-away contest, but I frequently have free art to download, special discounts, as well as fun links and resources for art lovers!
It's so easy to be included!
Trinity, 7x5" oil on gesso panel
©Helen C Read
SOLD
It is said that the Iris symbolizes wisdom, hope, trust, and also the Trinity.
They
are a hardy flower, and sometimes bloom in unexpected places. As a
child, living on a ranch in northern Texas, I remember finding a stand
of purple iris in bloom in a distant pasture. It had once been the site
of a homestead, now just a chimney remaining, some 40 years or more
burned down. Yet, the iris flowers continued to faithfully bloom. A
lovely surprise amidst dust and rocks, scrub and cactus.
Lincoln Marsh Woods
5.5 x 7.5" watercolor on paper
Matted in White for an 8x10" frame
© Helen Read
This is a very intriguing place in a nearby forest preserve. Just to the left side is where the marsh takes over - long cat tails that rise up and dance in the wind. And a somewhat foreboding woods that leans over toward the marsh on the right side. I am drawn back to this spot many times hiking and sketching... I love the tall trees as they seem to reach toward the wetlands.
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Available framed or unframed.
Shown in solid wood frame with cherry finish
Spring Symphony, 20x20" oil on canvas
©HelenRead
Bright, bold colors that seem to sing a song of praise in springtime!
This 20x20" painting is painted around the sides, but could also be framed.
Visit here for more information on this bright painting that celebrates springtime!
Spring Song
4x4" oil on panel
(ready to frame or display on a small easel)
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Bright Plumage
4x4" oil on panel
(ready to frame or display on a small easel)
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This larger painting is still in progress... but this short video shows how I went about starting on it and progressing with it.
