July | 2023 | thewallgalleryblog

I chose to go into a completely different direction this week by sharing four abstract art prints I have created. I go from bold shapes and colors to softer looks using natural inspirations.

I’m starting with a free form abstract look that I created by playing with shapes and color. Using a fauvism style for the painting presentation (which creates depth), I literally just played with one color and shape at a time, building them together and some on top of each other.

The next one was inspired by a large red tube art piece near the Space Needle in Seattle. I recreated the suggestion of the tube shape with the primary color being red. Again, I used a fauvism style of painting to add more depth to the look.

From these bold bright pieces, the next one is more subtle in presentation and colors. The subject is a leafless tree along a river front during the winter months. I recreated the original capture using a mix of soft colors and used an impasto style on these brush strokes to add some depth.

From these prints, I take us all the way over to a soft and subtle presentation. The setting becomes apparent, but is still in an abstract style.

Thoughts? As I have said before, everyone reacts to visual art techniques and looks differently, so I am not in the least offended by opinions.

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I’m sharing three art prints I created using a sketching technique. All three are in Colorado with the Rocky Mountains prominent in each of the three. The setting is west of Denver on Interstate 70. The road climbs as you leave the metropolitan area of the city and continues through the foothills as it heads west gradually climbing. It ultimately climbs to the Eisenhower tunnel that takes you under the continental divide coming into a large valley where the prominent feature is Lake Dillon. Just before the final climb to the tunnel, there is an exit off the I-70 interstate that is a two lane highway that winds its way up and over Loveland Pass (the Continental Divide). It clearly takes longer than using the tunnel and a four lane freeway, but the views are incredible. The first drawing depicts the view on top of Loveland Pass as you look up and down the mountain range that forms the divide.