Black iron, copper, gray, titanium white and sand
12×16 Abstract 1267
Rainy days make the city feel more like concrete: gray sky, gray buildings, gray sidewalk. The graffiti painted over haphazardly with an off white. Lines beneath are ghost writing – visible in spite of the cover. Layers of patches and paint leave a gritty surface.
Etching stars into a gritty surface
The 12×16 Abstract 1267 has layers of black and silver with black lava, black and iridescent pearl underneath the top surface of unbleached titanium, gray and black. The shapes of stars were cut into the thick wet top coat to resemble the effect of cutting wet concrete or peeling paint.
Infinite love
Working with black iron metallic paint underneath gray and titanium white, the coarse, wet metallic bleeds through. I used a rust activator to bring the rust to edges. I used a copper metallic paint through the top part of the work and a blue patina aging solution brings out a bit of blue. This painting was inspired by the colors this past
14×18 Infinite Love
week on some cloudy days. The cliffs of Santa Monica appear to rust in the rain and water takes on a sandy gray color to blend with the beach. The sky boils with charcoal, gray, and small holes where I can see a hidden blue sky of a sunny summer day. This part of the year is full of weather transitions, turning winter to spring with brief reminders of how summer feels.
Valentine’s day
The painting also expresses a concept of unconditional love. I hope you have a good Valentine’s Day. Although the day is a contrived event designed to benefit businesses selling flowers and candy, I hope it can also be a time where people express love. On a dark and stormy day, the deep interior can still be warm.
New travel plans: New Zealand and Australia
This time of year is the best time to take a trip. I am hoping to find some summer weather or maybe an early autumn. I am heading to Auckland, New Zealand March 22nd to spend a few days seeing the area. This will be my first visit to New Zealand. I will fly from New Zealand to Sydney, Australia. This will also be my first visit to Australia. I picked Sydney because I have heard there is a big art community in Sydney. My visit to Portugal inspired my new work. I hope New Zealand and Australia will also be a source of inspiration. If you have any suggestions for what to see, let me know
Thanks for stopping by…
I appreciate your feedback and have been inspired by blogs kept by everyone who has stopped by. Travel pictures and experiences shared by you inspired me to choose New Zealand and Australia for my next trip.
Copyright
All work is copyrighted by me and is for sale. If you are interested in purchasing work, you can contact me at trishfalin@gmail.com. I am still researching how to sell work online. If you have a suggestion of a site or method that is working for you, let me know.
Other works inspired by Portugal… these are cell phone photos. I didn’t get a chance to photograph these five before they were went to their new home.
20×16 Abstracts hanging in their new home
20×16 Abstracts in their new home
You really have to blow those pictures up to appreciate them fully. I loved them. To me they represented a dark night with swans, and a moonlit beach. I love art that gives you a choice.
These “grayscale” works are really intriguing; maybe it’s because I know you’re in Los Angeles County, combined with the title of the post, but my first response to Abstract 1267 was “oh, that’s Figueroa.”
Really look forward to seeing what your trip inspires.
Love this direction you have taken just as much as your colorful work – Infinite Love is gorgeous!
Hi Trish
Gun metal tinged with specks of blue resonated with me, it matched my vision of the city life where I live. Hope you find / make great inspiration on your travels to New Zealand, and Australia. There are some amazing Aboriginal painters out of the back of beyond near Alice Springs if you’re interesting in that form.
Best wishes
Lee
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‘Infinity love’ is to me more abstract then the ‘ abstract’
. Though it is almost ‘finite ‘ since the grey patterns are converging, not? Only to me , of course
These are absolutely beautiful. Many people, including me, would love to have the talent you have. Keep on keeping on. Wonderful.
Thank you… LA can be too gray on cloudy days.
Thank you!
Thanks Lee. The gun metal colored days make the tangerine sunsets at the beach more meaningful.
Every thing is finite except for what resides in the heart. Love is abstract when it comes to defining it in words, but everyone is capable of knowing love when they have it in their heart… just a thought…
Thank you! Please come back!
Hey Trish, thanks for liking my post! Your paintings are gorgeous! Have fun on your trip and if you need any recommendations, my boyfriend is from Australia.
Really interesting to hear your explanation of the works.
Perhaps you are in Australia by now, getting out some different colours.
Trish, I like the way the star shapes give the work a semi dilapidated look – very textural.
I love the cracked and shattered effect you have created. It gives the feel of a broken world barely holding together.
New Zealand is one of the most beautiful countries, not just with scenery but also with people…enjoy your trip!