Palette Knife and Mixed Media Fun

When I discovered how much fun the palette knife was, it seemed that color and value just carved their way into my compositions.  Flower petals took on a life of their own as they created their own form and shadow patterns when  the light changed on the finished canvas.  The palette knife can pick up multiple colors, just like the brush can from the palette.  But the amount of paint is thicker and sculpts as you go. I use various sizes of knives, depending on the size of the canvas and what I am painting.

In this composition, the trees were the story I wanted to tell as the late afternoon sun sent sparkle into this thick wooded hillside. After the Mod Podge and tissue dried, I applied the palette knife to the surface to sculpt the trunks, shadows, and branches. This included many layers. In  addition I used spray gold for a metalic light and even a little sparkle sprinkled in.  Andy Warhol had a series of compositions in which he used diamond dust for luster.

Take a look at this one in mixed media, and then join my friend group at http://bethsummersartist.blogspot.com/.   The frame for this one is a gold metalic floater, because the painting sits right inside the frame edge, and enhances the gold in the composition.  This one is priced at $4900.00 and will be viewed for the first time at the Valley Art Studio Tour on Oct. 1 and 2 at my studio in Porter Ranch.
                    "Torn Piece of  Tissue Sky"
                    Tears or surprise? Wilderness?
                    God's promise is love.

Small Happy Spots

These 5 x 7 wrap around paintings are great gifts or for hanging in groups together. They do not need frames, because they are painted all around the sides and signed on the side.  Their bright colors look happy in any spot, kitchen, bathroom, bedroom or wherever you want flowers that don't wilt!

For $45.00 each plus tax and shipping, (special pricing for more than one) choose your favorite flower from these:  lupine, thistle, sweetpea, geranium, rose & lupine, mariposa lily, iris, corn flower, hollyhock, hyacinth, morning glory. Click here to order:  RSummersB@aol.com

Marvelous Moments

Pick a marvelous moment in a spot of your choice and commission a painting of you in it.

from $150.00 to larger sizes .....beth

Valley Artists Studio Tour

SOLD

Please join me for a great studio tour this year to benefit art for children.  You can see this painting of mine when you come.  It is and 11x 14 palette knife oil of Malibu Rock Pool.  Or you can purchase it ahead of time fo $395.00 by clicking my email:  RSummersB@aol.com

Mammoth Lakes Festival of the Arts

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Come to lovely Mammoth Lakes for the Labor Day Festival of the Arts, 3,4,5, 2011.  You can see many of my new paintings, including this  24 x 36 palette knife oil of "Sunflower Surprise," or purchase it for $825.00 by clicking my email: RSummersB@aol.com

Red Brick Gallery, Ventura

See more of my floral oils at the Red Brick Gallery.

Red Brick Gallery, 315 E Main St., Ventura, Calif.  info@RedBrickARt.com.
This one:  "Poppy Parade"

Russian Impressions with Love

Here are paintings from Russia from my exhibition in St. Petersburg that I did while on the Volga.

Uglich Cathedral, 11 x 14 $325.00

Birchtrees on the Volga, 11 x 14 $325.00

Swan Lake, Moscow, 11 x 14 $325.00

Sunset on the Volga, 11 x 14 $325.00

St. Sophia's, Kiev, Ukraine, 11 x 14 $325.00

Windmill on Kizhi Island, 11 x 14 $325.00

Village on the Volga, 11 x 14 $325.00

Transfiguration Church, Ramona, 11x 14 $325.00