Myth

This painting was inspired by the word myth. I had a book when I was a child that had these spooky illustrations done in pen and ink. The book was about a monster in the closet so I guess that is what inspired this painting. The illustrations from the book where almost messy and scattered across the pages, I liked how it looked and decided to paint something similar with the word myth. 

The medium I used was acrylic on canvas board.  I wanted to create a messy busy look. The use of darker color’s was an attempt to set a spooky mood. 

wings

The word wings inspired this painting. I started by looking for interesting images with wings in them. Finding a few different pictures of pixies I decided that I would create a painting of a pixie with wings and flowing hair.

The medium I choose to use was acrylic paint on canvas board. I wanted to create a flow with the hair and wings of the pixie that was seen through out.   

yesterday

Yesterday

This painting was inspired by the word yesterday.  The thoughts that come to mind when I think of this word are memories from the past.  I thought that I would try to demonstrate a scatter of memories that are streaming out of the figures mind.

Using acrylic on a smaller canvas board this time I created a figure of a aging man staring off at what maybe something that has triggered the thoughts of many yesterday.

I thought that it would be interesting to use cut outs of buildings and other objects to create the stream of memories. I collected some interesting scraps of paper and pasted them on the canvas board. I painted over them lightly trying no to take away form the details of the clippings.