3 Red Paintings

 

Flora
Vibrant swaths of red, purple, and gold dominate the scene, with what appears to be a chaotic and expressive application of paint. Dabs of green and sporadic gold circles add contrast to the bold colors, suggesting an abstract and dynamic composition.
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Bold Move
Vivid colors and dynamic brush strokes create an abstract composition that is energetic and chaotic. Dark purple and black areas contrast with bright red, green, and gold hues, while splatters and dabs of paint add to the sense of movement.
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Spring Shoots
A red and bronze abstract painting with gold burst and bright green accents. Dark green shoots sprout up through the bright green mounds.
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Salt Mine in Red, Orange, and Yellow - New Plein Air Painting

 

Salt Mine in Red, Orange, and Yellow
11 x 14 x 0.5 inches
Acrylic and Oil on Canvas

Passionate red, orange, and yellow warm up this canvas and set the dull desert landscape aglow.

Using my new process of painting a colorful abstract base coat, these colors are warm as opposed to the cool colors of the previous painting.

I was so excited and jazzed to get outside and paint, I forgot to pack my palette paper. So, for this painting, the paint was squeezed directly from the tube onto the canvas. I mixed it as I painted. The result is a higher saturated color.

The dark blue mountains add high contrast to the undulating sandy hills and mountains in front of it. The heat of red and orange seem to blaze through the neutral colors of the landscape. Yellow suggests sunny skies.

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Me, Mary Rush, with my painting.

Salt Mine in Blue, Purple, and Green - New Painting

Salt Mine in Blue, Purple, and Green
11 x 14 x 0.5 inches
Acrylic and Oil on Canvas

Since last week's plein air painting in monochrome hues of silver, bronze, gold, and beige, it was time to add color.

I decided on a blue, purple, and green color scheme. The new process of painting an abstract painting as the base coat for my Plein air paintings is so exciting to me. It adds a spring in my step and I can't wait to begin the process.

This one took the shape of the landscape naturally without trying. When I had the painting in front of me on the land, the mountains seems to line up with what I had randomly painted abstractly. Woohoo! So much fun!

I grabbed the palette knife and mixed the paint to the sandy color of the desert floor. Slabs of the creamy beige appeared on top of the colorful abstract below it. I laid the paint down in the direction of the mountains. I let the color show through in strategic places to add surprise and wonder to the landscape scene. Two gold dots peek out boldly.

The salt mine is a wonderful place to paint. I could paint hundreds of paintings there and never tire of it. Remnants of the past salt mine stick out the ground as if they are part of the flora.

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Me, Mary Rush, with my painting - Salt Mine in Blue, Purple, and Green.