Small 8 x 8 inch Mixed Media Vision Series Paintings for Sale--Early Bird Gets Savings!

1. Vision of Hope, 8 x 8 x 1.5 inches, Mixed-media on Canvas
©2013 Mary Rush Gravelle. Available for Sale. $225.00

Pink to Deep Red Vision Series

I began this series in December 2012 after I had gathered a few found objects from various walks and hikes.

I love making mixed-media paintings because they allow me the opportunity to explore in three dimensions. They also give me the freedom to experiment with unlikely combinations of materials, texture, paint, mediums, and colors.

I have written about these pieces in various blog entries. I will give you the links below in case you want to explore the process of creating them further, including a video I created on the first painting, Vision of Hope.

I'm Moving… I would love to sell these paintings!

These paintings are now available for sale at $225.00 each. If you want all three, you can purchase the series for $600 for a $75.00 savings. See the Early Bird Special I'm offering Labor Day Weekend only!

Shipping is $50. The 3-part series is most likely more to ship, but, that will be on me. If you want to save the shipping by picking them up, let me know. I'll bill you separately or we can make other payment arrangements.

Vision Series

Single Painting $225.00 USD 3-Part Series $600.00 USD

Single Painting

Vision of Freedom Vision of Hope One-Eyed Vision

EARLY BIRD SPECIAL: 

• Buy Tonight: $175 each (saving $50 each) or 3-piece series for $475


Saturday Special: Vision Series: Tonight

3-Part Series $475.00 USD Vision of Hope $175.00 USD Vision of Freedom $175.00 USD One-Eyed Vision $175.00 USD

• Buy Sunday: $190 each (saving $35 each) or series for $520


Sunday Special: Vision Series

3-Part Series $520.00 USD Vision of Hope $190.00 USD Vision of Freedom $190.00 USD One-Eyed Vision $190.00 USD

• Buy Monday: $200 each (saving $25 each) or the 3-piece series for $550 


Monday Special: Vision Series

Vision of Hope $200.00 USD Vision of Freedom $200.00 USD One-Eyed Vision $200.00 USD 3-Part Series $550.00 USD

Previous blog articles on this series.

1. Mixed Media Project - The Beginning.
2. Mixed Media in Progress Stages Two & Three.
3. Mixed Media in Progress Stage Four.
4. Mixed Media in Progress Stage Five.
5. Mixed Media in Progress Stage Six.
6. Mixed Media 1st Piece is Complete (includes a video of work-in-process).

2. Vision of Freedom: Who Knows?, 8 x 8 x 1.5 inches
Mixed-media on Canvas. ©2013 Mary Rush Gravelle
Available for Sale. $225.00

3. One-Eyed Vision, 8 x 8 x 1.5 inches, Mixed-media on Canvas
©2013 Mary Rush Gravelle. Available for Sale. $225.00

Until Next Week

• Create art 

• Appreciate art 

• Buy art 

Mary Rush Gravelle is an artist who resides in Tucson, Arizona with her beloved cat, Sir Kitty. Her art can be seen on her website, maryfineart.com. She can be contacted via email at: mary@maryfineart.com.

Phone Art Painting 2 Phase 8 and 9 Final

Phone Art Painting #2 from my New Series: Phone Art to Canvas

Title for now: Sunny Disposition, 36 x 36 inches,
Mixed-media on Canvas. ©2013 Mary Rush Gravelle

If this painting is not done, it is nearly there. The only thing I might do is add one or two more large dots in the center of the flower. I might also change the color of my signature; i.e. attempt to paint over it with a brighter color since it seems to be blending in right now.

Phone Art Painting #2, Phase 8
36 x 36 inches, Mixed-media on canvas. ©2013 Mary Rush Gravelle

Here is the original digital phone art version.

What do you think?

Original Phone Art Digital Painting
©2013 Mary Rush Gravelle

Until Next Week

• Create art 

• Appreciate art 

• Buy art 

Mary Rush Gravelle is an artist who resides in Tucson, Arizona with her beloved cat, Sir Kitty. Her art can be seen on her website, maryfineart.com. She can be contacted via email at: mary@maryfineart.com.

Me, Mary Rush Gravelle with my 1st Phone
Art Painting: Blooming.

How to Appreciate a Work of Art

As I wind down on my current painting, I take more time to contemplate the painting. It needs very little at this point. So, tuning deeper into the details is important.

As I did this today, it occurred to me that this is the way a painting or any other work of art should be appreciated. Why did I not think of this before?

So, using my own process as an example today, I offer you some tips on how to look and see a painting; thereby, appreciating it.

First

Take the entire painting in overall, the gestalt of the work.

1. What do you notice? 
2. Do you like it? Why? 
3. Do you dislike it? Why? 
4. Are the colors pleasing / displeasing? 
5. Is the subject matter enjoyable to look at or difficult to look at?
6. Psychologically, how does it make you feel?
7. Do you think the overall composition works? This basically means: how do your eyes move around the painting? Do your eyes move around the painting and back again? Or do your eyes land on a spot and stay there? Perhaps the painting moves your eyes out of the picture plane, never to return?

Then

Come in for a closer look, not physically, but looking for details.

1. Is there a spot on the painting that is intriguing?
2. Are there other places that give you pause to wonder?
3. What is it about the certain details or areas of the painting that make you pause and look deeper into it, reflect, or make you appreciate it? 
4. Can you articulate what you are seeing, thinking, or feeling? It could be a nonverbal response. Maybe you simply like it but don't know why. You are beginning to appreciate the work now. Or perhaps, you dont' like it, but now you can appreciate it somehow anyway. Fantastic!

Finally

Spend some more time with the painting; looking, sensing, feeling.

• Quickly looking at any work of art robs you of a deeper experience. I had a deeper connection with my own painting as I looked at every part of it to discern if it needed anything else from me. As I ventured around the painting with my eye, I would land on certain parts that I had not noticed until now. I paused and appreciated and wondered about that place on the painting. Some parts, I realized needed more work. Other parts, I didn't want to change, but just appreciated the way the colors juxtaposed or the shapes met up together and formed something I could not put into words.

If you want to practice, take a look at my painting as it is now. Click on the image and you will get a larger view of it. I still have a few things left to do with it. But, go for it, if you want to learn more about appreciating a painting next time you visit a gallery opening or exhibit. Feel free to comment. Did this article help you?

Until Next Week

• Create art 

• Appreciate art 

• Buy art 

Mary Rush Gravelle is an artist who resides in Tucson, Arizona with her beloved cat, Sir Kitty. Her art can be seen on her website, maryfineart.com. She can be contacted via email at: mary@maryfineart.com.

Phone Art Painting 2 Phase 6 and 7--Might Be Done

Phone Art Painting #2, Phase 6, 36 x 36 inches
Mixed-media on Canvas. August 3, 2013.
©2013 Mary Rush Gravelle

This painting just might be ready to sign. There is only one question about it right now. Are the dots in the center too small?

After Phase 6, I let the painting sit for a week. I wasn't sure if I liked it at that stage. When I returned to it, I really liked it.

When I first approached my painting today, I was a little hesitant… what needs to be done? Before long, I was in the flow and just painting… not thinking… ahhhh... glorious place to be, indeed!

I played with shooting certain places on this painting in phase 7. See below for the detail shots. You can purchase prints of those.

What's your opinion about the center dots -- just right, larger, more of 'em? See the photo of Phase 7 below.

By the way, you click on a photo and be taken to a slideshow to see all photos from this blog post.

Sir Kitty and his mouse with my painting in
phase 6. He was playing with his mouse
behind my painting. The canvas is bunched
up as a result.

View from my studio sink (kitchen). Beauty break when I wash my
brushes, pallette, and water containers.

Phone Art Painting #2, Phase 7.
36 x 36 inches, Mixed-media on canvas.
©2013 Mary Rush Gravelle

Colors of the Southwest, 36 x 36 inches, Mixed-media on canvas.
©2013 Mary Rush Gravelle
Phone Art Painting #2, Phase 7, Detail 1.
Buy the Print.

Phone Art Painting #2, Phase 7, Detail 2.
36 x 36 inches, Mixed-media on canvas.
©2013 Mary Rush Gravelle
Purchase the print to brighten your space.

Me with Sir Kitty
Fun with Photoshop….

Until Next Week

• Create art 

• Appreciate art 

• Buy art 

Mary Rush Gravelle is an artist who resides in Tucson, Arizona with her beloved cat, Sir Kitty. Her art can be seen on her website, maryfineart.com. She can be contacted via email at: mary@maryfineart.com.

My Home Art Studio

My Home Art Studio… July 2013… all organized and ready to go!
Tucson, Arizona. ©2013 Mary Rush Gravelle.

I recently organized a corner of a room in my home as my designated art studio. It is the room with the best light… not North, but the light is full-on my painting with no shadows until after 6pm.

My brother's tool box and a friend's hand-me-down shelving units help me get organized.

Ready to paint!

My late brother, Dave's tool box is now helping me keep organized
and bringing back cherished memories. He was a fabricator for
Nascar racer, Chad Little.  He painted cars and I paint pictures.
©2013 Mary Rush Gravelle.

My paint table right now as I paint my 2nd Phone Art to Canvas series
painting. ©2013 Mary Rush Gravelle.

My cat, Sir Kitty, keeping me company while I paint.
©2013 Mary Rush Gravelle.