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Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States
Hello! I am a fine arts painter, with a BFA from The School of the Art Institute of Chicago. My primary painting medium is oil and alkyd, and mostly I work in a representational style. My greatest challenge as a painter is to capture the effect of light; and my greatest joy as a painter is to accomplish that. Many thanks to those readers who have been following this blog since Day 1 (May 19, 2008). To those who are visiting for the first time today...Welcome, and thanks for dropping by!

Monday, December 1, 2008

Mini-Abstraction

Red Fragment 1, 2008
Original, mixed media on panel
3.5" x 5" (approx)
Private Collection

Good morning, Dear Readers,

I hope all of you were fortunate to enjoy a festive and filling Thanksgiving dinner, and that the serious shoppers amongst us got the best bargains on Black Friday, too.


It was a busy Thanksgiving weekend for me, moving to a different studio on the second floor of the Harwood Art Center. The new space is better suited for my painting, having
lovely color balanced, track lighting, and fewer windows (less heat and bright sunlight).

The bonus is a view to the West, which has already provided a gorgeous sunset of ever-changing colors over the West Mesa. (Did anyone else see the "fingernail moon" in Friday's night sky?) I am already looking forward to future evening light shows from my studio window.


While cleaning up and clearing out my old studio, I found a small panel I had underpainted with burnt sienna. I had just enough spare time to work up this "mini-abstraction" based on a small piece of Acoma Indian redware pottery. The white lines were made by scratching through the burnt sienna underpainting, down to the white gesso primer.


Even though the painting is small in size, I think the strength of the shapes gives the image a much larger feeling. And, it was fun to do, too!


Thanks for taking a look at today's image. See you Thursday.
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Text and image ©Carol Adamec 2008. All rights reserved.

1 comment:

Wendy said...

Hi Carol,

I love your work and your creativity with all your subjects! Today, I finally got caught up on seeing all your paintings and posts-they are wonderful. I can tell that you are at the right place and right time.

Having tried my hand at one painting class :( I have a deeper appreciation now. My poor work may just be left in the closet until you inspire me to drag it out.