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Small, warm, and cozy 11x14in on paper ☺️🤍 #abstractpainting #abstractart #acrylicpainting #colorcrushcreative #smallpainting #abstractexpressionism #contemporaryart
I feel like this piece is my writing painting. It’s the type of piece I would want to have at my desk when I’m writing. There’s something about it that feels bold and exploratory. It’s also very fun. I like the shapes and colo
This is one of those paintings that I cut up and put back together again ☺️✂️ I highly recommend this process. There is literally no going back. BUT there’s a chance you might end up with something really quite amazing. Like this piece. LOVEEEE
Large piece on translucent Yupo paper. This piece is glowing! I like all the shapes, marks and the scratching into the surface. There’s a lot of variation in the opacity of the paint. I especially like the very top and bottom sections where it
Automatic painting on large Yupo paper 26x40in. I had this on the wall for awhile and then decided to go back into it. The next version is even more stellar 🌟 Let me know if you’re interested ☺️ #abstractpainting #abstractexpressionism #abstr
This painting is wild! It’s so exciting and fresh. I love the raw color palette and the bold mark making. I can feel the emotion in the piece. It’s 20x26in on Yupo paper. Let me know what you think! #abstractpainting #abstractart #abstra
Sometimes I write about painting, and sometimes I paint with words. The two processes seem entangled like a twisted river that keeps gushing downstream. I get lost in the lines and the marks on the page. The letters and shapes blend together. Like my
I love the wild, fun and crazy marks. I remember smiling when I was working on this ☺️ It’s just so random and exciting. I like the awkward shapes and composition. It’s a really fun piece. I hope you can feel that too! #markmaking #abstr
I asked the chatbot to write about abstract painting… 🤖👩🏻‍🎨 New Substack post! This piece was so fun to write. I had no idea where the piece was going, and then all of the sudden I got swallowed up by the painting! 🐳 I think you&rsquo
Last piece in this mini-series. This piece was feeling into the archetype of caregiver. The painting is simple and it came quickly. I thought I was going to keep working on it the next day. As soon as I put paint on the paper, I knew I should stop. T
The feeling behind this painting was the word “innocent”. Did I capture it? 🤍🕊️ #abstractpainting #acrylicpainting #artgalleries #abstractexpressionism #contemporarypainting #intuitivepainting #artoftheday #modernpainting
In this painting, I was trying to embody the archetype of hero. I wanted to feel that in my body and then see how that that came out on the page. I got the idea from an intuitive movement session where you were supposed to dance and embody different
Might be my favorite painting ever! It’s messy, raw and unfiltered. And yet it still holds together beautifully, as if saved by the little red thread. There’s an openness to this piece. It’s honest. The structured chaos is comfortin
I love that messy, bold and broken star 🌟 Painting two of three in this little wild series. #abstractpainting #abstractart #acrylicpainting #artistlife #paintingoftheday #acrylicartwork #contemporarypainting #modernpainting #artgallery #artcollecto
I think this is such an exciting painting. I wanted to do a set of pieces that were wild and fun. This was the first piece of the set of three 18x24in works on paper. The whole painting is a sort of mess and looks like it doesn’t belong. But ye
New on my Substack! This is one of my favorite automatic writing exercises. The prompt was, “Here’s the secret…”. I describe how these intuitive abstract paintings are done. Persevere. Give up. Surrender. Fight. And do all th
Which painting is your favorite? Two 6x8in pieces on cradled panel. Vote for your favorite below! 🤍