Artist Derek Collins Blog, modern impressionist landscape paintings and abstract textured

Wednesday, May 6, 2009

original western acrylic modern colorful cloud landscape -day 22

"Textures"
original western acrylic modern colorful landscape with clouds

8x10 on Masonite

This painting has a lot of texture and veers almost into abstract, especially with some of the textures in the foreground.

I got in the Penrod Art Fair yesterday, good for me. It is on the grounds of the Indianapolis Museum of Art. It cost $12 per person to attend and 40,00o people attend in a single day.

Tuesday, May 5, 2009

original painting of reflecting water and trees - Day 21

"Reflections of Water"

Original painting of water reflections

8x10 on Masonite

$68 in My Etsy Store

This painting has a very textural feel, with a lot of expressive brush strokes. It's a little different type scene than I have been doing. That's the advantag of working very freely, sometimes it takes me in a little different direction than I had planned, which is usually a good thing.

Monday, May 4, 2009

Original acrylic abstract sunset painting - Day 20

"Colorful Retreat"

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This is a little different, the foreground is a little more abstract, with more of a textural feel. I would like to contunue the painting a day, it is a great motivational thing to know that I have to paint each day. It keeps my mind more engaged in the process.

Sunday, May 3, 2009

Day 20 - original landscape on canvas

"The Slow Descent"

original acrylic realistic painting on canvas

18x24

by artist Derek T. Collins

$175 in my Etsy Store

$12 shipping to the US

Saturday, May 2, 2009

Illustration Friday- topic Hierarchy original pine tree painting

To Illustrate the Topic

Hierarchy
http://www.illustrationfriday.com/

Illustration Friday is a weekly creative outlet/participatory art exhibit for illustrators and artists of all skill levels.

This is my entry.

To see what others contributed,click the link.

Isn't that funny,trees are as competitive as people. Each one trying to out grow the other. I have 2 sons. We saw this start to happen to each of them the 6ith grade. Up until then their school classmates were a big happy family. In the 6th grade they started picking on each other, some bully started. They were developing a pecking order. I guess we are still doing that as adults. We no longer pick on people for wearing glasses. But we are still doing our best to beat them out for that promotion, any way we can. Some things never change.