Reflections/ Reflexiones
I grew up painting and admired landscapes at a young age. It commenced when someone donated a large landscape painting to my family. Hanging on the living room wall, my brother and I would have a "Narnia moment" where we would pretend to jump into the painting and go through an epic adventure! (if you haven't watched the third Narnia movie in the series, watch the beginning part with the sea-boat painting, and you will understand what I am talking about).
Now that I am older, my love of painting and landscapes continues. It sparked the first large landscape series called Reflections. The name behind the art series points not only to the theme of the whole collection of paintings but also to the meaning of my artwork. Many artists want to send a message or say something with their work. Through my work, I aim to reflect like a mirror. I paint what I see, what has already been created or planted. It's also an inner reflection, reflecting my love of nature, saturated colors, and expressive brush strokes.
I discovered the idea for the theme when I saw a still tree reflection in a pond. The water reflected the image of the tree in a painterly style. It changes how the image looks when the wind shifts. One of the first "mirrors" that showed a reflection in human history was still water. In most of the paintings, the highlight is water. The scenes are local areas in the Midwest where I am from. Each canvas painting reflects an expressive approach to what I saw.
One unique aspect of the Reflection paintings is the limited color pallet of three primary colors and titanium white (sometimes, you only need four colors to create a variety of colors). I mixed a few mediums with the acrylic paint, like glazing medium. It helped create some exciting effects, like a blended sky. If you want to know how to use this technique, you can check out my last post about Glazing here.
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