Category: Acrylic (Page 1 of 2)

Cheesecake

Cheesecake was inspired by the color pallet of a piece of cheesecake I enjoyed one random Thursday evening. The stark contrast between the vanilla colored cake and the chocolate sauce I drizzled on top paired with the silver fork seemed very picturesque to me. I had been focusing on my monochromatic color aid paintings at the time and could picture this image on top of a deep chocolatey brown background.

While I did not initially intend to make all these monochromatic paintings about food, I have found a lot of inspiration from the simple imagery and color schemes of a lot of food items. Both Gummy Sharks and Valentine’s Candy were ideas I had in my head and found references for online. The more I continue with this series of paintings, the more references I acquire in my real life, finding inspiration from simple things I enjoy.


Dimensions: 4.5×6 inches

Mediums: Acrylic Paint

Sale Status: For Sale


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Valentine’s Day Candy

Valentine’s Day Candy is a color aid painting done on a hot pink background. This time, I chose a pile of foil wrapped chocolate hearts for my reference. Again, sticking to that more painterly style, I didn’t blend the colors too much, instead leaving blocks and lines to help give the illusion of crinkled foil.


Dimensions: 4.5×6 inches

Mediums: Acrylic Paint

Sale Status: For Sale


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Orange Creamsicle

Orange Creamsicle is another monochrome painting done on color aid paper. This time I chose a pastel orange which was the perfect backdrop for a slice of orange creamsicle cake, complete with gummy oranges and a golden fork. Once again, I did this is a more painterly style as opposed to hyper realism. This helps the piece be more cohesive with Gummy Sharks but also seemed to fit the subject matter and overall feeling I wanted this painting to have.


Dimensions: 4.5×6 inches

Mediums: Acrylic Paint

Sale Status: SOLD


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Gummy Sharks

I’ve been inspired by the Pantone card painting videos I’ve seen online to start painting on colored surfaces. Specifically, to paint on some left over color aid paper I have from a college class. This is the first of many monochrome paintings I plan on doing. I chose the color aid sheet in the color B-S1, a bright almost cerulean blue. My paint pallet consisted exclusively of black, white, and ultramarine blue which I used to create an image of gummy sharks in a more painterly style.


Dimensions: 4.5×6 inches

Mediums: Acrylic Paint

Sale Status: For Sale


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Reckless Driving

Reckless Driving is a piece inspired by the song of that title by Lizzy McAlpine. It originally started as a painting I began many years ago and was just now attempting to finish. I had been listening to the song and the silhouette from the music video kept appearing in my mind so I put it to paper. The geometric shapes seem to shatter, starting from the figure and spiraling out. It felt fitting for a song about crashing and falling apart.


Dimensions: 9×12 inches

Mediums: Acrylic Paint, Acrylic Paint Markers, and Pen

Sale Status: NFS

Fishbowl Jack-O-Lantern

A whimsical take on the standard jack-o-lantern featuring one of my favorite things to paint: goldfish. I loved the idea of a pumpkin being carved for something other than just a candle. And though it’s not very practical, I think it would be really fun to see something like this in real life.


Dimensions: 8×8 inches

Mediums: Acrylic Paint

Sale Status: For Sale (Inquire via contact page)

Cherry Girl

Inspired by my recent cherry themed birthday festivities, this portrait comes mostly from my imagination. This piece did not end up being what I had initially envisioned though I like this end result much more. I wanted to focus on brush strokes more than realism and in general, I wanted this to be a fun painting. I accomplished this by not blending any of the colors and using basic imagery to create recognizable motifs throughout the piece. With a solid black outline and some extra details, this cherry girl truly came to life.


Dimensions: 11×14 inches

Mediums: Acrylic Paint

Sale Status: For Sale (Inquire via contact page)

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Dive In

Inspired by Pierce The Veil’s song “Dive In”, this painting aims to capture the feeling that song gives me as well as illustrating some of the lyrics directly.


Dimensions: 20×24 inches

Mediums: Acrylic Paint

Sale Status: For Sale (Inquire via contact page)

This artwork was created on a canvas that contained a pre-existing but scrapped painting of mine from school. By doing this, I was able to utilize the painting surface for a new concept.

Disconnected

Based on Edvard Munch’s “The Separation”, this painting explores Munch’s style of painting while connecting the subject to myself. While “The Separation” shows the feeling of being separated from a loved one, I wanted to explore what it felt like to feel separated from oneself.


Dimensions: 16×20 inches

Mediums: Acrylic Paint

Sale Status: For Sale (Inquire via contact page)

Source Material: The Separation

Giraffe

This one was a 1 hour project. Using a knife, I layered wet acrylic paint in an impasto style to create this textural animal portrait. Most of my paintings begin with a sketch or an underpainting of some sort. My goal with this piece however was not to be realistic but to enjoy the act of painting and create something with no reference and no plan in mind.


Dimensions: 8×10 inches

Mediums: Acrylic Paint

Sale Status: NFS

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