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Marks and Intuitive Exploration

10/11/2018

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Here's a 12 x 12 cradled wood panel on the easel today.  
The many marks are what feed my intuition and generate visual excitement for me.
What comes next?  Sometimes I don't know but it will happen.


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Fall Influence

9/28/2018

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It's the Fall season.....how can the colors not speak to an artist!
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I'm back to painting after having to take time off after a fall and readjusting my
life to being non ambulatory.  No surprise as I've been affected with Charcot Marie Tooth disease
for about my whole life.....a slow progressive peripheral nerve disease.  I wore braces for almost 30
years, with crutches, and a scooter outdoors, then indoors.....now just the scooter gets me around. 
Just another change for me and I couldn't do it without my devoted husband's help.....
and he just retired a year ago.  35 years of marriage we celebrate this November!! 
'Tis the season to be grateful!

"Early Fall".  12 x 12 inch cradled panel.  Acrylic and mixed media.

​Contact me if you're interested in this one.

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Pardon for my absence

1/6/2018

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I haven't posted since October due to neck/arm issues again....and well, the holidays when I get little art accomplished.  November began with me joining artist Nancy Hillis' Studio Journey online workshop to help keep my hand in in a small way.  It's all about ABSTRACTS!!  Each month we are given her 'bundle' or talks, demos, and study exercises focusing on working loose and unplanned....intuitively.  And making your own unique marks....love the mark making.  Good for me that one can go at their own pace.  

Here are some examples of my experimentation.  
So bear with me while I continue pacing myself and experimenting.  Comments on my studies above are welcome.


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More work in progress

10/1/2017

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These are 12x12 flat wood panels and I'm trying a new tool called a Catalyst silicone wedge to
​apply all of the acrylic paint.  Sometimes I also use a bristle brush to do some soft 
​blending.  Just experimenting to see the effects I can achieve.


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New work continued

8/15/2017

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I really liked the version on the left, at this stage, but didn't know how I wanted to proceed.  So, facing
​the fear of 'wrecking it', I decided to take it in a new direction and added some burnt umber dark
​areas.  I have two works on paper that helped encourage this step and gave me an idea
​of what my goal is.  The colors, so far, still work together.  Below is the work on paper, still perhaps, unfinished.
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Small Abstract Paintings on paper

8/8/2017

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Imagined Landscape #2
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Imagined Landscape #1
Trees are all around me here in the Portland area.  Suggestions of them appear in much of
​my work.  I can't help it!  Their forms are so beautiful!

Each is 6 x 6 inches on watercolor paper; acrylic.  

​$40 each, no mat, no frame.  Plus shipping.

Message me at the Contact page.


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New work on the easel

7/24/2017

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24 x 30 x 1.5 canvas, acrylic.  Work in progress.

​Trying some new mixed tones to get this canvas reworked and headed in an
​inspired direction.  I love trees and the addition of those trunks did the trick.
​Love the variety of restful greens.  Plodding onward.


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Abstract Landscape - final version

4/11/2017

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You can see that I eliminated large black areas since my last post of this piece.   However, I left random
​black marks to retain the abstracted quality and also to help the eyes move around.  At the top, there's now
a calm place for the eyes to rest.  Definitely is more light and airy now.  I have completed
​a companion piece, both 30x30 on canvas.  I have submitted these images to a designer for her
client's consideration.


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Contemporary Abstract Landscape - continued

3/27/2017

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© Melody Cleary
This is the progress I've made since my previous post.  I'm pausing to consider the finishing strokes, but
​it's almost there.  Comments welcome.

​30 x 30 x 1.5 acrylic on canvas.


To browse available images in print, go here.

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Winter Begins #3 - 11 x 15 Contemporary Landscape

3/5/2017

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Winter Begins #3 © Melody Cleary 2017
A larger mixed media inspired by a previous piece posted earlier.  11 x 15 on watercolor paper.

$150

Email me with inquiries.

​Prints available.  Go to my PRINTS page.


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