Melody Cleary Oregon Artist blog - Landscape and Abstract Paintings - Melody Cleary - Oregon Fine Artist

Pardon for my absence

1/6/2018

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

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

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

Imagined Landscape #2

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.

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New work on the easel

7/24/2017

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

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

© 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

Winter Begins #3 © Melody Cleary 2017

A larger mixed media inspired by a previous piece posted earlier. 11 x 15 on watercolor paper.

$150

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Prints available. Go to my PRINTS page.

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"Winter Begins" Small Abstract Landscape Nature Paintings

12/23/2016

"Winter Begins 1" © Melody Cleary. Appx 5.5 x 7.5"

"Winter Begins 2" © Melody Cleary. Appx 5.5 x 7.5"

2hese mixed media paintings are on watercolor paper that's been mounted to an 8x10 stretched
canvas, painted black, so there are black borders around the images. No glass! They are varnished
and ready to hang.

$100 each. plus shipping

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'Green Blue Pond' contemporary abstract landscape painting

11/7/2016

'Green Blue Pond' triptych © Melody Cleary

SOLD to the Isabella Court affordable living project in Vancouver, WA.

16 x 36 (three 12x16 canvases)

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