 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. MELODY CLEARY - CONTEMPORARY LANDSCAPE, ABSTRACT AND NATURE ARTIST
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It's the Fall season.....how can the colors not speak to an artist! 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.  MELODY CLEARY - CONTEMPORARY LANDSCAPE, NATURE AND ABSTRACT PAINTINGS 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.
MELODY CLEARY - CONTEMPORARY LANDSCAPE, NATURE AND ABSTRACT PAINTINGS   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. MELODY CLEARY - CONTEMPORARY LANDSCAPE, NATURE, AND ABSTRACT PAINTINGS
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.  MELODY CLEARY - CONTEMPORARY LANDSCAPE, WATERSCAPE AND ABSTRACT PAINTINGS
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. MELODY CLEARY - CONTEMPORARY LANDSCAPE, NATURE AND ABSTRACT PAINTINGS  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. MELODY CLEARY - CONTEMPORARY LANDSCAPE PAINTINGS, CONTEMPORARY ABSTRACT PAINTINGS  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. MELODY CLEARY - CONTEMPORARY LANDSCAPE, NATURE AND ABSTRACT PAINTINGS AND PRINTS  © 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. MELODY CLEARY - CONTEMPORARY LANDSCAPE, NATURE AND ABSTRACT PAINTINGS AND PRINTS  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. MELODY CLEARY - CONTEMPORARY LANDSCAPE, NATURE AND ABSTRACT PAINTINGS |
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