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Kerry:
I enjoy painting abstracts. Abstracts are FUN to paint. You get to throw paint at the canvas and slosh it about. Yee-Haw!
By contrast, portraits are all hard work and concentration. Though I love portraiture, it is always good to take a break from its strict discipline and have some fun with an abstract. I have experimented with many different abstract styles over the years. So much so that the abstracts I have hanging throughout my apartment appear to be painted by different artists. Most of them are, in fact, painted by me, utilizing different styles.
I have a background in calligraphy. For some years, I ran my own calligraphy business. Nothing big time. It was only ever an adjunct to my full-time job. I used to inscribe graduates' names on their nursing certificates when they finished their training and became RNs, in the days when nurse training was hospital based. I was interested in calligraphy long before then, however; since childhood, in fact. For that reason, calligraphic forms often emerge in my abstracts. Such as in this painting, for example, titled “Blood in the Water.” It is painted in oils on canvas and is 90cm x 60cm (3ft x 2ft).
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Blood in the Water
Ellemeno:
Kerry, you are incredibly talented. You are Picassoesque in the variety of styles. Thank you so much for sharing these with us. I look forward to more.
Kelda:
ooh pretty - get that ebay shop open my lovely!
Kerry:
Hiya Clarissa & Kelda. More paintings will be hung shortly. A portrait next. :D
sel:
Hi Kerry,
I have only recently discovered this thread. Although I am no artist I enjoy looking at paintings. I definitely like yours, especially the one of George and the one with the Modigliani influence. Yes, please, keep more coming. You are an artist in so many ways, very talented.
Have you ever been inspired by BbM in any your paintings?
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