Quiet Time by Kay Wyne

Quiet Time

8" x 8" Oil on Gallery Wrap Canvas

Contemporary Palette Knife Painting

Soft colors, a variety of shapes and texture make up this small contemporary abstract painting.  The colors were layered on the canvas with lost and found edges.  This small gallery wrap canvas has the sides painted in ice blue, along with my signature.  Framing is optional...it's ready to hang.  Contact Kay for purchasing info.  Thanks, KMW

Southwestern, colorful abstract "Saturated" by Sally Fraser

 

                             

                               SATURATED  by Sally Fraser  

                                    14 x 11 on canvas board.  Manipulating the paint with a palette knife gives
                                    this abstract landscape boldness and spirit . Colors are saturated and lively.
                                    Sometimes I reference the work by using a photo. 
                                   
                                   For viewing more work go to www.sallyfraserfineart.com.
                                   contact:sngfraser@gmail.com

                             

 

Persuasion by Kay Wyne

Persuasion II

24" x 48" Oil on Gallery Wrap Canvas

Contemporary Palette Knife Painting
Here are the two canvases together:

Persuasion I & Persuasion II

Diptych 48" x 48" Oil on Gallery Wrap Canvas

Using a palette knife to apply the layers of oil paints, this abstract was created with color and movement in mind.  The shapes of color overlap each other, and the oils blended into each other.  Greys, violets, magenta, pinks, corals, greens, and tangerine are the colors in this contemporary abstract.  The colors float across the canvas.  The paintings can be hung separately, or as a diptych.  Contact Kay Wyne for purchasing information.  Thanks, KMW

On My Easel....by Kay Wyne

Sitting on my easel...

I started this diptych yesterday.  It's a new canvas size for me, each canvas is 48" x 24", so it's as if I am painting on a 48" x 48" canvas.  I started with a couple of layers of acrylic light grey/blue to cover-up the white canvas.   Using charcoal, I sketched in my horizon line and some large shapes.  Then I looked at my palette of oils and started using up what was leftover from the last painting, and added a few piles of color.  I did not get to work on the upper third of the canvas, but will start on that first thing today.  I plan on going very abstract with it.  Thanks for looking at this blog....Kay Wyne  

Busy Busy by Kay Wyne

Busy Busy

40" x 30" Oil on Gallery Wrap Canvas 

Contemporary Abstract Painting

Layers of grey blues covered the canvas in the beginning, then I applied fresh color with the palette knife, scraping it back.  After several sessions with this canvas I pulled out a wide brush and some oil sticks drawing in lines and shapes.  That gave the painting movement on the canvas, adding interest and depth.   I pushed and pulled the paint around, moving it until I was satisfied.  Once I stood back from my easel I could see that the corals, pinks and oranges gave it energy.  The blues, greens and turquoise are cooler and give the painting balance along with a variety of lines, brush strokes, palette knife.  There are hints of yellow and creamy yellow in the painting....hidden under the layers.  The sides of the canvas are painted in the grey-blue color, and framing is optional.  Ready to have a new home, BUSY BUSY will be dry and varnished, ready for purchase soon.  Contact Kay Wyne for more information.  Thanks, KMW

Double Trouble - Abstract Diptych by Kay Wyne

Double Trouble
NFS

40" x 30"  Oil on Gallery Wrap Canvas

(Diptych size:  40" x 60")

I have finished Double Trouble!  This contemporary abstract was created to hang as one large piece, measuring 40" x 60", plus any wall space that might be in-between the two canvases.  With this commission, I concentrated on the color palette, and once I established my colors, put some shapes and movement on the canvas.  I used a large palette knife to apply the layers of oil colors.  The soft colors over-lap and blend into each other.  There is some texture on the surface, and you can see some choppy knife marks in the paint.  I did use impasto to get some body into the oil paints.  This painting is drying...and ready to hang!  Thanks for looking at this blog and the art posted.  Have a creative day.  Kay

Untitled Commission by Kay Wyne

Commission - Untitled

Sold

40" x 40" Oil on Gallery Wrap Canvas

This was a fun piece as I was able to work with the collector from start to finish.  It was a great experience, and I was thrilled to have this contemporary landscape painting go to a new home in Texas. I was focusing on the soft color palette, especially the spa greens and grey blues, with hints and shades of peachy-oranges, naples yellow, soft lavenders and turquoise blues.  I started with a base coat of grey and then took a large filbert brush and sketched out the shapes.  Using my palette knife, I applied layers and layers of oils.  I put a fan on it every night to help the drying process.  I hope that the viewer can stand in front of this painting and get a pleasant and positive feeling from this palette knife painting.  I am going to let the new owner title this contemporary landscape painting, so for now it is "Untitled".  Thanks for looking at my blog...Kay Wyne

Whirlwind by Kay Wyne

Whirlwind

40" x 30" Oil on Gallery Wrap Canvas

Contemporary Abstract

I started this abstract several months ago, and got to a point where I did not know what to do.  This had originally started out as a floral landscape, but that changed very quickly. I had some lavenders, grey and greens mixed on my palette and took the palette knife to it.  There is texture on the canvas because I used impasto to expedite the drying time.  And, there is movement on the canvas, which keeps the eye moving around the canvas.  I felt like the rotation movement looked like a whirlwind or the inside of a funnel cloud.  Kind of fast and impulsive.  Thanks for looking at my blog.  Have an artful day...Kay

Twister by Kay Wyne

Twister

40" x 30" Oil on Gallery Wrap Canvas

Contemporary Abstract

I was thinking of all the severe weather we are having in Texas when I named this contemporary abstract.  The current weather situation of flooding and high winds have left a path of destruction.  On my canvas, the eye of the storm on the canvas is swirling, as if I am looking at a tornado from an aerial view.  The muddy greys and violets are mixed in with the olive greens...it's not my usual color palette.  You can see the wide swipes or strokes that I took with the palette knife, leaving some texture on the canvas.  This painting is drying in the studio...Contact ME for more information on this painting.  Thanks for looking at this blog....Kay

Vortex Abstract by Kay Wyne

Vortex
Abstract Diptych - Vortex I and II

40" x 60" Oil on Gallery Wrap Canvas

Contemporary Palette Knife Painting

These two canvases started out as a landscape, but ended up with the energy and movement of a vortex.  (According to my studio mates.)  This was a painting that ended up going in a different direction once I got into it.  I had put my darks in first, and went over-board, and after letting it sit on my easel for several weeks, I painted out the darks, and scraped some of the dark greens and grey out.  My favorite colors in this are the cad oranges mixed with the pinky beiges.  There is a hint of turqoise under the layers of greens. The blues and grey are beautiful...I mixed and mixed piles of them and layered them on with the palette knife.  There is a lot of depth and texture.  It is drying at the studio.  Contact Kay Wyne for more information on this diptych.  Thanks for looking at this blog....Kay

Joyful Day by Kay Wyne

Joyful Day

60" x 36" Oil on Gallery Wrap Canvas

Contemporary Palette Knife Painting

This large canvas is hanging at Dutch Art Gallery in Dallas, Texas.  The colors flow well together, and the eye moves through the field.  I like this painting so much that I put it on my new business cards!  I am working outside the studio on a collaborative painting project, and missing my easel.  I hope to get into the studio soon!  Thanks for looking....Kay

Blaze by Kay Wyne

Blaze

40" x 30" Oil on Gallery Wrap Canvas

Contemporary Abstract Painting

It is finished!  I wish I had photos of the progression of this painting.  It has gone through lots of phases.  I worked with oil bars, tubes of oils, after starting with a base coat of turquoise in acrylic.  I used a wide brush throughout most of the painting, along with a palette knife and impasto to give the paint body and texture.

Here's a close-up.  

You can see the layers of color and the texture on the canvas.

I purposely signed the canvas on the sides --- 

as I could not decide if this painting

looked better horizontal or vertical.  So when this painting goes to a new home,

the owner can decide which way to hang.  

I am working on a couple of new abstracts in the studio, but they are in the beginning stages.  Thanks for looking at this blog.  Contact ME for purchasing information.  KMW

Timeless by Kay Wyne

Timeless

60" x 36" Oil on Gallery Wrap Canvas

Contemporary Palette Knife Painting

Currently hanging at Dutch Art Gallery in Dallas, Texas.  This is a great size canvas if you have vaulted ceilings and lots of wall space.  The florals in this landscape fade into the the horizon.  I loved painting with this color palette, and mixed all the colors.  Nothings was straight out of a tube.  I am back in the studio today, working on a new project.  My time is being divided with an off-sight collaborative painting project and my two new little grandsons, Charlie and Oliver.  They are so much fun...here's a quick pic of them.

Thanks for looking at my blog....Have an artful day!  Kay

Go With The Flow by Kay Wyne

Go With The Flow

40" x 30" Oil on Gallery Wrap Canvas

Contemporary Abstract Painting

(I may need to adjust the color as it is somewhat lighter as I

look at the painting and compare it to the photo.  

Or, it could be my computer.)

This palette knife painting is drying on my easel in the studio.  I put the title, "Go With The Flow" on it because as I layered the oils and moved the paint on the canvas it was obvious that I need to go with the flow, and let it happen.

This is a close-up of the palette knife work....layers of color, leaving knife edges and forming shapes.  Lots of fracturing going on, and some texture.  But the neatest part of the painting is the color.  The colors are beautiful, and they flow very well from one grey to a violet to a magenta to a red to an orange and then the neutrals.  There are some punches of turqoise and blue in there.  I mixed piles and piles of oils on my palette as I made my way through this painting.  Contact Kay for purchasing info.  Thanks, KMW

Far Away by Kay Wyne

Far Away

20" x 20" Oil on Gallery Wrap Canvas

Contemporary Abstract - Palette Knife Painting

Today is Day #5 in the 30 Paintings in 30 Days Challenge

I had an underpainting on this canvas that wasn't working for me, so I changed it up and got my palette knife out and started pushing and pulling the paint.  Then I used a rubber wipe-out tool to draw some lines and move paint around.  Then signed it!  Far Away is for sale, and you can contact Kay Wyne for purchasing info.  Thanks for looking at my blog....I will be in the studio today working on Day #6 for the paint challenge!  KMW

Abstract II by Kay Wyne

Abstract II (Untitled)

Contemporary Palette Knife Painting

40" x 30" Oil on Gallery Wrap Canvas

This is the companion piece that hangs next to yesterday's painting that I posted.  Below is a picture of the two canvases on my easel.  Hanging as a diptych would make the painting approximately 40" x 60"...and would look great in a home or office setting.  The sides need to have a second coat of light grey paint, and I may put a few touches on it.  

Today is Day #4 in the 30/30 Day Paint Challenge.  I have several abstracts and florals on my easel...I can't wait to get back into the studio after the holidays and the crazy schedules.  Thanks for looking at my art on this  blog....contact Kay Wyne for purchasing info.  KMW

Abstract by Kay Wyne

Abstract (untitled)
40" x 30" Oil on Gallery Wrap Canvas
Contemporary Palette Knife Painting
Day #3 in the 30 Paintings in 30 Days Challenge

I loved working on this canvas...I mixed and mixed piles of juicy oils before I started, as I wanted to keep my colors toned down and in control.  I started with a light grey background, including the sides of the canvas.  Then I roughed in my design with a filbert before I started with the palette knife.  I have a companion canvas that you will see tomorrow, so both canvases can stand alone or it can hang as a diptych.  There are layers and layers of paint, along texture.  I haven't decided on a title yet...any suggestions would be appreciated!  Thanks for looking at my art.  Kay

Dreaming by Kay Wyne

Dreaming

36" x 36" Oil on Heavy Duty Gallery Wrap Canvas

Contemporary Floral Painting

Leslie Saeta's 30 Day Paint Challenge: Day 2

Layers of paint, drips of paint, palette knife work, brush work, and a large palette full of color made this painting fun and exciting for me.  I wish I had photographed all the steps and the process that I took to get to this point.  "Dreaming" was inspired by a beautiful floral bouquet.  This painting is drying at the studio after weeks of painting on it.  Contact ME for purchasing info.  I was able to start the year off with a great day of painting in the studio...Thanks for looking at my blog.  Kay

Perfect Day by Kay Wyne

Perfect Day

48" x 72" Oil on Gallery Wrap Canvas
Contemporary Palette Knife Painting

This painting is full of color, movement and texture.  The sides of the painting are painted, so it is ready to hang.  Framing is optional.  This contemporary abstract painting would make a statement in a home or office setting.  Contact Kay for purchasing information.  Happy New Year!  Kay

Blowing In The Wind by Kay Wyne

Blowing In The Wind

30" x 40" Oil on Heavy Duty Gallery Wrap Canvas

Contemporary Abstract Aspen Painting

Contact Kay Wyne for purchasing info.

Thanks for looking....KMW