Showing posts with label movement. Show all posts
Showing posts with label movement. Show all posts

Thursday, March 1, 2018

Neptunea..Pastel..Texas Artist..Rae Andrews


And here is my finished painting. 

Image size is 9" x 25" unframed
$499 plus S/H

The surface is Sennelier sanded paper and the medium is PASTEL.

I hope you like this one..

Prints are also available through my Fine Art America site:

                                                         
                                                                   Thanks for visiting..
                                      Rae works and  teaches workshops in all mediums.



Monday, February 5, 2018

Flash Dance..Pastel..Texas Artist..Rae Andrews




Believe it or not this one used to be irises. I just labored so long on trying to make them work that I decided to throw in the proverbial towel and start all over.

The surface is a Richeson sanded panel and they take a LOT of torture. LOL.

I held it under a garden hose , blasting most of the iris image away, then let the panel dry.

I used some of the ghost image underneath to allow the fish to evolve. It was tricky, but then I love to complicate things, ha!

I really like the design of this one, and I certainly prefer it to my iris attempt. I hope you like it.

This image is 18" x 24" unframed
$400 plus S/H





This image is also available in prints from Fine Art America:









                  Rae works and teaches in all mediums.. please contact her through her website at:

                                                         http://raeandrews.com

Friday, January 12, 2018

Tidepool Interrupted..Pastel..Texas Artist...Rae Andrews



I love to watch water move, whether it's a waterfall,  a pond or pool with a slight rippling effect. It's all mesmerizing to me and very peaceful.

I tried to capture that feeling with this one. That action of looking down into a rock pool when a ripple breaks the surface with such wonderful patterns. 

I hope you like this one, it was a fun one to paint.

This image is a pastel (unframed ) on Sennelier sanded paper.

18" x 24" 
$500 plus S/H

Prints of this image are also available through Fine Art America:










                  Rae works and teaches in all mediums.. please contact her through her website at:

                                                         http://raeandrews.com








Friday, October 13, 2017

Chasm Interruped..Pastel..Texas Artist..Rae Andrews





I am on a roll with these abstracts now, hope you are not sick of them.
This one was a challenge..

As you will see from the step by step page below, it began as a full sheet of Sennelier paper on which I had done a quick demo for an art group years ago. 

 I am going through all my old filed paintings and reconstructing them. I hate to waste this wonderful substrate.

So...  I first turned the old demo upside down before deciding to cut the paper in half vertically.

I find if I view an old image upside down first it changes my perspective on that piece, and I begin to see possibilities for another painting.

This one, as with my previous posts, changed a great deal throughout the process of painting it. I could easily have gone with a horizontal format, but in the end, decided on this vertical.
I am constantly rotating the work as I paint.

This image is 10" x 25.5" unframed
$350 plus S/H


Prints of this image are also available through Fine Art America:
https://fineartamerica.com/featured/chasm-interrupted-rae-andrews.html?newartwork=true



See below for the thought process behind this pastel painting..

Thanks for visiting..









Rae works and teaches in all mediums.. please contact her through her website at:

                                                         http://raeandrews.com


Thursday, October 12, 2017

Mantled Epoch..Pastel..Texas Artist..Rae Andrews






Mantled Epoch is cut from the same paper as the previous post. I am glad I stuck with this set of abstracts, always a little worrying to rely on one's design sense, but I do love that 'angst' in my art.

 I began (after I had cut the full sheet in half as with my previous painting) by turning the remaining 'demo' image upside down. 

As I worked by blocking in some hefty darks, I rotated every few minutes, and kept doing that till I settled on a pleasing composition.

Just by rotating the piece as I progressed, I saw so many opportunities evolve. Each rotation looked so different, and the focus became a different area of the painting.

 I had a hard time, as with my previous post, to finally decide which rotation pleased me the most.
Eventually it was this one.

See the process of my thinking below, remember I had no reference with any of these abstracts, I just 'went with the flow' so to speak (pun intended).

This piece is 13" x 19" unframed
It is a pastel on red Sennelier paper.

$350 plus S/H

Prints of this image are also available through Fine Art America:
https://fineartamerica.com/featured/mantled-epoch-rae-andrews.html?newartwork=true







See the stages of this painting below..
Thanks for visiting..












XRae works and teaches in all mediums.. please contact her through her website at:

                                                         http://raeandrews.com

Tuesday, October 10, 2017

Cavernous Tumble..Pastel..Texas Artist..Rae Andrews



This painting started as a demo start, only partly done, and I did not want to toss the great paper.

It was a full sheet of reddish  Sennelier paper, which I turned upside down and cut in half so I have two pieces I can work on. (there will be another painting coming up soon from this paper)

I liked the color contrast in the demo, so just went with it.

I wanted to abstract my image (though) and after my France workshop last May and a visit to some amazing caves, I felt this image could be an 'echo' of that .

See all the steps below, to better explain.

This image is 13" x 19.5" unframed

$350 plus S/H

Prints of this image are also available through Fine Art America:




                             Below is a little on the thoughts behind my process. 

As a finished painting the sheet directly below shows the image in all directions. I could still change my mind on this, it's an easy thing to erase my signature and place it elsewhere if I decided to perhaps go with a vertical format, I will have to live with my chosen top image for a few days and see how I feel.









The sheet below is my whole thought process throughout this painting. From an old demo partly done on a full sheet/cut in half/turned upside down/ and then gradually working around the shapes in a new painting.





Thanks for visiting..

Rae works and teaches in all mediums.. please contact her through her website at:

                                                         http://raeandrews.com


Monday, August 3, 2015

Ripples...Pastel...Abstract...Texas Artist...Rae Andrews


RIPPLES is a pastel on velour paper. I wanted to just relax with very little detail in this image, just letting the movement flow across the  rock pool. It was a fun image to do.

                                               This image 19.5" x 27.5" (unframed)

                                         $450 inc.S/H within the contiguous United States

                        This image is also available in print through Fine Art America:
                           http://fineartamerica.com/featured/ripples-rae-andrews.html


Rae conducts workshops and demonstrations of her techniques in ACRYLICS, PASTELS, OILS, and WATERCOLORS

For more information please contact her at:
rae4art@aol.com


Please visit my Web Site at:
www.yessy.com/raeandrews

or my Blog Site at:
raeandrewsgallery.blogspot.com

Monday, July 20, 2015

Shell Fantasy 2...Abstract...Watercolor...Texas Artist Rae Andrews




Although this image SOLD many years ago, it was always a favorite of mine. 

I did it when I lived on Maui, so the tropical influence was with me for certain.

It is a watercolor on a watercolor board.. and was done in the days I frequently used a lot of divisional backgrounds. 

Somehow this type of painting still holds up today. I still use this technique at times and still love doing it. It makes the artist really think.



                                                                      22.5" x 16" 

Rae conducts workshops and demonstrations of her techniques in ACRYLICS, PASTELS, OILS, and WATERCOLORS

For more information please contact her at:
rae4art@aol.com


Please visit my Web Site at:
www.yessy.com/raeandrews

or my Blog Site at:
raeandrewsgallery.blogspot.com

Tuesday, July 14, 2015

Netted...Abstract Watercolor and Acrylic...Texas Artist..Rae Andrews




NETTED   was done a long time ago for an Australian Artist magazine article.
The article was a showcase of my art and they wanted a STEP by STEP  demonstration to take up a couple of pages.

 I actually loved doing this demo, it was in watercolors and acrylics, and I used the    patterns within the image to augment MOVEMENT.

 At the time I painted this, (1999) I was well into DIVISIONAL  backgrounds, as you will see. They still work though, even today and at times, I still use that technique.
                           
 It's great to take a step back in time sometimes, and see what you were producing as an artist. In those days I lived on Maui, so most of my art had a TROPICAL  flavor .                                           .

                                     The image size is 23.5" x 18" and it is unframed


                                                     $450  (unframed) Plus S/H

                                         

              Prints of this image are also available through Fine Art America:

     http://fineartamerica.com/featured/netted-rae-andrews.html?newartwork=true

You might also check out the other items Fine Art America offers using this print, they are fun!





Rae conducts workshops and demonstrations of her techniques in ACRYLICS, PASTELS, OILS, and WATERCOLORS

For more information please contact her at:
rae4art@aol.com

Please visit my Web Site at:
www.yessy.com/raeandrews

or my Blog Site at:
raeandrewsgallery.blogspot.com









                http://fineartamerica.com/featured/netted-rae-andrews.html?newartwork=true

Friday, July 10, 2015

Purple Koi Patterns..Watercolor...Texas Artist...Rae Andrews


PURPLE KOI PATTERNS  is another small semi abstract design .
I simply love doing these fish! They have such a wonderful shape.
This painting started with no re-drawing at all. I waited till my paint had dried, then worked the fish into the marks.

$100 Plus S/H

9" x 4.75" (unframed) 

Prints of this image may be purchased through Fine Art America:
http://fineartamerica.com/featured/purple-koi-patterns-rae-andrews.html?newartwork=true


Check out other neat items at Fine Art America using this image:



Rae conducts workshops and demonstrations of her techniques in ACRYLICS, PASTELS, OILS, and WATERCOLORS

For more information please contact her at:
rae4art@aol.com

Please visit my Web Site at:
www.yessy.com/raeandrews

or my Blog Site at:
raeandrewsgallery.blogspot.com


Monday, July 6, 2015

Shell Fanstasy ... Watercolor and Acrylic Ink...Texas Artist...Rae Andrews


As with so many artists, I have bounced along in my long journey through my art.I work from realism to abstraction, many times, both these genres are apparent in any one piece.

I have been looking through my archives and found a few pieces I had not posted before.

Some are sold now, hopefully still hanging in client's homes.

It's interesting to look back at my older works, some of which I am very embarrassed about now, and the fact that I sold them. :((

In those days, it was just a thrill to have anyone take an interest in my work. It still is, but in my early days of painting I was not that discerning.. Yikes!

This piece, (which I liked by the way), was done back in 1990 or earlier I think, It sold the day I did it, and I regret that I did not have a decent photo of it at all. Until my search today through old photos, I had almost forgotten about it.

It was a full sheet of watercolor paper. I used watercolor mostly, and some white ink to make the lighter intriguing areas, a technique I went on to doing in several paintings later, up to the present day.

Anyway, I hope you enjoy my trip down MEMORY LANE


Rae conducts workshops and demonstrations of her techniques in ACRYLICS, PASTELS, OILS, and WATERCOLORS

For more information please contact her at:
rae4art@aol.com


Please visit my Web Site at:
www.yessy.com/raeandrews

or my Blog Site at:
raeandrewsgallery.blogspot.com
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Monday, June 29, 2015

Fish Patterns..Acrylic...Texas Artist..Rae Andrews


This 11" x 14" acrylic on canvas is SOLD!

Prints of this image can be seen on Fine Art America;

                               http://fineartamerica.com/featured/fish-patterns-rae-andrews.html


Rae conducts workshops and demonstrations of her techniques in ACRYLICS, PASTELS, OILS, and WATERCOLORS

For more information please contact her at:
rae4art@aol.com


Please visit my Web Site at:
www.yessy.com/raeandrews

or my Blog Site at:
raeandrewsgallery.blogspot.com

Monday, June 22, 2015

Paradise Punch...Watermedia...Texas artist...Rae andrews

         
                      This small abstract is mostly watercolor, and liquid acrylics on Arches paper

                                             The image size is 8" x 8" (unframed)

                                                             $120 Plus S/H


                       Prints of this image can be purchased through Fine Art America:

                       http://fineartamerica.com/featured/paradise-punch-rae-andrews.html





Rae conducts workshops and demonstrations of her techniques in ACRYLICS, PASTELS, OILS, and WATERCOLORS

For more information please contact her at:
rae4art@aol.com


Please visit my Web Site at:
www.yessy.com/raeandrews

or my Blog Site at:
raeandrewsgallery.blogspot.com

Thursday, June 18, 2015

Saphire Light...Oil...Texas Artist..Rae Andrews


This is a 20" x 20" oil on gallery wrap canvas.

This image is SOLD!

Prints of this image are available through Fine Art America:

http://fineartamerica.com/featured/sapphire-light-rae-andrews.html

Rae conducts workshops and demonstrations of her techniques in ACRYLICS, PASTELS, OILS, and WATERCOLORS

For more information please contact her at:
rae4art@aol.com

Please visit my Web Site at:
www.yessy.com/raeandrews

or my Blog Site at:
raeandrewsgallery.blogspot.com


Friday, June 5, 2015

Razzle Dazzle...Abstract...Watercolor and Liquid Acrylics... Texas Artist...Rae Andrews

                                          This is another watercolor mounted onto cradled clayboard .

                   This really is a very durable surface, and can withstand any harsh lights or sunlight!

                                                                           8" x 8"

                                                                      $180 Plus S/H



                          Prints of this image can be purchased through Fine Art America:





Rae conducts workshops and demonstrations of her techniques in ACRYLICS, PASTELS, OILS, and WATERCOLORS
For more information please contact her at:
rae4art@aol.com


Please visit my Web Site at:
www.yessy.com/raeandrews

or my Blog Site at:
raeandrewsgallery.blogspot.com

Monday, June 1, 2015

Leaf Fantasy...Watercolor and Liquid Acrylic...Texas Artist...Rae Andrews


LEAF FANTASY  is a watermedia image mounted onto cradled clayboard

8" x 8"
This technique requires no glass to be used in framing, it is already protected with a UV varnish many times. Very durable and easy to hang.
The clayboard has a 1" cradle and looks very professionally presented

$180 Plus S/H


  Prints of this image can be purchased through Fine Art America:

http://fineartamerica.com/featured/tropical-leaf-fantasy-rae-andrews.html
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Rae conducts workshops and demonstrations of her techniques in ACRYLICS, PASTELS, OILS, and WATERCOLORS
For more information please contact her at:
rae4art@aol.com
Please visit my Web Site at:
www.yessy.com/raeandrews

or my Blog Site at:
raeandrewsgallery.blogspot.com





Sunday, May 31, 2015

Ethereal Koi 1...Acrylic on Gallery Wrap Canvas..Texas Artist..Rae Andrews


ETHEREAL KOI  is an acrylic painting done on a large gallery wrap canvas

30" x 40" x 2"

$800 plus S/H



  Prints of this image can be purchased through Fine Art America:

http://fineartamerica.com/featured/ethereal-koi-1-rae-andrews.html


                       


Rae conducts workshops and demonstrations of her techniques in ACRYLICS, PASTELS, OILS, and WATERCOLORS
For more information please contact her at:
rae4art@aol.com

Please visit my Web Site at:
www.yessy.com/raeandrews

or my Blog Site at:
raeandrewsgallery.blogspot.com