Renee Walden

summertime : out and about

18 December 2016
Flooded forest - lines, intersections
Flooded forest - lines, intersections

After many weeks of painting birds, and 7 whole months of just watercolours, I now have my acrylics out. That means lots of playing with paint, getting paint everywhere and on everything and abstracts. Abstract landscapes, in fact.

Where does the inspiration come from? As always, it comes from the world around me.

You could say that we've been getting out and about, or you could say I've been gathering inspiration. Lucky for me I can do both at the same time :-)

Flooded forest - lines and colour
Flooded forest - lines and colour
Slacklining - lines and movement
Slacklining - lines and movement
Reflections and shadows
Reflections and shadows
Beach, forest, clouds
Beach, forest, clouds
Beach, islands, windswept sky, spot of red against green
Beach, islands, windswept sky, spot of red against green
Lake, mountains, sky, stripe of green
Lake, mountains, sky, stripe of green
Big sky, poplars, lake
Big sky, poplars, lake
Movement, white, green
Movement, white, green

Often people look at my portfolio and have questions about what they see as my two styles - the illustrative watercolours and the abstracts. To me they're part of the same story ... a representation of the world around me.

Next post ... new abstract paintings I'm working on. Stay tuned!

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