Painting in between Open Studios this week. This one started off as another in my current Saltmarsh series…
tide coming in. Ink & acrylic on canvas. Mari French 2015
… but then the tide came in.
rising tide …
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abstracts for the open
Acrylic/ink on canvas board, Mari French 2015.
I’ve enjoyed painting a few more of these small abstracts this past week, just in time for Norfolk Open Studios this coming weekend. I’m opening 23, 24, 25 and 30, 31 May up in my eyrie – my hayloft studio in Harpley, West Norfolk.
If you’re able to visit you can see them in the flesh! This link will give details and map.
Acrylic/ink on canvas board, Mari French 2015.
Acrylic/ink on canvas board, Mari French 2015.
meanwhile back at the easel …
Untitled, Mari French 2015
It was good to be back in the studio painting last couple of days, after nearly three weeks of a horrible chest infection picked up on holiday in Venice.
These are two small works in acrylic and Inktense stick on canvas board I finished today. I’m hoping to produce a few more before Norfolk Open Studios in 10 days, so I’ll have a few affordable pieces available aside from recently framed collagraph prints. I admit I’ve been panicking a bit wondering if I’d be well enough to prepare in time!
As with much of my recent work, these are inspired by Norfolk’s Saltmarsh Coast and I’ve deliberately kept to a limited palette of two acrylic colours plus my favourite Inktense colour, which I think adds to their atmosphere. I love the way the Inktense works with the canvas grain when I use it with lots of water.
Still thinking up titles.
Untitled, Mari French 2015
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