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J.U. Abstracts
by Jennifer Underwood
2y ago
Years ago in 2013, I decided to sit down hardcore, and study color. I was always poor, and could not afford to take a course, so I taught myself. I went to a Hardware store, and cleaned them out of every single paint color sample there was, and then sat down and studied. I asked myself how would this color go with a room, and what colors would compliment it? I knew the basics of the Color Wheel and looked into that deeper. Complimentary is self-explanatory, and you have to have a good eye for it. The weirdest colors compliment each other. Yellow compliments blue, purple compliments gray, etc ..read more
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Painting: You Were Born For This
J.U. Abstracts
by Jennifer Underwood
2y ago
You Were Born For This, by Jennifer Underwood. Copyright 2021 I wait until the right moment to paint, and sometimes summer makes it hard. But I turned on my music to a song I had not heard in a long time-Unsecret-For this, you were born for, featuring Ruelle, another favorite singer of mine. As I heard this song, the painting came out naturally, and powerfully. It took a long time to paint, so other songs were played afterwards, but the mood was still the same, I felt empowered and let everything flow freely with exact strokes, as I wanted them. There is a method to the madness. 16×20, on flat ..read more
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Painting: You
J.U. Abstracts
by juabstracts
3y ago
You, 16×20 acrylic on flat canvas This painting was started in 2019 as a finger painting, it is the black in the back of the white. I left it like that for a long time, and decided to add more white and work over it. As usual, I plugged myself into my dreamy Indie music by playing: “You” by Voyageur. It always helps the process. I used wiping techniques in careful swipes, until it felt right. Black speaks to me for hours. Adding white to it, adds an emotional element also, both colors are very deep. To buy this, go to my Gallery page in the menu ..read more
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Expressionism is a Flow
J.U. Abstracts
by juabstracts
3y ago
Sometimes I stop and think what the style of art is that I do because I like to analyze it. I often put on music to paint, and it seems impossible for me to paint without it. Music stirs up the right emotions to let out in order to paint properly. Everyone is different, but to me expressionism is a flow, it is feelings more than thoughts. It starts by hearing a song, letting the tune carry me to a certain feeling and then painting out of it. I do have ideas in mind beforehand, but often they are a vague image. I can look at other works for inspiration, but mostly for use of color and structur ..read more
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When a Paint Table is it’s own Painting
J.U. Abstracts
by juabstracts
3y ago
I go on the back porch in the mornings, and casually glanced down at my paint table that reminded me to paint again. Sometimes I don’t paint for weeks at a time since I want to get it right when I do. So, I look down and notice the designs on the table are of quite significance and meaning. It shows the toil and the work put into making a painting and how it is so passionate, it falls on the table. I made it like that on purpose because its raw and real. I use garbage bags to catch most of the paint, but there was a time I let it fly on the table. Maybe I need to start doing that again. I too ..read more
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Painting with thoughts..
J.U. Abstracts
by juabstracts
3y ago
New paintings in the form of three abstract expressionist paintings were done yesterday on my back porch, on acrylic paper. I have plans to make one into bookmarks so that one will be in print only other than the bookmarks. The other two are for sale. As I was painting these, I had many thoughts going through my head, and I realized something else that I need to remember always-I am never more free when I paint and let go, and just be myself, then it is 100% true to form, and real. Any line or shape that I make will be my own and nobody can do it like that. Not being narcissitic(lol) it is ju ..read more
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Painting; Muse
J.U. Abstracts
by juabstracts
3y ago
I am learning once more that painting in general…every stroke matters. When I first started, I read Nancy Hillis blog. She said that for an exercise make six strokes on a piece of paper. She said nobody will do what you do, that alone makes it different. I reminded myself of that today when I painted my latest painting. I also learned that I have a signature style I keep coming back to. It is something I always recognize in other Artists but never thought about it myself, but yet when I paint, I tend to use the same techniques and gravitate towards them. I put on my song playlist and started ..read more
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YOU Can Be An Art Collector!
J.U. Abstracts
by juabstracts
3y ago
I noticed there is this stigma I did not existed because I was wrapped up in my own world as an Artist. I get the strong impression most people think that they cannot be Art Collectors unless they are rich, or have a fancy home. None of that is true! Art is a courageous purchase, something you do from your heart because it speaks to you. This means the average Joe on the street can own any piece of art they want! In the past there were restrictions, some people want the full payment up front, but I am no offering a service where you can make payments on a painting you like, and own it when yo ..read more
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Painting: Whitespace
J.U. Abstracts
by juabstracts
3y ago
This painting was inspired by a random photo I saw of an image frame next to a gradient image. I changed the colors and painted with oil pastels. As I was painting, it felt like a frequency like you see in music..waves that go up..and I can’t stand straight lines, so when I came time to close the box, I didn’t. I swept out the colors into the “whitespace”. This phrase came to me from a book by Bonnie Gray, Finding Spiritual Whitespace. She says that whitespace is negative space in art, but it is anything but empty. So as I glanced at the painting, I wondered: is this blank space empty? What c ..read more
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Every Brush Stroke Matters
J.U. Abstracts
by juabstracts
3y ago
I am learning once more that painting in general…every stroke matters. When I first started, I read Nancy Hillis blog. She said that for an exercise make six strokes on a piece of paper. She said nobody will do what you do, that alone makes it different. I reminded myself of that today when I painted my latest painting. I also learned that I have a signature style I keep coming back to. It is something I always recognize in other Artists but never thought about it myself, but yet when I paint, I tend to use the same techniques and gravitate towards them. I put on my song playlist and started ..read more
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