Abstract Paintings – Page 3 – Katie Jeanne Wood

Morning art journal practice

With consistency and reps and routine you’re going to achieve your goals and get where you want to be.

Mandy Rose

‘Tis true. I’m nearing the end of this art journal, and it’s because I’ve been making an effort to do at least a page or two as soon as I wake up – even though, it hasn’t always been the ideal time or easy.

lime green and teal abstract
with white polka dots

I do like seeing the progress I’ve made, tho, so I guess it’s been worth my time and effort.

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Letting the light in

Morning pages practice

Your assumptions are your windows
on the world.
Scrub them off
every once in a while,
or the light won’t come in.
Isaac Asimov

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Plein Air Landscape Oil Paintings

Newly listed!
Abstract plein air landscape
Oil paintings

This is an older plein air landscape series I created with oil paint and palette knives. I created this series in 2015, back when I was trying to figure out the direction I wanted to take my art.

This series was short lived,
as some often are,
and I’m okay with that.

Don’t get me wrong, I like this series. It was the working outside in the extreme heat, bright sun, and wind with bugs constantly flying into my painting part that wasn’t my cup of tea. It was a great learning experience, tho.

Most of these paintings have layers of texture because I painted them impasto with palette knives. Here’s a close up shot.

I have a box full of these landscapes available, and they’re now up in my eBay store. I hope to have them all listed by the time this posts. I’m also listing some abstract paintings that I found in the box.

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Perception is a key component

Some people could be given an entire field of roses and only see the thorns in it. Others could be given a single weed and only see the wildflower in it. Perception is a key component to gratitude. And gratitude a key component to joy.

Amy Weatherly

morning pages
blue abstract paintings

These two pages took me a while to create. For some reason I wasn’t feeling it at all, no matter what I did. I tried all different colors, and ended up scraping it off. I finally settled for this blue and butter cream. Still don’t love it, but I might tomorrow when my perception is different?

Okay, so sometimes just rotating the photos makes me like the work better..which again is about perception, yeah? After I turned the close up photos in Photoshop, I now see the work with whole new eyes.

Looking closely also showed me all these little lines that I didn’t see before. I’m starting to change my mind about these pages.

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Morning pages in my art journal

There are patterns which emerge in one’s life,
circling and returning anew,
an endless variation of a theme.
Jacqueline Carey

I’ve felt more peaceful since returning to my daily morning pages practice. It’s my little carved out space of time in the day where I create something just for me, using whatever colors I’m feeling in the moment.

It’s my time to experiment, and play with different color combos that I probably wouldn’t otherwise. I usually do a 2 page spread every day, and this little book is filling up with lots of abstract paintings.

Once I’m done with this book, I think I might be switching to watercolors or working more exclusively with the charcoal ink I made. I’m thinking about painting loose abstract-like portraits, but who knows? I just let myself do whatever I want in the moment with no expectations.

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Morning pages are back

I started doing my morning pages practice again a few days ago kinda by accident. I was making some charcoal ink to put in my ink well, and then I got messing around in my art journal with it..which led me to remember when I used to do this early morning practice daily. I was wondering why I stopped doing it. What got in the way of me starting the day off doing what I love?

My art journal
is a handmade hedgehog
that I made a few years ago.

I’ve been grabbing my morning coffee, and mindlessly working on the computer first thing very day. I read & reply to email, write future blog posts, work on photos in PS, schedule Twitter posts, and list my artwork.

This tedious work takes up my entire day – most every day. I can never seem to get caught up. I often wish I spent nearly as much time creating art as I do with the office work end of things..ooooh, if only.

I’m going to try to keep the morning pages practice going this time around. Maybe not every single day or else!! lol but at least a few days a week. I’m much happier waking up to paint rather than getting up to do yet more, never ending computer work. I need that slow, quiet “me” time to create just for myself..I don’t know when I’ll ever get this through my thick head. hahaha!!

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Zen Garden In The Snow – abstract painting

I painted this abstract art on museum quality splined canvas sometime over the winter. I still want to explore more of this series at some point. Although I switched to painting portraits, I don’t feel like I’m finished with making abstracts.

I can usually tell when I’m finished with a series because I feel completely empty on the inside..exhausted to the core or sometimes, bored out of my mind with the thought of having to make another painting. That’s definitely not how I feel about this series. I actually can’t wait to make more of these, and work more with these colors.

This Zen garden painting brought me a lot of comfort and peace over the winter when the temperature was frigid outside. I would trace slowly over the circles with my eyes, and do a bit of object meditation. Very relaxing. May it bring peace and happiness for whoever hangs it on their wall next.

PS: This painting has inspired me to make my own Zen garden indoors. My husband gifted me a wide white handmade pottery bowl that will be perfect. I also have a bag of sand that I bought at Dick Blick’s. Now all I need is a mini rake, and maybe a rock or two.

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Melting – large abstract painting

We went from a week of being chilly (had to turn the heat back on) & stormy to almost 100F yesterday, and so I’m reposting this large abstract painting I titled Melting Cotton Candy Ice Cream.

I painted it last year when we were experiencing day after day of over 100F bright sunny weather, if I remember correctly. I was melting, and so was the “ice cream” colored paint.

Written in pencil on the lower part of the painting
is part of the Metta Sutta from the Tipitaka.

This is what should be done
By one who is skilled in goodness,
And who knows the path of peace:
Let them be able and upright,
Straightforward and gentle in speech.
Humble and not conceited,
Contented and easily satisfied.

You can read the rest of this wonderful sutta if you click on the link above.

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