Mountains abstracted ~ making a new series

I am nearing completion of a new group of paintings. They will be released soon, after I sit with them a little while longer. These new paintings are my continued response to the landscape, my landscape, here in the Blue Ridge Mountains. 

I begin my paintings quickly yet finishing can take a long time as I make compositional and color adjustments. Above is pictured three stages of one painting. You may notice that there is little change between stage two and three. That's evidence of my slowing down the process, making careful adjustments after the big sweeping energy at the start.

Lately I have been working with a limited palette that includes white, black, transparent yellow iron oxide, quin. fuchsia, and phthalo blue. If I want a bit more brightness or opacity in my yellow I'll throw in some yellow ochre. I love the earthiness of this palette and the range of blues and greens possible.

Dawn, acrylic on gallery wrap canvas, 12 x 16"

The pinkish color that showed up in this painting gave me something to ponder. Mixed with the same palette, of course, but something different than what I used on the other canvases. A good different? I decided it was and left it in.

​Nature is my springboard. From her I get my initial impetus. I have tried to relate the visible drama of mountains, trees, and bleached fields with the fantasy of wind blowing and changing colors and forms.
~Milton Avery~

These three paintings have been hanging out on my studio wall for a while, waiting on the completion of the rest of the group.  Ridgeline, Valley, and Dusk, they tell me they are most certainly finished.
     
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