North Carolina - Art

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This striking piece with its bright colors creates a floating feeling of grace. It has highly detailed areas contrasting the flowing bold loose strokes.

About the Artist
Through composition, color, texture and more, Gary Leonard celebrates beauty. His works start with the subject, but then he lets the work evolve into a more complex composition. Oftentimes, he enjoys merging figures with abstract images and varying textures. He hopes that his works will leave the viewer with a sense of warmth and peace. When he's not making art, he enjoys listening to music and learning how to play the piano.

The Orange Dress...

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I have been living near the ocean most of my life. No wonder my deepest passion is to make expressive seascape paintings. I only need to close my eyes to see, feel and smell the ocean.

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Hilma Koelman...

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This painting was done entirely with a large palette knife. Paint has been applied and then scraped to create tone, shape a variety of line work. Although this is an abstract painting the underlying idea came from a landscape. The sides are painted white for a clean contemporary look.

About the Artist
Patrick O;Boyle primarily paints in a studio, rarely using reference material other than his own thoughts and dreams. He always paints in a series of five; at the end of the fifth painting he revisits and reworks all of them until he feels they;re complete. Using extra-long handles on his brushes, Patrick paints at a distance from the canvas so he can see the works evolve as a whole from the one color he starts with to the vibrant array at the end.

Blue Abstract...

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I;m not trying to imitate nature, but to use nature as a starting off point. Color, line, and form are more important than the details of the actual subject matter. I want to give a sense or feel for the subject rather than an exact replication.

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Hilma Koelman...

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This is a modernist still life painting.

About the Artist
Feng Biddle didn’t have much exposure to art as a child growing up in China in the afterm...

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Hiking the foothills of the beautiful Northwest lead to amazing vistas, fresh air, and an abundance of foliage. This painting was created on a hand-stretched,...

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This painting is part of a new series called Landscape Abstraction. I painted with an acrylic wash, establishing shapes, color and texture placement. I then u...

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This painting is part of a new series called Landscape Abstraction. I painted with an acrylic wash, establishing shapes, color and texture placement. I then u...

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Purple and green are two of my favorite colors and wisteria is the perfect subject! I squirted paint directly onto the paper to make a lovely, saturated wash. When dry I developed the piece intuitively. I finished with tinted gouache to highlight the lovely light behind the wisteria. I'm very pleased with the mood of this piece.

About the Artist
Melissa is passionate about color. She finds it to be the most significant form of inspiration to paint. Speaking on influences in her work, Melissa says, “Sometimes it’s an idea that I can’t get out of my head, or a color that I just MUST paint!” She particularly enjoys painting leaves, and the changing colors of Oregon foliage are visible in her work. In 2001, Melissa began teaching art classes, which has allowed her to view her own artwork in a new way. “The information that flows in a class is awesome,” she says. Melissa is constantly learning from the students in her classes, and is more conscious of what it means to be an artistic role model.

Words that describe this painting: wisteria,flowers,watercolor painting,watercolor floral,floral,purple,green,purple and green,nature,floral painting,, impressionism, flora, representational, watercolor painting, green, purple, purple

Mysteries of Purple & Green
Melissa Gannon...

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This beautiful semi-abstract landscape is a prelude to spring. The painting is on a gallery wrapped canvas and the sides are painted a deep brown. It comes va...

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The challenge I posed for myself with this painting was to abstract the image as much as I could and still have it read as a traditional landscape.

Abou...

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This small tree stands by itself and is shining in a very pure and translucent yellow. It looks like a drop of sweet honey or a fragment of star dust. This pa...

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I enjoy making trips to Palm Springs to collect inspirational material for paintings. I am especially drawn to the bougainvillea blossoms that grow so well in...