ABSTRACT ART
Abstract painting has become a big part of my life and my sketchbooks are filled with colour and markings experiments. I love to take inspiration from nature and my surroundings and work intuitively - often after meditation or to music.
This piece was inspired by the Autumnal colours of the Tarn Valley combined with the sun-drenched heat we experienced on that particularly day.
It was made on a pre-made, primed canvas (although I also work with raw, unprepped linen and cotton canvasses) using a variety of mediums. These include acrylics, watercolours, Posca pens, Derwent Lightfast pencils, Carbon Ink and willow charcoal.
As you can see, my sketchbook is filled with explorations of colour and mark-making instruments, from card to spatulas, twigs and leaves, as well as brushes of course. I love to find materials as I walk our local trails in the Tarn and find natural items to incorporate into the layers as well as making marks.
The piece below was created by building up many layers while listening to Esperanza by Hermanos Gutiérrez. One of the aspects of working with acrylics that I love is that it dries quickly - apart from when you're working with diluted paint - this is why this medium can work so well creating abstract paintings at events, such as weddings or birthdays.
Earlier this year, as part of my illustration degree, I created an abstract painting while listening to Hans Zimmer's Cornfield Chase, one of my favourite pieces of music of all time.
You can read about the process - and how I turned it into a vinyl album cover - here in my journal.
Digital Abstract Work
These abstract art pieces are mostly intuitive and born after guided meditation which has become part of my daily self-care practice. They are hand-drawn and created in Procreate usually on an A3 canvas.
