Contemporary Acrylic Abstract Art Painting, "Hotspot" by Colorado Mixed Media Abstract Artist Carol Nelson

A painting with a limited of black, white, and gray palette with a pop of color, which always results in a dynamic eye-catching piece.

This is another demo example for my Make Abstracts Sing workshop at Art Unraveled in Phoenix in August.


8"x8" Acrylic on Paper

$200.00

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Contemporary Acrylic Abstract Art Painting , "Hotspot" by Colorado Mixed Media Abstract Artist Carol Nelson

A painting with a limited of black, white, and gray palette with a pop of color, which always results in a dynamic eye-catching piece.

This is another demo example for my Make Abstracts Sing workshop at Art Unraveled in Phoenix in August.


8"x8" Acrylic on Paper

$200.00

Click HERE for more info or to purchase.

Learn about my special Canvas Minis HERE

Sign up for my quarterly newsletter HERE

View my WORKSHOP SCHEDULE  Here

View my available BOOKS Here

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Follow me on facebook
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Study with me Virtually?
Check out my video "New Approaches to Mixed Media Materials," HERE

Contemporary Acrylic Abstract Art Painting , "Hotspot" by Colorado Mixed Media Abstract Artist Carol Nelson

A painting with a limited of black, white, and gray palette with a pop of color, which always results in a dynamic eye-catching piece.

This is another demo example for my Make Abstracts Sing workshop at Art Unraveled in Phoenix in August.


8"x8" Acrylic on Paper

$200.00

Click HERE for more info or to purchase.

Learn about my special Canvas Minis HERE

Sign up for my quarterly newsletter HERE

View my WORKSHOP SCHEDULE  Here

View my available BOOKS Here

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Follow me on facebook
Follow me on Pinterest
Follow me on Instagram

Study with me Virtually?
Check out my video "New Approaches to Mixed Media Materials," HERE

Contemporary Acrylic Abstract Art Painting , "Hotspot" by Colorado Mixed Media Abstract Artist Carol Nelson

A painting with a limited of black, white, and gray palette with a pop of color, which always results in a dynamic eye-catching piece.

This is another demo example for my Make Abstracts Sing workshop at Art Unraveled in Phoenix in August.


8"x8" Acrylic on Paper

$200.00

Click HERE for more info or to purchase.

Learn about my special Canvas Minis HERE

Sign up for my quarterly newsletter HERE

View my WORKSHOP SCHEDULE  Here

View my available BOOKS Here

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Follow me on facebook
Follow me on Pinterest
Follow me on Instagram

Study with me Virtually?
Check out my video "New Approaches to Mixed Media Materials," HERE

Contemporary Acrylic Abstract Art Painting , "Hotspot" by Colorado Mixed Media Abstract Artist Carol Nelson

A painting with a limited of black, white, and gray palette with a pop of color, which always results in a dynamic eye-catching piece.

This is another demo example for my Make Abstracts Sing workshop at Art Unraveled in Phoenix in August.


8"x8" Acrylic on Paper

$200.00

Click HERE for more info or to purchase.

Learn about my special Canvas Minis HERE

Sign up for my quarterly newsletter HERE

View my WORKSHOP SCHEDULE  Here

View my available BOOKS Here

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Contemporary Acrylic Abstract Art Painting , "Hotspot" by Colorado Mixed Media Abstract Artist Carol Nelson

A painting with a limited of black, white, and gray palette with a pop of color, which always results in a dynamic eye-catching piece.

This is another demo example for my Make Abstracts Sing workshop at Art Unraveled in Phoenix in August.


8"x8" Acrylic on Paper

$200.00

Click HERE for more info or to purchase.



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It's been two weeks since the launch of my new teaching video,

"New Approaches to Mixed Media Materials,"

and the response has been amazing.  I am so please that hundreds of you have purchased the video and then told me how valuable you think it is.

If you want to see what all the hoopla is about, click this link:

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You can watch the trailer, and if you're not completely satisfied, there is a money back guarantee.

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Mixed Media Geologic Abstract Painting "Arroyo" by Carol Nelson Fine Art

This painting is a large (48x36 inch) triptych on three wood panels, each measuring 48x12 inches.  I added a LOT of texture, including gritty modeling compound, rocks, and glass blobs.

The most exciting thing about this painting is hardly even visible in a photo.  The area around the rocks has a pouring of epoxy resin resembling water.

  48"x36"x1.5"Mixed Media on Panel/sold

  Commissions welcome.

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Contemporary Acrylic Abstract Art Painting , "Hotspot" by Colorado Mixed Media Abstract Artist Carol Nelson

A painting with a limited of black, white, and gray palette with a pop of color, which always results in a dynamic eye-catching piece.

This is another demo example for my Make Abstracts Sing workshop at Art Unraveled in Phoenix in August.


8"x8" Acrylic on Paper

$200.00

Click HERE for more info or to purchase.



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It's been two weeks since the launch of my new teaching video,

"New Approaches to Mixed Media Materials,"

and the response has been amazing.  I am so please that hundreds of you have purchased the video and then told me how valuable you think it is.

If you want to see what all the hoopla is about, click this link:

www.craftsy.com/ext/CarolNelson_10658_D


You can watch the trailer, and if you're not completely satisfied, there is a money back guarantee.

 Learn about my special Canvas Minis HERE

 Sign up for my quarterly newsletter HERE

 View my WORKSHOP SCHEDULE  Here

 View my available BOOKS Here

"C5" mixed media wall sculpture by Carol Nelson

"C5"

You're probably saying to yourself, What the heck is THAT?!  It's my latest wall sculpture.  It has rusted stuff, burlap, and some other things mounted on a 4x4 inch wood panel.

I got the idea from reading about Nkisi - an ancient art form from a tribe in the Congo.  They used a lot of nails in their figures which
were thought to contain spirits.

There's an artist in the U.K. by the name of Wayne Chisnall that has based some of his work on the Nkisi too.  His boxes are amazing.

As you can see, the nails are carefully rusted before use.  The circular part at the bottom of my sculpture is made from glue from a glue gun.  When it gets hard, you can paint it with iron paint and rust it as if it were metal.  So cool.

"Overview 2" mixed media abstract landscape by Carol Nelson

"Overview 2"

"Overview 2"

As you can see by comparing the two images above, I tweaked the values and improved the painting so much.  I also added a "sun".

This painting is similar in method to the one I posted yesterday.  The Gessobord panel on which it is painted, was heavily textured before the paint (Golden Fluid and/or Golden High Flow) was poured on it.


For more information, click here to go to my website.  The image on my website has more accurate colors.

"Overview" textured abstract painting by Carol Nelson

"Overview"

This is a demo painting from my recent workshop at The Gallery at Midtown in Dallas, Texas.  Thanks to Teta Smith for taking care of my every need and making me feel like a Diva.

Thanks also to Dana Brown at Ampersand for donating 11x14 Gessobord panels for the class.  They make beautiful surfaces for this textured pour technique.

For more information, click here to go to my website.

"Layers 3" revised mixed media abstract collage by Carol Nelson

"Layers 3" 8x8 inch mixed media collage

This is the new version of a painting I did last month.  The only difference is the addition of the black circular squiggles.  I admit to being terrified of gestural marks such as these - ESPECIALLY if the painting beneath is already done.

It would be easy to really screw up a half way decent painting by adding these quick marks that cannot be easily controlled.  Their beauty is in their spontaneous flow of movement.

So these were done as an acrylic skin on a sheet of plastic.  The black lines are dimensional paint (Tulip and Lumiere are two brands).
After the dimensional lines are dry, cover them with soft gel gloss, clear self leveling gel, or clear tar gel - all Golden products, although other manufacturers make similar products.

You end up with the black lines (in this case) in a sheet of clear acrylic that you can cut up, and arrange on your painting any way you choose.

original version

Here's a view of some other squiggles I have ready to go.

The beige background is the wood of the table.

For more information about this painting, click here to go to my website.

"Rumors" mixed media contemporary abstract by Carol Nelson

"Rumors" 16x12

In this abstract on canvas, I was exploring letters, colors, and gestural marks in an nonrepresentational painting.

For some reason, the color in the lower photo is much more accurate.  There must be some new problem with Blogger about color reproduction, because the image I uploaded is not so saturated.

For a better image and more info about this painting, click here to go to my website.