Artist R.L. Gibson

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Artist R.L. Gibson

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DAY 11: Pink

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"Pink" by RLGibson (6"x6" watercolor on 140lb. coldpress)
“Pink” by R.L. Gibson (6″x6″ watercolor on 140lb. coldpress)

It is DAY 11 the 30 Paintings in 30 Days Challenge.  No themes, no rules, just paint.  I am still a bit under the weather, so I decided to make this Sunday simple.  Who doesn’t love a pink flamingo?

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DAY 11:
“Pink” 
(6″x 6″ watercolor on 140lb. coldpress)

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During the February challenge, I am offering each piece at $25, including shipping inside the U.S., for two days after it is posted.  You can email me, message me on Facebook or Instagram with your email address for a PayPal invoice & your snail mail for shipping.  First message takes it.  

See you on DAY 12…

DAY 6: Pomelo

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"Pomelo" DETAIL by RLGibson (6"x6" watercolor on 140lb. coldpress)
“Pomelo” DETAIL by R.L. Gibson (6″x6″ watercolor on 140lb. coldpress)

It is DAY 6 the 30 Paintings in 30 Days Challenge.  No themes, no rules, just paint.  Abstract expressionism allows me the freedom to feel through paint, but I am often intrigued by the abstracted forms.  Do you see water or sky?  Coastal or nebular?  Is it my interpretation or yours.  Interesting.

"Pomelo" by RLGibson (6"x6" watercolor on 140lb. coldpress)
“Pomelo” by R.L. Gibson (6″x6″ watercolor on 140lb. coldpress)

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DAY 6:
“Pomelo” DETAIL
(6″x 6″ watercolor on 140lb. coldpress)

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During the February challenge, I am offering each piece at $25, including shipping inside the U.S., for two days after it is posted.  You can email me, message me on Facebook or Instagram with your email address for a PayPal invoice & your snail mail for shipping.  First message takes it.  

See you on DAY 7…

DAY 4: Puddle

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"Puddle" by R.L. Gibson (6"x6" watercolor on 140lb. coldpress)
“Puddle” by R.L. Gibson (6″x6″ watercolor on 140lb. coldpress)

It is DAY 4 the 30 Paintings in 30 Days Challenge.  No themes, no rules, just paint. It has been either raining or snowing here for days. Just when it seems like the puddles will never dry, the blue peeks through.  But, I do my best to remember the rain makes it green.  The rain makes it green.  The rain makes it green…

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"Puddle" DETAILby RLGibson (6"x6" watercolor)
“Puddle” DETAIL by R.L. Gibson (6″x6″ watercolor)

DAY 4:
“Puddle” DETAIL
(6″x 6″ watercolor on 140lb. coldpress)

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During the February challenge, I am offering each piece at $25, including shipping inside the U.S., for two days after it is posted.  You can email me, message me on Facebook or Instagram with your email address for a PayPal invoice & your snail mail for shipping.  First message takes it.  

See you on DAY 5…

DAY 1: Persist

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"Persist" by R.L. Gibson (6"x6" watercolor on 140lb. coldpress)
“Persist” DETAIL by R.L. Gibson (6″x6″ watercolor on 140lb. coldpress)

It is time for the 30 Paintings in 30 Days Challenge again. I am hard at work on a new xerography show, but I have found that a daily painting challenge clears my head, keeps me in touch with a different skill set and has helped me find new peers and collectors.  So, I’m all in for another month of paintings.  Last time I did abstract work exclusively.  This time no themes, no rules, just paint.

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DAY ONE: “Persist” (6″x6″ watercolor on 140lb. coldpress)

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During the February challenge, I am offering each piece at $25, including shipping inside the U.S., for two days after it is posted.  You can email me, message me on Facebook or Instagram with your email address for a PayPal invoice & your snail mail for shipping.  First message takes it.  

See you on DAY 2…

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Wilshire Blvd.

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Wilshire Blvd L.A. (diptych), 5"x5"each xerography & acrylic on wood, by R.L. Gibson
Wilshire Blvd L.A. (diptych), 6″x6″each xerography & acrylic on wood, by R.L. Gibson

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These beauties (photo by Ashley Lodge Photography) from the Traffic series found a new home in West Virginia today.  The new owner is loaning them to The Tiny Art Show at the Sir Walter Theatre Gallery in Beckley, WV that opens in December.   Go by and see these, as well as the “Central Park Portland” piece!

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Watercolour 100417

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watercolour 100417 (on 140 lb. paper, 5"x7") by R.L. Gibson
watercolour 100417 (on 140 lb. paper, 5″x7″) by R.L. Gibson

Any time I get new brushes is a good day.  4 hake brushes & 3 natural bristle chip brushes later, I had a glorious day of painting.  I’ve been struggling for a while now, but today was a break through inspired by Chinese brush painting. Landscape-y, I know.  Some days are just good days.  And this…

…this was a very good day.

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SEPT 2017: 30 Paintings in 30 Days

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As a xerographist, my work tends to be, almost exclusively, representational.  The 30 Paintings in 30 Days Challenge offered me an opportunity to revisit abstract painting as an alternate voice.

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Here’s is a collage of all 30 Days of Paintings by R.L. Gibson…

30 Paintings in 30 Days by R.L. Gibson

DAY 30: Salvo

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Salvo (5"x5" watercolor) by R.L. Gibson
Salvo (5″x5″ watercolor) by R.L. Gibson

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We made it to Day 30 of the 30 Paintings in 30 Days Challenge!  What a roller coaster it has been. Today’s painting is “Salvo” (watercolour, 5″x5″).  Last night’s show was fun, and I’m the speaker for a conference on getting into juried shows in an hour at Scarlet Seven Gallery.  And, then I will get on the road headed for home with another stop over in Pennsylvania.  Plus, it is the final day of the challenge.  I needed the work.  I needed the process.  I needed the rollercoaster.  Maybe I didn’t need to share it all so explicitly, but I did.  So there.  I feel like I have fired a canon into the world and wait with baited breath to feel the impact. An aggressive act of happy expectation.  I am guilty of that –choosing happiness.  It gets me in trouble.  So here I am.  Here it is.  Trouble.

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As a xerographist, my work tends to be, almost exclusively, representational.  The 30 Paintings in 30 Days Challenge offered me an opportunity to revisit abstract painting as an alternate voice. 

Until next time…

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