“Pale Beyond” DETAIL by R.L. Gibson(6″x6″ watercolor on 140lb. coldpress)
It is DAY 8 the 30 Paintings in 30 Days Challenge. No themes, no rules, just paint. I seem to be wading in proverbial water for the past few days. Tomorrow, I will make a purposeful break. Change is good.
“Pale Beyond” by R.L. Gibson(6″x6″ watercolor on 140lb. coldpress)
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DAY 8: “Pale Beyond” (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.
“Purpure” DETAILby R.L. Gibson(6″x6″ watercolor on 140lb. coldpress)
It is DAY 7 the 30 Paintings in 30 Days Challenge. No themes, no rules, just paint. When I talk to people about color, I hear over and over again that blue gives them a sense of calm, that yellow makes them happy. To each his own. To me, blue is such an ordinary color that it only shines when given assistance by yellow or green. But red… Red screams warmth to me. It is my color of choice. Any other color in addition is just a bonus. Live out loud.
“Purpure”by R.L. Gibson(6″x6″ watercolor)
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DAY 7: “Purpure” 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.
“Pomelo” DETAILby 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 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.
“Papilionoidae”by R.L. Gibson(6″x6″ watercolor on 140lb. coldpress)
It is DAY 5 the 30 Paintings in 30 Days Challenge. No themes, no rules, just paint. The butterfly is a classic symbol of transformation, and as I painted this swallowtail my thoughts turned my friends in the transgender community. Amidst all the political opinions on the civil rights of others, it occurs to me that many people have forgotten the basic tenet of being a a decent human being –kindness. I have been fortunate to have the benefit of knowing the bravery of those in transition, of seeing the joy, and pain, of the journey, of witnessing the joy of recognition. Recognition.
People only want to be seen without need of explanation, recrimination or commentary. It is no great imposition to expect to seen. Open your eyes to transform your heart.
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DAY 5: “Papilionidae” 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.
“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 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.
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…
So, I whined my way through the 30 Paintings in 30 Days Challenge. A couple of days before it ended, I headed to NY for an opening at the Scarlet Seven Gallery in which my work was included. As I was reading each artist’s statement, I came across the work of Susan Spencer Crowe. Midway through I came across the words, paraphrased, “I painted a watercolour every day for 5 years.” FIVE YEARS. I whined my way through 30 days.
So, I have until January for the next 30 Paintings in 30 Days challenge, but I am going to try to post something new nearly every day. Most days I will just name them for the day they were completed. I worked this one to death, but I love that cadmium orange.
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…
We made it toDay 30of 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.
It is Day 29 of the 30 Paintings in 30 Days Challenge; today’s painting is “Waft”(watercolour, 6″x9″). I am on the road today driving from Pennsylvania to an art opening in New York. All this time in the car has left me with a lot time to think. I’ve done a lot of over sharing during this 30-Day Challenge. I really took this challenge to force me to show my painting to a world that only knows me for xerography & digital illustration. I didn’t expect to react quite the way I have. On Day 27, I wrote of being sodden with overwhelming possibility. Today I feel lighter. The possibility feel lighter, allowing me waft through instead of sinking under the weight. It is interesting how subtle the difference in feeling is and how equally subtle the difference between the work is on these two days.
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As a xerographist, my work tends to be, almost exclusively, representational. The 30 Paintings in 30 Days Challenge offers me an opportunity to revisit abstract painting as an alternate voice.
