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Artist R.L. Gibson

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DAY 11: Pink

"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?

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

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 10: Poulpe

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

It is DAY 10 the 30 Paintings in 30 Days Challenge.  No themes, no rules, just paint.  I have been under the weather but my little poulpe (french for “octopus”) is bright & happy.  And you know how I love a bubble…

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

DAY 10:
“Poulpe” 
(6″x 6″ watercolor on 140lb. coldpress)

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 11…

DAY 9: Patience

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

It is DAY 9 the 30 Paintings in 30 Days Challenge.  No themes, no rules, just paint.  While everyone’s thoughts have turned to Spring, I had a Fall flashback this morning.  Be patient; Fall will come.

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

DAY 9:
“Patience” 
(6″x 6″ watercolor on 140lb. coldpress)

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 10…

DAY 6: Pomelo

"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)

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

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 3: Plume

"Plume" by R.L.Gibson (6"x8" watercolor on 140 lb. coldpress)
“Plume” DETAIL by R.L. Gibson (6″x8″ watercolor on 140lb. coldpress)

It is DAY 3 the 30 Paintings in 30 Days Challenge.  Because I have sworn there are no themes, no rules, just paint, I had to restrain myself from painting a THIRD bird, ha. Many of you that know me are familiar with my wildfire experience in November of 2016.  Today, a whiff of a wood-burning fireplace & a glimpse of smoke sent me into a sheer panic.  Most of the time I’m fine, but some days…

"Plume" DETAIL by R.L.Gibson (6"x8" watercolor on 140 lb. coldpress)
“Plume” DETAIL by R.L. Gibson (6″x8″ watercolor on 140lb. coldpress)

DAY 3:
“Plume” DETAIL
(6″x 8″ watercolor on 140lb. coldpress)

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 4…

DAY 1: Persist

"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.

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

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…

DAY 30: Salvo

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

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.

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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DAY 29: Waft

"Waft" (6"x9" watercolour) by R.L. Gibson
“Waft” (6″x9″ watercolour) by R.L. Gibson

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.

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. 

How do I end the challenge?  Day 30 is upon us.

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DAY 28: Murmur

Murmur (5"x5" watercolour) by R.L. Gibson
Murmur (5″x5″ watercolour) by R.L. Gibson

It is Day 27 of the 30 Paintings in 30 Days Challenge; today’s painting is “Murmur” (watercolour, 5″x5″).  I am on the road from Virginia to Pennsylvania on my way to New York tomorrow for an art opening.  I am excited to have eight pieces in a show, and happier still to be able to attend the opening.  But, I have whispers of other work needling me.  I have all these paintings and that equivocal, nagging doubt about media that I don’t normally show to the world.  I have a new series of xerography work just budding, but I have to walk away for days to celebrate the work already here being shown. I’ve already been hyper-emotional mess this month; the last thing I need are these pulls at my artistic self that make me feel a little crazy –like voices murmuring.  But here I am anyway.  So, I’ll just make the art.  This is what murmuring feels like, fuzzy edges.  Happy with a shadow.

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. 

I’m oversharing again.  I’ll try to reel it in on Day 28.

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