Independent and Connected Paintings: An Artistic Challenge
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Free to Flow by Deb Chaney (36” x 24”)
It’s always good to challenge oneself. And I would like to share a fun challenge I gave myself a while ago.
The exercise resulted in a series of 8 abstract paintings called Free to Flow and they are now available on Saatchi Art.
Getting things started
I received an email from Saatchi Online Gallery recently asking me to update my inventory. So I went through each one of my paintings on the website and updated information about my artwork.
I undertook the project with the intention of bringing some new magic to my collection. And I think the magic that I experienced was seeing my artwork with fresh eyes. It truly gave me a deeper appreciation of what I’ve created.
A small series study and exploration
This was an artistic experiment I did years ago and it was done as an exercise to stretch myself creatively and challenge myself as a painter.
What I did was give myself a set of 3 parameters to push both my mind and my painting abilities. The rules for this artistic study were as follows:
First, I was going to paint a series of 8 individual paintings and each one had to stand alone on its own.
However, all 8 paintings also had to connect together.
And finally, I limited myself to a monochromatic colour palette, meaning 1 colour plus black and white.
There are 8 paintings in total and they’re collectively and individually called Free to Flow. I have combined all the paintings together for the feature image in this week’s blog post. This shows you what the full image would look like if you were to get all of them together.
My Little Gems Series
This painting series is also part of my Little Gems Series, which I use for testing new techniques and practicing old ones.
Prints and Original Artwork for Sale Online
All of the originals are available for purchase and there are now prints on the Saatchi website as usual.
You can buy them individually or get the whole set and put them together and make one big cool painting (as seen in the featured image of this post).
You can see more paintings in the Little Gems series here:
Reproduction prints on Saatchi Art are available in 3 formats:
Fine Art Paper
310 GSM, 100% cotton linters, archival quality, natural white finish with a slightly structured, soft-textured surface.
Metal
Specialized inks infused into specially coated, thin, high gloss aluminum sheets. Exhibit mounted on 2mm black Styrene and finished with a black Metal Inset Frame.
Canvas
Museum grade, matte textured (20.5 mil), bright white, poly-cotton blend with no additives and no agents.