Winds of March

Just a lit­tle some­thing new I just finished

Winds of March, 14 inch x 11 inch abstract paint­ing in yel­low, orange, salmon, pur­ple and blue by Phoenix AZ artist Jake Beckman.

Its called Winds of March.

I’ve been work­ing on 11 inch x 14 inch cold press water­color paper because I bought a brick of 75 sheets of Fab­ri­ano water­color paper in this size. I usu­ally coat both sides of the water­color paper with gesso; oth­er­wise the paper itself sucks up a lot of paint, which can be a fun effect, but not usu­ally one I am look­ing for. Also hav­ing gesso on the reverse makes the paper a lot more water-resistant than it would be with­out the gesso coat­ing. I have play­ing with my new Golden Liq­uid Acrylic paints since then too.  My goal, if I can stick to it, is to paint on every sheet of that paper until it is gone before mov­ing onto some­thing else.

For Winds of March, I painted a almost water­color wash of light salmon with a bright yel­low spot.  Then I got out some heavy gel medium, and a pal­let knife and laid in nice loose swirl of man­ganese blue and medium vio­let.  I then removed some of the paint with the pal­let knife reveal­ing the pale salmon pink under­paint­ing in the carved swirls and dots.

I then painted a ring of  cad­mium orange, a mixed shade of light pink and some pri­mary yel­low mixed with the heavy gel medium and carved in some swirls spi­ral­ing inward to my bright yel­low spot.

It sat that way for a few days but I was not happy with it.  I got the idea to break up the lighter area with painted vio­let swirls and dots pick­ing up the carved pat­tern.  The work has got some tex­ture to it.

Winds of March, angled photo to reveal tex­ture in this abstract paint by Phoenix AZ artist Jake Beckman

Winds of March is for sale, make me an offer.

Yours in Art

Jake, Artist, AKAJake.com Come Expe­ri­ence the Art!

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