Complete Abstraction

This painting started out as a bit of an abstract painting with a dark background with bright colours on it. Its a large canvas so needed something dramatic

I overpainted it soon after with a calm wave themed painting, and thats how it sat on a shelf for months, forgotten.

Ive been painting abstract painting for a while now and was really happy with something Id painted, again, on a previously twice painted canvas, and had made it more industrial and just different.

Starting on this canvas, it went from waves, to a rainbow and into the pink explosion of colour it is now

Hope you like it

 Industrial

Ive been painting a lot of abstract art recently, and im in two minds about it. I like the colours and the less controlled painting style, but it feels like Im not focusing on realism or reflecting something other people can see and recognise, like coastlines, flowers or mountains.

In the other hand, I love the freedom to just feel the art - yes that sounds really contrived - but its the only way I can describe the feeling when dabbing colours onto a canvas representing water falling or a ray of light or, as in this one, the distress of the surface of a industrial surface, with splashes of red that could be rust or blood, and a hark back to the gilded history with the silver brass and gold splash at the bottom and flecks of it above

its helping clear my thoughts so thats a good thing for me

what do you think

this is a section of the panel

its a long and thin canvas so is almost a door panel in size so quite dramatic

 Selling Art

Its such a lovely feeling the receive positive reviews and comments from a satisfied buyer.  I have always had a feeling that my art was not great, and being honest a lot of it isn't, and not just the early stuff, but seeing positive comments is lovely to receive

You can see them on my Etsy site from a buyer in Europe of this painting

Thank you !!

Etsy Site: ianhammondart.etsy.com

Website: ianhammondart.co.uk

 For Sale

I wasn't going to sell this as it was a description of a journey from fire through wild colour into an industrial landscape, but decided to 

(see previous post)

I write like the end result and think a much larger version would also look nice so I think Ill get a larger canvas and try

its available on my Etsy site ianhammondart.etsy.com

 Evolution of a painting

The painting Im doing at the moment has evolved over the week through rainbows, melting paint to what it is now

I like trying different things and techniques as I am still learning about all of this stuff but im getting there

This is its evolution

not much more to do on this but may add a bit of newspaper...

 Something Different

Thought I would paint something very different although its also quite similar to what I have painted before

Its called Melting Reality and reflects how ive sometimes seen reality in my head, focused and unfocused, bright and also dripping as if it were wax from a candle

 artwork

its been a nice year getting my art onto Etsy, starting my website, and getting this blog going

and ive sold 4 paintings - and I am so very grateful for the people who found my art on Etsy and thought that thats what you want on your wall and went through the joy of the Etsy payment system.

I hope that the people who received the paintings like them.

and if they don't, thats a real shame

but then next year even more to paint and hopefully sell

Etsy:          www.etsy.com/uk/shop/IanHammondArt

website:      ianhammondart.co.uk