New Serengeti Abstract Series in Progress by Marcy Brennan

New Serengeti Abstract Series in Progress

I just began a new series today for the Art Mundo Loft Gallery show coming up next month titled "Serengeti".  There are such fantastic sunsets on the Serengeti, I decided to do my abstract paintings in the sunset colors there. Reds, oranges, yellows, and black (for silhouetted trees).  Here are photos of the first few layers at this point.  More to come in the next few days. The black lines in the first layer are really intense because I forgot my black paint and had to borrow from a friend.  All she had was black gesso - it's really strong!

First layer:

Second layer:

Life in Uruguay Show at Art Mundo by Judith Sharpe-Levy

My artist friend, Judith Sharpe-Levy was selected as one of Art Mundo's emerging artists for 2014.  She and I paint together often at Art Mundo and previously attended art classes with Leslie Stokes there.  We now share a studio at Art Mundo.  Judith threw herself into her emerging artists show and painted an incredible series of paintings drawn from her life in Uruguay where she and her husband owned a farm for 8 years.  The work is wonderful in its color harmony and her figural work is amazing.

This is a very large painting of a market in Uruguay

This is a very large painting of a courtyard

These are medium sized paintings of people and horses (on top) and sheep farmers sheering their sheep (on bottom)

These are medium sized paintings of pineapple and pears (on top) and desert cactus (on bottom)

This is a medium sized painting of local dancers in Uruguay

These are two calypso style dancers (on top) and a farmer feed his chickens (on bottom)

For pricing information or to purchase Judith's paintings, email Judith directly here

Dorian Gray's Parlor by Marcy Brennan

Dorian Gray's Parlor - Acrylic on 20"x16"x1.5" gallery canvas - $150

This is a painting I did for the Art Mundo Loft Gallery Dorian Gray show for July. Dorian Gray was a character in a book by Oscar Wilde.  The gallery was filled with all kinds of great art interpretations of the book.  It is up until Aug 6.  Art Mundo is located at 111 Orange Ave, downtown Fort Pierce.  Stop by to view this really interesting show.

This painting is for sale until only Aug 14th.  If it doesn't sell by then, I will paint over it with an abstract.  So grab while you can at this price if this is your thing!

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Buy Now $150.00 USD Option 2 $150.00 USD Option 3 $150.00 USD

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These are a few of the paintings in the show:

Saskia Fuller's Acrylic on brown paper titled "Edgar" next to my painting

Charles Blake's painting and local high school cellist at the show's opening earlier this month

Secret Garden 6 by Marcy Brennan

Secret Garden 6 - Acrylic on 16"x20"x1.5" Gallery Wrap Canvas - $350

This is part of my Secret Garden series of abstract paintings.  I was thinking of a summer garden full of roses, bouquets for weddings and tall vases of flowers and glorious scents when I was painting this.  The 1.5" canvas edge is painted white.

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Secret Garden 5 by Marcy Brennan

Secret Garden 5 - Acrylic on 16"x20"x1.5" Gallery Wrap Canvas - $350

This painting is part of my Secret Garden series.  I was imagining lavender fields in Provence when painting this.  It has the feel of a beautiful summer day in the midst of a lavender field, filled with the beautiful scents of lavender and feeling sunshine all around.  The edge of the 1.5" canvas is painted white.

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RIP Ryan Duffy

 

My precious, courageous grandson Ryan Duffy passed away yesterday after a lifetime battle with Hunter Syndrome. He fought valiantly for 17 years. He is truly my hero along with his wonderful parents, Stephanie (my daughter) and Joe (my son-in-law). God couldn't have placed this child with better parents. They've been an inspiration to all of us as has Ryan. He never complained. He just soldiered on every single day. We will forever miss our little man and cherish him in our hearts. Rest in peace sweet angel.

I'm Featured on Saatchi Art's Home Page Again!

Coral Reef 1 - Featured by Saatchi Online Art Gallery

I'm thrilled to again be a featured artist on Saatchi Art's "Affordable Originals Collection" here. 

 

This honor is yet another validation that I'm on the right track with my oil and cold wax paintings!  I love the process and challenge of this medium!

 

This painting is 20"x20"x2" on a cradled birch panel.  A cradled panel looks like a gallery wrap canvas on the front.  But it's made out of wood, not canvas.  I have left the wood sides natural and just put a few coats of polycrylic on them to protect them.

 

This painting is available for sale here 

Secret Garden 4 by Marcy Brennan

Secret Garden 4 - Acrylic on 16"x20"x1.5" Gallery Wrap Canvas - $350

This is part of my Secret Garden series and much more abstract than the others.  But it has lots of movement and colors of a summer garden.  The 1.5" deep canvas edges are painted white.

Buy the original here

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Secret Garden 3 by Marcy Brennan

Secret Garden 3 - Acrylic on 20"x20"x1.5" Gallery Wrap Canvas - $350

This is another in my Secret Garden series of six paintings.  While it is an abstract painting, it has lots of yummy flower and foliage colors of a summer garden.  The edges of the 1.5" deep canvas are painted white.

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Secret Garden 2 by Marcy Brennan

Secret Garden 2 - Acrylic on 20"x20"x1.5" Gallery Wrap Canvas - $350

This painting is part of six Secret Garden series of paintings.  It's full of the beautiful colors of a summer garden filled with flowers.  While it's still an abstract painting, the viewer can envision light and dark pink roses in this painting.  The 1.5" deep edges are painted white.

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Secret Garden 1 by Marcy Brennan

Secret Garden 1 - 20"x20"x1.5" Acrylic on Gallery Wrap Canvas - $350

This painting is part of my Secret Garden series of six paintings.  It's full of the beautiful colors of a summer garden filled with flowers.  While it's still an abstract painting, the viewer can envision roses, lilies and other flowers of their choosing in this painting. The 1.5" deep canvas edges are painted white.

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East End Arts National Juried Show

I was just notified via Google Alerts that I received some press on my first place award in the East End Arts Gallery Third Annual Juried Art Show in Riverhead, NY.

http://riverheadnewsreview.timesreview.com/2014/07/56150/artbeat-photo-exhibit-library-shows-and-more/

"Balancing Act" and "Lake Dreams" are the two oil and cold wax paintings juried into the show.

Sun Kissed Hills by Marcy Brennan

Sun Kissed Hills - 8" x 8" oil on canvas panel - $100

This is one in a series of three limited palette paintings I did on 8" x 8" canvas panels with a palette knife.  It is an abstracted imaginary landscape of my concept of rolling hills in Tuscany with the warm kiss of the sun on the fields.

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Where the Wind Goes by Marcy Brennan

Where the Wind Goes - 8"x8" oil on canvas panel - $100

This is an imaginary landscape I painted using a limited palette of yellow, purple and green.  I added some pops of red for the flowers.  It ended up looking rather wind-swept, thus the name.

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Monet's Garden by Marcy Brennan

Monet's Garden - 8"x8" oil on canvas panel - $100

This started as a total abstract painting with a limited palette of yellow, purple and green using a palette knife.  I was actually painting it one way, and when I turned it 90 degrees, it looked like Monet's garden.  So I added a little red for flowers and a few finishing touches, and voila! It's an abstracted Monet's garden.  That's what they call a "happy accident" in the art world. ;-)

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