Thursday, December 17, 2009

Yellow Green Cityscape

17x23 mixed media on paper. This piece is really BRIGHT! I could have titled it Tropical Cityscape! I had Caribbean colors in mind. The red is a good contrast I think. I also liked using a bit of brown in this as well.

Monday, December 14, 2009

Chartreuse Hills One

10x14 watercolor with pastel and charcoal on paper. I woke up with this idea! I get my best ideas in the early morning. Inspired by the great artist Calder I guess! I am planning some more of these. They come together very fast. There is another one with these colors that could be a companion for this one.

Thursday, December 10, 2009

Futura City Five

10x14 watercolor with pastel and charcoal on paper. Another space abstract that goes well with the others. Once again, I would love to see an institution like the Jet Propulsion Laboratory hang these in their offices! BUT, they probably have all those stunningly beautiful galaxy and star photographs hanging everywhere! I can't compete with those!

Tuesday, December 8, 2009

November Sky Six by Carol Engles

8x10 watercolor with pastel on paper. Colors to reflect a stormy day in the Southwest.

Wednesday, December 2, 2009

Futura City Four

10x14 watercolor with pastel and charcoal on paper. Another "space" painting! These are kind of crazy, huh? My husband keeps trying to see what I am doing with these. He sees objects suspended and "space roads" What do you see? It's a professional secret - I won't tell you what I see! HA!

Monday, November 30, 2009

Coral Horizon One by Carol Engles

8x10 watercolor with pastel and charcoal on paper. I thought this was an interesting color combination - coral or peach with green. I like to rotate my work between the primary colors and the complimentary ones. I also, once again, find my self unable to to get away from charcoal and line - it keeps pulling me in!

Sunday, November 29, 2009

Pink Sky

5x7 watercolor with pastel. Ok,Ok, I know these are Spring colors and I wouldn't see this landscape looking out my studio window on a November day, but I was in the mood for this. I always find abstract landscapes relaxing. As I have said before, they aren't as demanding as my geometric abstracts. Hopefully, they convey a sense of peace and relaxation to you as well.