It never gets old being selected for the Northlight Publications' Best of Acrylic Painting series AcrylicWorks. Each year when the new Edition arrives I am thrilled to share it with friends and to add it to my bookshelf at home.
AcrylicWorks3: Creative Textures featured work that used either tactile textural approaches or the illusion of texture in the work. I had two paintings included: Moving Up and Struggles in the Southwest. I've included the images of the two pages for these paintings.
Since the text for Movement was on the left page, I've included the full page spread.
In each book the artist provides a short writeup about the paintings on inspiration and technique.
At right is the second painting in AcrylicWorks3: Celebrating Textures. I found my southwest paintings were the best subject to show how I create the illusion of texture. Crevices of rocks that provide handholds for the rock climber and the texture of the rocks in the mounds of each grave were perfect subjects.
AcrylicWorks4: Captivating Color included one of my paintings, Freight Yard, which continues to be a favorite of mine. This was likely the first time I decided to do the sky in a color other than blue. I spent a lot of time considering the color scheme of the painting to really emphasize the cranes and freight cars. A blue sky would have diminished the impact of this painting. I retained the texture of clouds but the pale yellow and brown with tiny hints of blue really makes this painting sing.
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| Freight Yard, 24" X 45" fluid acrylic by April M Rimpo |
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| Lanterns 24" X 18" Fluid Acrylic by April M Rimpo |
Lanterns is available at HorseSpirit Arts Gallery in Ellicott City, Maryland. The colors pop even more in person than they do in the image here. I repeated the colors of the lanterns on the shadowed sides of the building, using purple and other dark colors to build up the middle value and darkers areas. I love how the lanterns reflect in the glass, so I included those reflections in my rendering.
This painting was included in Courtney Jordon's article 25 Acrylic Paintings from 25 Top Artists.
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| Movement 25" X 18" Acrylic by April M Rimpo |
Movement is one of my tributes to the Triathlon that runs through our town each year. I love to photograph the cyclists and then portray them and their energy as they travel through our rural setting. When working on an abstract background, using bold values are essential to emphasize the rider. I so admire these athletes that I love to painting them.
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