Day 12 of the 30 Paintings in 30 days Challenge

Energy is the name of this new series.  I thought I would start with some quotes about energy from different perspectives.

Energy Part I by April M Rimpo

UNIVERSE - John Muir, "Climb the mountains and get their good tidings. Nature's peace will flow into you as sunshine flows into trees. The winds will blow their own freshness into you, and the storms their energy, while cares will drop away from you like the leaves of Autumn.”

PHILOSOPHY - Aristotle, "The energy of the mind is the essence of life.” 

ART -  Sir Kenneth Clark, "Energy is eternal delight; and from the earliest times human beings have tried to imprison it in some durable hieroglyphic. It is perhaps the first of all the subjects of art."

HEALTH - Ilchi Lee, "The energy of life entering and leaving your body flows evenly throughout the universe. With that current, the mind of the cosmos communicates with all things.” 

It always fun for me to look at my paintings with fresh eyes ignoring my original intent.  I find I can do this when looking at a photograph of the painting, but not when looking at the original.  Maybe this is like looking at a painting in the mirror; it helps me separate myself and be more objective.  In Energy Part I I see stormy clouds over a landscape of receding mountains. I guess the UNIVERSE quote fits best with what I am seeing. What do you see?

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Day 11 of the 30 Paintings in 30 Days Challenge - Chickadee

Switching it up for Sunday.  I decided to go with something different today. 

Chickadee by April M Rimpo

We are lucky to have a number of little birds that visit our bird feeder throughout the year.  The Chickadee is a regular year round. I've loved these little guys since I was a child in Massachusetts and am happy to have them here in Maryland as well.  This little guy is holding a seed and about to peck it.

Chickadee

5" X 5" fluid acrylic on a 2" deep cradle Aquabord

$95 - SOLD

I enjoy working on these deep cradle platforms since after varnishing the painting is ready to go.

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Day 10 of the 30 Day Challenge - Perception

 Perception IV finishes up the quadriptych, which is shown below  the image of the fourth panel.

Perception IV by April M Rimpo

When I first looked at Perception IV (above) I saw a triangle with a flag on top.  Not my goal, so like the Day 9 painting I added some "galaxy swirls" and the triangle seemed to receed into the background.  I am always fascinated how such a simple change can alter how some other part of the painting looks. I did nothing to actually mute or alter the triangular shape.  

I wonder how many other shapes people might see in these paintings. Taking another look at my own paintings, I now see musical notes on a staff in the middle bottom painting in the image below. What do you see?

Looking at the full composition below, you might notice that the panel above is oriented in a different direction compared to the complete Perception quadriptych. In fact the panel on the lower right was also rotated in the Day 9 post. I wanted to make the point that the individual abstracts can be hung in whatever orientation you like. You are not bound to hang them to form the figure in the forward lunge pose. I'm actually starting to think it might not be a bad idea to turn the panels in different directions when I paint them so I don't get too hung up on the figure.

Perception by April M Rimpo

Perception

Fluid Acrylic
composed of four 8" X 8" gallery wrapped and varnished paper panels

Dimensions as laid out above 17" X 25"

$625

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In an earlier post I mentioned combining poses to create a larger composition. Here is one example how the first three poses could be combined. This montage is called Beginnings.

Beginnings combines
Inspiration, Stability, and Perception by April M Rimpo

  

Beginnings
34" X 38"
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Links to posts on each completed yoga pose:

• Inspiration - Acceptance, expression, trust, supernatural 
• Stability - Survival, self-sufficiency, stability, lively, and confident
• Perception - Emotional and mental intelligence, intuition, psychic, and super-natural (Sun Salutation - Lunge)
• Energy - Warm, personal power, self esteem, willfulness, and energy (Sun Salutation - Cobra pose)
• Devotion - Clairvoyance, psychic senses, selflessness, devotion (Sun Salutation - Downward Facing Dog)
• Awakening - Awaken, love, compassion, acceptance, trust, growth, renewal, and peaceful with inner strength (Sun Salutation - first and last pose)

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