Textural abstracts - 'Ravine' and 'Noon'

Here's the first of my two latest additions to my etsy shop - 'Ravine', in blues, violets, and purples, evoking water crashing in shadowy places between rocks.

And here's the second - 'Noon', in bismuth yellow, burnt siena, mars orange and yellow ochre. A hot painting on a very cold day here.

It was quite liberating doing these two highly textured gestural paintings. I have two more that I will add next week, once I've mounted them.
You can see these paintings at http://www.etsy.com/listing/92747018/ravine-small-original-painting-abstract and http://www.etsy.com/listing/92749194/noon-small-original-painting-abstract

Reflections - small abstracts

Two small (5 x 7 inches) abstract oil paintings on deep canvases based on the colours of reflections in the lake by the pinetum at Chatsworth. The shapes of reflections can be surprising - I found the curved areas of colour rather appealing. These paintings can be seen at http://www.etsy.com/listing/79875621/green-reflections-original-oil-painting and http://www.etsy.com/listing/79875783/yellow-reflections-original-oil-painting

Yellow tulips

I've been a bit remiss with my blog recently - here's my latest offering. This oil painting is based on a photograph of some tall-stemmed tulips in my garden, and I was interested in trying to capture the various overlapping facets formed by the petals and the way they caught the light. There's a surprising amount of a lime green in the petals, ranging to a sunny yellow. The neutral background, I hope, makes the petal colours sing.

You can see this at http://www.etsy.com/listing/70005069/yellow-tulips-original-oil-painting