splash, splash....

'Pool Side Three'

Gouache on 8" x 10" 140lb. watercolor paper

Ready to frame.

May be purchased from my website, here or by contacting me:

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If you have just happened upon my blog, this is the third painting in my figurative abstract category, the pool side series.  This one is of our daughter, Emma as a toddler playing in the backyard pool.  Gouache is a medium a lot like watercolors only opaque giving more of a flat appearance.  This type of painting would be matted and framed under glass for protection from the elements.

This morning I was reading a blog, that I found inspiring for cleaning out all that studio clutter.   If your an artist you know exactly what I'm talking about.  It's a lot like cleaning out a closet.  I have to work myself into the right mood, because I have a tendency to think to myself "oh, I'll use that one day or never know when I might need that" etc.,   So, if your like me and need that inspiration read this blog.

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Elizabeth Chapman

Contemporary Abstract Artist

summer days......

'Pool Side Two'

Gouache on 9" x 12" paper, $75.00


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I'm getting ahead of myself painting and behind with posting.  Here is the second pool side painting in this new series from a vintage photo of my mom, dad and grandmother in 1962.  It all started when I posted the first one, not sure of a title, I asked for suggestions.  Carol Engles suggested the pool side series and title them one, two, three, etc...,  The first one has sold and on it's way to Jacksonville, Florida to be added to a collection.  I am excited about these and will continue on with them.  If anyone has any photos you would like to send my way?!

Last night was Friday night art walk....and we  did a last minute hang job at a salon/spa where my daughter-in-law Sarah works, Blue Skies Hair Art Studio, next to the Randy Bacon Studio.  I also have  large abstract paintings hanging at the Springfield/Branson Sky Gallery (airport), John Q. Hammons University Plaza Hotel and the Springfield Arts Council member's show.

With all these large ones out, I am feeling like it's time to work on another one, perhaps layers and with reds, could it be a fall prelude....we'll see were that goes~

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Elizabeth Chapman
Contemporary Abstract Artist

side by side.....

'Flux Flow'

Acrylic on 16" x 20" x 3/4" canvas 

Available $200.00

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Playful and fun!  See  the orange bird in the top right hand corner?!  I am often surprised to find things in a painting after it has been photographed.  That is when I saw this bird and imagined it flying across the blue side, maybe that is  a nest, trees, stepping stones, a window....just let your imagination soar.  What do you see?  A good conversation piece!!

 

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Elizabeth Chapman

Contemporary Abstract Painter

there's nothing like family.....

'Sister Style'

Acrylic on 35"H x 60"W x 1.5" canvas

Commission
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THANK YOU!!  Ena

Finished!! and will be shipped to it's new home in Louisiana  this week!  This is a commission in which I was asked to do a painting similar to a previous one, "Spree" (now in Canada) only larger.   My prep work consisted of going back and remembering what I was thinking when I painted this, to hopefully catch that same mood and technique that I had used.  I pulled out only those jars of color that were used in Spree and selected the same music, Cat Stevens.  Then when all was ready, the work began....

What was I thinking as I was painting this one?....Well, that is how the title came to be...I thought about how closely this one was resembling the first one "Spree" (good since that was what was requested) and how closely they are related, much like sisters.  Which of course made me think of our two beautiful daughters, Elsie Larson and Emma Chapman, sisters, best friends and owners of Red Velvet. My thoughts of how similar they have always been and yet how different as well... 

Here they are in a new feature they have added to their blog..."Sister Style"

As I was cleaning out my closet this weekend, I found these moccasins of the girls when they were three and five years old.

Thanks  for the inspiration that you have given to this new painting "Sister Style"...

Love you both so much!!

XOXO MOM

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Contemporary Abstract Artist

A new day....

'Morning Light'

Contemporary Floral Abstract

ORIGINAL

Mixed Media 9" x 12" watercolor paper

Ready to frame

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Each morning brings light, a new beginning and overlays of hope for the day.  This painting began as a watercolor painting but soon became a mixed media with gouache and acrylic paint.  Layer upon layer....

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Contemporary Abstract Painter

Faith, Contemporary Abstract Painting by Elizabeth Chapman

'Faith'

Acrylic on 24" x 30" x 1.5"

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 As I was painting this abstract I was thinking about how it is so important for ME to BELIEVE in the art making process and that there will be a beautiful painting.  It is so easy to get wrapped up in thoughts that come from the world, rather than allowing myself to be totally engulfed in child like faith.  The result here was a bright and colorful abstract with a child like feeling, playing and having fun.

Elizabeth Chapman

Contemporary Abstract Artist

what can I say...

'Pool Side One'

Gouache on 8" x 11" 140lb. watercolor paper


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I've been playing lately with gouache paints which are a lot like watercolors only opaque.  The first time that I painted with them they reminded of my experience with having worked with oils in college.  Must be something about the way they can be moved around and their opaqueness.  This painting was working from a photograph of my mother and her sister sitting by the pool side.  A vintage picture in which my intent was for it to be a loose colorful figurative abstract....and it was but then something happened and it got really loose!!  (sorry mom)  But, I LOVE it!!! I'm not able to explain what it is that I am enjoying about it.  So, what can I can say....

Any ideas for a title??

Thanks Carol!! Read comment to see how this one was titled.

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Elizabeth Chapman

Contemporary Abstract Artist

what's your vibrational plane.....

'Resonate'

Acrylic on 24" x 48" x 1.5" canvas

Available 

Layers, layers and more layers would describe the approach that I took with this painting.  I worked on it everyday last week gradually building up the layers creating depth and richness of color.  I also played around much more with detailing, using found objects in the studio for printing shapes. It has not been signed yet, as so many of my online images are left, because many times I decide a painting isn't finished until after I see the image of it.  In this case, it is finished...... and will now be signed and sealed.

In it's beginning stage....

I have a commission that I will be working on this week and am expecting the canvas to arrive for it any day.  This will be a painting that will be displayed over a fireplace and had specific measurements, (35" x 60") so a special order canvas is being made.  In the meantime, I have been pondering my approach to it as it will be much like a previous painting "Spree". (which just recently went to Canada)

When I am working on a commission in which I am given a specific painting, colors, preferences, etc there is a lot of visual thinking that I do before ever approaching the canvas taking into consideration all that I have been given.  I watched a documentary in which Jackson Pollack spent months sitting in a corner just looking at a huge blank  canvas before painting it in a day. All of this preparation and thinking is counted as part of the painting time which is very necessary for a successful commission. 

So, if you are looking for a higher plane of vibration for your space,  contact me!

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Elizabeth Chapman

Contemporary Abstract Artist

   

a picture is worth a thousand words......

'Soft Tide'

Acrylic on 12" x 12" canvas panel

SOLD

"Let the painting speak for itself"  -Henri Mattisse

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Elizabeth Chapman

Contemporary Abstract Painter

today's painting......

"Montage"

Mixed Media on 11" x 16" 140lb. watercolor paper

Ready to frame

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Today's painting evolved from a watercolor painting  to layering with gouache and then acrylic to it's finale charcoal gesturally lines.   Along the way there was some playing with new tools scraping through and creating intriguing lines and textures. 

Elizabeth Chapman

Contemporary Abstract Artist

Please visit my website to see a full portfolio of both large and small abstracts....here

John Q. Hammons University Plaza Hotel reception today.....

Contemporary Abstract Painting

'Aver'

16" x 20" x 3/4" canvas, $200.00

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A couple of pics of the art work being shown at the John Q. Hammons University Plaza Center, in Springfield, Mo.  We attended the opening reception for this event today.  The center painting in this pic is "Regale".  To read press release, click here.

It is such a nice hotel that I wanted to include it in the pics.  In the center distance of this one is "Axiom" and "New Dawn".

Elizabeth Chapman

Contemporary Abstract Artist

sweetest thing.....

'Sweet Thing'

Acrylic on 16" x 20" x 3/4" canvas, $150.00

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Out picking cherries this morning with my SWEET grand-daughter....actually she's been out picking them each time she's out to visit only this time they are actually ripe and ready.  We know have a large bowl to pit and then.....cherry smoothies!!!

 looking them over....

perfect...there's one!

Sweet!!

Elizabeth Chapman

Contemporary Abstract Artist

Website: www.melizabethchapman.artspan.com

hardest job you'll ever love....

'Fresh Bouquet'

Acrylic 16" x 20" x 3/4" canvas

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Being a mother and raising kids is the hardest job you'll ever have, but will always be remembered as the one you loved the most.   We had three kids that were each approximately three years apart,  Elsie, Emma and Doren.  These children were the greatest gifts a mother could have ever received and I am very thankful for them.   .....and now we are so blessed to have a most precious grand-daughter!

Last week she spent three days with us....she has quite the imagination and we have so much fun playing....it's not always easy, but YES, it is another hardest job you'll ever love!

 "let MiMa take your picture"

"There you are!"

Happy Mother's Day!

with much love...Elizabeth




Elizabeth Chapman

Missouri Contemporary Abstract Artist

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New Dawn, ORIGINAL Contemporary Abstract, Palette Knife Painting by Elizabeth Chapman

'New Dawn'

Acrylic Palette Knife Painting

40"H x 30"W x 1.5" 

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Elizabeth Chapman

Missouri Contemporary Abstract Artist