Electric Portraits

                                                                           SOLID
                                                                 Acrylic on Hardboard
                                                                       10 x 8 inches
                                                                         Carol Yap

Anyone need their portrait painted? I have completed three portrait paintings in the last week and it's given me confidence to continue. This fine gentleman above is my Great Grandfather who passed before I was born. I do know this about him that he loved dark, strong coffee and worked hard from dusk to dawn for his family. Hopefully this shows in the painting? I think the energy is present at least. I will move forward onto the next fourth portrait.

I've listed a few more recent acrylic paintings for sale online at Saatchi Art. You can view my painting there by this link. There are many artists there that have been through art school. Since I didn't go to Art School there is a bit of white empty space in that box area. Gah. I will work hard and try to fill my portfolio with great art. I do believe that art is alot about emotions mixed with color and composition, brushwork, etc. Emotions I understand. Color I understand. It's funny because there are no two artists "exactly" alike. With every painting I create it's like weaving Emotions, Color, Brushwork, (or texture) and composition together by my internal creative genius. Some days present some days hiding. Everyone is born with one inside. We just have to wake it up and make it work, work, work.              

Seven O'Clock Painting

                                                                        Seven O'Clock

                                                                            Acrylic
                                                                          Carol Yap

I've had a crush on teal and orange for a bit now. Teal always represents the tropics for me like Tahiti, Fiji and those faraway-warm-South-Pacific places. Then there are the beautiful vintage Mexican wedding dresses in teal that are striking, too. A teal tablecloth, flowers and fruit are the next best thing to the balmy, beach. Who can pass up flowers? 

This painting is titled Seven O'Clock because that is when the first rays shine through the window lately.  I used a  8 x 10-inch hardboard panel, acrylics and a palette knife. Every small painting I paint I feel like I see a little growth. Do any of you see it? No need to answer that!  It is for sale now with Saatchi Art. It is such a joy to paint. Sure we might have a little frustration, but we figure it out, and sail on.    

PleinAir Salon Contest

Reminder to all artists.  There are only a few more days left to enter the annual PleinAir Salon Contest. Grand Prize is $15,000. That should get everyone's attention. It surely got mine. There are also First, Second and Third prizes as well.  It's only $35. to enter first painting and $15. for each painting entered therafter. Just what exactly are the judges looking for? Find out here. Exciting! Deadline is March 15th at midnight. I'm hoping to enter.

Here is the link to submit photographs of your best outdoor paintings. Winning art gets featured on the front of PleinAir Magazine plus you will get to stand center stage in Monterey, California in April and receive check and mingle shoulder to shoulder to some of the best Plein Air painters around. Sublime.

Contemporary Art

                                                           
                                                                     Work in Progress
                                                           
                                                                 Contemporary Painting


My first cityscape painting in progress with a palette knife. The sunset makes little things here and there glow like at no other time of the day.  The bright under painting helps me not to forget my mission. This painting is more of a study for a much larger one, but it is my first and I have much to learn. I might be getting a bit more painting in as the forecast this morning said we could get 6-10 inches of snow tonight.  Not really a shocker. My phone has been delivering similar texts almost daily for the last month.

Here is some inspiration from Eli Klein in New York, "Negative feelings from viewers of an exhibition are often indicators of a successful show. It's much better for the audience to leave thinking about the artwork, even in a negative way, than with no emotional response at all." Don't you love this?

Table Conversation Art

Table Conversation

Acrylic

Carol Yap

This red coffee cup is from United Airlines It really has been around the world a few times. My mother had sang praises about them to the stewardess. Just the right size, shape and weight. She has never liked large coffee mugs, but then she doesn't need coffee daily like her daughter.  The stewardess said she could keep it if she liked since they were changing over at that time to different cups.     

I used a palette knife for this painting for an expressionist and impressionistic feel. This past week I managed to get up a Carol Yap Facebook account. Hop over to visit.  We've been hit with cold weather and snow here on the East Coast. Shoveling again. I have coffee. I am fine.  

Carol Yap Artist

Palette Knife Painting

                                                                       
                                                                      Mesmerized
                                                                     8 x 10 inches
                                                                        Acrylic    
                                                                           
My name is Carol Yap. My heart is so full of good things that I want to share them on canvas.
For me the best way to do this is with palette knives.
I like paintbrushes both little and big and every type.
You see, the difference is that I adore palette knifes.Why, you ask?My mind cannot worry about the small details.It is free....to flow...and simply express itself.And sometimes I have a lot to say with paint.Painting is like dancing in the rain.I am not so aware of my surroundingsas I am of my emotions. 

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