Showing posts with label painting title. Show all posts
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Monday, August 31, 2009

Some Titles for My New Paintings

Whimsical Womb II
Acrylic on Wood
Framed 27" x 35"

I'm putting final touches on my paintings today because my show Opens this Friday and I'm supposed to bring all my paintings down to the gallery tomorrow by 3. I've also been titling my paintings over the last few weeks as I completed them. I thought I would share with you some of the titles and here is a link to the images on the Tumalo Art Co. website>

1. Twilight Garden
2. Red Sky Rains Gifts II
3. We Traveled in a Whirlwind
4. Fly with Joy
5. Day and Night, My Loves Delight
6. The Night was like Jeweled Magic
7. I Promise You'll See the Sun Again
8. Follow Me into the Night
9. Sheltering Deep Roots
10. My Tree has a Dream Window
11. My Treehouse has a Magic Carpet
and a Window to the Stars
12. Swing and Dream
13. Peace in Jeweled Skies
14. I Love the Seasons
15. Dream Toucher
16. Whimsical Womb II
17. My Family Plays with Color
18. Some Learned to Fly
19. One Played While the Others Flew
20. Basking in Moonlight
21. One Raven Looked to Another


Posted by Lindy Gaskill at 7:41 PM 4 comments
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Friday, July 31, 2009

Original Acrylic Orange Painting and some Orange Symbolism


I was watching this really gorgeous sunset last night from our deck and it got me thinking about color! I love the way the orange melts into the blue...it was really beautiful! And so I was thinking about the color Orange. Which reminded me of an older painting that I have which is for sale and hasn't sold yet. It's got a lot of orange in it. Maybe because it is unframed people have a hard time visualizing how lovely this painting would be in their home. I'll put a sample of it below and frame it in Photoshop so you can see what it might look like framed. I call it the "Orange Painting". It's real title is "The Growing Season" but I like to call it by it's nickname just because I like the orange in it! All the colors are really vibrant with some nice texture.If you would like to see more detail or buy this painting, email me.
"The Growing Season"
Acrylic on Paper
Image Size 20" x 24"
$575 Unframed
(frame and matt above are for viewing only)


I use a lot of orange in my paintings as well as yellows and orange reds. What is the symbolism behind the color orange? About.com says "It denotes energy, warmth, and the sun. But orange has a bit less intensity or aggression than red, calmed by the cheerfulness of yellow." Colorwheelpro.com says, "Orange represents enthusiasm, fascination, happiness, creativity, determination, attraction, success, encouragement, and stimulation. And it "increases oxygen supply to the brain, producing an invigorating effect, and stimulates mental activity". See, if this were up on your wall, you would be having more oxygen supplied to your brain from looking at it. :) I'm going to have to do some color study. I find it fascinating how color can affect our moods and stimulate mental activity!

Posted by Lindy Gaskill at 5:05 PM 0 comments
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Tuesday, June 23, 2009

Titles and Poetry For My Art

I've been asked how do I title my paintings? Sometimes the title comes before and some times after a painting. My paintings inspire me but so do words! A snippet from a conversation, a line from a song, a poem I've read. Words are everywhere! They consume us with thoughts, they're in advertising, they help us communicate! But the most inspiring words to me are those that have a lyrical quality. Like a poem perhaps.

Some favorite painting titles of mine are "She Pinned Things To The Earth, So They Wouldn't Follow Her Around", "View For Two Under The Moon", "He Felt The Light Go To His Heart", "She Built Her Nest With Flowers and Bits of Sky".

There is a funny story that goes with one title. I was showing an image to a friend of mine and she said something, and I thought she said something else, which wasn't what she said at all! I thought she said, "She Was Charmed by His Weaving". Nope. I was totally off! We laughed. BUT, I loved the words and decided that would be a perfect title for one of my small bird paintings I had just finished.


Awhile ago I decided I wanted to create a book of my paintings to go with some of the poetry that I've read and written and also that some of my friends have wrote. The book is still in the works. But I thought I would share this wonderful poem written by James Jordan, a customer who purchased one of my paintings and then commissioned me for another. Upon seeing and reading the title of my raven painting below, he was inspired to write a poem. His wife Catherine was the editor and the poem is below.

The Owl Wouldn't But The Raven Would

'Twas a dark night in Ravenwood
The night when Owl came out to call
Why did Owl go to Ravenwood?
To meet the Raven dark and tall

Croaked Raven to Owl "What's afoot?"
Hooted Owl "There's dark arising
And evil ones have come to moot,
Ravenwood's peace they're threat'ning."

"Behold! The flocks in panic fly,
And smoldering trees turn to smoke,
As fire burns bright in the sky."
Raven shrugged his feathery cloak.

Soon Raven asked with heavy sigh
"What to the flocks does this bird owe?
My warrior days no longer nigh,
Why tell me of this tale of woe?"

Owl gestured at the huddled trees
"Would you see this fair wood dead?
Turn your back and take your ease?"
Raven bowed his grizzled head.

"Heroes must stand forth" Owl hooted
"Who else to save fair Ravenwood?
Who else to brave the darklings mooted?"
The Owl wouldn't, but the Raven would.

-- Poem written by James Jordan

Posted by Lindy Gaskill at 7:53 AM 1 comments
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