100 paintings in one year.
It sounds like a lot of work. And it is.
Mostly joyful, sometimes frustrating, always intriguing. The experience of finishing 100 small works on paper as part of Flora Bowley and Lynzee Lynx’s online Fresh Paint* course helped me develop my daily art practice, find my own style and build my confidence as an intuitive artist, while still working long hours in my full-time job. In fact, doing this work helped me get through what was a gruelling 12 months professionally.
Here are some of my favourite pieces, created between April 2020 and April 2021. I hope they may inspire you.
*Fresh Paint is a big chunk of my work and development as an artist to date, so I freely share this information with anyone who is interested. If you decide to take the Fresh Paint course yourself, please consider purchasing it through one of the links on this page to support my art business, via Flora’s affiliate program. Thank you!
Desert Sun (2020) 21 x 21 cm. Acrylic and metallic pencil on paper. NFS
Oasis (2020) 21 x 21 xm. Acrylic, paint marker, gel pen and metallic pencil on paper. NFS
Kookaburra Sits (2020) 21 x 21 cm. Acrylic, paint pen and pigment ink fine liner on paper. Published in "Fresh Paint: Discover your unique creative style through 100 small mixed-media paintings" (2021) Flora Bowley & Lynzee Lynx, Quarry Books. NFS
Dream (2020) 21 x 21 cm. Acrylic, pigment ink fine liner and gel pen on paper. Private collection
Theatre (2020) 21 x 21 cm. Acrylic, gel pen & collage on paper. A page from Turn-of-the-Century Posters Coloring Book, Ed Sibbett Jr, Dover Publications Inc , New York 1978 (ISBN 0-486-23705-2) was used as collage paper in my Fresh Paint series, as permitted by the publisher. Private collection
Risk (2020) 21 x 21 cm. Acrylic, paint pen, gel pen, marker and collage on paper. A page from Turn-of-the-Century Posters Coloring Book, Ed Sibbett Jr, Dover Publications Inc , New York 1978 (ISBN 0-486-23705-2) was used as collage paper in my Fresh Paint series, as permitted by the publisher. Private collection
Each Tomorrow (2020) 21 x 21 cm. Acrylic, paint pen, gel pen, marker and collage on paper. Private collection
Perch (2020) 21 x 21 cm. Acrylic, paint pen, gel pen & collage on paper. A page from Turn-of-the-Century Posters Coloring Book, Ed Sibbett Jr, Dover Publications Inc , New York 1978 (ISBN 0-486-23705-2) was used as collage paper in my Fresh Paint series, as permitted by the publisher. SOLD
Moondance (2020) 21 x 21 cm. Acrylic, collage, oil pastel, gel pen and paint pen on paper. A page from Turn-of-the-Century Posters Coloring Book, Ed Sibbett Jr, Dover Publications Inc , New York 1978 (ISBN 0-486-23705-2) was used as collage paper in my Fresh Paint series, as permitted by the publisher. SOLD
Light as a feather (2021) 21 x 21 cm. Acrylic, collage, gel pen and paint pen on paper. SOLD
Unity (2021) 21 x 21 cm. Acrylic, collage, pastel pencil and pencil on paper. Private collection
Pride & Joy (2021) 21 x 21 cm. Acrylic, paint pen, gel pen, oil pastel, pencil, pastel pencil and collage on paper. Available
Flutter by (2021) 21 x 21 cm. Acrylic, gel pen and paint pen on paper. NFS
Wherever she goes (2021) 21 x 21 cm. Acrylic, collage, paint pen, gel pen and coloured ink-pencil on paper. A page from Turn-of-the-Century Posters Coloring Book, Ed Sibbett Jr, Dover Publications Inc , New York 1978 (ISBN 0-486-23705-2) was used as collage paper in my Fresh Paint series, as permitted by the publisher. NFS
Even the wind and waves (2021) 21 x 21 cm. Acrylic, collage & gel pen on paper. A page from Turn-of-the-Century Posters Coloring Book, Ed Sibbett Jr, Dover Publications Inc , New York 1978 (ISBN 0-486-23705-2) was used as collage paper in my Fresh Paint series, as permitted by the publisher. Private collection
Cityscape (2021) 21 x 21 cm. Acrylic, collage, gel pen, paint pen, coloured pencil and pastel pencil on paper. Available
Mystique (2021) 21 x 21 cm. Acrylic, paint pen, gel pen and collage on paper. NFS
Still (2021) 21 x 21 cm. Acrylic and paint pen on paper. Available
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