Quick Study: Red Apple
This image is part of my “Quick Study” challenge. The first thing I do when I walk in the studio is grab a small canvas or board and sketch with paint for ten minutes—like stretching before running....
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Solo Series, No.3 This image is part of my “Quick Study” challenge.
View ArticleAphrodite
#FirstFridayArtWalk on G+ is open to all! I'm posting this as a submission to the #FirstFridayArtWalk, hosted by Samantha Villenave, on Google+.
View ArticleCommunion
I stopped painting for two years after my father died in 2009. This was the the canvas that reclaimed my creative spirit. Bach’s “Violin Concerto No. 1 in A Minor” paired with Gavin Bryars’ “Sinking of...
View ArticleSpiral Studies
These are just studies. I'll post more info along with the final piece. Enjoy!
View ArticleQuick Study: Twins
The original painting is the second image down. It was a little dark and lifeless for my taste. So I rescued it in Photoshop with a combination of Selective Color, Curves and Black a& White. I...
View ArticleEnchanted
Besides tests and studies, I've painted about six airbrush pieces. The first, Aphrodite, was an exciting accomplishment but I didn't spend enough time working out a technical methodology, rather, I...
View Article“The Green Vase” Accepted in to the 24th Annual Cinco Banderas Competition
"The Green Vase" makes a second appearance in the Artel Gallery! This time, the juror David Braly--the nationally recognized artist from Montgomery, AL--voted it into the Twenty-fourth Annual Cinco...
View Article“Gala One” is Purchased by the Cinco Banderas Permanent Collection–(Updated)
Friends, as of last Thursday night I have the honor of being a part of the Cinco Banderas Permanent Collection, at the Artel Gallery (@artelPensacola), in Pensacola, FL. Thank you, Artel Gallery!
View ArticleQuick Study: ceci n’est pas une pomme
This piece was a quick-study of using negative space boldly. After completion, the title “ceci n’est pas une pomme” (this is not an apple)—an alteration of Surrealist artist René Magritte’s statement,...
View ArticleOra Sento
"Ora Sento" is on display in the 2012 Members' Show, December 4, 2012 to January 4, 2013, at the Artel Gallery, Pensacola FL.
View ArticleThe Awakening
Happy New Year! An angel to help guide you into the New Year. May your Joy be infectious. May Creativity reign in your life. May Love keep you lightheaded.
View ArticleNettles
Follow me on Twitter @TerreBritton “Nettles” (c)2013, Acrylic on Canvas, 16″ x 19 3/4″ Stage 1: “Nettles” (c)2012, Acrylic on Canvas, 16″ x 19 3/4″ Based on this drawing from (c)1989, Graphite on...
View ArticlePickled Ginger
Although I’ve named these paintings “Faux-Rothko . . .,” these actually are not Rothko imitations. I’ve obviously used a formal resemblance, but that’s where it ends.
View ArticleGhost
Groans emanate from my studio when foreign particulate--dust, cat hair(!), and such--gets in my brush or on my canvas. Depending on how visually fresh or immediate the stroke is dictates the tone of...
View ArticleEggs & Onions
Work In Progress I seem to be allergic to detail--I refuse to think I'm incompetent--when I hold a paintbrush. Give me a digital stylus or pen and ink and I happily enter the dexterous realm of...
View ArticleQuick Study: Ugly Apple
Solo Series, No.4 This image is part of my Quick Study Series and part of my Quick Study Challenge. Enjoy!
View ArticleWayne Thiebaud. Pie Anyone?
I realize there is no "pie" on this page, --Wayne Thiebaud's signature images--but your taste buds will twitch as you consume the color and texture of these lovely details and you will certainly be...
View ArticleBegone Dull Care
This is a quick study inspired by my memory of this short film by Norman McLaren--the NFB-renowned Canadian (yeah!) animator and film director--that I saw in my UVic film studies class.
View ArticleDestined for Glass
Vertical Triptych This was the first series I ever created, many college-moons ago. Essentially, they are prototypes for a column of stained-glass windows behind the altar of a church. They could be...
View ArticleSpiegel im Spiegel
Seumas McNally (1979 to 2000) I knew Seumas as a sweet, giggly and brilliant child. He grew into his good nature and genius until, tragically, cancer stole him from us just after his 21st birthday, in...
View ArticleAngelfish I
Morning Study Not only are fish tasty but they are fascinating, and this morning, while surfing the net, this little beauty caught my eye.
View Article“All Things Holy”– An Art Exhibition, June 4 to July 12, 2013—(Updated)
Award Show I'm thrilled to invite you all to my first art exhibit: All Things Holy. I was awarded the honor of a solo exhibition when I won Best of Show for "The Green Vase," in September, 2012, at...
View Article“I See”
"I See" is a piece that is currently in the "All Things Holy" exhibition at Artel Gallery, Pensacola, FL. I will post the remaining images in the coming weeks. Until then, a complete list of images can...
View Articlebōs—the sacrifice
"bōs—the sacrifice" is a piece that is currently in the "All Things Holy" exhibition at Artel Gallery, Pensacola, FL. To my delight, on opening night, in the eyes of the crowd, this little guy became...
View ArticleI Am Orange V
"I Am Orange V" is a piece that is currently in the "All Things Holy" exhibition at Artel Gallery, Pensacola, FL.
View ArticleBehind the Scenes
"Behind the Scenes" is currently in the “All Things Holy” exhibition at Artel Gallery, Pensacola, FL.
View ArticleOrigin
"Origin" is currently in the “All Things Holy” exhibition at Artel Gallery, Pensacola, FL. This piece grew out of my digital spiral studies from last October. I'm still working out the best way to...
View Article“Gala One” on Display in the Annual Cinco Banderas Collection Exhibition
Just one year ago I had the honor of my work being added to the Cinco Banderas Permanent Collection, when the Cinco Banderas Foundation purchased my painting Gala One. The collection is now on display...
View ArticleThe Blue Madonna
This is a Cintiq Companion, digital manipulation and updated revision of the acrylic canvas Madonna of the Light—My Boy, from the All Things Holy art exhibition, in 2013. The All Things Holy art...
View ArticleSweet: Progression & Exploration of a Cupcake
This is a digital illustration using a Wacom Cintiq Companion.
View ArticleHappy Valentine’s Day
Happy Valentine's Day! Download a free high-resolution poster at the Jammie Cats’ site.
View ArticleBest of Show at Artel Gallery
What better way to begin a new blog than with celebratory news. This spring I discovered the Artel Gallery (@artelPensacola), in Pensacola, FL. I saw two amazing shows: the Women's Show and "Art As...
View ArticleQuick Study: Square Apples
I’m connected with the most amazing painter on Google Plus, +Lena Levin. She started a couple of challenges: “Chagall Challenge”: making a Chagall-inspired artwork (in any medium, traditional or...
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