"Where Oh Where" Abstract Landscapes by California Janet Bludau

12" x 12" Oil

$250

12" x 12"

Oil

I recently came back from a really enjoyable 4 day workshop by Marla Baggetta, a Portland based artist.  Marla's medium is primarily soft pastels but she uses a lot of acrylics also.  I found a kindred spirit:  I get teased about how many paths I paint and here was someone else who sure does paint a lot of paths!  I came home and painted this on board with oil, instead of paper with soft pastels.  Our "styles" are different.  She has a beautiful, loose, free way with her work.  That is also one of the reasons I wanted to learn from her.  I am always wanting to loosen up, as are most artists I know.  Its wonderful to incorporate a few new techniques or, what I have especially liked are the words that come to me from prior classes.  "What If" came to me with this piece and I started scraping  the blue paint back to the red.  At the end of the day though, when you line a group of paintings up, you will most likely know which painting belongs to which painter.  Mine typically have that contemporary, angular style.

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Contemporary acrylic landscape, "Marshes at Grizzly Island"

"Marshes at Grizzly Island, acrylic on paper

15" x 22", available

unframed; presented in mat, with backing board

$300

contact me H E R E  for questions, comments or to purchase

This is my first post with Landscape Artists International, so I thought I'd begin with my most recent painting, above.  I love to paint in acrylic on paper - it's very spontaneous!  I also work in oil on canvas, as well as acrylic on canvas.   More on my work, styles and exhibits may be found on my website:  

Lynne Cunningham, Artist

I paint on location, travel, and visit current art exhibits throughout California.  My travels take me beyond California occasionally,  most often within the Western states of the U.S.  I recently returned to home (Northern California) from an artist residency in southern Wyoming, where I was in residence for the month of August at Brush Creek Arts Foundation, Saratoga, Wyoming.   My art news and current events are found on my blog ~ I'll be posting more frequently now that my summer travels are over and I'm back in the studio:  

Paintbox Journal, my blog

Abstract Landscape by California Janet Bludau "Sacramento River Delta"

6" x 12"
$125

This recent oil is painted on a 3/8" thick board which can be hung as is or sits nicely on a small easel which I will provide you!  The colors are very calm - none are very brightly contrasted.  Thank you for visiting our Landscape Paintings Site!

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Abstract Umbrella Pals, Contemporary Landscape by California Janet Bludau

9" x 12"

Oil on Gallery Wrapped Canvas

In celebration of our upcoming summer season!

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Low Tide 10" x 10" Palette Knife Abstract Landscape by California Artist Janet Bludau

Bits of red underpainting show through.  This painting is a combination of palette knife and brushwork.

The Newport Beach Back Bay was my inspiration for this painting.  

The bay changes its look often as the tide goes in and out.  Also depending on the season (yes, California DOES have seasons!) you may find it quite colorful!

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Back Bay Design #2 Large Oil Paintings of the Newport Beach California Back Bay in Abstract Contemporary Style

48" x 48"

Oil on Gallery Wrapped Canvas

SOLD

This is the second of two commissioned pieces for a local interior designer.

She was a pleasure to work with.  I was given some color preferences and told she wanted abstract landscapes with both thick and thin paint.  She wanted the landscapes to be different, of course, yet to compliment each other.  The first piece was posted about a week ago.

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Back Bay Design #1 Large Oil Paintings of the Newport Beach California Back Bay in Abstract Contemporary Style

48" x 48"

Oil on Gallery Wrapped Canvas

This painting was commissioned by a local interior designer for her own home.

She met with me and explained that she wanted two pieces that would hang 

 side by side in the staircase of her beautiful home.

We discussed the palette, general composition and general

"feel" of the painting.

My client mentioned liking the abstract quality of my work and she also had noticed 

that I often left some underpainting showing through and liked that.

In other areas, she wanted thicker paint (thus the PALETTE KNIFE!)

Anyway...... we worked together, meeting several times and here is the first painting!