Trees and More Goodies

It has been such a pleasure to spend so much time painting in the last month. I really feel like I’m integrating all I’ve learned into my own unique way of creating with acrylics.

I’m no longer spending all my time cross-legged on the floor, however, like I had been all summer.  The body talked, and I’m listening.  As soon as I finish this blog, I’ll be going walking for a few hours before dinner at friends’.  This marks the end of another chapter in the studio.  I’ve completed all but one of these canvases, and that one has asked that I wait a little longer before it tells me what it would like to become.  It may join the others at the exhibition I’ll be setting up tomorrow at Soothe Spa in downtown St. John’s, but not just yet. You’ve already seen quite a few in previous blog posts, but here are the others.

Go to my shop to see all available originals and reproductions.

Trees:

I’ve been painting stylized representations of trees for years – I gave a presentation on their symbolism during the opening of my exhibition “Treedom” at Eastern Edge Gallery back in 2013.  They continue to call me – both in the nature around me and in my studio.

1- The Forest For the Trees  – 9″ x 12″ (acrylics & glass beads on canvas)

“The Forest for the Trees” – 9″ x 12″ Mixed media on gallery-wrapped canvas: acrylics & glass beads. To purchase, please contact me via my webpage at www.DominiqueHurley.com or www.facebook.com/DominiqueHurleyArt

2.  Sweet Harmony  – 12″ x 16″ (acrylics & granular gel on canvas)

“Sweet Harmony” – SOLD- 12″ x 16″ Acrylics & granular gel on gallery-wrapped canvas (no framing necessary) To purchase, please contact me via my webpage at www.DominiqueHurley.com or www.facebook.com/DominiqueHurleyArt

3.  Passion Tree – 9″ x 12″ (acrylics & glass beads on canvas)

“Passion Tree” – 9″ x 12″ – $225 Mixed media on gallery-wrapped canvas: acrylics, glass beads. To purchase, please contact me via my webpage at www.DominiqueHurley.com or www.facebook.com/DominiqueHurleyArt

4.  On the Forest Floor  – 12″ x 36″ (acrylics, tar gel, gold & pearl mica, a stone (can’t remember what it is, but it could be ocean jasper) on canvas

“On the Forest Floor” – $845 – 12″ x 36″ Acrylics, tar gel, gold and pearl mica, stone, on gallery-wrapped canvas (no framing necessary) To purchase, please contact me via my webpage at www.DominiqueHurley.com or www.facebook.com/DominiqueHurleyArt

This next one won’t actually be a part of the show. It was commissioned, and I delivered it this week to a very happy customer.  It’s called “When Agape and Sophia Meet”. She had wanted a cherry blossom tree infused with love and wisdom.  Agape is the Greek concept for unconditional love and Sophia is the goddess of wisdom.

Abstract

In addition to my trees, Face Series, and Angel Series, I have this one bubbly abstract piece. Meet “Happy Place” – 9″ x 12″ (acrylics & granular gel on canvas) – it makes me smile each time I see it – layers and layers of bubbles and happiness.

“Happy Place” – 9″ x 12″ – $225 Mixed media on gallery-wrapped canvas: acrylics, granular gel. To purchase, please contact me via my webpage at www.DominiqueHurley.com or www.facebook.com/DominiqueHurleyArt

Go to my shop to see all available originals and reproductions.

It will feel good to get all these babies out of the studio and on display for people to enjoy and purchase.  I may not be a clean freak, but I don’t enjoy clutter, and I find I am not inspired to create new paintings when there are 25 finished ones on the walls and floors all around me.  It’s the same with my desk or other areas – I love clutter-free areas and a clutter-free life. Yay!

Oh, I almost forgot.  My business cards arrived in the mail this week. Love them! 23 different images of pieces of my paintings.  I created them and had them printed at Moo online – very easy process. They have half-sized cards like I chose, but also standard and square ones and a whole lot more. Here’s a link if you’re interested in creating your own – if you use this referral link, we both get a discount on our orders. They deliver internationally.

Glad I listened:

Even before I moved back to Canada my left brain wanted to get into action mode in terms of lining up shows, getting business cards, etc. etc.  My right intuitive brain, however, kept calmly saying – nah, not yet.  Relax. Enjoy. Just be and just paint.  Since my art will likely represent the bulk of my income this year, I was both surprised and curious at this guidance. I’m so glad I listened! Instead of forcing things to happen, it left space for my upcoming cross-province art workshop tour, these new cards with some of my new paintings on them, and this show at Soothe that came to be with ease and grace.  It also gave me time to simply paint without being goal or deadline oriented, at least until this week.  That was nice.

Next week I’ve got another very cool project to work on, but I’ll tell you about that later.

Oh – one more thing. I’m one of the speakers at MoMondays this Monday at the Uptown Bar & Grill (193 Kenmount Rd.). If you’re in St. John’s and would like an inspirational evening, come check it out. $20 at the door.  There are MoMondays across Canada and the States if the concept interests you  – real people, real stories, real inspiration.