Peace

I was driving by the Stearns Cemetary the other day and saw this little scene.  Something told me, "go back".  I turned the car around and went back to take a photo, but the light I had seen was gone.  I am so thankful for my memory and ability to paint, cause sometimes...the camera just cannot capture what I see.

 

7x5 Acrylic ink on canvas
© 2014 Trish King Fine Art

Blessings to you  ~Trish

Black and White Study

With this one, I was working on value contrasts and textures.
 

7x5 Acrylic ink on canvas

© 2014 Trish King Fine Art

Blessings to you  ~Trish

Autumn Light

I painted this one from my imagination.

No place in particular...just playing with forms and texture.



7x5 Acrylic ink on canvas
© 2014 Trish King Fine Art

Blessings to you  ~Trish

Morning Calm

Along the Cumberland River @ Cumberland Falls State Park
 

5x7 Acrylic ink on canvas
© 2014 Trish King Fine Art

Blessings to you  ~Trish

Leaning Pine

Along the Cumberland River when the water was low.  @ Cumberland Falls State Park



7x5 Acrylic ink on canvas
© 2014 Trish King Fine Art

Blessings to you  ~Trish

Inside My Sketchbook ~

 1.5x2 inch thumbnail sketches I completed from the video on my previous post Inspiration via Video. 


© 2014 Trish King Fine Art

 Blessings to You  ~Trish

Inspiration via Video

The rain was slow and steady and had set in for the whole day on Wed, Nov 5.  I thought I'd just take a few snaps as I ran my errands, but I switched over to video to capture the sound of the rain.  I appologize for the louder crackling sound...I don't know exactly where that is coming from.  Anyway, after watching the video when I got home,  I realized this is a good reference source for creating my work.  I am currently working on that and will post the finished paintings soon...

 

Blessings to you  ~Trish

Splash of Green

Here is a look back to a splash of summers green as we wait for the predicted snow showers from the arctic storm dipping south into the USA.  I'm not sure if we will get any accumulation here, but alas winter is on its way. 

   

7x5 Acrylic ink on canvas
© 2014 Trish King Fine Art

Blessings to you  ~Trish

Fidelity

Along Rock Creek Rd in Fidelity - Bell Farm area



7x5  Acrylic Ink on canvas
© 2014 Trish King Fine Art

 

Blessings to you  ~Trish

The Little Barn

 

5x7 Acrylic Ink on canvas
© 2014 Trish King Fine Art

Blessings to you  ~Trish


Driftwood

Along the Cumberland Falls Beach

 

7x5 Acrylic Ink on canvas
© 2014 Trish King Fine Art

Blessings to you  ~Trish

Barren Fork Pond

 

7x5  Acrylic Ink on canvas
© 2014 Trish King Fine Art

 

 Blessings to you  ~Trish

Koger Holler

Koger Holler along KY 1363 in Stearns, Ky.



5x7 Acrylic Ink on canvas
© 2014 Trish King Fine Art

 

Many of the locals know of this place as the baptising hole. Where everyone that is baptised is just to the right outside the image. I intend on doing another painting or sketch of the baptising hole with the big boulder rocks on the other side of the creek.

 

I remember spending some hot summer days as a young child playing in this creek and building small houses out of the pebbles along the water's edge.  I'd venture to say that many of my friends and family have a similiar memory.

 

Blessings to you  ~Trish



A Couple of Vignettes

 

Acrylic Ink on 140 lb. WC paper
© 2014 Trish King Fine Art



Acrylic Ink on 140 lb. WC paper
© 2014 Trish King Fine Art

Blessings to you  ~Trish

Ol Farmhouse

This is the old, red farmhouse at Sandhill 4H/RV Camp

along KY 700 in Whitley City, Ky.

 

5x7 Acrylic Ink on canvas
© 2014 Trish King Fine Art

 Blessings to you  ~Trish

Go with the Flow

With acrylic ink being a fluid medium, like watercolor, there is a worried excitement you get when touching the brush to canvas.  It is as if you blindly walk along expecting to trip over something only to find you have arrived safely to your destination.

This medium is true to the phrase 'Just go with the flow'.  One must let go and believe all will work out.  In the end, it does with many 'natural' strokes you probably could not have painted better if you had purposely tried.

~Let it Flow~

Blessings to you  ~Trish

A Quick Sketch

This is a scene along the Eagle Falls Trail @ Cumberland Falls State Park

 

5x7  Acrylic Ink on canvas
© 2014 Trish King Fine Art

 

Blessings to you  ~Trish

Acrylic Ink ... A new beginning

For a while now, I have felt myself moving in the direction of a more fluid medium.  I have tried to push the fluid boundary of high-viscosity acrylics to no avail.  At least for me.  So...I was looking at the different mediums available, and Aha!  Acrylic Ink - highly pigmented, lighfast, and permanant color.  The ink brushes on with the same 'fliud' characteristics of that of watercolor.  Here is an example of one of my first attempts.

  5x7  acrylic ink on canvas

So...for now...I am going to just go with the flow, and see where this new medium will take me.

Take Care,  Trish

A Cumberland Morning

 

'A Cumberland Morning' - CFSP

5x7  acrylic on panel

 

Good Morning to You,

I painted this little gem from a reference photo I took while having a morning picnic with my family a couple of years ago at The Cumberland Falls State Park.  It was lightly raining that morning which created beautiful color across the landscape.  I particularly like how the saturation of the color brings out the light green lichen on the rocks.

~Trish 

Autumn Angel

 "Autumn Angel" - Lower Hickory Grove Cemetary
7 x 5   Acrylic
En Plein Air

 

     It felt good to get outside in the warm (70 degree) sunshine yesterday.  I visited Dad's grave and while there I was inspired to paint the stone angel that is standing in the cemetary.   

 

Silent Whisper

Silent Whisper  7x5

Misty Dawn

Misty Dawn  5x7  acrylic on canvas panel



     Sometimes, I like to break away from using reference photos and simply design an image from my imagination.  That is what I have done here with this early morning scene.  Working from one's imagination can prime the creative flow if one is kind of in a rut.  The past few days have been tough on me.  Seems everything I've tried has not worked out.  Though, I now can see a dim light breaking through...I must keep moving forward.  Hopefully, with more images to post.  Let's see what develops... 

The Cumberland Falls

The Cumberland Falls    9x12    Acrylic on canvas panel

     As school ends for summer vacation to begin,  I have been thinking of the many places my boys and I can go to hike and for myself to paint en plein air.  The Cumberland Falls is top on our list to be visited often. 

A New Day

     In this painting of 'A New Day', the idea came from the simple L shape of a cliff face and steps located along the trail at The Natural Arch Scenic Overlook in northern McCreary county Ky.  Sometimes, one can get lucky and find a composition already naturally formed in nature.  Otherwise, one has to change the landscape elements to create a pleasing composition.  In the reference photo I used, there was an early afternoon light shining in sunspots on the rocks.  I made changes with that light to depict the time of early morning through a mist.

 

'A New Day'  10x8  Acrylic on canvas panel

      I love the earthy smell of mornings when the dew has not yet evaporated and the tiny droplets make the landscape appear saturated in color.  Is morning a favorite time a day for you?

Cool Mist - Demo



Placing the darks and lights



The completed underpainting

 

 

 

Working in the color

 

 

 

Details are added to finish the work

 

Cool Mist    14x11    Acrylic on canvas panel

The Cumberland Falls State Resort Park.

Definitely one of my favorite locations to paint!