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Ellis Family Page Acrylic Paintings
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Master of Arts in Counseling Psychology ("MAC") 3. Three Acrylic Paintings
About this same time, I discovered acrylic paint. It had the power of oils but was water soluble and dried even faster than watercolor. I painted the scene in this new medium and really liked the flexibility of acrylics. The colors in this scan are far too bright. However, you can see how pretty the scene is and why I was inspired to try to paint it. Far from being relaxing, this
painting was much hard work and frustration! The trees weren't much
trouble but I had a terrible time trying to get the green leaves of the
rhodies to stand out against the dark background. I had to do it
again and again (only possible with acrylics). However, I was
pleased with how it eventually came out.
Around that same time, I found
the tiniest, little photo of galloping horses in another magazine. I
decided to try painting that one, too, because, like the first one, it was
the only way we could frame it. The original photo was only 1 X 2.5
inches! It took a long time to enlarge it to its current size of 12
times that size (its now 1 X 2.5 feet). And, to do this
painting, I had to learn how to draw horses. My problem with
painting is that I haven't done enough to develop any kind of style.
If I like it and want to paint it, I have to learn how because, in all
likelihood, I've never done another one like it!
I was invited to hang this particular painting in the 1990 Southwest Washington Exhibition that May to June in the State Capital Museum in Olympia. That was a great honor for me. On the left is a photo of Braden and me next to the painting as it was on exhibit in the State Capital Museum.
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In
December of 1989, I came across this beautiful scene of the Olympic
Peninsula. It was on the cover of a magazine and was covered with a
large title banner, other smaller words, and even a bar code. I
really liked it and wanted to frame it and put it up in the living room. I
knew that the only way I could have it as a picture was to paint it
myself. I hadn't painted a picture in 15 years.
Learning-as-I-go was also true of the painting above of my son,