Dancing Jennies just completed

Dancing Jennies by Karen Phillips, 2014

I started with a plan...I was going to do an abstract painting of some rock formations I saw  on a trip to the Hoover Dam. I had it all sketched out. I created a textured surface using gesso and a couple of pastes. Then using inks and acrylic paint, I created additional textures with all kinds of things including bubble wrap. Once that dried, my plan went out the window.

The way that layer of texture interacted with the bottom layer demanded I do something different. So I grabbed a little of this and a little of that and danced this painting into being. What a great time I had playing with color and building lots of layers.

I've named it "Dancing Jennies" and it is now at Kudzu Art Zone, in Norcross, Georgia, as a part of their 12x12 fundraiser. Starting bid is $60!

UPDATE: Sold!

Curve & Texture Show Opening December 15th

Curve & Texture

December 15, 2013 – January 15, 2014

Please join me for the Opening of Curve & Texture at the First Existentialist Congregation of Atlanta in Candler Park on Sunday, December 15 from 1:00 to 3:00 pm.

Included in the show will be works from my latest series Seeking Unity.

The First Existentialist Congregation of Atlanta
470 Candler Park Dr., NE 
Atlanta, GA 30307 
404-378-5570 

I look forward to sharing my art with you.

Bathrobe Breakfast: Abstract Whisperings Closing March 5

For those of you who weren't able to make to the opening or want to see it again, 120 Sycamore Place Gallery & Studios is pleased to finish Abstract Whisperings on Saturday, March 5th from 1:00 to 3:00 p.m. with a late Bathrobe Breakfast. 

Wear your bathrobe and get champagne and 10% off of the artwork! 

Sycamore Place Gallery is located in Decatur, Georgia and is on the corner of 120 Sycamore Pl and Commerce Dr, behind Fellini’s.

For more information, contact Sylvia Cross at 404-377-7747 or sycsyl@yahoo.com.