A Short walk from my backyard, this stream offers some interesting views.  I enjoy walking back in this area and seeing the changing of the seasons effect the landscape.

It is a 1-1/2" canvas with all four sides painted.  It is presented as an unframed work.

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It is a 48x60" birchwood board that is framed.

THIS PIECE HAS BEEN SOLD

My favorite part of the week is usually Saturday night around 6:00 or so.  After a day of painting or running errands I love to sit out on my deck and enjoy a cigar and a cold beverage.  My deck is elevated about 12’ from the ground so it overlooks my lawn that extends into a wooded area.

The painting shown is a view from my deck.  The lawn and forest area are painted on a 12x16” Gessobord panel.  The planks and beams of the deck are painted on a piece of glass.  Before I framed the piece I separated the glass and the panel with four balsa wood strips that are concealed by the lip of the frame.  The picture shown does not really give the right perception, but if you were to look at the painting from any angle you can really see how the glass is offset from the panel.

This piece was accepted into the Junior League of Ralegh's "Someplace Like Home" Exhibit and will be on display at "A Shopping Spree" in October 2009. 

This is presented in a wood frame.

THIS PIECE HAS BEEN SOLD

My favorite part of the week is usually Saturday night around 6:00 or so.  After a day of painting or running errands I love to sit out on my deck and enjoy a cigar and a cold beverage.  My deck is elevated about 12’ from the ground so it overlooks my lawn that extends into a wooded area.

The painting shown is a view from my deck.  The lawn and forest area are painted on a 12x16” Gessobord panel.  The planks and beams of the deck are painted on a piece of glass.  Before I framed the piece I separated the glass and the panel with four balsa wood strips that are concealed by the lip of the frame.  The picture shown does not really give the right perception, but if you were to look at the painting from any angle you can really see how the glass is offset from the panel.

This is presented in a wood frame and is currently on display at the Arts Council of Wayne County in Goldsboro, NC.  To purchase this piece please contact Becca Scott Reynolds at (919) 736-3300 or at artcouncil@artsinwayne.org - www.artsinwayne.org

Buy prints at http://micah-mullen.fineartamerica.com

Recently I was invited by the folks at Savoir Faire to try the new Sennelier Acrylique.  Being such a creature of habit I am always skeptical about trying different paints, especially when I like the brand I currently use.  The scene painted is a tobacco field off Old Milburnie Road in Raleigh, NC.  The autumn colors were starting to really appear, and being the tobacco crop was not in season, the colors of the field offered some interesting reds and earth tone colors.

I began this painting with the sky mixing some Ultramarine Blue and Titanium White.  I immediately noticed the difference in the Sennelier paint versus other paints I have used.  My initial reaction was that it felt like more of an oil color than an acrylic.  Right out of the tube the paint was very thick.   For the sky I needed I thinner mixture that I could easily glaze over – the thickness of the paint prohibited me a bit in this process, but in the end it worked ok.  The remarkable thing is even after I thinned these colors down with a decent amount of water, the vibrancy of the color remained as if it were right out of the tube.  

When I started to paint the trees I really was impressed with the colors.  Even after I stopped painting for the day and came back 20 hours later, there was very little color shift from wet to dry.  

I like using Permanent Green Light in many of my paintings.  This tends to be a very transparent color and if I want to use it straight out of the tube and right on the canvas I generally need to mix a little white to make it an opaque color.  With the Sennelier paint I did not need to do this.  Much of the color seen is right out of the tube – no streaking or dulling of the color – Pure color in its pure state . . . really good stuff.

It is a 1-1/2" canvas with all four sides painted.  It is presented as an unframed work and is currently on display in the lobby of the Capital Bank Plaza - 333 Fayetteville Street in downtown Raleigh.  For purchasing information please contact Nicole Kennedy at (919) 838-8580 or nicolesstudio@bellsouth.net - www.nicolestudio.com

Buy prints at http://micah-mullen.fineartamerica.com