Snowy mountain study with acrylics- s burger

This is small acrylic study. The process i am working on ,is to continue exploring acrylics to be used as oils and techniques thats more expressive. I want to go out into the landscapes and paint and finish a painting on the spot. that would be a little challenge for me!!

....and another one to show the vantage point- unfortunately the textures and depth doesnt show up so well.. you ll have to come take a look..

southland landscape with poppies

southland landscape with poppies

1.2 m x 40cm

Acrylics on boxed canvas
by Sharon Ann Burger


why the poppies?- NZ and red poppies goes hand and hand - - Anzac, RSA, etc..
Actually,my friend asked for a painting with poppies to brighten up living area..lets hope the snow does not bring to much of the chill factor into the room...;)

Southland landscape with poppies

Hi there
this is my tentative studio for the interim..(i think i should post a few photos of the different corners i had as a studio over the yonks!)
anyway- it took me months to finish this one- main reason was that i had a 6 months contract and we had to move from our little village into the bigg city of Dunedin..:D lol - so time did nt alow much creativity.
to the point- to the point of the painting.. I started playing with acrylics, but as you can see these hands want to do oils ...reallly..
Had to explore the medium though and realized one has to buy the best quality pigment with trial and error and use alot of different brands in the process. Especially with NZ colours, light etc.
This is a large, contempory style landscape with lots of textures!! There must be about 5 layers of background build up...(with paint underlays and not texture products)I am happy with the end product and gosh did it take a long time ( and lots of paint!) to be completely satisfied with the end product. Hope my friend likes it too..!

NZ ART GUILD- COLLABORATIVE PROJECT 09

my little painting as part of the national project. Cant wait to see the large art work !! once again the artwork would go on auction and the proceeds would go to charity.

Last year s individual prints are still available for sale through the nz art guild- proceeds goes to the nz mental health foundation the are blocked and beautiful!

Lawrence Summer Art Festival 2009

was a great experience to organize the art competition for the Lawrence Summer Art Festival 2009. I had a wonderful venue- thank you to the generous owners of this historic old building!!

ABSTRACT GOLD

ABSTRACT ACRYLIC for the Lawrence Summer Art Festival 2009