Double Trouble

Double Trouble

Contemporary Palette Knife Painting
This diptych has two canvases measuring 40" x 30".
The overall size of the diptych is 40" x 60".
Each canvas can stand alone as a separate painting,
or the two paintings hang as one art piece.
Contact Kay Wyne for more information
on my contemporary abstract series.
Thanks, Kay

Peonies, Please by Kay Wyne

Peonies, Please

24" x 24" Oil on Gallery Wrap Canvas

Contemporary Floral Still Life

Contact Kay Wyne for purchasing info.

Thanks for looking at my art!

Kay

Colors of Summer by Kay Wyne

Colors of Summer

10" x 10" Oil on Gallery Wrap Canvas

Contemporary Floral Landscape

Contact Kay Wyne for more information on this

colorful landscape painting.  Thanks, KMW

On My Easel....by Kay Wyne

Sitting on my easel...

I started this diptych yesterday.  It's a new canvas size for me, each canvas is 48" x 24", so it's as if I am painting on a 48" x 48" canvas.  I started with a couple of layers of acrylic light grey/blue to cover-up the white canvas.   Using charcoal, I sketched in my horizon line and some large shapes.  Then I looked at my palette of oils and started using up what was leftover from the last painting, and added a few piles of color.  I did not get to work on the upper third of the canvas, but will start on that first thing today.  I plan on going very abstract with it.  Thanks for looking at this blog....Kay Wyne  

Busy Busy by Kay Wyne

Busy Busy

40" x 30" Oil on Gallery Wrap Canvas 

Contemporary Abstract Painting

Layers of grey blues covered the canvas in the beginning, then I applied fresh color with the palette knife, scraping it back.  After several sessions with this canvas I pulled out a wide brush and some oil sticks drawing in lines and shapes.  That gave the painting movement on the canvas, adding interest and depth.   I pushed and pulled the paint around, moving it until I was satisfied.  Once I stood back from my easel I could see that the corals, pinks and oranges gave it energy.  The blues, greens and turquoise are cooler and give the painting balance along with a variety of lines, brush strokes, palette knife.  There are hints of yellow and creamy yellow in the painting....hidden under the layers.  The sides of the canvas are painted in the grey-blue color, and framing is optional.  Ready to have a new home, BUSY BUSY will be dry and varnished, ready for purchase soon.  Contact Kay Wyne for more information.  Thanks, KMW

Vortex I by Kay Wyne

Vortex I

40" x 30" Oil on Gallery Wrap Canvas

Contemporary Palette Knife Painting
This painting is for sale...contact 
Artist Kay Wyne for purchasing info.  It is colorful,
textural and interesting.  Vortex II is sold,
but Vortex I is ready to make any wall
more exciting. Thanks, Kay 

Dreaming by Kay Wyne

Dreaming 

36" x 36" Oil on Heavy Duty Gallery Wrap Canvas

Contemporary Palette Knife Painting

Contact Kay for purchasing information.

Thanks, KMW

Wildflower Field by Kay Wyne

Wildflower Field

12" x 24" Oil on Canvas

Contemporary Floral Landscape Painting

Available...contact Kay for more info on

this colorful landscape painting.  Framed

and ready for a new home!  Thanks, KMW

Quiet Time by Kay Wyne

Quiet Time

8" x 8" Oil on Gallery Wrap Canvas

Contemporary Abstract Painting

Using a brush and palette knife to move the paint around, this small abstract is painted on a gallery wrap canvas.  I started with greys, blues, soft greens and a fleshy-orange color.  The palette knife helped me scrape the canvas several times.  The caribbean blue and rose pinks were added to give it some pop and interest.  The sides of the canvas are painted in the grey-blue background color, and signed on the side.  This painting is drying in the studio, and is for purchase.  Contact Kay Wyne for more information on this abstract painting.  Thanks for looking....Kay

Colors of Summer

Colors of Summer

10" x 10" Oil on Gallery Wrap Canvas

Contemporary Floral Landscape

This small painting is drying in the studio...I was in the mood to paint a floral landscape.  I started with a black acrylic base coat.  Then sketched in my map for the painting with a filbert.  Once I let that layer of paint dry, I pulled out a #10 bright and started layering the juicy oils.  The flowers in the foreground are bold and colorful, and the eye wanders through the grassy field.  This painting is for sale.  Contact Kay for purchasing information.  Thanks for viewing....Happy Father's Day to my Dad, Charlie Miller and to Blake and Wes...it's their first Father's Day!  KMW

On My Easel...

Work in process...

Sitting on my easel right now is a 16" x 12" canvas.  I am almost finished with the background.  I hope to paint the horses and jockeys today.  Thanks for looking at blog and the art posted here.  Kay

Color My World by Kay Wyne

Color My World 

14" x 10" Oil on Canvas Panel

Contemporary Floral Landscape

Palette Knife Painting

Contact Kay for purchasing information.

This colorful landscape is looking for a new home.

Thank you.....Kay

Bursting With Joy by Kay Wyne

Bursting With Joy

16" x 20" Oil on RayMar Cotton Panel

Contemporary Floral Still Life Painting

Currently hanging at Dutch Art Gallery in Dallas, Texas.

Contact the gallery or Kay Wyne for more information

on this contemporary oil painting.  Thanks, KMW

The Race Is On by Kay Wyne

The Race Is On

24" x 36" Oil on Gallery Wrap Canvas

Contemporary Oil Painting

This colorful painting has a very geometrical and simple background, so that the eye goes straight to the jockey sitting on the race horse.  The brushstrokes are bold and loose.  I wanted to capture the strength and speed of the horse on canvas.  This painting is ready to hang, no frame needed.  Contact ME for purchasing information.  Thanks for looking at this blog......Kay

Dancer by Kay Wyne

Dancer

30" x 30" Oil on Heavy Duty Gallery Wrap Canvas

Contemporary Equine Series

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Thanks, KMW

Anticipation by Kay Wyne

Anticipation

40" x 40" Oil on Heavy Duty Gallery Wrap Canvas

Contemporary Floral Landscape

Palette Knife Painting

Thanks for looking at this blog and the

art posted here....Kay

Blue Vase

Blue Vase

24" x 24" Oil on Canvas

Contemporary Palette Knife Painting

Bold colors applied with the palette knife give the canvas texture and punch.  The vase was deliberately placed off-center, and the flowers are falling off of the canvas, leaving negative space.  This contemporary still life painting is available to purchase.  Contact Kay Wyne for more information....thanks, KMW

Double Trouble - Abstract Diptych by Kay Wyne

Double Trouble
NFS

40" x 30"  Oil on Gallery Wrap Canvas

(Diptych size:  40" x 60")

I have finished Double Trouble!  This contemporary abstract was created to hang as one large piece, measuring 40" x 60", plus any wall space that might be in-between the two canvases.  With this commission, I concentrated on the color palette, and once I established my colors, put some shapes and movement on the canvas.  I used a large palette knife to apply the layers of oil colors.  The soft colors over-lap and blend into each other.  There is some texture on the surface, and you can see some choppy knife marks in the paint.  I did use impasto to get some body into the oil paints.  This painting is drying...and ready to hang!  Thanks for looking at this blog and the art posted.  Have a creative day.  Kay

Peonies, Please by Kay Wyne

Peonies, Please

24" x 24" Oil on Gallery Wrap Canvas

Contemporary Still Life Painting

 "Peonies, Please" is now completed!  The beautiful white ceramic vase were provided by one of our studio mates, Robin, and the tablecloths were contributed by Sharon.  The vase alone was fun and pretty.  The arrangement of peonies were absolutely beautiful with stunning colors and beautifully shaped petals. I worked on this painting for a couple of days with the fresh flowers.  After getting called away from the studio, the flowers were long gone when I returned a couple of weeks later, so I worked from memory, and found a photograph to use as reference.  

When glancing at the arrangement, at first glance the peonies were pink.  But if you really studied them, they were magenta, pink, red, coral and shades of white.  Every petal was different and interesting.  I used a #20 Bright Monarch on the whole painting....it was a birthday gift from Sharon, so I felt like I couldn't go wrong with such a great brush in hand!  This contemporary still life is very painterly...you can see the brush strokes if you get up close to the canvas.  

This painting was a challenge between several artists, and it will be interesting to see what everyone created.  This painting is drying at the studio, and is available for purchase.  Contact ME for purchasing info.  Thanks for looking at my blog...Kay

New Friends - Sold

New Friends

Sold

8" x 8" Oil on Canvas

This palette knife painting is sold, but looking at it makes me want to get into the studio and paint more roosters and chickens.  I am in hopes that I can complete a paint challenge today, along with an abstract diptych.  Thanks for looking at my art.  Have an artful day...Kay

On My Easel...

At the studio on my easel...

Palette Knife Painting

I have two 40" x 30" gallery wrap canvases that I am working on right now.  I am in the process of trying to figure out my next move.  I might get the oil bars out.  For starters I covered the canvas with a grey/blue acrylic paint.  As I was finishing up another painting, I started this with the left-over paints.  I used a large palette knife to apply and move the paint around.  More on this colorful diptych in a couple of days.  Kay

Dreaming by Kay Wyne

Dreaming

36" x 36" Oil on Heavy Duty Gallery Wrap Canvas

Contemporary Palette Knife Painting
Contact Kay for purchasing information.
Thanks for looking....KMW

Peaceful

Peaceful

12" x 16" Oil on Canvas

Contemporary Landscape Painting

Peaceful started out as a larger canvas... 18" x 18".  I cropped it down to 12" x 16" and I am much happier with the composition.  I had painted in two Herefords in the foreground and I struggled with them....they looked chalky and out of place, disrupting the flow of the painting.  So my solution to that problem was to cut them out!  The oils were put down with a palette knife, creating texture and various shapes and marks into the paint.  This painting is available....contact Kay for more information.  Thanks, KMW

Wildflowers Galore

Wildflowers Galore

24" x 20" Oil on Gallery Wrap Linen

Contemporary Floral Landscape

Contact Kay Wyne for more information on this painting.

Thanks for looking at my art!  KMW

Cowgirl by Kay Wyne

Cowgirl

20" x 20" Oil on Gallery Wrap Canvas

Contemporary Bovine Series

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Thanks for looking at this blog.

Kay

Jump-Start

Jump-Start
30" x 30" Oil on Gallery Wrap Canvas

Contemporary Abstract Painting

I posted this painting several days ago, and after looking at it the blog post, I decided it needed some more color.  I mixed some corals, pinks and several hues of cad orange.  I didn't want a lot of color, just a punch of color, covering about 5% of the canvas.  Now Jump-Start is finished!  I will let the paint dry, varnish, and it will be ready to hang!  Thanks for looking at this blog...Kay Wyne