Artist Spotlite – Shirley Flinn

Artist: Shirley Flinn

Location: Lacombe, Alberta.

Dimensions: 16×20

Medium: Oil on Canvas

Website: www.shirleyflinn.com

Comments By The Artist: I was really drawn to this image, I saw it on a horse rescue calendar. I contacted the publisher of the calendar and got the name of the owner of the image, and received permission to paint it.  I changed the background, and added color to the horses coat and repositioned the horse on the canvas.

Artist Spotlite – Marie Cummings

Artist: Marie Cummings

Location: Treadwell, NY

Title: “Inside The Box”

Website: www.mariecummings.net

Comments About This Painting: “Inside The Box” is fifth in my box series. It was originally something totally different. A painting that was not working so I decided to make it part of the series. I covered the old painting with gesso leaving some of the original by scraping some of the gesso off the paper. The diamonds are gel beads. I cut the stencil out of contact paper and repeated the shape with paint. I blocked out the yellow line across the top with torn pieces of blue painters tape. The other colors were made with successive layers of Golden Fluid Acrylic paints. I keep layering the colors letting them dry between layers. The lines at the top and the bottom were done with corrugated board. I defined some of the shapes in the middle by gradating them. There is no collage in this painting. This painting is a process which is how I work. It  took months to complete.

Artist Spotlite – Juma Hassan

Artist: Juma Hassan

Location:  Toronto, Canada

Title: “Jumping Dolphins”

Dimensions: 18×14

Medium: Oil over Acrylic On Canvas