Colorful Abstract Paintings

Dear Art Lover,     

      Every artist, like every person probably, goes through a variety of phases through his life.  If you are like me, perhaps you see your phases as a connected part of a longer process.  I hope that each phase shows a mind at work. 

    

     Today I thought that I would share with you my “colorful macro phase” or the use of the human figure as abstract patterns because I zoomed in on them… and my attempts to push myself into bright color, which is an area in which I have never felt particularly comfortable.  These were done in 2005, before I began street painting in Italy and really diving into color.

     So, to remind you of the deal:

   

     I would like to offer, for the month of August 2015 only, selected paintings and drawings for about half the price as my going rate these days.  These are older works, but ones that for one reason or several others, I cannot stand the idea of destroying.  You may preview images before I post them here on my Facebook page.  

https://www.facebook.com/kelly.borsheim/media_set?set=a.10154212321090620.1073741868.606545619&type=3

Please contact me directly if you see something you love and would like to add to your art collection.  Here goes the first one… 

"Legs in Purple and Blue" AVAILABLE ORIGINAL Art
38 x 24 inches oil on canvas  [framed]
copyright 2005 Kelly Borsheim http://www.borsheimarts.com/painting/room08.htm

August 2015 Price:  $400  [plus any Texas sales tax and/or shipping]

Torso (Back) with Blue
40" x 18" oil on gallery-wrapped canvas
2005 Kelly Borsheim
http://www.borsheimarts.com/painting/room08.htm

August 2015 Price:  $400  [plus any Texas sales tax and/or shipping]

Torso with Red
40" x 18" oil on gallery-wrapped canvas
2005 Kelly Borsheim
http://www.borsheimarts.com/painting/room08.htm

August 2015 Price:  $400  [plus any Texas sales tax and/or shipping]

OR buy all three of these paintings for $1100 and receive FREE PACKAGING AND SHIPPING!  Offer ends August 31, 2015.

     And here is a fun shot of the three oil paintings hung together: Torso with Red, Legs, and Torso with Blue [Kelly on right], Urban Groove Salon solo exhibit by Kelly Borsheim  [Austin, Texas, 2010]

Please contact me for more information.    http://www.borsheimarts.com/contact.htm

Happy weekend.  I am off to prepare my Italian Visa application.  Thank you and as always…

Peace,

Kelly

~ Kelly Borsheim, sculptor and painter

http://BorsheimArts.com

Abstraction of the Real Figure

Cari Amici (Dear Friends),
It is sometimes a strange thing to understand -- this getting to realism in art through abstraction. The idea basically is that the artist is not just copying from a model. She is creating a design based on what she sees in the model. I want to capture a gesture, for gesture is a physical expression of a thought or idea.

The following oil painting “Neela” is one of my favorites of my early paintings from life. I cannot believe it is still in my collection, but then I usually keep it in my home for my own enjoyment. This is an older work and therefore quite affordable.

Neela, the model, was sitting and leaning forward a bit as she read a book during her pose time. I often enjoy working on the extreme edges of the model room, as well as working in the shadows with backlighting. And I love backs. You may see here that even if you can recognize this image as a woman’s back, it is really made up of abstract shapes of light and dark. The triangles of the shoulder blades give you an idea of symmetry in the anatomy, yet are not exact repeats of form. You may enjoy the circular shapes, the pointier ones, and hopefully the long swirling dark shape that widens as it gets closer to its bottom and denotes most of the woman’s spine.

The cool thing about this process is that one can achieve a believable human figure that does not look like a photograph. I hope that you enjoy “Neela.”