Artist Derek Collins Blog - A Painting each day,Modern Impressionism in Acrylic,Watercolor

Original Acrylic Abstract Painting

noreply@blogger.com (derekcollins) — Tue, 01 Nov 2011 01:20:00 +0000

Original Acrylic Abstract Painting
"Patterns"
55x17
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This painting is painted on wood. These rectangular shapes remind me of my Grandmothers quilts. My brother and I stayed with her during the summer, and she had us help her tie the knots between the patterns.

Original Acrylic Abstract Painting 4ft x 5ft

noreply@blogger.com (derekcollins) — Thu, 27 Oct 2011 17:47:00 +0000

Original Acrylic Abstract Painting
4ft x 5ft

"Making a Statement"

"Fluid" Original Acrylic Abstract Painting

noreply@blogger.com (derekcollins) — Thu, 22 Sep 2011 11:48:00 +0000

"Fluid"
Original Acrylic Abstract Painting
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Generally my abstracts are a lot more structured. I am thinning the acrylic down and squirting it on using small plastic bottles,kind of like icing a cake. Then I tilt it and let it run.
I'm am taking them to a show this weekend, it will be interesting to see what kind of response they get.

Original Acrylic Landscape painting

noreply@blogger.com (derekcollins) — Thu, 18 Aug 2011 15:18:00 +0000

"Summer Trees"
Original Acrylic Landscape painting
on Cradled Masonite
18x18 1 1/2 inches
$350
In my Etsy Store
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This is my new obsession painting on Wood, it is extremely time consuming but I really enjoy painting on the flat dry surface. I have to cut the wood,then make into a frame. Cut masonite and nail it to the frame,fill the nail holes,then sand. I then have to apply 4 coats of Gesso and sand in between each coat. By this time I probably could have painted 3 paintings.
It is much drier than canvas and because the surface is flat the paint flattens out when you apply it. So you are seeing a lot more brush strokes which is what I like about it.

Panorama Landscape Fall Trees mountain stream original painting

noreply@blogger.com (derekcollins) — Thu, 14 Jul 2011 00:21:00 +0000

"Landscape Panorama"
Original Painting Fall Trees mountain stream
7 ft 2 inches x 26 inches
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Doing something a little different here. I have started painting on wood this is one of my first. This painting is so large, it took me 2 weeks to build up the nerve to start on it.

Art Show

noreply@blogger.com (derekcollins) — Sat, 11 Jun 2011 02:30:00 +0000

I am doing at art Show at the Summit in Louisville,Kentucky. Just off the Gene Snyder Freeway.
Wish me luck.

Original abstract barn painting sunset modern

noreply@blogger.com (derekcollins) — Thu, 26 May 2011 11:24:00 +0000

Original Abstract Barn Painting Sunset Modern
^in my Etsy Store^

$178

Just got back from a show in Paducah, Kentucky, it was a hot weekend. It was a 3 day show and it when until 8 pm. I have been laying around like a zoombie for 2 days. Imagine working 50 hours in 3 days. It's a glamorous job and someone has to do it. The floods didn't hurt Paducah, but they said the water was 5 feet up on the flood wall. There were Fema signs everywhere telling people they could apply for aid if they had damage.

Original Landscape Sunset Painting Tree Field Acrylic

noreply@blogger.com (derekcollins) — Tue, 12 Apr 2011 14:09:00 +0000

Original Landscape Sunset Painting Tree Field Acrylic
In my Etsy store
$58
"A Sunset"
8 x 10 on canvas

Fall Aspen Painting Acrylic Landscape

noreply@blogger.com (derekcollins) — Mon, 11 Apr 2011 13:03:00 +0000

Fall Aspen Painting Acrylic Landscape
In my store
"Aspen Fall"
24 x 36
$195

Abstract Birch Aspen Trees Original Painting

noreply@blogger.com (derekcollins) — Thu, 07 Apr 2011 11:16:00 +0000

Abstract Birch Aspen Trees Original Painting
In Artist Derek Collins Etsy Store
$110
"Standing Out From The Crowd"
12 x 36
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My first show is in a couple weeks. I seem to do my most productive painting when I am under a deadline. In the two week period before the first show I usually go on a painting binge, and I paint two months worth of painting. If the show goes well I will keep on painting at a furious pace. If the show doesn't go well, then it can send me into a creative lull. I wish it wasn't that way. But selling give me creative energy. It also gives me direction and ideas of other things to paint. The creative energy also come from interacting with art collectors and getting direction from the feedback I get from they regarding my new work. Some of the new painting will stand out from the crowd, some will go virtually unnoticed. That's how I get direction from their feedback.

Abstract Original Sunset Landscape Painting

noreply@blogger.com (derekcollins) — Sat, 02 Apr 2011 12:18:00 +0000

"Sunset and a Tree"
Original Acrylic landscape painting
^$58 in Artist Derek Collins Etsy store^
8 x 10 on canvas

Acrylic Flower Daisies Daisy Painting

noreply@blogger.com (derekcollins) — Fri, 01 Apr 2011 11:53:00 +0000

"Daisies"
Acrylic Flower Daisy Floral painting on canvas
^In my Etsy store^
8 x 10 on canvas
$58
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Thought I would try something different, I haven't painting flowers for a while.

Original acrylic painting sunset Trees sky Forest Landscape

noreply@blogger.com (derekcollins) — Mon, 28 Mar 2011 14:22:00 +0000

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Original acrylic painting sunset Trees sky Forest Landscape impressionist
5x7 on Masonite
$48 in Artist Derek Collins Etsy Store
Free shipping to the Continental US

Original Church Religious Painting Acrylic on canvas

noreply@blogger.com (derekcollins) — Wed, 23 Mar 2011 12:56:00 +0000

Original Church Religious Painting Acrylic on canvas
In My Etsy Store
$125
"Shine Your Light"
12 x 36

Original Painting Sailboat Sunset

noreply@blogger.com (derekcollins) — Mon, 21 Mar 2011 12:59:00 +0000

Original Painting Sailboat Sunset
"The Weekend"
12x36
In Artist Derek Collins Etsy Store
$110
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This painting has a lot of Knife work in the water area.

Original Acrylic abstract landscape Painting Tree

noreply@blogger.com (derekcollins) — Fri, 18 Mar 2011 06:13:00 +0000

Original Acrylic abstract landscape Painting Tree
"Textural Landscape"
18x24
$95
In artist Derek Collins Etsy Store

This second picture is a little dark,but allows you to see the Texture a little better, really thick This painting was a case of using what you have. I had some molding medium that was starting to thicken up a little. Hard to use with a brush. So I scooped it up in my hands and smeared it on the canvas. Not until the next day did I decide to make a landscape out of it.

Original painting Stream Creek Impressionist Acrylic

noreply@blogger.com (derekcollins) — Thu, 17 Mar 2011 13:45:00 +0000

Original painting Stream Creek Impressionist Acrylic
"Restoration"
24x30
In Artist Derek Collins Etsy Store
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This is a painting that I started and I really didn't like where it was going. So I took paper towels and wipe out the paint as best I could. The next day when I looked at the abstract rub marks that I had made, I saw a landscape painting, so that's what I made it.

Original Barn Painting Acrylic Rustic Rural

noreply@blogger.com (derekcollins) — Wed, 16 Mar 2011 13:03:00 +0000

Original Barn Painting Acrylic Rustic Rural
"Gigantic Barn"
18x24
$125
In Artist Derek Collins Etsy Store
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This is a painting that I reworked. I didn't feel like it had a strong enough center of interest, so I added the large barn and fence

Original Painting Sailboats Ocean Sunset Acrylic

noreply@blogger.com (derekcollins) — Mon, 14 Mar 2011 14:21:00 +0000

Original Painting Sailboats Ocean Sunset Acrylic
"Dreamy Sunset"
$178 In Artist Derek Collins Etsy Store

Acrylic Abstract Landscape Sunset Painting

noreply@blogger.com (derekcollins) — Sat, 12 Mar 2011 13:22:00 +0000

Acrylic Abstract Landscape Sunset Painting
"Mysterious"
24x36
$178
In artist Derek Collins Etsy Store
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I sent 3 paintings to Williams Sonoma for a catalog photo shoot. They basically have a room that they stage for their catalog. They will have a large pile of art from a lot of different artist and they will randomly pick whatever art strike them at the time. So there isn't any guartantee that they will use mine, but here's hoping. One of them was a lava painting (red ground). That's an inside joke explained on my last post.

Original Barn Painting Modern Abstract Acrylic

noreply@blogger.com (derekcollins) — Fri, 11 Mar 2011 20:32:00 +0000

Original Barn Painting Modern Abstract Acrylic
"Barn on a Hill"
24x36
$178
in Artist Derek Collins Etsy Store
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I sometimes get questions from people who don't understand abstracts. I have been asked numerous time if the red ground is suppose to be lava. In case you were wondering. No!

Original Abstract Landscape Painting

noreply@blogger.com (derekcollins) — Wed, 09 Mar 2011 14:34:00 +0000

Original Abstract Landscape Painting
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"Enchanted Landscape"

24x36 on canvas
$178
In My Etsy Store
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I have been playing with this format, large red ground,small sky. This is the fun part of being an artist. Coming up with a new concept,then exploring it.
I am gearing up for shows this year. I am really wondering how many I should do. It is getting to the point where is is more profitable to sell on the Internet. Now they are talking about gas possibly doubling. That's pretty scary.

Original Painting Religious Church Acrylic

noreply@blogger.com (derekcollins) — Tue, 08 Mar 2011 12:38:00 +0000

Original, Painting, Religious, Church, Acrylic
"As High as the Heavens"
12 x 36
$125
In My Etsy Store
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I did a similar painting like this as a project at my church. The goal was to paint something inspired by the Psalms.
This scripture is written across the bottom of the painting.
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Psalms 103:11
"For as high as the heavens are above the earth, so great is his love for those who fear him"

Original Seascape Ocean Painting Acrylic Original

noreply@blogger.com (derekcollins) — Mon, 07 Mar 2011 13:56:00 +0000

"Rolling Surf"
24x36 on canvas
Original Seascape Ocean Painting Acrylic Original

^In my Etsy Store^
$195 free shipping to the Continental US

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I painted the sky first. Then the painting laid around for a day, before it finally told me it was suppose to be a seascape.

Sunset Ocean Beach Painting in Acrylic

noreply@blogger.com (derekcollins) — Sun, 06 Mar 2011 13:00:00 +0000

Sunset Ocean Beach Painting Original Acrylic
24x36 on canvas
$195
In My Etsy Store

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I am tired of this cold winter, so I thought I would paint a more cheerful place.