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"Summer Aspens", mixed media tree collage © Carol Nelson Fine Art
Summer AspensI was cleaning my studio ( I know, shocking.) I came across a piece of wc paper on which I had put a drizzle of gel medium. I thought I should see how the paper would take color with the...
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Houston demo 1 - mixed media contemporary abstract © Carol Nelson Fine Art
Houston demo 1This painting is impossible to photograph because it has a coating of epoxy resin, and there is a shiny silver band going across the middle. I like it because of the neutral colors with...
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Houston demo 3 - acrylic geologic textured abstract © Carol Nelson Fine Art
This is another demo piece I did for my workshop class in Houston. They were very interested in seeing the step by step process for creating some of my geologic abstract series.THis piece is...
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Art of the Carolinas
I can't believe that Art of the Carolinas is a little more than a month away. Especially if you live on the East coast, you HAVE to check this out. Click here for general information, and click here...
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"Forest Wonders 4" mixed media tree abstract © Carol Nelson Fine Art
Forest Wonders 4I love including these mixed media tree paintings in my workshops. The color combinations are endless, because in my world the trees are vibrant. Students do very well with these....
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"New London" mixed media geologic abstract © Carol Nelson Fine Art
New LondonThis is another in my geologic abstract series. The inspiration for palette is my newly remodeled bathroom, which has some really cool tile accents. The name of the tile was New London,...
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"London Vibe" mixed media contemporary collage © Carol Nelson Fine Art
"London Vibe"This is a tile and stone collage made from pieces from our recent bathroom remodel. The name of the "bling" tile was London Sky. I just fell in love with the colors and design. This is...
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"Dream Remnants 2" mixed media contemporary abstract © Carol Nelson Fine Art
"Dream Remnants 2"This is a commission piece I did for a client who saw another version of this painting on my website that was already sold. I came pretty close to replicating the original work for...
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Golden training in New Orleans
Have you ever wondered what all those jars of medium are in the Golden Paint aisle at your art store are for? I was familiar with several of them, but there were many more I had not worked with.I was...
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"Blue Grove 2" mixed media tree painting © Carol Nelson Fine Art
"Blue Grove 2"I included a couple angled shots of this painting because it's hard for the metallic background to show. The foliage is made from crackle paste. After painting it mostly shades of...
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"Big Red" acrylic poppy flower © Carol Nelson Fine Art
"Big Red"This is one of the projects we're going to do in my Dallas workshop at The Artists Showplace next week. The petals are sculpted with medium before painting, making a 3D effect. These little...
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"Gemstone 19" mixed media acrylic geologic abstract © Carol Nelson Fine Art
Gemstone 19I never dreamed I would still be working on this series when I did the first one. They are very popular in my "Effortless Abstracts" workshops. This one was the demo for the workshop I did...
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"Turquoise Ridge" acrylic geologic abstract © Carol Nelson Fine Art
Turquoise Ridge This is a demo I did in my recent Dallas workshop. As often happens, when I get home from the workshop, I have time to take a more critical look at the painting, and make adjustments...
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Christmas came early! by Carol Nelson
OH MY GOSH! I AM BLOWN AWAY! One of the benefits of being selected for Golden's Artist Educator Program was that, after completing and passing the final exam to be "certified," Golden Artist Colors,...
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"Southern Relic" mixed media abstract rust painting © Carol Nelson Fine Art
"Southern Relic"Progress photo showing metal piece and iron paint.When I was wandering around the French Quarter in New Orleans last month at the Golden training workshop, I kept an eye on the ground...
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"E4" geologic mixed media abstract © Carol Nelson Fine Art
"E4"There are five visual and tactile texture elements in this geometric abstract: the backwards "E" and the "4" are raised, stenciled characters; the face is a collaged, oversized, FAKE $20 bill; the...
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"Winter Wardrobe" mixed media winter tree landscape painting © Carol Nelson...
"Winter Wardrobe"I just realized that I never posted this demo painting from my recent workshop at Art of the Carolinas. It's another from my tree series. I never tire of the seemingly endless...
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"Ocean Blue" acrylic seascape abstract © Carol Nelson Fine Art
"Ocean Blue"Some areas of this painting were poured color mixes. I like the way the colors mingle and create new patterns on their own. I then did quite a lot of brush work to make things do what I...
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A new toy - Darice Crafting Tool
I read about this on Myrna Wacknov's blog. It's a crafter's soldering iron with several kinds of tips. As soon as I got one, I started melting everything in my studio. I thought I was going to use it...
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"Introspection" gold leaf abstract © Carol Nelson Fine Art
I like the gold leaf substrate. It gives the painting a warm glow.The photo does not do the painting justice - it's so hard to show metallic shine. For more information, click here to go to my website.
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