Everything is Changing

This is a painting done on hot pressed paper. The paper has a gloss to it and it holds the paint on top. It gives the piece a more painterly appearance.

An Everyday Leaf

This is a tiny painting, 3x3. I was looking at larger paintings, 6x6, and was thinking it is a better size. 6x6 with an inch of white space and then the matte and frame. Makes a nice sized piece. This piece is between abstract and realistic. I like to put lines in the painting that become direction composition components.

Winter Birch

Winter Birch, and the reflections of trees and light in water. Acrylic on watercolor paper. A tiny painting--begun when I decided to do a painting a day. That lasted about a week. I'm not very good at setting myself challenges like that. But I did get about 7 paintings out of the deal. Sweet.

When Time Comes in Gushes

Black gesso on watercolor paper. Acrylic painted in layers and manipulated. Collage element. Acrylic medium to attach handmade paper.

Le Jardin

Black gesso on watercolor paper. Added collage element and acrylic manipulated zinc white acrylic.

Swing Leaves

A painting resurrection. I hadn't been painting in some time, and then I painted this. For the longest time I didn't like it. Now I do. This I find interesting, as judgment changes how we approach our art. For years I've been practicing none judgment, and still am not able to be neutral. I do believe there is no good or bad art. Just art. Just expression. I'll continue to practice.

Chinese Dragon

This painting was done on a hot press paper. Hot press is shinier and those takes paint and ink different than cold press paper, which is dull and obsorbant. The quality of the paint on the paper gives this picture a watery feel, more so, I think than paint on cold press. The water just moves on top of the surface. Very soothing but alive.

Shine on Sound

This painting was part of a quick series of work I did where the images all came out with swirls and spirals and if you notice at the top of this piece, bird shapes. Frequently images in up in my paintings, sort of automatic paintings if you like, and then I enhance the images that are there. They usually tell me a story, like this piece might be about the swirl of emotion I feel and how my life can be overwhelming, yet always there is a spiritual presence I can rely on for comfort. To purchase go to www.nancycanyon.etsy.com

Book Cover: Kelp Bulbs

The art of the sea, tangles of kelp washed ashore in a windstorm. The hold fasts becoming squiggles and the stems, compositional elements.

Acid-Free Paper: Trees in the Summer

Watery trees in sunset. A painting on paper, acrylic watered down and used straight from the tube. The acid-free paper used in this painting is fairly transparent. It warps the surface to wet it down, but flattens out nicely when dry. I originally used this paper to paint with the touch painting method. Water-based oil paints are an effective medium when rolled onto Masonite and covered with tracing paper and then drawn on with fingers.