We wear colorful armour on the Avenue, 36" x 36"

We wear colorful armour on the Avenue, 2014, 36" x 36", Acrylic on canvas, Andrew Portwood copyright 2014

"Untitled Blue", 36" x 36"

Untitled Blue, 2014, 36" x 36", acrylic & charcoal on canvas, Andrew Portwood copyright 2014

"Burning Sky", 36" x 36"

Burning Sky, 2014, 36" x 36", acrylic on canvas, Andrew Portwood copyright 2014

Look on page 76, Fall 2014 Issue !

I got an email inquiry back in June from the fine folks at Equestrian Quarterly Magazine...a beautiful, gold medal Style & Living publication. I am honored to be included in this fall issue! Thanks to Stephanie Peters who wrote a really nice piece about me and my work. I am forever grateful to the wonderfully talented people at Equestrian Quarterly. ( look on page 76, Fall 2014 Issue)

Fun for You, Fun for Me

Fun for You, Fun for Me, 43"w x 45"h, acrylic & mixed media on canvas, Andrew Portwood copyright 2014

Revisiting....reworking

Blue opera, Revisited, 36" x 48", mixed media on canvas, Andrew Portwood copyright 2014

Blue opera, Revisited, detail, 36" x 48", mixed media on canvas, Andrew Portwood copyright 2014

Blue opera, Revisited, detail, 36" x 48", mixed media on canvas, Andrew Portwood copyright 2014

Equus Colores

Equus Colores, 32" x 48", acrylic on canvas, Andrew Portwood copyright 2014

off the beaten path..

Feeling a different groove...not sure where this will lead..

Summer Resolve, 40" x 40", acrylic on canvas, Andrew Portwood copyright 2014

July Road, 36" x 40", acrylic on canvas, Andrew Portwood copyright 2014

Left to Right, 36" x 36",acrylic and collage on canvas, Andrew Portwood copyright 2014

Went back to my Wednesday drawing group last night in Buckhead...always good to workout the drawing muscles and stay limber. I have to say that I really enjoy the quick sketches with short poses better. I personally have a tendency to overwork a sketch if given enough time to do so. I'm looking forward to next weeks challenge!

white winter horse

white winter horse, 2014, 24" x 30"  paint and paper collage on board, Andrew Portwood copyright 2014

work in progress

This is a work in progress that I plan to add a few collage elements to...there is a tendency to want to correct certain areas, but I really like the "thinking lines" and "imperfections",..random marks of human character.

work in progress, Birds will Fly, 48" x 48", acrylic on canvas, Andrew Portwood 2014

New collage piece

This is a new piece titled  The Hieyelander, a collage on Masonite board made with the hand-painted paper that I spoke of in my last post. I've been using gouache and acrylic. The acrylic lays down with a more consistent tone, but the gouache makes surprises on the paper...it puddles and runs like watercolor, but dries nice and flat and slightly textured. I am pleased.

The Hieyelander, approx. 12" x 20", collage on Masonite board, Andrew Portwood copyright 2014

Monotypes

Riding the Blue Horse, 10" x 10", monotype on paper, Andrew Portwood copyright 2014

More monotypes on a small press at The Studio Upstairs

...Really enjoy making these...very spontaneous and graphic and it's a social event when working in another artists studio space...reminds me of that early collaboration in art school...casual - not pressured...that makes for an atmosphere of creativity. It has been a long winter living inside of my own head in my studio space, making art around professional peers has been a mentally healthy and productive experience.

Sidewalk Storefront, 2014, 10" x 10", monotype on arches paper, Andrew Portwood copyright 2014

Let's Jump, 2014, 10" x 10", monotype on arches paper, Andrew Portwood copyright 2014

monotypes on a small press at The Studio Upstairs

I'm back in the groove after finishing a whole week of presstime. Altogether, I 've made about 15 monotype prints...and every night, I think about what I can try tomorrow..it is an addictive process printmaking.

Walk through Town, 2014, monotype, 10" x 10", Andrew Portwood copyright 2014

The Gamelawn, 2014, monotype, 10" x 10", Andrew Portwood copyright 2014

Merry Playground, 2014, monotype, 10" x 10", Andrew Portwood copyright 2014

orange landscape, revised, 2013,40" x 40"

Orange Landscape, Revised, 40" x 40", acrylic & charcoal on canvas, Andrew Portwood copyright 2013
Available

October Trees, 36" x 48"

October Trees, 2013, acrylic & mixed media on canvas, Andrew Portwood copyright 2013
Sold

"George the Surveyor", 2013, 36 x 48", mixed media on canvas

George the Surveyor, 2013, 36" x 48", mixed media on canvas, Andrew Portwood copyright 2013
available  at  https://andrewportwoodstudio.com/home.html

George the Surveyor, Detail , 36" x 48", mixed media on canvas, Andrew Portwood copyright 2013

George the Surveyor, Detail , 36" x 48", mixed media on canvas, Andrew Portwood copyright 2013

More whimsy with this painting. I have been drawing inspiration from the local park area...which is kind of turning into a dog park. I like observing the owners repeatedly throwing tennis balls for the dogs to chase...you have never seen such elation from the dog's owners and the dog's themselves. If you had four legs to run with, you would be in a state of elation to speed across a wide open field ( off the leash!)
Of course, this picture shows horses instead of dogs, and I have put the characters in early American dress of 200 years ago...that's the whimsical part.

Impulsive watercolor: "My friends in the Park", 36" x 48", mixed media on canvas

My friends in the Park, 2013, 36" x 48", mixed media on canvas, Andrew Portwood copyright 2013

Available at  https://andrewportwoodstudio.com/home.html

I could take this painting to another stage of completion...but I'm going to leave it alone instead. I don't know about you...but my mood can change from day to day...I tend to live in the present and can be quite impulsive. Maybe that is a luxury of an artist. I went to the park , and just sat and listened and looked, and went back to the studio and just painted anything... and it developed into something tangible...which I thought I would use as a base for tomorrow's painting session. But the next morning I looked at it , and just left it alone. It had a life and energy from a passing moment. I like the freshness and spontaneity...just an impulsive watercolor. Maybe I'm regressing back into my own childhood...but the making of this picture was such a joyful and pleasurable experience...the way I felt in kindergarten...no pre-conceived notion or critical approach....Just Play. Sometimes you have to ask yourself why you started drawing and painting in the first place and reconnect with that.

"Courtyard Circle", Detail, 30" x 30", oil on canvas

Courtyard Circle, Detail, 30" x 30", oil on canvas, Andrew Portwood copyright 2010
Available at : https://andrewportwoodstudio.com/home.html

Dianah passed this way, 24" x 24", acrylic & mixed media on panel

Dianah passed this way, 24" x 24", mixed media on panel, Andrew Portwood copyright 2010, Sold

Orange Boat, 29" x 30", pastel on paper, Andrew Portwood copyright 2008

Available at  http://www.bennettgalleriesnashville.com/AndrewPortwood.htm

Glider, 2009, 20" x 24", oil on canvas

Glider, 2009, 20" x 24", oil on canvas, Andrew Portwood copyright 2009

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Scruffy Child Gods of Jupiter, 36" x 48", mixed media on canvas

Scruffy Child Gods of Jupiter, 2013, 36" x 48", mixed media on canvas, Andrew Portwood copyright 2013

Available at : https://andrewportwoodstudio.com/home.html

"Salon Alabama", 36" x 36", mixed media on canvas

Salon Alabama, 2013, 36" x 36", mixed media on canvas, Andrew Portwood copyright 2013

Available at : https://andrewportwoodstudio.com/home.html