'Rhapsody in Blue-Green' - 60x36 inches - Acrylic on canvasThis is a
commission request that I finished yesterday. It's a 5 piece
abstract painting, where I used photos to try to get close to the
color scheme requested. The idea was to use a
'green' that was close to the
pillow and part of the
rug, as shown in the photo below, as opposed to an
emerald green (pthalo green ).
As you can see in the photo below, the
green in the rug is almost a
grey-green, and the pillow is a shade lighter. Further descriptions have the greens as being
'sage' and 'similar to
eucalyptus, which was helpful in mixing the paint. I tried to get the green right between the pillow's color, and the rug. I think it's close- we'll only know for sure when it's
hanging on the wall! And the
lighting will be a factor, but the important thing to remember is that in art, the human
brain easily figures out what is supposed to be going on, and
doesn't need an exact match!

I was also more
energetic with the drips than with the
original painting (
see it here) that this was based upon- I wanted to add more
excitement to this one! (
Always trying to do better, huh?!)
So when you are ready for your own custom-painted artwork,
pick one out, and
drop me a line!