R. Huiskens's Blog (4)

I had been planning this painting for a while. The "imaginary flower" studies from earlier this year were some of the preparatory designs for it. What's interesting is that the involved detail of those smaller paintings was pushed back a bit for this work. I think I have achieved a nice balance of color and design by keeping the flowers simple. This is the first of several works I plan to do in this vein - the setup can be reworked into many arrangements of color,…

Butterflies No. 1

Acrylic on stretched canvas - 9" x 12"

This painting from 2011 is the final painting of my submissions to the American Art Awards...

Hornet Moth No. 2"

Acrylic on stretched canvas - 18" x 20"

I have entered three paintings in The American Art Awards. One was the painting in my previous post here, …

Clockwork Butterflies No. 6

Acrylic on stretched canvas - 24" x 36"

For my first entry on the Artists2artists blog, I would like to feature a painting that was completed over many months. The earlier paintings in this series were more realistic in the interpretation of the clock gears, but ended up being somewhat monochromatic. I purposefully decided to forgo the…