"TinselTown" by A.B.Deneweth

Inspired by the sparkling snow over the weekend, I wanted to create a whimsical abstract that might also be interpreted as hanging glass holiday ornaments and tinsel. I painted this with oils on a tinted canvas using a brush and a knife for a variety of textures.

In this type of "high-key" abstract, I love to push the boundaries of colorful whites and neutrals in where in contrast the touches of pure pigment really pop.

"TinselTown" by A.B.Deneweth, 18 x 18 oil on canvas board, available
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"Sunday Snow" by A.B. Deneweth

Happy Sunday! Waking up to lots of fresh snow this November morning, so was inspired to quickly finish my abstract snow landscape. I'm continuing to work with the painting knife this week. I particularly love using the painting knife for snow because it's like frosting your landscape as if it were a giant cupcake. I also like to see how many colors I can use for "white" snow.

To help keep the snow scene from getting too cool, I first tinted the canvas with warm orange red hue and let some of that peak through. It's one of my favorite painting techniques.

"Sunday Snow" by A. B. Deneweth, 16 x 16 oil on panel
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"Just Say Snow" by A.B.Deneweth

It's a sunny, warm November day here in Denver without a snowflake in site--But I decided to paint an abstracted snow scene continuing my colorful knife painting series. Here I tinted the canvas a warm golden yellow to help warm up the mostly cool landscape hues.

I started with quick sketch and then "painted" in the oil paints entirely with the painting knife. As I usually do, to keep the colors extra vibrant and clean, I used a limited, but versatile, palette of only Indian Yellow, Quin Rose, Thalo Blue, Ultra Blue, and White. Sure, it's some extra mixing but that's part of the fun!

"Just Say Snow" 12 x 12 oil on panel by A.B. Deneweth.
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"Emerald City" by A.B. Deneweth

Happy Monday! Hot off the today's easel, here's a loose, abstract forest landscape. I love painting evergreen forests, particularly the positive and negative tree shapes and their cast shadows. I also love to do all painting knife oil impressionistic landscape paintings like this. Using a painting knife is a great way to get both texture and to keep your colors vibrant.

"Emerald City" 12 x 12 oil on panel by A. B.Deneweth, Denver, COLORADO
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