I’ve been working on new series of small paintings featuring a collection of light bulbs, which represent ideas and invention.
I love the original design of light bulbs (as opposed to their new, efficient, modern cousins), and wanted to paint them with a muted, neutral palette. Using warm tones of peach, ochre, sepia, gray, cream, and white, I have combined both thin, drippy paint and thick impressionist brushstrokes to create richly textured images. There is a bright pop of orange outlining the objects to create the effect of an energetic glow.
“Ideas with Potential”
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| ©2013 Erin Fickert-Rowland, oil on canvas |
“Wrestling with Ideas”
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| ©2013 Erin Fickert-Rowland, oil on canvas |
“A Collection of Ideas”
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| ©2013 Erin Fickert-Rowland, oil on canvas |
These paintings are all on 8 inch x 8 inch gallery wrapped canvas, and are now available at Calico Home in Denver, CO.