April 2015 – From Bluerock

Painting: Never in a Million Years

full size: approx 15.25″ x 18.75″ Close-ups: “Never in a Million Years” I just started to paint and asked it to show me what it wanted to be. Eventually it […]

Paintings + Illustrations

Painting: Speak to Me! New Work

Speak to Me! New Work © deb davies thorkelson | april 29th, 2015 See the outcome of this painting here.

Paintings + Illustrations

Painting: Fishful Thinking

Fishful Thinking Acrylics & Black Ink on watercolour paper approx 7.5″ x 11″ (approx 19 cm x 28 cm) © deb davies thorkelson | april 2015 close-up: © deb […]

Paintings + Illustrations

Painting in progress: “Flip Side”

I’m currently working out some composition issues with this abstract piece. I keep telling myself just to go for it; it’s only paint on paper & the beauty of working […]

Paintings + Illustrations

Painting: Layers of Time

I had painted this Pointsettia on really crummy watercolour paper many years ago. It wasn’t a painting that I would hang on the wall and enjoy looking at, so […]

Paintings + Illustrations

Painting: Climate Change

full image: Climate Change Acrylic & Pencil on heavy watercolour paper (300# d’Arches) approx 7.75″ x 11.5″ (approx 19.5 cm x 29 cm) close-ups: The last close-up shows the […]

Paintings + Illustrations

Painting: Getting the Funk Out

Getting the Funk Out acrylic on illustration board approx 8″ x 16″ © deb davies thorkelson 2015

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Painting: I still need a place a to go…

I’m a bit on the fence about posting this one, because I feel like it still needs work. Sections of it work as smaller paintings, but as a whole I […]

Paintings + Illustrations

Painting: El Encanto Cantina 1996

Here’s a watercolour I found in my art files today. I painted this in January of 1996 when we lived in Scottsdale, Arizona. This cool restaurant “El Encanto Cantina”, was […]

Paintings + Illustrations

Painting: Five Flying Fish

Five Flying Fish Mixed Media on watercolour paper approx 11″ x 15″ (approx 28 cm x 38 cm) © deb davies thorkelson | april 2015 This painting is what became […]

Paintings + Illustrations

Painting: Work In Progress “rings”

This is one of three pieces I’m working on today. For this one (I’ll call it “rings” for now), I painted several layers of acrylic paint on a piece of […]

Digital Art

Photo: Self Portrait Surfin’ Style

Paintings + Illustrations

Painting: A Poem in Paint

A Poem in Paint acrylic and graphite on watercolour paper approx 7.5″x 11″ (approx 19 cm x 28 cm) © deb davies thorkelson | april 9th, 2015 I was feeling […]

Paintings + Illustrations

Painting: I hate it when that happens…

I hate it when that happens… a new, but unfinished painting: acrylic & spilled INK! on watercolour paper Of course I snapped a pic before attempting to clean it up! […]

Paintings + Illustrations

Painting Obliteration

Painting Obliteration: these two works in progress were becoming too dark & were taking on a war-like theme – barbed wire, bombs, jagged edges, chaos, unrest. So I’ve covered them […]

Paintings + Illustrations

Painting: Wine Country Series – Just a Taste

From the Wine Country Series of illustrations/paintings: Just a Taste […]

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Month: April 2015

Painting: Never in a Million Years

Painting: Speak to Me! New Work

Painting: Fishful Thinking

Painting in progress: “Flip Side”

Painting: Layers of Time

Painting: Climate Change

Painting: Getting the Funk Out

Painting: I still need a place a to go…

Painting: El Encanto Cantina 1996

Painting: Five Flying Fish

Painting: Work In Progress “rings”

Photo: Self Portrait Surfin’ Style

Painting: A Poem in Paint

Painting: I hate it when that happens…

Painting Obliteration

Painting: Wine Country Series – Just a Taste