I almost forgot this week's theme at Inspiration Avenue, "beach treasures". It's Saturday evening, and I either can just pass it this week which I really wouldn't like, or I can contribute with something that I made a year ago. I opted for the latter.
Acrylic paints on a 8 x 10 canvas, then added some shells, seastar and driftwood that I had found on our beaches. Stamped a seastar, glued a torn book page in the lower right corner and embellished with the stamped image of the "sunsource" (one of my favorite stamps by Stampington & Company) without the sun. The colors are not quite true to the original, but I couldn't get the camera to represent the colors correctly. This shade of sea green seems to be a challenge!
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ReplyDeleteOoh I love that sea green against the natural tones of the shells and driftwood Carola - gorgeous!!
ReplyDeleteI like all the different elements together too, and how you've placed them - it reminds me of treasures washed up naturally on the beach.
That is fabulous, Carola! Love the colours and that quote is one of my favourites
ReplyDeleteCertainly representational of the sea and ocean - love the gal standing on the shore surrounded by shells. Thanks for the visit...
ReplyDeleteLove, love, love this mixed media canvas. Glad you decided to bring back one of your works of art to show us this week. Is it a west coast or Germany thing when you call them "seastars?" I've always called them "starfish."
ReplyDeleteI find green and blue are both difficult to represent the correct color when photographing or even scanning your art. I noticed that when I made some swap pages recently.
beautiful aqua shades and I like that person on the cliff.......
ReplyDeleteVery cool. I love the three dimensional nature of it, and the person in the lower right is fantastic.
ReplyDeleteRinda
Toll, die Farben sind ein Traum.
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