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I haven't posted in a while, so here are a few new pieces. I'll put all but one behind a cut to spare those who don't want to look at a bunch of pictures... not that I can understand why anyone wouldn't want to look at a bunch of pictures, but whatever.

First, this painting I finished yesterday;

Title: Palingenesis
Medium: Acrylic on stretched canvas
Size: 20" x 16"


Details plus more artwork; ( behind this cut )

Thanks for looking!

“Those who dream by day are cognizant of many things that escape those who dream only at night.”
      -Edgar Allan Poe

Title: "Dream by Day"
Medium: oil pastel on bristol
Size: 3 1/2 x 2 1/2"
Status: For Sale (Click image to go to eBay store)

One of my goals for this piece was to use a combination of actual and simulated texture to give the illusion of much greater depth than is actually there.

Title: Soaring On White Wings
Medium: Acrylics on canvas
Size: 16" x 20"
Status: For Sale Soon


Detail;

The auction for this one ends in two days. It's similar to another blossoming tree I made in April, but in a larger format and, in my opinion, a little nicer end result.

Title: Radiance In the Sun
Medium: Acrylics and oil pastel on canvas
Size: 14" x 11"
Status: For Sale (click image for link to auction)


Also, here are two new abstracts I completed this week.

Title: Gilded Web
Medium: Acrylics and mylar on canvas
Size: 16" x 20"
Status: For Sale Soon


Detail;



Title: Journey's End (Extended Invitation)
Medium: Acrylics on canvas
Size: 16" x 20"
Status: For Sale Soon

Title: Memories of Carcosa
Medium: acrylics, mylar and iridescent pigments on canvas
Size: 11" x 14"
Status: For Sale Soon





"Cassilda's Song"

Along the shore the cloud waves break,
The twin suns sink beneath the lake,
The shadows lengthen

In Carcosa.

Strange is the night where black stars rise,
And strange moons circle through the skies
But stranger still is

Lost Carcosa.

Songs that the Hyades shall sing,
Where flap the tatters of the King,
Must die unheard in

Dim Carcosa.

Song of my soul, my voice is dead;
Die thou, unsung, as tears unshed
Shall dry and die in

Lost Carcosa.

~Robert W. Chambers, "The King In Yellow", 1895

I have been so busy working on commissions that I haven't been able to paint much for myself lately! Most of my "spare" time has been setting up a Cafepress store. So, without further ado, I will publicly announce the URL for anyone interested in seeing my work on mugs, T-shirts and greeting cards;

http://www.cafepress.com/klturner

Please bear in mind that while I have spent several days getting this set up, there is still a lot more material to get installed, so make sure you check back again later to see what I still have yet to add! Also, once I get the basics going I will be making custom HTML and graphics to pretty up the look of the store.

And since I haven't posted any new art recently, here are a couple of new pieces. The first one is an abstract, this auction closes tomorrow;

Title: Captured in Gold and Wine
Medium: Oil pastel on Bristol vellum
Size: 2 1/2" x 3 1/2"
Status: For Sale (Click image to go to auction)


This second one is a departure, or maybe a step or progression, I'm not sure. I have never painted a self-portrait before, and I really never thought I would since I have plenty of photographs and don't really care to curse the world with yet another physical representation of my image. But I felt compelled to paint a different kind of self portrait. This shows the way I "see" myself right now in life- of course this portrait would look different if I were to paint it again a year from now because I see myself as ever changing. I used a graffito technique with oil pastels to make this. It is not yet for sale, but I may put it up for auction tonight. I also may decide to paint a larger and more refined version of this.

Title: Self Portrait
Medium: Oil pastel on Bristol vellum
Size: 2 1/2" x 3 1/2"
Status: For Sale Soon