Michelle Harton

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Bringing some of my florals into my mystical lands

Bringing some of my florals into my mystical landscapes. 🌾🌾

#abstractedlandscape #mysticalart #mysticallandscapes #interiordesignart #artforinteriordesigners #artcurators #acrylicpaintings #dreamworld #dreamscapes #botanicalart #new_and_abstract #delphianopencall

UPDATE - SOLD Spurred on by all the nice comments

UPDATE - SOLD
Spurred on by all the nice comments on yesterday's wild flower paintings, I started to work on some more today. Check out my stories to see a video of what's in progress. 🖌️
This photo also contains the most useful thing in my studio - tin cans 😂

#flowerart #flowerpaintings #abstractbotanical #abstractedfloral #paintinginprocess #layersofcolour #botanicalart #tincans #botanicalart #nightflowers #acrylicpaintings

I keep continually painting onto these 2 canvases

I keep continually painting onto these 2 canvases to see what kind of flower field or forest floor I can build up and develop. I would love to do really big versions of this type of work so you could feel like you where inside the painting. I think of them as a close up of the flowers and plants in my abstracted mystical landscapes.

#flowerart #flowerpaintings #abstractbotanical #abstractedfloral #paintinginprocess #layersofcolour #botanicalart

It's taken me a while to get back to this piece. I

It's taken me a while to get back to this piece. I loved the colour combinations it had so I was almost afraid to touch it! 😂
I think it looks good in both directions. It can be hard to know when a painting is finished especially when you've been looking at it for so long so when I get to this stage of trying to decide if a painting is almost finished I usually hang it somewhere I can see it in my studio to see if anything starts to niggle at me. 😊
It's 16 x 12" on wood.

#artistofinstagram #abstractpainting #abstractart #finishingapainting #interiordesignireland #interiorart #irishabstractartist #mixedmediaartist #artonwood #acrylicabstractpainting #acrylicprocess

I'm delighted to be part of #Incognito2021again th

I'm delighted to be part of #Incognito2021again this year.
I've donated 3 paintings to raise much needed funds for the Jack and Jill Foundation.

2021 will be the fifth year of Incognito which to date has raised over €430,000 for The Jack & Jill Children’s Foundation. This year’s sale starts at 10am on April 22nd and each painting is just €60 each. The fun part is you don't know what artist you've bought until after the sale and lots of celebrities and famous artists work are in the mix. All the available paintings are now available to view on www.incognito.ie.

Can you spot my paintings? 😊🖼️

#Incognito21 #incognito #jackandjillfoundation #irishart #charityartsale #charityexhibition #incognito2021

Here's how this painting has progressed. I think i

Here's how this painting has progressed. I think it's almost finished 😊
70x70cm on deep stretched canvas.

#landscapepainting #abstractedlandscape #mysticallandscapes #acrylicpainting #irishart #femaleartist #instaartist #forestpainting #forestbathing #contemporaryartist #contemporarypainting

Today...I really didn't want to paint.🤦🏻‍♀️ I folded a lot of laundry and was going to do some other things that I was pushing up the things to do list. But something made me think, just give yourself another hour, fold some more socks 😂 and then go to the studio, you don't have to do much, even just do something in your sketchbook for a little bit and then go do the other things you need to do.
I started to work on a painting I had a few layers on and a few hours later this is the result. It's 12x12" on a wooden panel. 🎨

I've seen so many posts from artists lately saying they are struggling to create the longer the pandemic goes on and asking for advice for motivation. Some days it is really hard and it's just better to do something else or watch or read things to give you ideas or step away from it all completely. But as artists working on our own there's rarely ever going to be someone to tell you to get to work and that's the blessing and curse of being an artist. For me I've found a lot of the time you just have to show up, there's no magic formula. Lay out your paints and just decide to paint for half an hour. Once you get started one half hour usually leads into the next and if it doesn't then at least you know you tried. 💪

I think this painting is finished but I'll look at it with fresh eyes tomorrow. Speaking of eyes can you spot the eye looking out? 👁️😊

#acrylicprocess #artistssupportingartists #amsterdamacrylics #inktensepencils #artistofinstagram #abstractedlandscape #landscapeart #showupforyourself #artistadvice #interiordesignireland #interiorart #irishart #artmotivation

UPDATE - SOLD Here's another painting I'm working

UPDATE - SOLD
Here's another painting I'm working on. 🖌️

#abstractedlandscape #landscapepainting #instaartist #femaleartist #acrylicprocess #wipart #interiorart #dreamscape #waterscape

Inspired by a video from @louisefletcher_art on wo

Inspired by a video from @louisefletcher_art on working in concertina sketchbooks, I started experimenting in one today. 🖌️
3 more meters on this side to go! 😂

#sketchbookpages #seawhitesketchbook #concertinasketchbook #sketchbook #landscapesketching #contemporaryartwork #sketchbook #sketchbookpainting

Another little 6x8" mystical dream land. Not sure

Another little 6x8" mystical dream land. Not sure if it's totally finished yet, I think it needs a few more tweaks. 🖌️

#dreamscape #dreamland #landscapepainting #acryliconwood #colourpop #smallpaintings #pinkandpurple #nightscape

Today I worked on two more of my little 6x8" dream

Today I worked on two more of my little 6x8" dream landscapes on wood. Here is one of them and the sides will be finished in gold enamel. I love working out the colour combinations for these pieces. 🖌️

#dreamscape #abstractedlandscape #abstractlandscape #snowscape #acryliclandscape #inktensepencils #amsterdamacrylics #interiordesignireland #interiorart #artcollecting #instaartwork #contemporaryart

UPDATE - SOLD A new little painting today, "Sea S

UPDATE - SOLD
A new little painting today, "Sea Stories", acrylic and Inktense on wood panel, 6 x 8".

#seapainting #contemporarypainting
#femalepainter #pirateship #nightscapes #cityskyline #acrylicpainting #mixedmediaart #artonwood #inktensepencils #amsterdamacrylics #smallpainting #smallpaintingsforsale

I've been painting mountains, rivers and now into

I've been painting mountains, rivers and now into the woods. I'm curious to see where this one will go.

#contemporarypainting #abstractedlandscape #interiordesignart #intothewoods #mysticalart #forestpainting #instaartwork #acrylicprocess #acryliclandscape #forestbathing

Another painting in progress, 70 x 70cm. Flowing w

Another painting in progress, 70 x 70cm. Flowing water starting to come into my paintings recently.

#flowingwater #instaartwork #acrylicprocess #landscapeart #contemporarypainting #neonpaint #mysticallandscapes

This painting has gone through a lot of changes so

This painting has gone through a lot of changes so far!
I thought I liked where I was going with the little houses, then I decided to try a green glaze, then I got totally fed up with it and decided since I had been doing so many bright colours I wanted to do something a bit softer and painted all over it again in total frustration and then this landscape appeared and I really like we're it's going. It's still got a bit to go but it's a good lesson in painting that if you're not totally happy with a piece you can always start again! 🖌️🎨

#artistofinstagram #paintingprocess #abstractedlandscape #flowingwater #waterfallart #femaleartist #contemporaryartist
#contemporarypainting #artlovers #landscapepainting

"Peruvian Memories", Acrylic on canvas, 70 x 70cm

"Peruvian Memories",
Acrylic on canvas, 70 x 70cm.
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When I was almost finished this canvas I realised I had painted my trek up Machu Picchu mountain in Peru. Many, many, MANY steep giant steps, super hot sun beaming down, colourful tropical plants and alpacas wandering around the ruins when I finally got down, plonked myself behind an ancient wall and had a well deserved picnic. Only for my MP3 player with Jeff Buckley and Neil Young I don't think I would have ever gotten to the bottom 😂. I will never do it again 😂 but I thank those memories for appearing on this painting. 🖌️

I will be exhibiting this painting at @start.art.global at the @saatchi_gallery this May along with many new paintings. All paintings are available for sale in advance of the show.

#startnet #saatchigallery #startartfair2021 #machupicchu #peruvianinspired #travelperu #machupicchumountain #artcollectors #contemporaryartist #contemporarypainting #delphianopencal @delphiangallery

I've been working a little more on this one today.

I've been working a little more on this one today. I'm liking the looseness of it after doing a lot more detailed work lately, so just to try and keep it now is the test. 🖌️

#abstractedlandscape #delphianopencall @delphiangallery #femalepainter #artistsoninstagram #artiststudio #movingwater #acrylicprocess #mountainpainting #landscapepainting

Refreshing night swimming and cocktails under the

Refreshing night swimming and cocktails under the stars in a hot county. Dreaming of holidays is still influencing my paintings! 🏖️ When I see this painting I just hear "Club Tropicana" in my head. 😂🍸

Just a reminder for anyone wanting to sign up to the amazing Art2Life course, tonight is the closing time to enroll. If you have any questions about the course I'm happy to answer them. I know it's a big committment so it can seem daunting but I wholeheartedly recommend it. The sign up link is in my bio. 🖌️

@delphiangallery #delphianopencall #art2life2021 #art2life #clubtropicana #holidaydreaming #artistsofinstagram #femaleartist #swimmingart #cocktailbar #acrylicpainting

So why do I set myself art challenges like The STO

So why do I set myself art challenges like The STOP PAINTING Project and The Mystery Art Sale?
Because things like this happen - yesterday for the STOP PAINTING Project I decided to work back on "Maria Blanchard" using more subtle colours. I think you can see from my page that I LOVE working with lots of bright saturated colours but I wanted to try and do something quieter and refined. The painting that emerged felt quite different for me but achieved what I wanted it too. It also got the most comments from people that I've had on a painting in a while which surprised me. Spurred on by your positivity I decided to try another softer landscape today. I have to go back and take a second look at it tomorrow with fresh eyes to see if it needs any changes but walking out of my studio tonight I feel it's really a good one and another passageway into more of this type of work.
My landscape work came out of the STOP PAINTING Project. I normally didn't paint landscapes before it, only as backgrounds for my figures but they slowly crept in as a way to make a variety of work for the project and again encouraged by your kind comments, it helped me to explore them further. Another thing that happened during the project was big strong lines of colour crept in. The painting I did today has a big black band across it and this is something that appeared a few times during the project.
I've learned so much more from the project and maybe I'll make a bigger post about it when the final remaining STOP PAINTING Project piece "Leonora Carrington" gets stopped. (There's just one left eek!!!) I know there's a lot of people out there now who would like to paint and do lots of other things but don't have the motivation with the way the world is today with the pandemic and I totally understand that, I have lots of days where I don't feel the motivation to paint. But I would encourage you to set yourself a little challenge, make yourself accountable on social media or to someone who knows how to crack the whip, once you show up and try even a little the motivation builds momentum and I can guarantee you it will lead to unexpected things.
#contemporarylandscape
#artchallege #art

Here is "Maria Blanchard" in her newest form. I fe

Here is "Maria Blanchard" in her newest form.
I feel like this painting has opened up some new roads for me in encouraging me how to bring more subtle tones into my work. 🖌️

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This painting is available as part of The STOP PAINTING Project.

The STOP PAINTING Project allows you as the art buyer to tell me when my painting is finished so it's exactly to your taste.
If you would like to learn more about The STOP PAINTING Project and join in to get yourself one of my paintings at a special project rate while being part of an interactive art buying experience, then please go to www.michellehartonart.com/stop-painting-project or click on my bio link to purchase and then write STOP PAINTING under the artwork you want.

All of the project paintings are 8 x 8 inches, acrylic on a wooden cradled panel ready to hang and are €105 including worldwide postage. There are just 3 out of 30 paintings left ongoing in the project.

I've pledged all the paintings as part of the @artistsupportpledge which means for every €1000 I make I will buy artwork for €200 from another artist so by supporting my work you are also supporting the work of other artists.
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