Michelle Harton

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

Another painting in progress, 70 x 70cm. Flowing water coming 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! 🖌️🎨

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#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. 🖌️

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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.
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#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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My newest finished painting "Portals" 80 x 80cm fo

My newest finished painting "Portals" 80 x 80cm for STARTnet Art Fair @start.art.global in the @saatchi_gallery in May.

This painting is part of my exploration into 2 sided paintings so this painting can be turned around whenever you'd like a change of scenery to reveal a new painting.
I'm excited to have started this exploration into dual sided work. It's challenging but I know it's different and I'm looking forward to seeing where this leads.

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#contemporaryartist #contemporaryartwork #investmentart #abstractlandscape #twosidedpainting #newartwork #modernsurrealism #surreallandscape #modernlandscape #artcollector #artcollectorsoftheworld

Here's "Maria Blanchard" in her new abstract form

Here's "Maria Blanchard" in her new abstract form on day 63 of The STOP PAINTING Project. This one is quite different for me, I don't usually see myself as an abstract painter but I let her go where she wanted to! 🖌️

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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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#artiststudio #artistsupportpledge #abstractart #originalabstractart #artcollector #artcollectors #irishabstractartist #smallabstractpainting #artchallenge #michellehartonart #femaleartist #modernabstract #contemporarypainting

It's day 63 of The STOP PAINTING Project and today

It's day 63 of The STOP PAINTING Project and today I'm going to paint over "Maria Blanchard". 🖌️

As my work has developed, reoccurring symbols have appeared. I've started to keep a little dictionary of the symbols and what they mean to me. The big black rectangle in this piece is memories that have been forgotten. In relation to this piece I had been thinking about how much history has happened in different landscapes that we know nothing about. Sometimes things are hidden on purpose but there are so many interesting private experiences that we will never know.

You have until 2.30pm if you'd like to give a home to Maria as she is before she gets obliterated 😂. You can purchase on my website or message me.

#abstractedlandscape #mysticallandscapes #neonpink #neonart #femaleartists #contemporaryartist #modernlandscape #colourblocks #contemporarylandscape

I was photographing the last 3 remaining STOP PAIN

I was photographing the last 3 remaining STOP PAINTING Project pieces and I realised what a nice set the two paintings in the first image, "Leonor Fini" and "Leonora Carrington", would make. The middle pink painting in the second image is "Maria Blanchard". One of them will be painted over this Wednesday if they aren't sold.

These 3 paintings and a selection of other work is available on my website www.michellehartonart.com (link in bio), or contact me for payment plans. With Valentine's Day fast approaching this Sunday, if you are purchasing a gift please let me know and I can gift wrap and include one of my art greeting cards for your message complimentary. ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

#stoppaintingproject #irishart #valentinesdayart #artcollecting #artset #femaleartist #contemporaryartist #mysticalart #mysticallandscapes #valentinesdaygifts #irishgiftguide

What I've learned from The STOP PAINTING Project a

What I've learned from The STOP PAINTING Project and from studying with @nicholaswilton from Art2Life is to not be afraid to paint back over paintings if I know they can be better. Even if that means ruining what I had been happy with previously. Each painting can teach me something new that I can reuse. I want to be really proud of all the work that leaves my studio. 🖌️

I've called the painting in the photo "Holiday Dreaming" (aren't we all 😂🏖️) and it's my favourite painting I've done so far this year. I hope I can surpass it many times over the year ahead 💪

If you're interested in doing the free Art2Life workshop starting February 15th you can sign up through the link in my bio. I highly recommend it!

#art2life #nicholaswilton #myfavouritepainting #contemporaryartist #contemporarypainting #artcourses #freeartcourse #arttraining #irishartist #artistprofile #artcollector #femalepainter

Trying to decide what scenes are unfolding in this

Trying to decide what scenes are unfolding in this one. Looking at this photo I'm starting to see some little houses.

#abstractpainting #abstractedlandscape #artpalette #wipart #unfolding #bluesandgreens #femaleartist #artistofinstagram

If it looks like it could be a pallet or able to h

If it looks like it could be a pallet or able to hold brushes or water it's going to get used, frisbees, bento box lids, make up set boxes, bean tins, tarallini buckets 🖌️😂. Useful hoarding/recycling 💪😂

Here's one of the new 70x70cm paintings I'm working on. Looks a little like rainbow mountains 🌈

#rainbowmountain #artrecycle #artsupplies #hoarder #contemporaryartist #recycledart #contemporarypainting #colouristpainting#artstudio #wipart

UPDATE - STOP PAINTING has been called on this pai

UPDATE - STOP PAINTING has been called on this painting - SOLD!

Here's "Leonor Fini" after being painted over today. I really enjoyed doing this one.

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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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#artistsupportplegde #mysticalart #acrylicprocess #contemporarypainting #contemporaryartist #femaleartist #mysticallandscapes #originallandscape #artchallenge #michellehartonart #femaleartist #nightart #artistsofinsta

Hi everyone! For today's STOP PAINTING Project I'

Hi everyone!
For today's STOP PAINTING Project I'm going to paint over "Leonor Fini". If you would like to treat yourself to this painting and stop it getting painted over let me know by 2pm! 🖌️

The sides will be painted in gold enamel, it's 8x8" ready to hang and comes with a certificate that you've participated in the project.

You can click on my bio link or go to http://michellehartonart.com/2020/08/23/leonor-fini/ to purchase or message me to hold it for you.

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Every week I have people comment on the amount of

Every week I have people comment on the amount of work I create and how quickly they have noticed my art developing and my colour and design skills improving so much in the last year. The reason is that last February I signed up to do a free art course with artist and teacher Nicholas Wilton's from the Art2lLife Academy, not thinking much of it because I am always signing up to do free classes and most of them don't really give much valuable information, but I was curious because I had been watching Nicholas's other videos on YouTube and enjoyed them. By the end of the week I was so pumped up by the things I was learning, that were not new to me, but had never been taught to me in a way I really internalised before that I knew for once that if I had more time with this guy that I could really improve my art. Eventually as is the way with all free online courses at the end of the week a paid for course was announced if you wanted to learn more. To be honest at first I had zero intention of signing up because I thought it was too expensive and I was worried if it was no good I would have wasted too much money. But the more I re-watched the free videos and saw how people who had done the course, had repeated it 3 and 4 times, because they are always adding new material, and they were all saying the massive effect the course had made to their art, I decided that it was time to invest in developing myself and my creativity if I ever wanted to really be proud of my work.
There is a reason that my studio walls are constantly covered with new paintings in progress and it started with doing this free course last year.
You can sign up to the free course through this link: https://share.tellafrienda2l.com/a/a2lworkshop2021/michelleharton
I have been telling lots of my artists friends about this course since I started it because I know how much it helped me, but I have found out last week that if anyone signs up to the free course through my link that I will receive a commission if you decide to eventually do the full program so I would really appreciate if you sign up using this link because it will go towards more art supplies! 🙂
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Here is "Leonora Carrington" in her newest form. C

Here is "Leonora Carrington" in her newest form. Check out my previous post to see me working on this today. 🎨

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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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#artiststudio #artistsupportpledge #abstractart #acrylicprocess #timelapsepainting #arttimelapse #wipart #originalart #affordableart #smallabstractpainting #surrealism #surrealandscape #artchallenge #michellehartonart #femaleartist

My newest finished painting for @start.art.global

My newest finished painting for @start.art.global in The Saatchi Gallery @saatchi_gallery. It's from my exploration into 2 sided paintings and can be hung in both directions.

I have to say it's my favourite painting that I've done so far in this body of work. It was a bit of a battle to get it to this point but once I let go and started experimenting it really flowed. The colours and the shapes make me happy to look at it and I want to keep it which is my sign that I've done exactly what I should have. 💖

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Here's day 60 of The STOP PAINTING Project "Leonor

Here's day 60 of The STOP PAINTING Project "Leonor Fini" in her newest form.
I had to work quite a lot on it today to get something I wanted. I have to admit at one point I was ready to give up! 🤦🏻‍♀️ But being ready to give up and let go of trying to make it work gave me the permission to just start painting the big blocks of colour. And then as if by magic the painting developed to completion quickly after that. I guess there's a life lesson in there somewhere! 😂

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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.

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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#artistlive #artistsupportpledge #abstractart #acrylicprocess #originalabstractart #smallabstractpainting #cityscapepainting #colourblocks #stoppaintingproject #artchallenge #michellehartonart #femaleartist

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