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Two Paintings; One Older, One Brand New

July 23, 2008 · 4 Comments

Today I’m showing you two pieces, one a few years old but never published until now, and a brand new painting. Let me tell you about the first piece; about two years ago I started a project where I was painting lots of very large acrylic paintings on unstretched canvas. Just now I am coming back to some of these (about 20 total, all of them larger than 30 x 40″); and finishing them, photographing them, etc., (and someday stretching them).

This one I actually worked on over various periods for 4 or 5 years, (sometimes I’m slow like that). It’s  34 x 50″ in size and done in oil and acrylic paint on canvas (I know you’re not supposed to mix oil and acrylic but it’s okay they don’t overlap much). I really like the feel of the piece, and the white that I left upainted I think helps make for a good composition, I also like the rough but sometimes refined edges in it.
Rhythmic Color by Ed Tajchman, oil and acrylic on canvas, 34 x 50"

Rhythmic Color by Ed Tajchman, oil and acrylic on canvas, 50 x 34" (© '08 all rights reserved)

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The second piece I’m going to share in this post is a much smaller piece, and it’s brand new. It’s called Blue #3 (it’s third in a series of monochromatic blue watercolor paintings). The first two in the series are much larger, (22 x 28″) this one is only 8.5 x 11″, but I really like it. It will be matted and framed and available for sale sometime in the future. Feel free to tell me what you think about either piece.

Blue Number Three, Ed Tajchman, 11 x 8.5", watercolor. © '08

Blue Number Three, Ed Tajchman, 11 x 8.5", watercolor, © '08 all rights reserved.

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  • Salve // July 24, 2008 at 10:49 pm | Reply

    i like Blue #3. it’s peaceful, calm. something that i would love to look at after a tiring day. :)

    the first painting, Rhythmic Color, it stimulates happy thoughts. it makes me remember my carefree days as a kid. :)

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  • Ed // July 25, 2008 at 3:29 am | Reply

    thnks Salve, yah the beer thing I don’t think would be legal lol…

  • ivdanu // July 25, 2008 at 9:30 am | Reply

    The blue one is definitely better – it has a certain freshness and even aer around, it’s interesting for the eye which goes following the maze-like design…

    The first one gives me the feeling of being kind of confuse, uncertain, too many colors and no aer, no space (even if it could be interesting for the eye the eye doesn’t know much what to do of it…)

  • Ed // July 25, 2008 at 6:03 pm | Reply

    thanks Ion, the watercolors are my forte like I said. But I want to be one of those artists who paint large oil paintings, all cool you know? Sigh, my watercolors are better though you’re right. Thanks for stoppin by again.

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