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"I love the beauty and simplicity of flowers. The variation of colors and shapes found in nature provide endless inspiration for my paintings. Flowers are almost always an integral part of my works and very often the main subject of the composition. I try to convey an overall feeling of happiness and joy in my pieces, working with a bold and colorful flair in a playful style.
My favorite tools are the paint brush and pallet knife. I approach the blank canvas by roughly outlining a setting I have in mind. I then begin applying layers of paint loosely until the composition is fully developed to my satisfaction and the canvas is covered in an adequate thickness of paint and texture. From beginning to end, I pause often to sit with my painting as I evaluate the overall piece for color harmony, size and variation of the flower shapes, and always checking that I am creating pleasant negative space areas.
Working with fast drying acrylic paints and mediums allows me to be spontaneous throughout the painting process. I can adjust and tone down colors, as well as simplify an overdone painting by subtracting some shapes and I can add to areas that are calling for something more. When I am finally happy with the piece, I am able to finish off by creatively detailing some of the flower centers and maybe adding design marks on some of the leaves.
To be able to create a work of art that evokes a joyful feeling and releasing it to share with family, friends and the world, gives me a deep feeling of satisfaction and delight."
"I love the beauty and simplicity of flowers. The variation of colors and shapes found in nature provide endless inspiration for my paintings. Flowers are almost always an integral part of my works and very often the main subject of the composition. I try to convey an overall feeling of happiness and joy in my pieces, working with a bold and colorful flair in a playful style.
My favorite tools are the paint brush and pallet knife. I approach the blank canvas by roughly outlining a setting I have in mind. I then begin applying layers of paint loosely until the composition is fully developed to my satisfaction and the canvas is covered in an adequate thickness of paint and texture. From beginning to end, I pause often to sit with my painting as I evaluate the overall piece for color harmony, size and variation of the flower shapes, and always checking that I am creating pleasant negative space areas.
Working with fast drying acrylic paints and mediums allows me to be spontaneous throughout the painting process. I can adjust and tone down colors, as well as simplify an overdone painting by subtracting some shapes and I can add to areas that are calling for something more. When I am finally happy with the piece, I am able to finish off by creatively detailing some of the flower centers and maybe adding design marks on some of the leaves.
To be able to create a work of art that evokes a joyful feeling and releasing it to share with family, friends and the world, gives me a deep feeling of satisfaction and delight."
Spring Concerto
24×30 inches
acrylic on canvas
Bev Haley has lived in Sonoma County most of her life. She has fond memories of growing up in Windsor, next door to a 5-acre farm and surrounded by quintessential Sonoma County landscape abundant with fields of poppies interspersed with lupins, golden hills in summertime, a few vineyards and back then lots of prune trees. She studied art at Santa Rosa JC after a satisfying career in the business world. She found her niche in acrylic painting and mixed media collage. She has continued furthering her studies and developing her own unique style, painting with many talented and established mentor artists, including her artist husband, in Northern California and Puerto Vallarta where she has lived part time for several years. She is a long-time member of a group of local Sonoma County female artists know as the Art Tribe. They meet weekly to paint together while learning, inspiring and offering support to one another as they pursue their individual and collective art endeavors. She has successfully shown her paintings in local galleries and other community exhibition spaces throughout Sonoma County. Bev and her husband live and make art in their home studios in Rohnert Park. They love traveling to far off places as well as a good ole road trip across the country. They have a combined large family living in California, Oregon and Florida. Bev is excited to announce that you can see her work beginning August 1, 2024 at Upstairs Art Gallery in Healdsburg, CA.
Tulips ‘N Lemons
14×11 inches
acrylic on canvas
Happy Dance
24×24 inches
acrylic on canvas
Plein Air at Lynmar
18×24 inches
acrylic on canvas
Winter Solstice Afternoon I
12×12 inches
acrylic on canvas
Eye Candy For Girls
24×24 inches
acrylic on canvas
A Moment In Time
24×24 inches
acrylic on canvas
