#swirlsofcolor

It’s vertical. And vertical is what I had in mind, as I painted My Iris, a 60” by 36” colourful piece, inspired by my garden. She’s now been signed, varnished, and posted on my website, in my STAYCATION series. Link in bio. Have a look! 🧡❤️💜💙 #ClaireDesjardins #Staycation #StaycationSeries #Purple #SwirlsOfColor (at Gore (Québec)) https://www.instagram.com/p/CBlo97dpgSj/?igshid=1uena6riodz3m

It’s called Old Dog, New Tricks. I had a lot of fun swooshing various colours around the canvas, playing with transparencies and forms. It is a happy mess of colour-filled love! This painting is one of the pieces in my series that I call Staycation. Link in bio. 🧡❤️💜💙 #ClaireDesjardins #AbstractPainting #SwirlsOfColor #BuyArtOnline #BlueAndGreen https://www.instagram.com/p/B7V81QgpakD/?igshid=ue9h3as0wn7g

Wishing You Were Here (30” x 60”)... I just finished painting this piece, and felt that the title is perhaps representative of this year! I can’t wait for us to all get vaccinated so that we can be together with our loved ones, worry-free... that moment is coming soon! Just hold on tight and keep busy, and our time will arrive. In the meantime, enjoy the little lessons that this time has (hopefully) taught us: patience, tolerance, love, support. Look for silver linings, as they are out there. For me: more time to explore in my studio, I learned a new art: rug hooking, I have gotten better at making videos, I’m enjoying time spent with my husband, doing things together. Ditto for the dogs. What about you? What are your own 2020 eureka moments? Silver linings? Share them in the comments below! 🧡❤️💜💙 #ClaireDesjardins #NavyBlue #Magenta #SwirlsOfColor #BuyArtOnline #OriginalPaintingForSale #OriginalArtForSale (at Gore (Québec)) https://www.instagram.com/p/CJJqD9dJsxF/?igshid=1mxbdsm45m9xq

The client said YES to the commissioned painting! So all that remains for me to do is to sign and varnish it. Oh, and then it will need to be properly photographed, and documented in my database of artworks. When the paint (and varnish) cure, she will then be packed and shipped to her new home in Miami. And so it goes... Say hello to “A Family Affair”, which is a very special family painting, and is part of my STAYCATION series (link to series in bio). Have a color-filled day! 🧡❤️💜💙 #ClaireDesjardins #StaycationSeries #Staycation #PrimaryColors #SwirlsOfColor #PaintingInstallation #OriginalPainting (at Gore (Québec)) https://www.instagram.com/p/CIx7Pg-pzdR/?igshid=du0bvflnmeq6

Sing Me a Song! Music and the visual arts go hand in hand, in my opinion. Cranking tunes in my studio and moving is a sure-fire way for me to get inspired. I stop worrying about judgment, and I GO TO IT!!! This piece embodies that feeling of release for me... She’s light and airy, and she moves with me. Just back from listening to a fantastic, socially distanced outdoor bluegrass concert by band @redchairsnappers and I’m feeling it! It has been ages since I have been to anything like that! 🧡❤️💜💙 #ClaireDesjardins #AbstractPainting #SwirlsOfColor #Staycation #StaycationSeries #PinkAndBlue #ThinkItGreen #Pink #Green #SkyBlue (at Gore (Québec)) https://www.instagram.com/p/CFDbEQsJm_E/?igshid=kybxu2ad0kml

If you yesterday’s live studio visit video, you know that I have been painting up a storm of happy colors! These pieces are finished... signed and now sealed with a few coats of varnish, to protect from scratches and scuffs. Both will be part of my STAYCATION series (though I haven’t yet uploaded her to my website... Soon!). “Birthday Party” is 36” x 60”, and “Wheel of Love” is 30” x 30”. Message me if interested in either of them! Link to series in bio. 🧡❤️💜💙 #ClaireDesjardins #Staycation #StaycationSeries #SwirlsOfColor #BuyArtOnline #Purple #Pink #Colors #Colours #ColorField #Transparencies #SwirlsOfColor (at Gore (Québec)) https://www.instagram.com/p/CEXH0YopZFL/?igshid=fqkiegt3u6ao

I can’t wait to reveal my next series to you. You guys must think I’m just some sort of manic crazy artist. Maybe I am. But I’m just enjoying the freedom of doing whatever I please in my studio. I’m experimenting with different ways of moving colour around the canvas. More soon. 🧡❤️💜💙 #ClaireDesjardins #SwirlsOfColor #ClaireDesjardinsArt #ArtStudio #PaintingStudio (at Gore (Québec)) https://www.instagram.com/p/CAD5neRjaac/?igshid=h6d9xbn2izgl

#art #painting #abstractpainting #colorswirls #swirlsofcolor #acrylicpainting #acryliconcanvaspainting #cjjohnson (at Sun Valley, California) https://www.instagram.com/p/B79CB1cBoKj/?igshid=rrn67r82e3ul