New Web -- enjoy

This past year I have been concentrating on plein air and other landscape paintings.  The abstracts are still in the works -- my new web site has all the currently available paintings in both the landscapes and the abstracts.  Hope you enjoy visiting this new site.

  www.patricialappin.com 

Falling Waters 3

When the snow starts to melt on the mountain tops, the waters fall -- out of the rocks on the side of the mountain. It is exhilatating to witness the explosion of water gushing over the rocks. I tried to get the feeling of the force of nature this can be, I use a palette knife to move a lot of paint on the canvas. This is an oil painting -- 36 x 24 

Venice Dreams

Painting abstractly for me starts with music and color This painting was one of the first abstracts that started to take on a landscape effect I can almost fee the water taxies just aroung the corner. oil 28 x 22

Mountain Motif in Red

24" Square gallery wrapped oil -- a palette knife painting with fresh and vigorous strokes. A play of the complimentery colors dance through the warm fields of red and gold.

Festival

Oil Painting 16 x 20 

This painting was started on-site at the Lawn and Garden Show in March, 09, as a demonstration. I was working with the near-by display of hanging baskets of ferns, gourds, birdhouses and other hanging plants. The painting then sat in my studio for about 8 months with unresolved areas. I was invited to show my work at a Fall Festival at Neumeier's Nursery in October and with the atmosphere there, painiting plein-air and talking with people about my work, I was able to finish this piece, including the silouettes of two figures. This is a very festive Festival.

Golden Guitar

Oil painting 28 x 22  

Another guitar image evolving from my continued interest in working with music to inspire my paintings. John Williams Spanish Guitar Classics was the music I played while painting this beauty. Thick paint, applied with a palette knife, many layers deep, create a rich textured surface.

Red and Blue Fusions III

Oil painting 24 x 18  

I often use strong complimentary color schemes for my paintings. For this one I started with orange/reds and blue/greens and watched as the colors evolved toward the greens and yellows. I had painted a study of a woman in a wild print mumu type of dress and her clothing was the initial inspirition for this color scheme. You never know where the inspirition will come from -- you need to be open to new ideas. Even the angular shape came from her clothing.

Harvest Moon

Oil Painting 16 x 12 Sold

Sometimes the abstracts become a recognizable scene. I started this with a thick layer of various blues applied with a palette knife. I placed the circle in a yellow orange for contrast and it was an Atlantic Coast seascape. Add a little water shimmer and a lighthouse. Done.

Turquoise Canyons

Oil painting 28 x 22  Bluegreens, soft oranges and grays are applied thickly with a palette knife. Memories from a trip to the southwest, American Native flute music and Navajo jewlery combined as the inspirition for this work.

Primary Geometry

Oil Painting on linen 28 x 30 

Patricia Lappin is a 2009 recipient of the Mayor's Honors to the Visual and Performing Arts. This honor was presented by Mayor Ray Baker of Fort Smith Arkansas, on April 28th, 2009.

Celebrations

Oil painting 28 x 22  
Fireworks, rides at the State Fair, birthday presents, fun.

Black and Red Graffito

Oil painting 28 x 22  Paint layers overlap, hidden images, scribbles on top, a sense of mystery.

Allegro Molto

Oil painting on linen 34 x 44  A large oil painting on linen to the music of Mozart.

Vivo Tempo

Oil painting on linen 20 x 24  Can you feel the calypso beat.

Flying High

Oil painting on linen 40 x 30 

I have always loved the flute and wanted to play it as a child. Not to be, so I drew pictures instead. James Galway, Lark in the Clear Air, has been a favorite albumn.

Astral Rhythms

One of the early large paintings with many overlays of paint as I felt my way into the abstract to music idea. I was listening to Andrea Bocelli's Sacred Arias. Can you feel the infinite space?

Red and Green Vibrations

Energy. Red is my power color. If I feel down emotionally or physically, I put on a red shirt and instantly feel better. Color is a powerful influence in our lives.

Blue Flamenco

I have been captivated by the flamenco music since I was a child. When living in CT we went to a performence of dancers in NY city. It made a lasting impression. This is the second painting I have done to the music of Rodrigo and Gabriela. with about a month between these two attempts to show that action in paint.

Shaman

This is the first figure to appear, unplanned, I see a figure walking away, wrapped in a blanket and holding a walking stick. Others see a horse and rider -- I can't find that - but maybe you can. I enjoy the music of Carlos Nakai, who plays a Native American flute and chants. Several of his CDs combine his music with people from other cultures.