Interplanetary Splendor by Terry Honstead

I am finally sort of settled in my new home and I have started painting again!  It has felt so good to work on things.  Now I decided I had better start blogging again!  This is my first painting since I restarted after Christmas!  I was thinking of Christmas and New Year when I painted it and it is special to me as I feel like I have a new beginning!  New house, new studio, new haircut, and new year!  I hope this year is wonderful for all of you!  My goal for the year is to work and develop my style in mixed media.  I want my work to be recognized as mine!  This on is not totally finished by the way!  I ordered some metallics and I want to add those before I consider this done!  If you have any questions, feel free to email me at honstead@paulbunyan.net.

Abstract #1 by Terry Honstead

I love abstract paintings with a lot of texture and color.  That is what I was trying to achieve in this one.  I thought about adding some more to it, but have decided that it is done.  It is a 11 x 17 mixed media painting and if anyone is interested, they can find it on terry-honstead.artistwebsites.com/  Or I can be reached at honstead@paulbunyan.net

Red Bird by Terry Honstead

This 12 x 12 in. Mixed Media painting is for sale (along with others) at http://www.cfai.co/ ,or you may contact me at: honstead@paulbunyan.net.  Red Bird is all about color and texture and was a lot of fun to paint.

darkness into light, too

Darkness Into Light
6" x 6" ••• $95
Acrylic on Wood Panel

As I often do, I start by covering the panel with dark paint,
and then layer over it with the lighter colors.
Kinda like we can face adversity—choose to see the good
God will bring out of it.
It's a promise, should you choose to see it.
Purchase it at DesignStudios-Inc.com.
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The Traveler by Terry Honstead

This was a fun painting to do.  I started with an abstract painting and then used the lines and shapes to find a figure within it.  I have done several paintings this way and they are all totally different!    If you are interested in seeing more, you can go to http://fineartamerica.com/profiles/terry-honstead.html

"Geometric Flowers" by Terry Honstead

This 20 x 20 watercolor on paper was done in a Karlyn Holman class.  I have been wanting to do something similar for a long time now using the geometric shapes in the background.  I like the way the shapes sometimes come forward and sometimes recede depending on wether or not they are darker or lighter on a certain edge.  If anyone is interested in purchasing this, they can go to   http://terry-honstead.artistwebsites.com/ or email me at:  honstead@paulbunyan.net.  I plan on doing similar paintings in the near future!