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The objects and elements are personal ones that I either created, captured or experienced. Pieces of the dollhouse furniture were made by me in my teens so the objects and images in this diorama and painting are very personal ones. Included toys are a miniature rocking horse, ladder, chair, mirror and day bed. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch1\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDiorama Scenes for Painting at Home \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h1\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"paragraph\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis original painting was created from observation of the diorama, slowly building up thin layers of paint on wood panel. After lockdown in March 2020, I revisited my travel photography, drawings and paintings and using them to create new artwork at home. 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I started the initial painting with a 3’ x 4’ canvas, then added two 2’ x 4’ canvases to each side to construct a tryptic. My intention was to further grow the image in size and abstraction. This large artwork uses a multicoloured palette based on the numerous bright children’s toys that fill my home.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eI drew several different compositional sketches with pencil before adding the two side canvas panels to make the artwork a triptych. As I worked on these paintings, which are my largest combined composition to date, I felt compelled to paint quickly and in loose gestural marks with huge brushes in order to tackle this big project. These paintings transform memories of a room’s interior though the use of abstract marks of colour. I experimented with the remembered architectural forms, light, and feeling of that unique space. Over multiple studio sessions, I built up paint washes, bold brushstrokes, palette knife marks, and paint directly squeezed from the tube on the canvas. As I added layers and textures with paint, the image became more lively and abstracted. 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My intention was to further grow the image in size and abstraction. This medium sized artwork uses a multicoloured palette based on the numerous bright children’s toys that fill my home.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eI drew several different compositional sketches with pencil before painting. As I worked on this painting, I felt compelled to paint quickly and in loose gestural marks with huge brushes in order to tackle this big project. The painting transforms memories of a room’s interior though the use of abstract marks of colour. I experimented with the remembered architectural forms, light, and feeling of that unique space. Over multiple studio sessions, I built up paint washes, bold brushstrokes, palette knife marks, and paint directly squeezed from the tube on the canvas. As I added layers and textures with paint, the image became more lively and abstracted. I worked to alter the colour saturation and vary the elements and depth of space in the paintings.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5 class=\"paragraph\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"normaltextrun\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe original painting is signed on the back and was painted in 2021. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003ch6 class=\"paragraph\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"normaltextrun\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePlease note that the RachaelGrad.com writing is for web purposes only and is not on the actual painting.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003eThis original painting ships directly from my art studio in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.\u003c\/h6\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eI enjoy deconstructing then reinventing my own artworks that I have previously drawn or painted from life. The recollected image and emotional impressions guide me to form new ideas on canvas. 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Thickly built up paint in red, yellow, purple, green, black, white, and blue multicolors completely covers the canvas. The surface texture is so thick that it has a sculptural quality. My abstracted bunny paintings are based on loose, gestural sketches of the same stuffed toy rabbits in different positions. I have painted and sketched these particular stuffed animals from life on many occasions so am familiar with their shapes and forms. I initially paint the forms of the toy bunny rabbits, then push the image further into abstraction. 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