Oklahoma Contemporary Artist Beth Lenderman "Abstract"

Oklahoma Contemporary Artist Beth Lenderman

 "Abstract"

16x16

oil on canvas with knife

This is a commissioned painting that was delivered to the recipient today who loves it! She even showed me where she is going to hang it....right in her entryway!

The painting was commissioned as a gift and began with the recipient's favorite scripture, color ideas, and my idea of creating a geometric shape that reflected the owner's personality in conjunction with the scripture.

Jeremiah 29:11 talks about the Lord's plans....how they give us a future and a hope.

The spiral was chosen because it represents energy and a path....a journey.

Working closely with the recipient, we chose colors and motion and energy that you see in the final painting above.

I would love for you to commission a painting. It's a wonderful process! Please email me at bethlendermanfineart@gmail.com.

Blessings!

The New Neighbors

The New Neighbors

oil on gallery wrapped canvas

24x30

Recently I have been exploring lighthouses in my paintings. Lighthouses are places and objects I use to love dearly but over time I grew tired of them because I started collecting them and collected so many that they lost their allure and uniqueness to me. However, as I've been exploring objects/scenes/places I want to paint, I decided to revisit these and I have felt energized. So maybe I'm on the right track!

This painting depicts just a portion of the lighthouse...enough to see the cool lens, the walkway around it, and eggs in a nest where birds made a home in the shelter of the cutout. 

If interested in this painting, please e-mail me at bethlendermanfineart@gmail.com. I would love to visit with you about this. And I also do commissions!

Snohomish Snack

Snohomish Snack

12 x 16

oil on panel board

This painting was created from wonderful memories of sitting around with my sisters sharing great times, good wine with assorted cheeses, breads and crackers, and Campari tomatoes. Yum!

Please contact me if interested at bethlendermanfineart@gmail.com.

Majestic Lion

8 x 10

oil on canvas with knife

$125

This majestic lion reminds me of Aslan from The Chronicles of Narnia. I created him through the fun process of placing paint on the canvas randomly and turning the canvas to see what pops out at me.

This is how he started......

 

 

From here I brought some more paint onto the canvas and began to blend a little.....

 



At this point above, I could already see the lion's face....the white mouth middle left of the canvas.

Painted in his eye and nose and determined where his mane and ear would be.

Love how he turned out!

If you are interested in this painting or any of my others, or if you would like to commission a painting, please contact me at bethlendermanfineart@gmail.com.

MASCOTS

SOLD

16 x 20

Oil on canvas with knife

 

This vibrant Razorback painting is now living in a doctor's office in Arkansas. I am currently painting other team mascots and I would love to paint yours. If you are interested, please email me at bethlendermanfineart@gmail.com.

COLLEGE FOOTBALL

16 x 20

Oil on canvas with knife

Those of you who know me pretty well know that I am a diehard, passionate RAZORBACK fan. I am very excited this is the first week of college football. And I know this may be a rough year for us, but I am a true fan and will cheer them on win or lose. GO HOGS!

This painting started as a wash of random color.

I then pulled some darker color into the brightness.



So easy for me to see a RAZORBACK here!

If you are interested in this RAZORBACK or you would like a custom RAZORBACK for yourself, I would love to work with you. You can reach me at bethlendermanfineart@gmail.com.

Good luck to your team this week.....unless you cheer for University of Louisiana-Lafayette! :)

From geometric shapes to fruit

The first weekend in August I went to a knife painting workshop led by Laurie Justus Pace, an AMAZING artist located in Texas. She is a wonderful mentor to me and someone whose work I admire greatly.

This painting was what we I worked on the first day. She told us to draw some geometric shapes on the canvas and then pick some colors we like that are in the same family, with one complimentary color added to the mix. Our instructions were to have fun!! No one drew the same shapes or used the same colors and there were some great creations that came out of this exercise.

The picture above is the end result. The picture below is how it began. For some reason, when I turned the canvas around and around, I saw pears or figs in the paint. Pretty cool how we can take something as simple as paint and turn it into a work of art.

Laurie likened the process to us taking what we have been given by God and creating something out of that. Love so much that her faith is a part of her art. What a wonderful journey.

Hope you have a blessed day. More blogs to come!