Eclectic Studio - Tammy Morrison-Koenig

We have been fortunate to have avoided the apocalyptical floods, but I just can't sit back while others are struggling. So to help with the victims of the flood I will be donating 25% of the monies raised from the sale of any painting sold from today until Sunday to the ADRF. This is a community relief fund partnership with the Abbotsford Community Foundation, Chamber of Commerce and the University of the Fraser Valley. I will be posting the amount raised and the check going out for transparency. With Christmas around the corner, give a gift that keeps on giving. See more at www.eclecticstudio.ca 4 * 6 inch  Watercolor on paper 

Have you ever looked at your painting and thought what can I do to amp this painting up? That is how I felt about this piece. My initial idea for painting this lowland gorilla was to use a palette knife and a  complimentary color scheme of turquoise and red knife painting, but I found like it was lacking something.    I was really liking the knife texture to indicate the leathery skin of this beast but wasn't loving the color combination for this specific piece so I pulled out my basic paint program fooled around with some color using the value = color theory and flipped this painting on its head.  I really love this painting now, it really pops off the canvas.  How do you deal with dead paintings?  This painting is available for sale www.eclecticstudio.ca