Patagonia Village

"Patagonia"

30"x10"x1.5"

Multiple Layers of Acrylic & Glaze

Textured Acrylic

Gallery-Wrapped Canvas

A short while ago, I created "Patagonia" and it had been on display in my gallery.  I had the pleasure of sharing a visit with a collector who fell in love with this highly textured, acrylic painting.  (Click here to view the textural details.)  He commented that he loved the layers of colors mixed with the texture and found "surprises" within the painting when viewing it. 

He took it home to see how it would look next to his hutch, as well as to share with his wife, on loan.  A few days later, he came back delighted with this piece of art and asked if I could create a companion piece to hang on the opposite side of their hutch...of course, I was more than happy to do this for them.  And so, I created a few sketches of other parts of my imagined Patagonia Village.  

The day that I started to paint the companion piece, while looking at my chosen sketch, I had the inspiration to make this artwork interchangeable on either edge of the original "Patagonia" .  In other words, I thought that perhaps the day may come that my collector would like to display other artwork along side of his hutch and this would give them other options for displaying "Patagonia Village" while creating a larger painting as a dyptichon.

"Patagonia II"

30"x10"x1.5"

Multiple Layers of Acrylic & Glaze

Textured Acrylic 

Gallery-Wrapped Canvas

Looking at "Patagonia II" you find yourself within an opitical illusion as both side edges are continuations of both side edges of "Patagonia" with the twist that they line up flipped from side-to-side along the original painting as shown below.

"Patagonia Village"

30"x20"x1.5"

In this view, the small building joins in the middle to create the continuation of it.

"Patagonia Village"

30"x20"x1.5"

In this view the tall building joins together creating the center continuation of it.

Very fun to create, loads of "surprises" as my collector says within the texture and layers of colors with the added bonus of changing a single 30"x10"x1.5" painting into a 30"x20"x1.5" dyptichon.

I hope this day brings you multiple options for joy and many blessings...Amy



"Mosaic Series" Complete Oil Mosaic Series, Nautilus, Gemstones, Custom Oil Colors Palette, Intricate, Colorful, Evolution by Fountain Hills, Arizona Fine Artist~Amy Tuso

"The Complete Mosaic Series"

This series was inspired by "mother nature" and all the beauty that surrounds us.

As I studied the evolution of the Nautilus it became abundantly clear this creature masters the art of moving forward with life...one doorway at a time...until the ultimate journey home to our Father.

The first and last images shown here are done completely in oils and measure 36"x36"x1.5" on gallery wrapped canvas.

The other five pieces (counting 2 for the dyptichon) all have deep layers of black acrylic as the background with oils comprising the intricate mosaic pieces.

My use of black was to emulate the "spaciousness" of time allowing one to sense the floating that a nautilus experiences in the sea.

Each piece took extended periods of time to create allowing the oil to cure properly before adding additional layers of oil to the mosaics.

To view these beautiful oils under magnification click here.

Thank you for stopping by and enjoying a bit of your day with me!

Have a blessed day and may it be filled with light, love and peace....Amy

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