See My "Fallen Angel" In the New Issue of Beyond Words
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Fallen Angel by Deb Chaney (23” x 30”)
In case you missed my posts in August and last month in October, I’ve been featured on the cover and in the pages of Beyond Words Literary Magzine. And I’m happy to announce that my artwork is once again in the magazine. My abstract painting, Fallen Angel, is in the November issue, which is now available.
An international magazine dedicated to unique and emerging literary and visual artists, Beyond Words carefully curates visual artworks and literary pieces for its monthly issues. It is available in both print and digital.
About this Painting
Sometimes we get help just when we need it. And sometimes it comes in the form of a person offering exactly what we need, exactly when we need it.
We experience so much grace and deep appreciation for their kindness, love, and support. And because of this, at the time, such people can feel to us like angels. This is what inspired the painting and its title, Fallen Angel.
The painting is full of earth tones with many shades of brown, red, blue, and beige. The heavily layered and textured painting has a large heart shape over most of the canvas, which measures 23” x 30”.
About My Fragments of Life Series
This painting is part of my Fragments of Life Series of abstract paintings, which began in 2013 and continues to evolve today. Each of these paintings is an echo of my own personal evolution and life journey.
I begin with a blank white sheet of roughly textured 23” x 30” 300-pound water colour paper, a palette knife, and some heavy body acrylic paint mixed with gel medium. And, most importantly, the compelling need to create.
When I begin I often don’t know what the painting is about. As the process evolves, I learn about the painting and myself. Each painting can be a culmination of up to 20-30 layers added and taken away, taking anywhere from a week to several months for a painting to reach completion.
During this time I am in a relationship with the art piece and I learn its meaning and significance, understanding what the painting has to teach me and show me. There is often contradiction and tension – fuel for the creative fire.
The blending and glazing of colours, the scratching and removing of paint to reveal under colours, the embedding of collage ephemera, the use of pencil and conte markings and scribblings all expressions of feelings of the beauty and the pain, the freedom and the frustration, the evolution and feelings of being stuck all encompassed in this journey of life.
These are the fragments of my life.
Fallen Angel by Deb Chaney in BeyonD Words Literary Magazine, Issue #41 (Nov. 2023)
Prints and Original Artwork for Sale Online
The original painting of Fallen Angel is available for purchase through Saatchi Art here:
https://www.saatchiart.com/art/Painting-Fallen-Angel/499285/4132924/view
More paintings in my Fragments of Life series can be found here:
Reproduction prints on Saatchi Art are available in 3 formats:
Fine Art Paper
310 GSM, 100% cotton linters, archival quality, natural white finish with a slightly structured, soft-textured surface.
Metal
Specialized inks infused into specially coated, thin, high gloss aluminum sheets. Exhibit mounted on 2mm black Styrene and finished with a black Metal Inset Frame.
Canvas
Museum grade, matte textured (20.5 mil), bright white, poly-cotton blend with no additives and no agents.