EILEEN WEST GALLERY

_{CONTEMPORARY AND OUTSIDER ART}

EILEEN WEST

"GALLERY DOG"

30" X 36" Acrylic on Wrapped Canvas $1400

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I have been asked to do a benefit for our local shelter, ALAQUA, and I'm to paint pets of patrons on large plywood panels.

To begin the project I decided to paint my dog, Jane, in her role of generally being an energetic catahoula we rescued two years ago.

At the end of the painting, the shadow of Lulu, our wonderful friend for nealry 17 years who passed over late last summer, appeared in the painting.

I knew something went there as the space had remained blank for the entire process.

Here's a little animation about the process.

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"FOLK ARTIST"

Eileen West         09/2011

Acrylic on Wrapped Canvas     24" x 30" x 3"     NFS

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The story behind this painting is not ready to be told. We were at a show in Atlanta when the events unfolded.

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Choctawhatchee River Basin

The gator kept getting bigger and bigger.

SOLD

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This is the unfinished painting "Woman's World". The women in my family have always had wonderful gardens.

This is the biggest and best geranium I've ever grown. Share beauty.

My dog Jane thinks playing is far more beautiful than painting. All in the eye of the beholder.

I'll finish this soon. Have to go back in to restate the shadowy part/dark side. Balance.

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The following suite of paintings is all about the Gulf of Mexico. The soft white sand and irridescent blue-green water is what drew me to the place I've made my home for 45 years. Until the gulf was threatened, I thought it timeless. Now I paint it often so I'll never forget.

"LATE AFTERNOON ON THE GULF OF MEXICO"

40" X 30" X 3" Deep

Acrylic pigment on wrapped canvas SOLD

"FEARLESS"

30" X 40" X 3" Deep

Acrylic pigment on wrapped canvas SOLD

Studio in the woods.

"VERMILLION"

8" x 8" Acrylic on Wrapped Canvas

$95.

These are the last paintings from a year long obcession with shoreline, dunes, and transparent blue-green water of the Gulf of Mexico.

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"Happens Every Spring" is a recurring theme.

Last spring, the electric green trunk of the crepe myrtle shedding the dark red bark made this painting happen.

Living in the country is sweet.

I gave this painting to a friend to encourage her. Put it in the bushes by her house.

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The mysterious process of painting is explained in this easy to follow pictoral:

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