Spindrift & Spume I - IV

 

Spindrift & Spume I   15x15cm acrylic and mixed media on board   ©2025LisaLeQuelenec

Spindrift & Spume II   15x15cm acrylic and mixed media on board   ©2025LisaLeQuelenec

So far a mini series but there may be more coming. They have been surprisingly difficult to get the balance between too much and not enough. I always find it hard not to fiddle. All four are available in my Folksy Store.

Spindrift & Spume III   15x15cm acrylic and mixed media on board   ©2025LisaLeQuelenec

Spindrift & Spume IV   15x15cm acrylic and mixed media on board   ©2025LisaLeQuelenec

Spindrift & Spume I -  IV   15x15cm acrylic and mixed media on board   ©2025LisaLeQuelenec

Mixed media - A Flick of the Tail & On the Brink

 

Sketchbook study page for Ran's Net Project watercolour and watersoluble pencils ©2025LisaLeQuelenec

pre-painting sketch... 

Stage 1 - 4 for A Flick of the Tail 30x30cm mixed media ©2025LisaLeQuelenec

Stage 1 - tissue paper, calico and a little acrylic medium...just making loose shapes and the gist of the composition. 

Stage 2 - pale areas of colour in acrylic.

Stage 3 - building up tones and colours.

Stage 4 - adding more tone, refining edges, flinging and spattering paint. This was the ugly stage where I lived with the painting for a few days. I tried to sneak up on it and take it by surprise but would retreat muttering to myself. I think I had gotten too dark too soon and wanted to bring back some light, I couldn't decide if I needed to make it feel less solid and more gentle/fluid or keep the harsh solidity of stormy water.

A Flick of the Tail   mixed media on canvas board 30x30cm   ©2025LisaLeQuelenec

I decided to warm things a little and remove some of the contrast. A little more spattering and texture in the paint - I wanted to capture a split second of time - a 'did I just see that?' moment... a playful teasing.  

At the Brink   mixed media 30x30cm   ©2025LisaLeQuelenec

In contrast this piece shows a slightly more feisty side...the literal net is out (fruit netting from a bag of plums adhered to the board with acrylic medium) and ready to capture what it may. This is no playful splash but the brink of something that could become more sinister. I wanted to show the pressure of water about to pound down and a net waiting to engulf and drag off in the back wash. 

Snippet from a photo of the inside of a mussel shell ©2025LisaLeQuelenec

The shapes, colours and textures from this little section of a mussel shell interior that has been sat on my desk quietly waited for me to notice it's connection to the painting.  It too had been rolled around and most likely pounded by the sea.

A little softening of the contrasts and areas of the wave and the painting is now complete.

At the Brink   mixed media on canvas board 30x30cm   ©2025LisaLeQuelenec

Working on these two pieces simultaneously allowed them to influence and speak to each other. By sharing base materials, format and palette I hope to portray their connection even though each is an extreme of  disposition or emotion. I think this series is going to be a challenge, interesting but a challenge.

Both of these paintings are available in my Etsy store.

Abstracted Wave I - IV & Wave Water Sand Spray I & II mixed media on canvas boards

 

So I have been a little bit busy....

Abstracted Wave I - IV   mixed media on canvas boards 15x15cm   ©2024LisaLeQuelenec

Abstracted Wave I   mixed media on canvas board 15x15cm   ©2024LisaLeQuelenec

A new mini series of pieces using acrylic and collaged textures, mostly from fabric and textured papers. My love of line expressed through the loose threads and frayed edges which I think works well with the movement in the water that I am trying to suggest.

Abstracted Wave II   mixed media on canvas board 15x15cm   ©2024LisaLeQuelenec

The rough edges feel important to me to the pieces and so I have left a margin of the white canvas board showing which frame the image. It has been suggested to me that it acts like a kind of frame and given their size they would suit standing propped on a shelf as well as framed. What do you think?

Abstracted Wave III   mixed media on canvas board 15x15cm   ©2024LisaLeQuelenec

All four pieces are available in my Folksy Store.

Abstracted Wave IV   mixed media on canvas board 15x15cm   ©2024LisaLeQuelenec

Wave water sand spray I & II   mixed media on canvas boards 20x20cm  ©2024LisaLeQuelenec

Slightly larger at 20x20cm here are two more in the series. Both pieces are available in my Folksy Store.

Wave water sand spray I   mixed media on canvas boards 20x20cm  ©2024LisaLeQuelenec 

Wave water sand spray II   mixed media on canvas boards 20x20cm  ©2024LisaLeQuelenec 

Wave Water Sand & Spray series   mixed media on canvas board   ©2024LisaLeQuelenec

Abstracted Wave I   mixed media on canvas board 15x15cm   ©2024LisaLeQuelenec

Below some of the inspiration.

Southbourne Splashes ©2024LisaLeQuelenec

Folksy Summer Exhibition

 

So happy to share that I have had this piece selected for the Folksy Summer Exhibition.

And the Gulls Cry    acrylic on canvas board   40x50cm   ©2024LisaLeQuelenec

 I am in very good company - so many talented artists and makers. There is so much to see.

The show is on for the whole of the month of August and you can view it here;

Folksy Summer Exhibition

The sister painting - Where the Wild Things Are - is available in my Folksy Store.

Where The Wild Things Are   acrylic on canvas board 40x50cm   ©2024LisaLeQuelenec

Love is in the air......A medley of mussels

 

Mussels, mussels everywhere....cards, stationery, prints and more all available at RedBubble.

A medley of mussels - available at RedBubble ©2024LisaLeQuelenec

The inspiration for all the variations. This mini painting is available in my  Folksy store.

Mussel study   acrylic on linen board 10x10cm   ©2023LisaLeQuelenec

Turquoise Sea Gloaming - acrylic on canvas board

 

Turquoise Sea Gloaming   15x15cm acrylic on canvas board   ©2023LisaLeQuelenec   

Cool, crisp Autumn - that special blue in the gloaming is possibly my favourite colour. 

This painting is available in my Folksy store, it's just the right size to sit on a shelf or mantle - framed or unframed.

Across the Fields, Corfe - acrylic on board

 

Across the Fields   acrylic on board 18x18cm   ©2023LisaLeQuelenec

I love the way Corfe Castle looms into view as you drive towards the village. As you veer around the bend there it is, you know its close but forget how close. I like this view from across the fields too. It's well over a thousand years old and a much loved icon of Dorset.

Available in my Folksy Store

Over the Fields   acrylic on board 18x18cm   ©2023LisaLeQuelenec

Where The Wild Things Are - acrylic on canvas

 

Where The Wild Things Are   acrylic on canvas board 40x50cm   ©2023LisaLeQuelenec

Well that was fun!

Where The Wild Things Are WIP   acrylic on canvas board 40x50cm   ©2023LisaLeQuelenec

Where The Wild Things Are - details   acrylic on canvas board 40x50cm   ©2023LisaLeQuelenec

Limpet portraits - acrylic on board

 

Limpet Portraits 1-4   acrylic on canvas board 15x15cm   ©2023LisaLeQuelenec

The four shells lying vertically in the photo above are the subjects of these first four portraits. When you closely observe and compare them you can see so many differences, each having it's own characteristics and subtleties. Hopefully you can see better in this photo below.

Limpet Shells photograph ©2023LisaLeQuelenec

Limpet Portrait 1   acrylic on canvas board 15x15cm   ©2023LisaLeQuelenec

I have been toying with the idea of using text within work for a while. The text in two of these paintings comes from notes I made about limpets from Wikipedia. During my research of these fascinating creatures I stumbled across a paper by Dr Louise Firth, Associate Professor of Marine Ecology at the University of Plymouth, titled What Have Limpets Ever Done for US? It is fascinating reading taking in thousands of years of cultural history all over the world as well as their importance within the ecosystem and many other threads besides. If you would like to delve into this fascinating read here is a link.

Limpets are extremely common in Jersey due to the island being surrounded by the perfect rocky habitat. As a child their common sight left me a little blind to collecting them and I rarely picked them up. However during the summer on a visit to La Hougue Bie Museum I learnt a little and saw how they were considered of such importance as to be placed within the Neolithic grave mound. During the Occupation when food was scarce they became an important source of food, supplementing meagre rations - not for the first time were they known as famine food (and not just in this location). The more I read, draw and paint these tough little critters the more respect I feel for them.

Limpet Portrait 2  acrylic on canvas board 15x15cm   ©2023LisaLeQuelenec

Limpet Portrait 3  acrylic on canvas board 15x15cm   ©2023LisaLeQuelenec

Limpet Portraits 4   acrylic on canvas board 15x15cm   ©2023LisaLeQuelenec

All four portraits are available in my Folksy Store.

New Page Tab - Coastal & Quotes 2022

 

Heading to the beach ©LisaLeQuelenec2022

I have enjoyed building a collection again over the course of this year and as much as the planning and painting giving me lots to think about, the curating of the pieces - their running order and how they could be placed on walls has also been food for thought. I think I will work on another collection in this way next year, I already have a few ideas in mind, one is quite different to October's.... 

As these two photos show, if the weather the last couple of days is anything to go by there may not be quite so much time to research comfortably outside so there might be a bit more inspiration coming from things gathered and brought home. 

Anyway I hope you have enjoyed this collection of paintings and thank you for following along. All the paintings from October are available for sale in my Folksy store here.  To see the collection in its entirety I have made a separate page here on the blog, just click on the tab at the top.

And leaving pretty quick! ©LisaLeQuelenec2022

31 A Silent Delight - acrylic on board

 

A Silent Delight    20x20cm acrylic on board   ©2022LisaLeQuelenec

'The moon like a flower in heaven's bower,

With silent delight sits and smiles at the night.'

                                                                                                 William Blake

Available in my Folksy store

30 Serenade of flight - acrylic on board

 

Serenade of Flight   10x10cm acrylic on canvas   ©2022LisaLeQuelenec 

'...gentle

serenade of flight,

snow arrow, serene

ship in a transparent storm...'

                                                                     

                                                                    Ode to the Seagull Neruda

Available in my Folksy store.

Serenade of Flight   10x10cm acrylic on canvas   ©2022LisaLeQuelenec

29 Winged banner - acrylic on board

 

Winged Banner   20x20cm acrylic on board   ©2022LisaLeQuelenec

'Sail,

bright boat,

winged banner'

                                                                             'Ode to the Seagull - Neruda

A memory of a Summer's day moon..

Available in my Folksy store.

Winged Banner   20x20cm acrylic on board   ©2022LisaLeQuelenec

28 A Vast Space - acrylic on board

 

A Vast Space   10x10cm acrylic on board   ©2022LisaLeQuelenec

'..a vast space in which you become aware of the turning of the earth

and the insignificance of man.'

                                                                                                                  Fred Cumming

Available in my Folksy store.

A Vast Space   10x10cm acrylic on board   ©2022LisaLeQuelenec

27 Drinking the Moons Reflection - acrylic on board

 

Drinking the Moons Reflection   10x10cm acrylic on board   ©2022LisaLeQuelenec

'Thirst drove me down to the water where I drank the moon's reflection.'

                                                                                                                                     Rumi

Available in my Folksy store.

Drinking the Moons Reflection   10x10cm acrylic on board   ©2022LisaLeQuelenec