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A very tall and narrow canvas, placed upright, featuring a painting with blue background and centralised marks in shades of turquoise and green, with tiny highlights of red showing through the impasto layers.

Treasures Beneath 5

by Nicki MacRaeArtworks, Artworks: Abstract, Artworks: Treasures BeneathPosted on 19/02/201203/09/2015No Comments

36 x 12″ (91 x 30 cm) acrylic on canvas From a series of works inspired by the ocean – it’s movement and changing nature, caught glimpses of what’s below, sea stories, mermaids, selkies and lost treasure. On a chunky edge canvas, with painting continued onto all sides. SOLD  

Treasures Beneath 6

by Nicki MacRaeArtworks, Artworks: Abstract, Artworks: Treasures BeneathPosted on 19/02/201215/11/2016No Comments

20 x 24″ (50 × 60 × 4 cm) Original Acrylic on deep edge, box frame canvas, with the painting continued onto all sides. The 6th painting in this series of works which have been inspired by the ocean – its movement and changing nature, sea stories, mermaids, selkies, glimpses I caught of what is …

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Treasures Beneath 4

by Nicki MacRaeArtworks, Artworks: Abstract, Artworks: Treasures BeneathPosted on 19/02/201215/11/2016No Comments

8 x 10″ (20 × 25 × 4 cm) Original Acrylic on deep edge, box frame canvas, with the painting continued onto all sides. Treasures Beneath 4 is part of a series of abstracts which were inspired by the ocean. It’s movement and changing nature, glimpses caught of what’s below, mermaids, selkies sea stories and …

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A square abstract painting with mid-blue ground. The central portion contains cloud like colour in different both paler and shadowy blues and purples. Selected areas are picked out with brushed marks in silver. The overall impression is of directional marks that make the eye travel around the canvas in loops, or of scattering light glimmering through moving water.

Treasures Beneath 7

by Nicki MacRaeArtworks, Artworks: Abstract, Artworks: Treasures BeneathPosted on 10/02/201215/11/2016No Comments

16 x 16″ (40 × 40 × 4 cm) Original – Acrylic on canvas Treasures Beneath 7 is part of a series of abstract paintings which were inspired by many aspects of the ocean – it’s movement and changing nature, caught glimpses of what’s below, lost treasure, sea stories, mermaids and selkies. Original artwork on …

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A large abstract canvas in portrait format, with a mottled deep blue ground. Painterly, stippled and directionally brushed marks in three select areas of the composition are picked out in metallic gold and bronze, suggesting the idea of the movement of water, and scattered light reflected off shiny objects under the waters surface.

Treasures Beneath 2

by Nicki MacRaeArtworks, Artworks: Abstract, Artworks: Treasures BeneathPosted on 09/02/201225/02/2016No Comments

40 x 30″ (76 × 101 × 4 cm) Original Acrylic on Canvas Part of a series of abstract paintings inspired by the ocean – it’s movement and changing nature, caught glimpses of what’s below, sea stories, mermaids, selkies and lost treasure. On a chunky edged canvas, with the painting continuing onto all sides. From …

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An abstract painting on canvas with mid-toned blue ground. Gestural, directional marks in greens and blues create a sense of energy and movement.

Stories from the Sea

by Nicki MacRaeArt, BlogPosted on 05/02/201227/08/2015No Comments

I’ve been busy the last few days – it occurred to me that there might be limited opportunity to really get into painting abstracts over most of the coming year, as I have several mainly landscape painting trips to work on, and a big exhibition of landscape work in the late Summer. So I’ve decided …

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Treasure Beneath

by Nicki MacRaeArtworks, Artworks: Abstract, Artworks: Treasures BeneathPosted on 19/08/201103/09/2015No Comments

Acrylic on canvas 16 x 20″ (50 × 40 cm) Inspired by stories with my mermaid-mad daughters. On a box frame canvas, with the painting continued onto all sides. SOLD

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