A SPLASH OF MAGIC
2025 Leftovers & Palette Gremlins 6
When I saw this scrap of canvas, I was tired of painting monsters. A nymph bubbled up in my imagination, and I leaned into it for a pleasant change of pace. Both a Leftover and a Palette Gremlin, this was painted with extra colors I used to finish off a Shoggoth painting.
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A SPLASH OF MAGIC
Acrylic - 7 ¾” x 4 ¼”
Follow Michael Whelan down to the depths of the sea where enchantment abounds.
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About Leftovers & Palette Gremlins
Leftovers are spur-of-the-moment doodles or sketches created with paint left over from a work in progress. (Ever since my poor art student days, I’ve been loathe to discard any usable paint or other art materials!) Many of these quickies end up in the trash, but some give rise to an idea that merits development into a full sized painting.
Palette Gremlins are small creations inspired by random or accidental shapes in my immediate environment. Usually these gremlins are found on a used palette, but nearly as often they spring from an unintentional mark of paint on a piece of paper or a suggestive shadow in my studio.
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Congrats on the Lifetime Achievement Award.
This is lovely, the way the bubbles/spheres originate in her right hand then get larger and larger as they move outwards is a nice touch.