Selected Paintings

In this post is a selection of some of the recent paintings I've done for various commissions, illustration work, gallery work, and personal work as well. I'm currently working on a body of paintings exploring the human condition and our emotional complexities especially when faced with the unknown. This work contains form-driven abstracts describing a conglomeration of emotions through imagery. I'm very excited about these paintings, and I've shared a few on the Muddy Colors blog where I post monthly articles about my process and thoughts about art and life. You can find a list of my articles that contain images, some step-by-steps and more information by clicking here. If you'd like to see the paintings from my recent solo exhibition, Liminal Beings, click here. I've included a couple here as well, and for my more frequent updates, you can find me mainly on Instagram @vanessalemen where I share WIPs, sketches, experiments, ideation, announcements about shows and accomplishments as well as finished work too of course, with the occasional pics of my magical cats Rey and Maz. Please scroll down for a selection of various recent paintings.

Psyche - oil on panel, 16x12" painted for a promotional piece for Reckless Deck: Psyche (sold)

The Seers - 10x8" oil on panel, painted for the Conjoined group show at Copro Gallery curated by Chet Zar (sold)

Both And One - 16x12" oil on panel, one of 8 interior illustrations for the new limited edition of The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. LeGuin (Easton Press) exhibited in Art Renewal Center's ARC Salon Exhibition (sold)

So Long As We Waken - 16x12" oil on panel, one of 8 interior illustrations for the new limited edition of The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. LeGuin (Easton Press), winner of the ARC Staff Award in Art Renewal Center's ARC Salon (sold)

Holding On And Letting Go - 30x24" oil on canvas. Awarded Grand Prize for Infected By Art Annual

Promise - 24x18" oil on panel - available through Rehs Contemporary Galleries

Fiery Mind - 10x8" oil on panel, sold through Rehs Contemporary Galleries

oil on panel painted for the Artist's edition book cover for limited edition publication of A Scanner Darkly by Philip K Dick (Suntup Editions) sold

oil on panel painted for the Numbered Edition book cover for limited edition publication of A Scanner Darkly by Philip K Dick (Suntup Editions) sold

Allegory of Liminality, 10x8" oil on panel, painted for the Allegory group show at Haven Gallery sold

Return to the Void, 20x16", oil on panel - sold

The Acquisition of The Sun, 14x11" oil on panel, painted for the 7 Sins group show at Copro Gallery curated by Cris Velasco (sold)

The Rune Writer, 10x8" oil on panel, painted for ImagineFX magazine Workshop (how-to) feature, sold through Rehs Contemporary Galleries

Keeper of the Sentient Landscape, 10x8" oil on panel, painted for the Representational Modern 'Beautiful Bizarre Magazine' Art Prize Exhibition, sold through Modern Eden Gallery

Stella, 12x9", oil on panel, sold

Nightingale, 5x5" oil on panel, painted for the La Femme group show, sold through La Bodega Gallery

Letters To A Young Poet, 14x11" oil on panel, painted for the Dream Covers group show curated by Lauren Panepinto, sold through KrabJab Gallery, exhibition in Art Renewal Center's ARC Salon Exhibition

Scramble Suit, 20x16" oil on panel, one of eight interior illustrations for the limited edition of A Scanner Darkly by Philip K Dick (Suntup Editions) sold

Silent Constant Scrutiny, 14x11" oil on panel, one of eight interior illustrations for the limited edition of A Scanner Darkly by Philip K Dick (Suntup Editions)

The Voyager, 20x16" oil on panel, sold

Sails, oil on panel, 11x14"(sold) (one of 24 paintings for my solo exhibition, Liminal Beings)

Unfurling Hollow, oil on panel, 12x16" (sold) (on of 24 paintings for my solo exhibition, Liminal Beings)

Blue Pill, oil on panel, 14x11" (sold) (one of 24 paintings for my solo exhibition, Liminal Beings)