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NEW!! ABSTRACTS - Abstract paintings by Ione Citrin
CRUSHED SERIES - Highly textured oil paintings accomplished by careful formulation of various oil paints, varnishes, & mediums designed to produce the tactile
effects you see here. Every painting is "crushed", "wrinkled" and "organic" in appearance. These paintings take daily applications of my "special" formula and constant applications of color along with months to finally dry. They are finished with a slick, high gloss lacquer.
GOING AROUND IN CIRCLES SERIES - Circular abstract paintings by Ione Citrin - "CIRCLE PAINTINGS" - I love circles. The power of the world always works in circles, and everything tries to be round.
ART ON THE SQUARE SERIES - Abstracts 26" x 36" created with acrylics on board, framed and lacquered. The squares are a series of small 4" X 5" canvases pieced together to make one large rectangular piece.
METAL MADNESS - A series of enamel on metal abstract paintings by Ione Citrin
SUNSET PAINTINGS - A sextet of diptychs
:: ABSTRACTS
NEW!! Atlantis
36" high x 24" wide
acrylic on canvas
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| "Atlantis" - Yes, I am a world traveler, but, No, I've never been to "Atlantis".... except in my imagination. I didn't start out painting what I think the legendary island looks like, I just started painting in my haphazard style, using acrylic colors which I thought might work together, and when I stepped back to take a critical look at what I'd done, I thought to myself, "Voila, Atlantis"! So I sallied forth and further developed the painting along these lines. So, now I guess I can say, I've been to Atlantis too! |
NEW!! String of Pearls
36" high x 24" wide
acrylic on canvas
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| "String of Pearls" - I came across a necklace in my drawer. The clasp had broken and they were swirled out in a fanciful design in the otherwise empty drawer. ĘThey reminded me of Stan, my first husband. He gave me a beautiful extra-long string of cultured pearls when we were first married. He put his grandmother's diamonds in the gold clasp. They are lovely, and I still highly treasure them. I don't wear them very much now, but when I do I always remember him. He died of cancer many years ago when he was only 48. |
NEW!! Radiance
36" high x 24" wide
acrylic on canvas
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| "Radiance" - The sun is an important entity in all my work, whether it be realistic or abstract. To me, the sun is the beginning of life, the beginning of everything, the center of reality, and appears regularly in many of my paintings. While this abstract, "Radiance", doesn't depict the sun exactly, it is an abstraction of the radiance the sun exudes. |
NEW!! Succulents
34" high x 24" wide
acrylic on canvas
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| "Succulents" - It is difficult to explain abstract art. It is so subjective. I didn't start out painting succulents, it just happened, and so like Darwin I found another species of succulents and so baptized them!
"SUCCULENTS" RECEIVES SPECIAL INTERNATIONAL RECOGNITION - Artist IONE CITRIN of LOS ANGELES, CA has received a Special Recognition Merit Award for artwork in the "12th Annual All Media Juried Online International Art Exhibition" hosted by Upstream People Gallery. The juror, Art Professor Bradshaw, Ęstates this about this specially recognized work:
"'IONE CITRIN of Los Angeles, California is a popular artist in the L.A. area and enjoys wide success with her works on canvas. In this show, her piece "Succulents" is very moving and uplifting with the clearly defined curvilinear patterning and the more amorphous and cool background.'"
The exhibition will be featured online during January 2010 at www.upstreampeoplegallery.com and continue for 12 months, closing December 31, 2010. |
NEW!! Rhythms
18" high x 14" wide
oil on canvas
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| "Rhythms" - I love music. All kinds. I love dance. Whenever I hear music with a strong beat, my feet start moving in time to the sounds. Rhythms "happened" when I was listening to soul music. The beat was there and my brush followed the thrust of the music. Music, visual art, dance; all the creative arts are interrelated. They all use the right side of the brain; the creative side. The left side of the brain governs the practical and theoretical thinkings. I was born with no left side to my brain, so I'm compelled to create. |
NEW!! Cosmos
18" high x 20" wide
oil on canvas
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Galaxy #2
26" high x 36" wide
oil on canvas
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| "Galaxy #2" - A new galaxy discovered by Stephen Hawking in 2001. It is 100,000 light years away from earth, but does show vague signs of life. Our Space Dept. is currently running scans and other technical tests to decide if it would be worthwhile to send a robot to this planet for further examination. They are currently building and customizing a special robot for this purpose. It will be ready in 2012, and at that time further determination is necessary before a final lift off can be made. Stay tuned for more news. |
The Spelunkers
30" x 20"
watercolor and gold foil on paper in gold frame
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NEW!! Winter
22 1/2" high x 24" wide
acrylic
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| "Winter" - The winter set in with a fierce command. Everything was ice cold, gray, and slushy. The city was encased in a crust of uncomfortable weather. Even the birds and squirrels were not to be seen. This city, known for its cold weather, has outdone itself this season. The temperatures were the lowest in history. Industry was practically at a standstill. Mail was not delivered, transportation, deliveries, the customs of civilized life were frozen in time.
"When will it end?" everyone cried. No one knew. Not the weather forecasters, the scientists, the government, not even Susie's grandmother, (who knew everything). "We'll just have to sit this one out." Mrs. Murphy said in her rocking chair, and then repeated it because there was nothing else she could think of saying.
Rocky, the hound, hunkered down and refused to go out to do his "duty", so Susie got puppy training pads for him to do his business on so he wouldn't have to freeze his feet. "Last week I had to pour warm water on his paws to unstuck him", she said to the pet store owner. Mr. Gottchalk said, "I know everyone's havin' their troubles this year."
The days and weeks rolled by without change. "Soon spring'll come, then it'll get better", Grandma Murphy said, "Soon as spring comes, you'll see." But "spring" never came. Global freezing, instead of global warming, had finally set in. |
NEW!! Fish, Clams and Eels, Oh My!
22" x 28"
watercolor
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| "Fish, Clams and Eels, Oh My!" - They were all new hatchlings exploring the warm waters where they were spawned. They were enjoying their new life and exploring the strange wonderful world. Everything surprised them. Everything amazed them. When the little fish came upon a clam, the sight alarmed her and she bubbled, "Oh my!" When the Eel investigated the half-opened clam and the clam snapped shut, he said "Oh my!" and when the eel accidentally touched a jellyfish, he screeched "oh my!" It was an "oh my!" kinda' day in the undersea world off the Florida coast. |
NEW!! The Mating Game
16" high x 21 1/2" wide
watercolor
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"The Mating Game" - The experiment was going well. Jessica peered through the microscope and gently nudged one of the cells with a pick. It didn't seem to want to go near the other cell. It had a mind of its own. Jessica sighed. She was tired. She had been working in the school laboratory for hours and it was getting dark. Mother was at home waiting to be fed, and she had to leave, otherwise things would be uncontrollable when she got home.
"Just one more little poke", she thought. But it didn't work this time either. "Those babies are stubborn", Jessica muttered.
"Well, enough is enough." She sighed, and began to put her things together and call it a day.
"Tomorrow, I will make it happen...tomorrow is another day." |
NEW!! Blooms
16" high x 12" wide
acrylic painting
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"Blooms" - Jackie threw the small arrangement of flowers into the stream, and then stood there frozen in her grief. She watched the petals separate and sink and drift away. "Just like us," she thought and then mumbled again, "Just like us."
She stood there for the longest time until she could regain her composure and muster the drive home. Watching the flowers float away was the final gesture in the closing act of their relationship. It was now finally over and she had to continue on. There was no other choice. She knew when she began dating Jeff that he was married, so she went into it with open eyes. What she didn't know was that she would fall head over heels in love with him, and that he would never leave his wife and kids.
"My fault", "All my fault", and yet she decided what they had wasn't so bad. It satisfied their needs to a certain extent. When she wanted more and he couldn't give it, it became an impossible situation and the relationship ended. The drive home cleared her head. There was nothing else for her to do except continue her life and remember the good times she had with Jeff. Maybe she could find someone else to have these same good times? She didn't know but would try to find someone to share her life with. "Tomorrow is another day." |
NEW!! Blue Birds
12" high x 16" wide
acrylic painting
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"Blue Birds" - Angie and Max were on their annual migration south. They had been flying for many hours, and it was time to land and rest for the night before continuing on. Every year the trip got more difficult, but it was in their nature to migrate and they followed their instincts. The area they would settle in for the winter was warm and full of their food. Their friends would be there to visit and play with in the sunshine.
Their nature wouldn't let them stay in the cold north where they would surely die, so as soon as the temperature dropped they began their trip. Angie gave Max a good night peck and tucked her head into her wing. Sleep would restore them for tomorrow's long flight south. |
Spin
46" high x 36" wide
acrylic on canvas
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"Spin" - The invention was complete. Joel had been working on his creation for over a year, and now it was done! It was a giant spinning top, something every adult/child would want! Joel was convinced it would be grabbed up by every toy company in America, and then some. He was already counting his millions.
The huge toy was very precious to him, something he dreamt about when he was a boy. He never had a toy. He lived on a farm in a hardscrabble existence where toys were an unheard of luxury. So he dreamt about a toy to play with and he kept this dream until he was finally old enough to physically put together his "dream". Now that he had finished, he hit the remote button and "Spin" lit up, music played and it began spinning faster and faster until it was only a whir. Joel was ecstatic.
But after two hours it was still spinning, the remote didn't work, and he couldn't make it stop; didn't know how. He left it in the garage spinning away with the music blaring and fell asleep in the house. The next day it was still spinning and he didn't know quite what to do. He lived alone on the farm, so neighbors were miles away and the loud music didn't bother anyone. The cows and chickens didn't mind either. So he decided he'd just let the giant top just run its course.
Six months later the top was still turning, the music blaring. Two years later the same. This continued until Joel's hair was turning grey. By then he had lived with the machine and the noise for 20 years and had become used to it. He'd go out into the barn every day to check on it and dance a little to the music and then go do his chores. His precious toy was his only companion, and he let it do its "thing" until they both died at a very old age. When Joel took his last breath, so did the top. "C'est l'vie." |
Outposts
24" high x 36" wide
acrylic on canvas
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Arabian Nights
16" high x 12" wide
oil on canvas
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"Arabian Nights" - A fantasy abstract simulating a Middle Eastern Aura.
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Warp
25" high x 21" wide
acrylic on canvas
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Goose
40" high x 30" wide
watercolor on paper
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Water #1
16" high x 12" wide
watercolor on paper
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Water #2
16" high x 12" wide
watercolor on paper
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Iraq
50" high x 50" wide
oil on board
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"Iraq" - What could be more definitive than the destruction, material and intangible, that war and aggression causes?
"Iraq" shows a particular battlefield, no winners, no losers, just unrecognizable remains.
That usually is the outcome of all wars. |
Abyss
28" high x 18" wide
oil on canvas
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Tsunami
30" high x 40" wide
oil on paper
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Fish
26" high x 30" wide
watercolor on paper
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NEW!! Ballooning
34" high x 24" wide
acrylic on canvas
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"Ballooning" - I had a disturbing dream where I was on a mountain top with my family and we were trying to grab the strings of the balloons which were floating above our heads. We wanted to get off the mountain top and we knew if we could grab onto the balloon strings they would take us to safety. They were all around us, but we couldn't quite grab their strings. Try as we might, we just couldn't connect. I don't know if we ever got off the mountain top, 'cause the alarm rang and I woke up. |
Panagea
46" high x 36" wide
acrylic on canvas
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Lily Pond
30" high x 30" wide
watercolor on paper
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NEW!! Waves - pair
36" high x 18" wide
acrylic & brass on canvas
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Friends
36" high x 18" wide
mixed media
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Cityscape
40" high x 50" wide
abstract wall sculpture
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Gadget
23" high x 23" wide x 5" deep
mixed media
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The Site
62" high x 28" wide
mixed media wall sculpture
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:: CRUSHED SERIES - a series of highly textured oil paintings by Ione Citrin
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Plein Air Crushed
32" high x 36" wide
crushed series
oil on canvas hexagon
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Tres Trees
32" high x 36" wide
crushed series
oil on canvas hexagon
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Flowering Trees
32" high x 36" wide
crushed series
oil on canvas hexagon
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Swamp Flower
21" high x 24" wide
crushed series
oil on canvas hexagon
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Desert Storm
32" high x 36" wide
crushed series
oil on canvas hexagon
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Treehouse
21" high x 24" wide
crushed series
oil on canvas hexagon
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Rose Rage
32" high x 36" wide
crushed series
oil on canvas
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Volunteers
21" high x 24" wide
crushed series
oil on canvas
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"Volunteers" - An abstract of men volunteering for President Obama's new projects.
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:: GOING AROUND IN CIRCLES SERIES - circular abstract paintings by Ione Citrin
"Circle Paintings" - I love circles. The power of the world always works in circles, and everything tries to be round. "The sky is round, and the earth is round like a ball, and so are all the stars. The wind, in its greatest power, whirls. Birds make their nest in circles, for theirs is the same religion as ours. Even the seasons form a great circle in their changing, and always come back again to where they were. The life of a man is a circle from childhood to childhood, and so it is in everything where power moves."
Black Elk, Oglala Sioux Holy Man, 1863-1950
Prisms
36" circle
acrylic on canvas
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UFO
36" circle
acrylic on steel
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Sunset
16" circle
acrylic on canvas
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"Sunset" - Night falls and the mystery of the dark begins.
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NEW!! Clouds
19" circle
watercolor
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:: ART ON THE SQUARE - a series of abstract paintings by Ione Citrin
Abstract Galaxy
26" high x 36" wide
watercolor and collage
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Autumn
26" high x 36" wide
oil on canvas
"I believe that all leaves, even grasses and mosses, acquire brighter colors just before their fall. When you come to observe faithfully the changes of each humblest plant, you find that each has, sooner or later, its peculiar autumnal tint." -- Henry David Thoreau
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Cairo
26" high x 36" wide
oil on canvas
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:: METAL MADNESS - a series of enamel on metal abstract paintings by Ione Citrin
I love to experiment. I guess I'm a "tinkerer with an artistic eye".
These metal paintings came about one day when I happened upon some etched or "florintined" steel. These were fashioned as panels in an elevator. I loved the random pattern on the steel, making the light flicker over and about the brushings.
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36" high x 36" wide
enamel on steel
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So, I scurried to a local metal shop and discovered that "spangled" steel is not an uncommon product. I immediately purchased a small sample of this galvanized steel and painted on it. Abstract impressions seem to work the best of the simplicity and strength of the support.
My first sample was a success, so I ordered eight 36" x 36" "pans", or metal sheets with 2" lips. Then a carpenter fashioned a wooden frame within the back of each pan, so that a cord could be placed for easy wall hanging.
Now my background was ready for my "brain-waves", and wave it did! I plunged in and developed these paintings you see here, and more. If you'd like to see the other abstracts I've created, please contact me, and I'm more than happy to send you slides/photography for your consideration.
Art is my life,and I hope you enjoy my work.
The Idol
36" high x 36" wide
enamel on steel
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"The Idol" - "Idols" are symbols of a particular culture and idealogy. They are meant to be easily recognizable and associated with a particular group of people. They have a specific reaction, depending on the audience, and will arouse emotions according to the viewer's sensibility.
Idols, or icons, to me, are very stimulating to my imagination, and, therefore, easy for me to interpret in my various art projects. here is one on galvanized steel strictly out of my imagination. |
Flight
36" high x 36" wide
enamel on steel
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:: SUNSET PAINTINGS - A sextet of diptychs
Abstract art allows me the freedom to express the world in a whirl of color and form that I see in my mind's eye. Through abstraction of reality I can show the world the way I feel it. My "Sunset" series was created because I love nature and especially "Sunsets"!
I thought I would make them a little more interesting by making a diptych with a strong pattern towards the bottom, thereby breaking the free-flow of one of nature's greatest creations. The creation of this piece involved cutting wood to form the two pieces. Then I began to paint. I painted both pieces pieced together as one. Layer upon layer of acrylic paint. The fine stripes at the bottom were difficult, and I ended up using a variety of methods making each piece different. A heavy shiny gloss of polyresin finished them off.
I sincerely hope you enjoy this series as much I did giving birth to them. If you'd like to see my complete portfolio, let me know. I'm more than happy to send it to you. I have lots of goodies in other genres.
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