Anita Marci's Alphabet Art- Acrylic Paintings

This art is brand new and I call it Alphabet Art.
It was inspired by something called Illumination.

This was popular a very long time ago and was used on hand written manuscripts. It was usually at the beginning of a book, chapter, or letter. The initial cap was "illuminated" with decoration often consisting of geometric shapes, flourishes or perhaps even a flower.

I wanted to do a modern day take on this concept. I decided to create these paintings on small 4"x 4" x 1.5" canvases. I chose to make these for my four most cherished friends as Christmas Gifts. I began with the first letter of each of their names. Next I pondered their personal characteristics and who they are to me.

P for Peggy came first, she is a wonderful southern belle, charming, elegant and gracious and one of the best story tellers I know. She is extremely generous and as beautiful inside as she is outside. Peggy loves white flowers so I incorporated a white iris in her painting. We both love purple so lavender was an obvious color choice.

F for Fran came next. She is spunky and funny, loving and kind and very supportive. Fran and I love to spend the whole day at the beach gabbing our heads off. So I pained a stylistic beach for Fran.

C for Carolyn followed. She is wise and also very beautiful inside and out. Carolyn is a communication specialist and her thing is coming to clarity. Also, she is warm and bright like the sun so I chose to use this as a symbol of the light that she brings to all the people she touches.

R for Rachel was my fourth one. She loves green so that is her color. Rachel is a very talented designer whom I met when she did my web site. She likes to draw out her ideas and then adds color to them on the computer, so I gave Rachel a pencil and teardrops of the three primary colors from which all colors are made.

I had so much fun doing these and the paintings were received with much enthusiasm. I would love to do some more so if anyone is interested in commissioning one please let me know.

That's it for now. I am currently contemplating my next paintings and I believe they will be lava rocks inspired by my photos from a recent trip to Hana, Hawaii.....