About The Artist
Weldon Ball creates bright, abstract landscapes that oftentimes let viewers fill in the details of a nature scene. He currently lives in West Tennessee and finds inspiration in landscapes from the Southeast or his visits to Europe. He advises viewers of his art to really pause and appreciate the color and the way that they create space, depth and an inner source of light.
Artist Statement
I am a Southern landscape painter who uses abstraction as a vehicle to present my artistic concepts. In my youth, I spent many hours playing in pine forest across the street from my house so this accounts for my fascination with pine trees, hills and hollows and landscapes in general. I like the stickiness and the thickness of oil paint and I apply it with a palette knife, but I sometimes scrap a hand-full of paint off my palette and smear it on the painting. I also use brushes, paper towels and what ever is handy to apply paint to the canvas. I consider myself a cubist, breaking down areas into slabs of color. Studying Han Hoffman taught me how to achieve depth by using color alone.
Hear What Collectors Say About Weldon's Work
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Thank you for purchasing the painting and for the comments. I love painting the shifting colors of water and it is something special when a painting resonates with a viewer. Did you know the painting had been on display on Ugallery only several hours before you purchased it?
I had a difficult time choosing which of your paintings to purchase since I love the style and color in everyone of them. I finally chose "Islands in the Stream: Last Light" and am happy I did! Wonderful Art!
Thank you for your comments. My style is rooted in Cubism and my colors come from living in the South where colors are carried to the excess. After all, Elvis was the first to sport a pink Cadillac.
Very nice paintings. I love your style. And of course the nice colors.
Thank you for purchasing another painting. I always enjoy it when someone makes a connection with one of my paintings and the joy was compounded by your gracious comments.
I love the way I can look at a section of this painting up close and find a gorgeous abstract design. And then I step back and I see a beautiful landscape full of lights and shadows and creative choice of colors. I am in awe of the skill set involved in doing that!
Thank you for your generous comments.
Collection: An explosion of color, magnifies my heart. Fantastic works. Stay the path - Best
i have just stared painting You Have great colores iam verry excited to tell every one about U Gallery ,,,, Pass it on SG in Kansas
I am so happy that you enjoy the painting. I enjoyed painting it and it is a great feeling when one of my paintings and a person "click". Thank you for purchasing it.
I love it, the colors are even more beautiful in person and they brighten up my living room which is mostly earth tones.
Mountain Mist is absolutely beautiful.I would love to wake up to this everyday
Thank you for your comments. This is what "Art" is all about.
I bought this because the placement of the shapes and the colors create such intensity and energy. I like to move my paintings around and no matter where I put this one , it brings my environment to life and raises my spirits.