Split Personality

16” x 20” Mixed media on canvas

“Split Personality” is growing on me. I had it where I really liked it, I should have stopped, but I over worked it and then I hated it. Then I made some big changes, and now it’s back in my good graces. I often have rocky relationships with my paintings, eventually, things work out! The lesson is; never give up!

I’m guessing the problem I had with this painting is due to my own split personality. I am a woman with many sides, many layers, and so many ideas! Sometimes it’s difficult to stop, to NOT throw all my ideas into the same fire, I have to remember to slow down and build one piece at a time!

Mixed media is such a liberating medium or style, pretty much anything goes. In this mixed-media painting, I wanted to incorporate paper towels. I love to add texture to my work and I found the quilted paper towel is perfect, it’s easy to work with, it absorbs colors well, and it adds texture in many ways.

This piece is for anyone with an eye for color and a hunger for mischief! Someone who thinks out of the box and who doesn’t conform to normalcy. If this describes you, please contact me, this painting is for you!

Custom prints are available at Fine Art America

25 responses to “Split Personality”

  1. Phil Avatar

    A very creative application of texture in this wonderful mixed media artwork, Tiffany ~ very nicely done!

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    1. tiffanyarpdaleo Avatar

      This really is a cool and fun piece, I’m very pleased with it, glad you like it too, Phil! 😊

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  2. Chris Lovie-Tyler Avatar
    Chris Lovie-Tyler

    I really like this one. I like the asymmetrical contrast between the areas of colour. (Could’ve been more predictably symmetrical with a name like split personality.) Lots of interesting shapes and lines too.

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    1. tiffanyarpdaleo Avatar

      Thanks a bunch, Chris! I love mixing things up, yet keeping a balance with color and shapes!

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  3. MariaTeresa Avatar

    Ah, wow Tiffany….I can deeply relate to this piece.. It feels like my life over the past few years up until 6/19 when I experienced the profound healing that has impacted my soul’s journey! I love the colors too. This piece is loud, with a mixture of different melodies that all combine into a song of hope. The brightness adds to that😍 I really like how you brought it all together🥰

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    1. tiffanyarpdaleo Avatar

      Ah, you always say it so well! Thank you for your kind words, Maria Teresa, it makes me so happy when someone connects with my work, it really makes it all worth the effort!🥰🙏🤗💕

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  4. Timothy Price Avatar
    Timothy Price

    Wild. It has a nice bipolar look and feel.

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    1. tiffanyarpdaleo Avatar

      Thanks, Tim! Indeed, bipolar works in describing this one, all over the place!

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  5. mistermaxxx08 Avatar

    Feels like the song by living color “cult of personality” respect

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    1. tiffanyarpdaleo Avatar

      Thanks, Max! Oh great, now that song is going to be stuck in my head!😉🤣😁

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      1. mistermaxxx08 Avatar

        I feel so much music through your Creativity and you have a rhythm and groove with your creations

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  6. suzannesmom Avatar

    Interesting to hear how you rework things, as writers and poets do.

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    1. tiffanyarpdaleo Avatar

      Sometimes more than I would like, but yes, probably in a similar fashion! Back in my writing days, there was a lot of reworking!😉

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  7. graham mcquade Avatar

    There`s an orange bullet form in a black and white `tube` at the bottom middle of this piece. Did you use this same motif in your painting Exotic Getaway? I was intrigued what it was the last time and it`s popped up again.

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    1. tiffanyarpdaleo Avatar

      I’m surprised you caught that, Graham! You are correct, (I had to go back and check) but I did indeed use clippings from the same page! It was originally an ad for cocktails of some sort. I actually have a few strips left from that page, you may see it pop up again! 😉

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  8. Bird Avatar

    Different, fun. I like that it doesn`t fit in a standard box. When everything follows the same pattern it gets boring in the long run. A little bit of spice once in a while is great.

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    1. tiffanyarpdaleo Avatar

      I’m so glad to hear that you like the unconventional, and I’m not surprised Bird! You have a wonderful imagination yourself! 😉🙏

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  9. Candia Avatar

    Can identify with the rollercoaster process towards acceptance and eventual pride in one’s work! Or sometimes despair!

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    1. tiffanyarpdaleo Avatar

      Oh yes, Candia, it’s inescapable! But the rewards usually outweigh the disappointments, thank goodness! 😉🙏

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  10. Mark Wade Avatar

    Love this madness, well done

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    1. tiffanyarpdaleo Avatar

      Always great to hear from you Mark, thank you so much!

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  11. humoringthegoddess Avatar

    This is really a well balanced painting.

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    1. tiffanyarpdaleo Avatar

      Thank you so much, that is always one of my goals! It’s kind of funny you mention balance, my husband, who knows nothing about art, actually said the same thing, he’s never said anything like that before!😉⚖

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      1. humoringthegoddess Avatar

        Maybe I can get mine to cast an eye towards my work, too! Well, maybe..

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  12. tiffanyarpdaleo Avatar

    Lol! I know what you mean! That one time caught me totally off guard!🤣😂

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