Friday, March 6, 2015

dreaming of fun in the sun

It's funny how being hunkered down in my studio during wintery weather leads me to dreaming of fun in the sun. Last week I gave the watercolours a workout creating little miniature's on the theme of beach huts. (I love 'dem little cutie-pies!) It was a fun change up from big florals and bike path paintings and helped get me dreaming of holidays and carefree days during the process.  

It's a diversion switching mediums. Oil painting has allowed me a 'painterly freedom' that I was missing when I used to paint exclusively in watercolours. That freedom stayed with me while painting these.






4 comments:

  1. Love these and they do the trick. Escape the cold and snow! You do beautiful work in every medium, and you know you've won the Barbara Muir Happy Art Award. Check it out on my blog. ;-) Your art makes me happy every time I see it.

    XOXOXOXOXO Barbara

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    1. thanks for the award Barbara. your happy art award is a cute idea. have fun awarding it to the art that makes you happy! Thanks for all your support and encouragement

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  2. These are beautiful little watercolours Sally! I can only imagine how you are longing for a change in weather after such a bitter winter. I will be posting some more beach photos soon if you want to enjoy summer from a distance!!!
    Maybe next time you visit New York I will meet you there!!

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    1. hi Wendy, and thank you for your comments on the tiny watercolours. You are right I am sooooooooo looking forward to spring, your pictures on your blog make me drool. And would it EVER be fun to meet you at the Met. Let me know when next you're there, and I'll figure it out.

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