Early Birds - watercolour -SOLD |
Saturday, June 27, 2015
Early Birds
Sunday, June 21, 2015
Sunny Market Day
Sunny Market Day - 6x8 inch oil on panel -click here to purchase |
Thursday, June 18, 2015
Being over 50 and grateful
Morning Pasture - oil on panel 6x9" click here to purchase |
Time seems to be whizzing by lately. Painting time has been very sparse this month. We are getting ready to put our house up for sale, so my head space for painting just isn't the same as usual. I know it will come back when the dust settles. Not painting for a while is not the end of the world. I could stress about it, BUT I'm working instead on being grateful for all the good things in my life. Not hard really... my little grandaughter Ella is coming for a visit next week. Whoopee!
Sunday, June 14, 2015
Saatchi for artists and Art by the Lake Westport
Any artists out there use the Saatchi online gallery to market their art? If any of you do I'd love to hear about your experience. I've been considering whether or not to join.
One of my Wetland series got a make-over this week. I wanted more texture and in the process, I pretty much changed the color palette from pinks to cool greens. Which is okay. It's the old thing: "When is a work finished?" and my answer to that is "When I find my harmony with it". It doesn't matter to me if it goes through several evolutions. Work evolves. It will be in the opening exhibition reception for the Art by the Lake Westport on Friday July 3, along with another work Winter Light with Tulips.
The Art by the Lake Westport outdoor art show will take place on Saturday July 4th, 10am -4pm in white artisan tents on the grounds of Sand Lake. It's open to the public and there will be 19 exhibiting artists. It's the first year for this show, which plans to become an annual event for the Westport area. I'm looking forward to it, please come out and enjoy the show.
Here is a little map of the area, I copied from google but it didn't come out very well. (Maybe if you click on it will view larger so you can read it better) I drew on the blue dotted line to show the way to the show.
Wetland, Natural Order 2 - oil on canvas - 48 x 30" |
Winter Light With Tulips - 30 x 30 |
The Art by the Lake Westport outdoor art show will take place on Saturday July 4th, 10am -4pm in white artisan tents on the grounds of Sand Lake. It's open to the public and there will be 19 exhibiting artists. It's the first year for this show, which plans to become an annual event for the Westport area. I'm looking forward to it, please come out and enjoy the show.
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Art by the Lake Westport is at Sand Lake |
Tuesday, June 9, 2015
working quickly to find a rhythm
work in progress - oil on panel |
I like flat brushes best. My favorite for small paintings is a # 6 flat. I used an angled flat # 10 for the big flat areas before switching to #6. It took me about an hour and a half to get to this stage. I block in and put the first paint application on quickly. Working quickly, intuition kicks in, which prevents over-thinking, somehow giving me a fresher look. All this, gets me into a rhythm which I find peaceful. I rarely can finish a painting in one sitting. I need space and distance from it to know when it's done.
Thursday, June 4, 2015
Greener Pastures 3
Greener Pastures 3- oil on panel- 6 x 9 inch click here to purchase |
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