5"x4"
Acrylic on Board
$40 includes domestic s/h
Here's another! And like the others, this, too, has a hanger on the back and a gold ribbon through it--which can be removed to hang the painting on the wall.
Thursday, November 19, 2009
Wednesday, November 18, 2009
Lemon Tree Ornament
3 5/8 in. x 2 5/8 in.
Acrylic on Board
$35 includes domestic s/h
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Here's another of the little Christmas tree ornaments I've been painting. They have hangers on the back which are threaded with a gold ribbon. The ribbon can be removed so they can hang on the wall, too. These are fun little things to do. I'm enjoying using acrylics for a change and also the freedom to just paint whatever sounds like fun to me--no big productions!
Tuesday, November 17, 2009
"Crooked River Through Smith Rock"
8"x6"
Oil on Board
$150 included domestic s/h
It's amazing to me how this place changes throughout the year. The light is definitely getting "bluer" and everything looks softer. . .
Monday, November 16, 2009
Rooster Tree Ornament
4"x3"
Acrylic on Board
$40 includes domestic shipping
'Tis the season to be making even smaller paintings that will be ornaments for Christmas trees! The gallery I show at here in Bend has a tradition of its artists making these little creations. This little rooster will have a ribbon attached and a hanger, so it can also be hung on the wall.
Saturday, November 14, 2009
"Antonia Against the Window"
6"x6"
Oil on Gessoboard
$150 includes domestic s/h
This young woman, Antonia, along with her husband visited the gallery yesterday as I was working. They said they're visiting and thinking of moving here. She paints and doesn't find much of an art community where she lives now and her husband has family here. Also, she's very pregnant! My plan was a painting that shows that, but I was really taken with her expression so did this first. I really enjoyed doing this painting ad felt good about NOT painting in the whole background!!
Friday, November 13, 2009
"Late Afternoon at Santa Monica Pier"
6"x6"
Acrylic on Board
$195 includes s/h
This is another painting from our trip to southern Cal. It was great to remember being on that pier as the sun was getting low and it was WARM while it was snowing today! I was having a hard time with this painting, so pulled out my palette knives--seems like that's just what was needed! Also, this is acrylic, and I'm not used to it! It was good to not be in control (do I really mean that?)!
Tuesday, November 10, 2009
"With the Dogs at Solana Beach"
6"x8"
Oil on Board
$150 includes domestic s/h
Our recent trip to Southern Cal took us to this great doggie beach at Solana Beach, CA. Though I simplified for this painting, the beach was absolutely full of two- and four-leggeds enjoying themselves and each other. Our little dog, Tobey, found some dogs his own size and went wild with running while we went wild with laughter.
Monday, November 9, 2009
"Precious Bundle" (sold)
8"x8"
Oil on Board
$175 includes domestic s/h
One more version of this subject. . .I wanted to try something different with the color, bringing in more of the warm golden tones. I'm pleased with the warmth of this painting.
It's cold with a mix of snow and rain here today, so it seems like eons ago when we stopped and visited some galleries in Laguna Beach--and it was just barely a week ago and it was gorgeous weather! There were about five galleries we stopped in along the main street through town. The one that sticks with me the most is Studio 7. I'm not sure, but I kind of think it's a cooperative gallery. It has a high caliber of work. One of the artists showing there was tending the gallery--Janine Salzman, an impressionist-style painter of landscapes, still lifes and some figurative work as well. I enjoyed listening to her talk about the workshops she's attended. Her brushwork is very good, as is her color. Another artist at Studio 7 whose work I enjoyed was Jeff Yeomans. He had a restaurant kitchen scene hanging that I did my best to learn from--great use of neutrals, very subtle. I also really like his street scenes--they are just like California in that it's mostly TRAFFIC! But they are really beautifully done. Living in Oregon, it was SO refreshing to see paintings with palm trees and ocean and lots of light.
Sunday, November 8, 2009
"Mother and Child" (sold)
8"x8"
Oil on Board
$175 includes domestic s/h
For this first painting I've done in nearly two weeks, (!) I decided to go back to a subject I love and try to bypass the intimidation of a blank "canvas"! We've been in southern California for the past 9 days or so and have seen lots more artwork and galleries than I have for a long time. Lots of work inspired me and makes me want to try some new approaches to my painting. Alot of the paintings I was attracted to were very loose, so in this painting--and actually in others I've been doing, too--there's the attempt to not try to put in all the details, keep it soft, loose some edges. I'd appreciate any feedback on this! Truthfully, I really LIKE definition, I LIKE hard edges, I LIKE detail, I LIKE making it specific. Seems like "being loose" iswhat is "in favor". Really, though, it has to be a balance. There's a place for both. No matter, I most enjoy painting when the process flows. I think if there's the feeling of that flow, it shows whether the painting ends up looser or tighter. At any rate, it feels so good to paint again! I have started yet another painting of this image working with different tones which I hope to finish tomorrow.
Tuesday, October 27, 2009
Illustration of St. Francis
app. 10"x7"
black color pencil on bristol board
sold
Yesterday's and today's "art-time" was spent on working on this illustration of St. Francis for a Christmas card for a group of Franciscan friars. Everytime I do something like this, it reminds me how much I love to draw. . .
Sunday, October 25, 2009
"Portrait of a Little Boy"
4"x3.5"
Oil on Board
NFS
This tiny painting is of a little guy named Zane. A beautiful child! I don't know that I could ever do him justice!
Saturday, October 24, 2009
"Daniel Sperry, Cello Man"
6"x6"
Oil on Gessoboard
$150 includes domestic s/h
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This is the third painting I've gotten to do of Daniel playing his cello Lithia Park in Ashland, OR. This time, fall is approaching and the colors are little more yellow-orangish. It's the greatest setting to hear his beautiful artistry. His website is http://www.cellomansings.com/.
I am going to take a couple of weeks off of trying to post everyday or so--it's time to catch up on some other things in life and take a little trip. I intend to paint on the trip and to post what I do. I just won't be showing up on Daily Painters Gallery for a couple of weeks. Stay tuned!
Friday, October 23, 2009
"Newell Grain Elevator Woodblock Print"
11"x21"
Oil-based ink on Rives Lightweight paper
Edition of 8
$200 includes domestic s/h
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This two-color block print is of a grain-storage elevator (not sure why they called them elevators!) near Newell, California, very close to where I grew up. It is next to what is commonly called "Petroglyph Rock", the Lava Beds and "The Peninsula". Each of those places speak of the history of the area. The Lava Beds is a national park full of just that, the remnants of very old volcanoes. It was also a refuge for the Modoc Indians as they resisted being overtaken by the US cavalry and placed on a reservation--the story's much longer! Petroglyph rock looks like a big rocky bump on the landscape, but one side of it is full of ancient petroglyphs by the indigenous peoples. The Peninsula used to be a peninsula when the area was still under water. It, too, has petroglyphs drawn on it. Another landmark that is just a few miles from these grain elevators is the site of a Japanese internment camp from WWII. AND, another 6-8 miles from there is the site of a German POW camp, also from WWII. Quite alot of history in what can feel like the middle of nowhere!
Wednesday, October 21, 2009
"High Desert Country"
App. 13"x10"
Color Pencil and Pastel on Bristol Board
$200 includes domestic s/h
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As mentioned in my previous post, the last few days have been full of teaching and illustration work. I just finished this drawing and two others to illustrate an article for the December issue of the magazine St. Anthony Messenger. The article by Kathy Coffey is on Advent and part of it incorporates a desert theme. It was nice to be able to use the desert that I know living here on the edge of the Great Basin as my inspiration for "desert". During Advent, we are called to go into our own "deserts" and prepare for the new life being offered to us---a season to shake off the dust and discouragement and to open up to renewal.
Monday, October 19, 2009
Smith Rock 3-Color Woodblock Print
11"x17.5"
original hand-pulled 3-color woodblock print; edition of 5 plus 1 artist's proof
oil-base ink on Rives Lightweight paper
$115 includes domestic s/h
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This week and last week are filled with illustration work and teaching, so I am having to go to the "archives" for my post. This is a print I did quite some time ago of one of my favorite places to be "Smith Rock State Park". It's a subject I've drawn, painted and printed many times! As stated, this is a woodblock print that I carved three different blocks for, then printed. I've always done my relief block printing by hand, so registration is always one of those things I've held my breath to see if it worked! Actually, it's not that hard to create a system to register just a few blocks. More than that, though, to me it gets tricky!
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