Wednesday, November 4, 2009

"Going somewhere"

All these small paintings have been so much fun to do. I keep sorting through all my pictures and coming up with more and more portraits of these roosters. I finally downloaded all 500 plus pictures on my camera to my computer! It's a little strange not to have any images on my memory card right now. It even says..."this card has no images". I guess having our Christmas dinner on there from last year was a hint to get busy with sorting them out!
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Thursday, October 29, 2009

"Steppin' out"

The colors are a little washed out in the picture...the original is alot more vibrant..especially the blue water line in the background. I scanned these little oils on my scanner and I have also photographed them, I don't know which represents the pieces the best way. Everyone's monitor and computer settings are different as well..you can't win, but this way at least you can see the painting!
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Monday, October 26, 2009

"Cozy Collar"

As promised here is the first in my rooster series. I'll keep 'em coming for a while. They'll all have a buy it now button on the bottom of the posts. I took so many pictures of roosters and chickens this summer, that I have inspiration galore...the poor cluckers didn't stand a chance with me chasing them all around the farm yard...shooting them with my camera! No casualties though, now they're just captured forever on canvas!
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Monday, October 19, 2009

"Halloween prop"

In honor of Halloween I've painted a few pumpkin portraits. This is one of four. I'll post the other ones sometime soon. I've also been busy with roosters and will place a few of those on here as well. Just cleaning out my jars of odorless turpentine and removing the solids from the bottom and pouring off the clean turps from the top. Yuck! Then it's off to the hazardous waste dump to get rid of some of those jars!

Tuesday, October 13, 2009

Make it up

A fantasy pear...did this painting without an actual model in front of me. Makes you invent colors, shadows and shapes. This is 8"x6"...I find it freeing to sometimes paint with the imagination..we can become such a slave to our models, be it a still life, landscape, figure etc...so any and all spontaneity is lost, let go and just make it up..

Tuesday, October 6, 2009

"Cow Bella"

This was actually a study painting I did for a Different Strokes challenge when I first broke out the oils. I ended up posting my watercolor version, but actually quite like this one. It is created using a limited palette and the putty that I used in my first oil painting techniques class. I think I might still have the picture kicking around, so I could play with this image some more. I do have two more versions of this and might post those soon....

Friday, October 2, 2009

limited palette

This was also from the class I took with Tad Spurgeon (see previous post for a link to his website) and we had to work with a limited palette. Not my greatest effort, but I think I got the idea of the value lesson. I have yet to venture outside with my oils...so far I'm just a studio oil painter!

Monday, September 28, 2009

Class work

This rooster study was done during a class I took
last year at this time with Tad Spurgeon. Click on his
name to go to a section of his website where he talks
about color. His oil painting method is very interesting
and he is so into the chemical and technical aspects of the
medium. We worked with this "putty" that we used to cut
the pigments. It was a very unique and different way of
using the paint. If you have a chance go check it out.

Wednesday, September 16, 2009

"Sunny side"

A green pear today..I was just reading a cooking magazine
with all sorts of pear recipes for fall...a little chutney, some
pear cranberry bread...all lovely things to do with this lovely
fruit besides paint it!

Tuesday, September 8, 2009

"Primped"

SOLD
One of my earliest forays in oil exploration...I would like
to do more with the roosters and chickens. I've tackled
them quite a bit with watercolors, but feel they would do
well in oils, too...so many colors and attitudes..
Check back, there may be more here soon!

Monday, August 24, 2009

"Prime for Salsa"

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POW! In your face tomato portrait...I am scouring
the farmer's markets for new inspiration...watermelon
seems to be calling to me..there is alot of homegrown
food out there and it seems I've been eating tomatoes
at every meal...for breakfast on a toasted english muffin
with mayo, salt and coarsely ground black pepper! YUM!

Wednesday, August 19, 2009

"Perched on a plate"

I've been neglecting my oil posting duties lately...
I guess my focus has been my watercolors...getting
ready for a big solo show..have 22 paintings ready to
hang, but I don't know if they will all fit the room.
I guess better more than not enough! I'm thinking of
trying to find a space to show all these little oils..they
would make quite the statement all lined up on a wall
somewhere.

Wednesday, August 12, 2009

"Sundried Tomato"

Just off a full 5 day workshop week...one that I was taking
not teaching. It was incredible. I'll never look at the Vermont
landscape the same way again. It was an interesting class, because
we had a mix of mediums..some used oils, some watercolors and there
was even a lady who worked outside in collaged papers. A bit tricky
with the wind, but she did some really great stuff.
Now it's back to studio time.

Monday, August 3, 2009

"Ketchup blues"

I missed another posting last week...sorry, but here
is that willing tomato that posed so nicely for me. Subtle
color changes and that greenery really works for me.
I might delve in to the world of squashes and such, but
don't hold me to it...baby steps :) The produce is so
prolific at the farmers markets right now..an abundance
of choices for still lifes!

Monday, July 27, 2009

"Pear with tulip"

Another pear study..why do pears make it so easy..they
are great models, have such colorful flesh tones and sit so
nice and still for us :) Well I found a willing tomato who
wanted to give modelling a try, so I propped it up on the
still life stand and put the spot light on! Stay tuned for the
results of that session!