Watch the short video below to see a few new paintings. For better color resolution, look at the pieces as they go up on my website. As always, I'd appreciate you sharing with your friends if you like what I do.
"Potted Daffodils" in the frame.
Featured Pieces November 2015
This is a quick blog entry here, to post pics of some recent pieces and
one piece
that is shockingly NOT SOLD that should be! Look below!!
Several of the newbies make good pairings..
September Pastoral l (Trees), 20"x16" oil on panel $2400 framed
September Pastoral ll(Path), 16"x12" oil on panel $1400 framed
Snapdragons, Peaches, Pear, 16"x12" oil on panel $1400 framed
The Grassy Slope, 8"x10" oil on panel, $800 framed
Summer Pastoral with Grazing Cows, 12"x16" oil on panel, $1300 framed
Hill in High Summer, 13"x14" oil on paper, $250 unframed
First Light Over the Lake, 9"x12" oil on paper, $200 unframed
inquire through my website here
if you'd like to ask about any painting above! Already have a Thimgan? Collector's discount honored.
Maybe I shouldn't tell -in case I can get it back- but
IT'S A PAINTED BOX
that I did last year, it's only $300 and it's
AMAZING
for keeping cell phone chargers and other oft used ugly items. The box is available at the Water Street Gallery. Tell them you saw it on my blog if you buy it:).
Wet Paint June 2014
I think I'm still working on this piece. I want to work in the foreground especially. I'll re post an image when it's truly done. I'd love to sell this one before I invest in the frame. There are so many choices. The one I like the best is a heavy, antique style gold. It looks like a 200 year old painting in it, but that's not everyone's taste!
A plein air piece from last Friday.
Peonies with Green Glass and Apricots, 20x16 in. oil on panel, on hold
Beach Box Pastoral
Bluebird Trail ll Reloaded
Greetings!
Finally I can say that spring has taken hold here in Michigan. It was a long time in coming this year! I'm adding a new image of Bluebird Trail ll after having repainted a couple of passages of it that seemed to need some more care than the plein air visit afforded.
This 12 x 16 in. landscape is for sale through the Water Street Gallery
if you're local and want to take a look.
More new work on the way!
Wallflowers and Wallpaper
I have once again fallen behind terribly at updating the blog. There are so many things to juggle in life, not to mention actually painting!
After getting back from Italy, Joseph and I bought a little brick house that we fell in love with, our teenage daughter got Chicken Pox, and we had to have one of our dogs put to sleep. Then of course we get to settle into the new old house and repair some things.
The big loss with moving from our former place was the big studio in-home. Now I paint smaller pieces at home in any room I feel like using (usually the kitchen), and share AESTHETICS STUDIO with a couple of fellow artists in a local arts cooperative building for portraits and figures.
Why Wallpaper and Wallflowers? (the title of this post)
Well, the Wallpaper is obvious.
and "Wallflowers"
is the playful but woefully negative word I seized upon for my current work theme. I think my work has a solitary sweetness to it that sort of resonates with the word "wallflower". Since I often paint portraits of flowers-it also has a bit of tongue-in-cheek mixed in there. You can see more of the recent pieces that bloom under this theme on my website's Current Works page (obsolete link).
On the easel- May 2011
Hello! I've fallen behind on posting here....keeping up with technology takes a lot of time! I'm learning how to get newsletters running and e-posts of new work. Somehow I manage to paint, teach, and raise a family, too! Here is a pic of me working on a self-portrait. I really couldn't paint sight-size on this one because of the easel feet hitting each other and the way the light was coming in and lighting (or not) my painting enough.
"Forsythia" 16x12 oil on panel
Self-portrait about halfway through
Works lined up for summertime showing. I love seeing a wall of them at a time. It seems so seldom that I amass any amount of them and get to see them as a group.
Self-portrait finished. I'm wearing my favorite short-sleeved sweater and my Zecchi's painting apron.
