DELPHINIUM

DELPHINIUM

10"X8"

This small painting is currently hanging at The Art Vault Gallery in Troy, OH. The Gallery will be having a Grand Opening Sat. May 19 from 6-8p.m.

PRACTICE

6"x6"

OIL ON BOARD

Just an apple, I know. And not a very good photo either but this was just a practice piece. I have been watching a few painting videos lately and was inspired to scrape this painting down several times and start over. Sometimes painting for no other reason than playing is good for us and I intend to do more of it in the future.

CLOSE UP AND GALLERY OPPORTUNITY

This is a section of a larger painting that is at Renaissance Fine Art Gallery . The gallery is located in Carmel, Indiana. If you happen to be in the area, stop in and look at all the nice work in the gallery.

I want to announce a gallery opportunity for artists living in my area. Patty Rose is in the process of opening a gallery in Troy, OH. The Art Vault Gallery will be located at 2 East Main St. in Troy. Patty is having an Open House on April 5, from 6-8p.m. Stop in to see the space and hear about her plans for the gallery.

BUILDING

6"X6"

OIL ON AMPERSAND PANEL

This little girl was having a great time playing at the beach on Hilton Head Island.

The painting I posted a few weeks ago by my ten year old nephew won First Place and Best of Show at a local art contest. He now has more art supplies to work with. Congratulations Ian.

KITE DAY

6"X8"

OIL ON CANVAS PANEL

SOLD

This is a little girl at the beach on Hilton Head Island. She was out with her family for a fun day of kite flying and running on the beach. What a nice break from painting  still lifes. Still lifes can be very time consuming with the set up, removing and replacing items. With a photo I feel like I have more freedom. I start the painting from a photo but once the drawing is correct, I usually don't look at the photo very often. It's a nice change from all that scrutiny that I give to a still life.

TULIP WITH EGGPLANT

This is the start of a painting from a few days ago. You can see that I decided to move the vase down a little so it would not line up exactly with the plate. I am using gessobord that I have covered with black acrylic paint. Sometimes I use burnt sienna or just start on the white primer of the gessobord.

Here I have covered the canvas with oils in preparation of getting a bit more detailed and adding highlights.

8" X 10"

PRICE $150

Here is the finished painting after another coat of loose paint and some palette knife work on the tulip.

CHANNELING ROBERT HENRI

I think I have mentioned in the past that I love the work of Robert Henri so I decided to do a study of this portrait titled AN IRISH LAD, hoping to channel Robert. I don't think the channeling worked but I think I learned a few things.

I believe this painting was done over a rust colored ground. I used white canvas paper which is fine if you are painting a practice piece or planning to frame an oil under glass.


He was in love with the face in this one and gave very little attention anything else. The clothing seems to be an afterthought.

His brushwork is lush. This practice made me realize that I don't mix enough paint at a time. That isn't a problem with very small paintings but it is when you start painting larger. It is something I have struggled with for years. Too much remixing slows the process and is frustrating.

The other thing I learned is that it isn't easy to get in the head of another artist as much as we all try.

This is a photo of the original that I got from the Internet but unfortunately the color is not very accurate. I worked from a book of Henri's paintings. His last name is pronounced Hen-rye. It was an assumed name adopted by him at seventeen. He was born in Cincinnati, OH. in1865 to a wealthy family that developed real estate. His real name was Robert Henry Cozad. The family later moved to Nebraska where his father developed the town of Cozad but there were many conflicts between the developers and the local ranchers. Robert's father shot and killed an unarmed man in a scuffle and as a result was indicted for murder. The family fled and all took assumed names out of fear. He was a cousin of the famous painter Mary Cassatt but couldn't tell anyone out of fear that his family would be found.

8"X6"

OIL ON CANVAS PANEL

NFS

Our granddaughter after a hard day of chalk painting with Mommy. Hayden is 2yrs 7months and an absolute delight.

IN THE FOLDS

8"X8"

OIL ON BOARD

PRICE $120

I have friends who belong to a local arts group that moved into a very spacious studio last year. My friend Diane decided to set up a large still life in the main room of their meeting site and she invited me to come and paint with her. The set up is just beautiful. I took small panels since I knew I would only be able to paint one day and this is the painting I did first. I will post the second one later in the week.

PORTRAIT OF LULU

This is Lulu, the very beautiful long haired cat who lives with us. She is very sweet (she slaps our dog and bites our son Tony but they both deserve it) to my husband and me. She also causes us horrible allergy problems but hey, she's a cat. I encourage you to paint your pets.

FINALLY BACK TO THE EASEL

PRIMROSE

6"X6" OIL ON PANEL

PRICE $100

It feels like I have been away from painting a very long time and the start of this painting felt a bit awkward. A brief moment of "OH where do I start"? Primrose always starts showing up in our market at the end of December and I can't resist them. If I can keep it alive until time to put it in my garden, it will be a miracle. I'm better with cactus.

BERRY REFLECTIONS

6"X6"

OIL ON BOARD

PRICE $100

Thank you California for strawberries in September. Not only are they beautiful but also delicious for snacking.

WINESAP

6"x6"

OIL ON CANVAS

PRICE $100

It's apple time in the midwest and winesap apples are my favorite. I bought two of them at the local farm market and couldn't wait to taste that typical sweet, tart very crisp apple. What a disappointment. Mushy is the only word for it. So the second one is in this painting.

FRESH AIR

6"X6"

OIL ON BOARD

I met a friend today for some plein air painting. We went to an historic farm called Carriage Hill for some painting, drawing and chatting. The weather was absolutely perfect for spending the day outside.

VERBENA 2

6"X6"

OIL ON CANVAS PANEL

PRICE$100

There are still a few hardy flowers blooming in the garden so another try at Verbenas.

FALL FLOWERS

6"X6"

OIL ON BOARD

PRICE $100

These are Woodland Sunflowers that I picked today on a small road north of our neighborhood. I have been going there for several years to get them for painting. They are abundant on many of the country roads this time of year. I discovered today that manganese blue with a yellow makes some very nice greens. I'm always looking for alternatives to ultramarine blue.

SPRING BOUQUET

14"X11"

OIL ON WRAPPED CANVAS

This painting will be part of a show that opens next week. August 30th will be the first day at CLOUD NINE CAFE in Wapakoneta, OH. The paintings will be hanging for the months of September and October. If any of you live close by, stop in for a great lunch and check out the paintings.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY CAROL

6"X6"

OIL ON BOARD

PRICE $100

SOLD

The title of this painting comes from a Daily Paintworks Challenge. CAROL MARINE'S husband David has issued a challenge for fellow bloggers to do a painting for Carol's birthday. So here are some flowers for Carol. Carol is one of the original daily painters and bloggers. She has a huge following by now and is quite

successful.

ORANGE AND WHITE

6"X6"

OIL ON CANVAS PANEL

PRICE $100

I have been painting both on these canvas panels and masonite recently and I think I like the masonite best. So the next painting will probably be on masonite to continue the experiment.

BACKLIT

8"X6"

OIL ON BOARD

PRICE $100

This painting is for the DAILY PAINTWORKS CHALLENGE. The challenge is to interpret a black and white image in color. In this case it is a photo of a window with light coming in and back lighting the objects in the window. I chose a small area of the photo with this one plant and added the cherry for more color.