Thursday, July 28, 2011

Showtime!





This weekend I will showing my paintings at Art on the Mall at the University of Toledo. It is my first juried show, and I'm a tad nervous since that is where I attended school for art, and the quality of the art there is very intimidating. I'm still working on my display, as you can see by the paintings strewn around the driveway, and awkwardly hanging work, but it's getting there! I had the tent from past fused glass shows, and the front wooden panels with pegboard, but needed an easy, inexpensive and lightweight soulution for hanging canvases and lighter paintings. I used heavy duty pet screen for screen doors, pvc pipe and a stapler. I set the whole thing up to make sure it works and it seems like it will be perfect.....I will use something more permanent if I choose to do this in the future, but the set up is so easy and lightweight....If you are in the area, the show is Sunday the 31st, and I will be at booth 19, near the food!

Friday, July 22, 2011

Youth and Experience







8x10 oil on canvas board






I've been wanting to paint this photo from John Webster's portfolio for some time now, but just didn't feel ready...I finally just threw caution to the wind and did it small scale to test out the composition and colors. I hope I did it justice. It's not a great photo, as I took it from my cell, but here it is! Now I would like to do a larger, permanent version of it!

Tuesday, July 19, 2011

Upcoming show and finishing Irises



11x14 oil on stretched canvas $75
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For all my local followers, I will be at the Art on the Mall show at UT in Toledo on Sunday July 31st, booth 19, come out and say hi! Here is one of my latest paintings that is ALMOST finished for the show, just a bit more to de in the details.....Irises have always been on of my favorite subjects to paint, but I think I do them justice in watercolor, not oil!

"Legit" paintings and Dog days of summer






The heat is reaching 100 degrees here, I guess that's what they mean by dog days of summer (see photo)....I've been using the time I would normally paint outdoors to stay inside where it's cool and frame some of my paintings for an upcoming show. I recieved the ultimate compliment from my 13 year old daughter after she saw my paintings framed: "Mom, your paintings are legit!" I was also pleasantly surprised that the local Fox news is interested in doing a story about my daily paintings, stay tuned for details.

Saturday, July 16, 2011

Cherry Trio



5x7 oil on canvas board $50

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I've been very neglectful in my posting this summer and I'm going to force myself to get back on track. I've been getting ready for an outdoor sho at the end of the month so I've been working on several larger paintings. Yesterday I decided I needed to step away from those and do a small one so I felt like I accomplished something.

Tuesday, July 12, 2011

on the easel



I've been putzing around with this too long....I need to just finish it, any comments,critique or suggestions welcome!

Monday, July 11, 2011

2 new landscapes







Two new landscapes from the book I've been learning from "The Art of Oil Painting" by Walter Foster Publishing....

Wednesday, July 6, 2011

More Studies



I have been trying to do more Plein air paintings, but it seemed as if everything was turning to mud, so I did some studies of individual landscape elements and it helps tremendously. (trees to come!) Rocks are a difficult subject, but these make it seem easy!

Feeling Tropical

11x14 oil on stretched canvas




I've been working on some studies from an oil painting book, this is one of them, I've tried to paint palms in the past and had a difficult time, but this book has a great step by step. (The Art of Oil Painting by Walter Foster Publishing) Next I'll be working on a scene I've been wanting to paint, but had too many Palm trees!

I painted most of this with a brush, and then palette knife for the palm tree....


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Finally Finished!


9x12 oil on masonite


I've been very neglectful in my blogging of late, busy with the fourth of July holiday, and catching up on household chores, but I have found time to paint here and there. I finished this scene from John Webster's Barbados photographs...John is a wonderful photographer who has purchased several of my paintings, and graciously allows me to paint his works.