Owner: Hudson Valley Painter URL:http://HudsonValleyPainter.com Join Date: Sun, 24 Sep 2006 07:36:04 -0500 Rating:1 Site Description: Hudson Valley artist and painter Jamie Grossman shares daily paintings of landscapes, still life, animals and people, plus artistic musings, studio tours, and art demos. She does a painting a day, which is available for sale from the site. Site statistics:Click here
Mommy and Me---lambs in the barn at Muscoot Farm 2006-12-08 21:12:00 Mommy and Me6 x 6", Oils on sealed, primed hardboard$100 unframed via PayPal, free shipping within US (email me for international rates)This was painted today from a photo I took at Muscoot Farm. The baby lamb was the cutest thing!Yesterday I finished the tweaks on my night painting from the day before, but haven't had a chance to take the pic and upload it. Hopefully that will happen soon.To those in the area, I'll be making the rounds at my shows over the next 24 hours or so with receptions and greetings. Feel free to visit and browse at: Garrison Art Center, Member Show---Tonight from 7-9pm Putnam Arts Council Belle Levine Gallery, Invitational exhibit of about 40 of my paintings---Saturday from 12-3 Bannerman Island Gallery---Five of my paintings in the show, reception is Saturday 4-6pm RiverWinds Gallery---9 paintings left in the Buone Feste show, reception Saturday 5-8 Also, the owner of The Paint Box gallery visited my studio this morning and selected five more paint Read more:Mommy
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Painting and Showing and Painting and Showing 2006-12-08 21:12:00 I started a painting today, but was disappointed that I didn't quite have time to finish it. Yesterday I finished the tweaks on my night painting from the day before, but haven't had a chance to take the pic and upload it. Hopefully I'll finish up the one I started today over the weekend, then will take photos of both and upload them here.
To those in the area, I'll be making the rounds at my shows over the next 24 hours or so with receptions and greetings. Feel free to visit and browse at:
Garrison Art Center, Member Show---Tonight from 7-9pm
Putnam Arts Council Belle Levine Gallery, Invitational exhibit of about 40 of my paintings---Saturday from 12-3
Bannerman Island Gallery---Five of my paintings in the show, reception is Saturday 4-6pm
RiverWinds Gallery---9 paintings left in the Buone Feste show, reception Saturday 5-8
Also, the owner of The Paint Box gallery visited my studio this morning and selected five more paintings, so she now has about 15 down Read more:Painting
Mommy and Me---sheep and lamb in the barn at Muscoot Farm 2006-12-10 23:24:00 Mommy and Me6 x 6", Oils on sealed, primed hardboard$100 unframed via PayPal, free shipping within US (email me for international rates)This is the painting I'd started on Friday, but didn't quite have a chance to finish until today. It was painted from a photo I took at Muscoot Farm in Somers, NY. Too cute!I've also taken a photo of the nocturne (night painting) I tweaked a bit in the studio, after painting it initially in the pitch black of night and not being able to see what I was doing, and swapped that image on the previous post.Yesterday's receptions and openings were great fun. Many thanks to friends, neighbors and patrons who came to the events. I managed to get a lot of my own holiday shopping done in the process. Read more:Mommy
Great Blue Heron in the Marsh 2006-12-11 23:24:00 Great Blue Heron
6 x 6", Oils on sealed, primed hardboard$100 unframed via PayPal, free shipping within US (email me for international rates)This painting was done today from a photo that my sister took on a trip to Florida years ago. Great Blue Herons visit frequently on the stream behind my house. I plan to paint one from my own photos soon, but this pic that my sis took was so beautiful and majestic that I thought I'd try hers first! It's amazing how green the Florida greens are. I rarely need to punch up greens with viridian or phthalo green here in the northeast, but in working from this Florida photo, I finally had to give in and use a tiny dab of viridian mixed into the green of the foreground. Read more:Great
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Sunset Boat Ride on the Lake in oils 2006-12-13 16:46:00 Sunset Boat Ride6 x 6", Oils on sealed, primed hardboard$100 unframed via PayPal, free shipping within US (email me for international rates)One evening when the sunset was spectacular, my husband and I drove to the other side of the lake to take pictures. This group of people was just setting out in their boat to enjoy the last of a quiet summer evening.Below is the pochade box that I often use for these small paintings, with just the first layer of paint on the panel. The glass palette slides to the side to access the paints and supplies below. I secure the painting panel to a slightly larger board because with a painting this small, once I get to this stage, I hold it in my hand while painting. Taping it to the larger panel enables me to hold it without getting paint all over my hands. Read more:Sunset
Yellow Carnations and a Brass Bird shown actual size 2006-12-16 01:12:00 Yellow Carnations and a Brass
Bird unframed5 x 5", Oils on sealed, primed hardboard$95 unframed via PayPal, free shipping within US (email me for international rates)I went into an antique shop last weekend and saw this little blue cobalt pitcher/vase and just HAD to have it to add to the vase collection! I told the man in the shop that I'm an artist and he immediately knocked 1/3 off the price, telling me that "artist" is a magic word. hehehe...This is its still life debut. I paired it up with some yellow carnations for contrast, the brass bird for color cohesion, and the baby's breath to soften it all a bit. It was way fun to paint.Here's another image of it, way larger than actual size:I cut the panel and selected elements specifically to go with this wonderful frame I found. Here's a photo of it framed. If you'd like to purchase it with the frame, click the link below instead of the one above. The frame looks a little overpowering in the digital image, but in real life it look Read more:Yellow
Frozen Pond matted and ready for a frame 2006-12-17 03:03:00 Frozen Pond7 x 5", acrylic on Arches hot press rag paper$49.99 unframed via PayPal, free shipping within US (email me for international rates)This acrylic painting was done today from a photo I took last winter of a frozen pond in Somers, New York. The painting is 4.5x3". I have mounted it to a backing board and double matted it to 5x7", to fit in any standard 5x7" frame. Price include the backing board, double mat, and shipping, as well as the painting of course! Read more:Frozen
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Sailing by Porcupine Island in Maine matted and ready to frame 2006-12-17 22:16:00 Sailing by Porcupine Island
5 x 7", Acrylic on Arches hot press 100% rag paper$49.99 unframed via PayPal, free shipping within US (email me for international rates)This past summer, our hotel room in Bar Harbor faced the Porcupine Islands. We'd watch the boats sailing in and out of the harbor. This painting was done from one of the photos I took there. The painting itself is 3x4.5". It is mounted to a backing board and beautifully double-matted to 5x7", so it is ready
to pop into your favorite standard 5x7 frame. Read more:Sailing
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Maine Sunset painting matted and ready to frame 2006-12-18 21:39:00 Maine Sunset
5 x 7", Acrylic on Arches hot press 100% rag paper$49.99 unframed via PayPal, free shipping within US (email me for international rates)I remember so well the vividness of the sunset on the night I took the photo for this painting. We were returning from a sunset cruise on one of those perfect Maine evenings. This painting is 3x4.5", and is hinge-mounted to a backing board and double matted to fit into any standard 5x7 frame. The backing board, double mat, painting and shipping are all included in the price within the US. It would make a nice trio with the two acrylics from the previous two days! The photo makes the mat appear a little grey, but it is actually an ivory colored outer mat. Read more:ready
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Road in the Preserve (Ward Pound Ridge) plein air oil painting 2006-12-20 00:54:00 Road in the Preserve
5 x 7", Oils on Canvas covered hardboard$100 unframed via PayPal, free shipping within US (email me for international rates) This is a plein air oil painting
of one of the roads that winds through the magnificent 4700 acre Ward Pound
Ridge Reservation in Pound Ridge, NY. The fields, streams, and beautiful trees on the preserve grounds make it one of my favorite painting locations.
A Scavenger Hunt of Sketches in ink, watercolor, acrylic 2006-12-20 22:50:00 Click to view larger images.
The Wetcanvas art website has a Scavenger
Hunt that starts every 8 days. Since my time is so interrupted now with holiday goings-on, I figured I'd jump in there and do as much sketching as I can when I don't have a long block of time for oil painting. You can find the rules and the current list here:
http://www.wetcanvas.com/forums/showthread.php?t=389272
Anybody is Read more:Sketches
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More Scavenger Hunt Sketches 2006-12-22 15:39:00
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Read about the current Scavenger
Hunt on my December 20 post below. These are four more list items, done on a page of my 7x10" Cotman watercolor book. Read more:Sketches
Seven More Sketches from the Scavenger Hunt 2006-12-24 05:12:00 Since I'm so busy through the holidays, I've joined an online sketching "Scavenger
Hunt" this week, where participants draw as much as they can from a list of 26 items. At least I can keep doing a little artwork, without the pressure of having to turn out finished paintings every day. Sketching is such great practice, and I try to do a day of sketches at least once a month. These are all pen and ink with watercolor in my 7x10" Canson Montval Watercolor book.
Click on the images to see larger versions. See the post from 12/20 for more information about the Scavenger Hunts.
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Scavenger Hunt three more items, almost finished! 2006-12-26 02:16:00
These are all Prismacolor pencil in my 7x10" Canson Montval cold press watercolor book. Click on the image to enlarge it.
These are items 19-21 of the 26-item scavenger hunt, so I've only five left to do by Wednesday to complete the hunt. (See my December 20 posting for more about the Scavenger
Hunts.) Hopefully I'll be able to do at least a couple of paintings after that and before the New Year. The most challenging item by far in the hunt this week is to draw/paint a piece of crumpled foil. I put that one off about as long as possible, and you can see why; mine doesn't at all resemble crumpled foil. Actually, I crumpled it into the vague shape of a swan in the hope that if it didn't make it as crumpled foil, it could be loosely identified as a swan. Very loosely. Imaginatively. *smile* I'm giving up on that one for now, though I might throw in some gouache highlights and try to salvage it later. I'm looking forward to seeing what the other scavenger hunt participants do wit Read more:Scavenger Hunt
Last sketches of Scavenger Hunt 22---I'm done! 2006-12-27 03:05:00
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Scavenger
Hunt 22 (See my Dec. 20 post) contained a list of 26 items. These are the five I had left. I arranged them in a still life to finish up the hunt. They are sketched with a Uniball Vision pen and watercolors. The items are:22. Something cold: ice cube23. Puddle: The melted water from the ice cube24. Coaster: What the ice cube is resting on25. Cutlery: My favorite Henkle knife26. Something you dislike: Dead flowers!
I'm glad that I managed to finish up all 26 items in spite of a heavy holiday schedule here. It's been a lot of fun to have this sketching break from the usual finished painting routine. With 14 coming for lunch tomorrow, it's likely that I won't be able to get any painting done until at least Thursday, but I hope to get back to the oils soon!
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Hastings on Hudson Water Tower along the Hudson River en plein air, oil painting 2006-12-28 01:20:00 Hastings Water Tower
en plein air12 x 16", Oils on Canvas covered hardboard$395 unframed via PayPal, free shipping within US (email me for international rates)This is a plein air painting that I did in July of the famous water tower at Hastings-on-Hudson
. There has been a big environmental feud brewing between residents who want the tower restored and kept as a local landmark, and the property owner who wants to avoid the high costs of restoration and just tear it down to build something more lucrative. I love the warm colors and interesting shapes, and wanted to be sure I had the opportunity to capture it in paint before it disappeared. Read more:Hastings
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Five Miniature ACEO Size Abstract Paintings---posted individually on my blog 2006-12-29 03:26:00
Today I decided to play with some abstract ideas in a miniature format. Above is what they looked like before they were trimmed to their ACEO size of 2.5x3.5". They are the size of playing cards---standard Art Card size. The images below should be showing the cards at approximately actual size.
Jug and an Oatmean Raisin Cookie---gouache and ink on acrylic primed watercolor paper:
Sugarbowl---gouache and ink on acrylic primed watercolor paper:
Struck by Lightning--acrylic on Fabriano Artistico 100% rag paper:
Dueling Boxes---Sharpie marker on acrylic primed watercolor paper:
The yellow and purple painting in the first image is titled Yellow and Streaky Violet. I didn't like the primed surface for that one, so I didn't photograph it individually. I might expand on some of these ideas for oil paintings, or more ACEOs/minis.
These are $4.99 each including shipping in the US, via Paypal only. Email me at JamieWG@aol.com if interested. Include the title of the paintin Read more:Abstract
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Little Cranberry Island in Maine 2006-12-30 17:15:00
Little Cranberry Island
in Maine
This is an ACEO size miniature (2.5x3.5"), gouache on 100% rag watercolor paper. It is a scene from a photo I took while visiting Little Cranberry Island for a day, off the coast of Maine. The price is $25 including postage within the United States, payable via Paypal. Email me if interested. (Email link is on the sidebar.)
Boxes and a Monoprint With Gold ACEO 2.5x3.5" miniature abstract painting 2006-12-31 23:25:00 Continuing on with some fun abstract experiments........This painting began with boxes painted on Arches hot press watercolor paper in acrylic. Next, a black monoprinted image was pressed from a glass plate. Lastly, gold metallic trimming was added.About actual size:Enlarged image:Boxes
and a Monoprint With Gold2.5 x 3.5", Acrylic and metallic ink on Arches hot press 100% rag paper$8 unframed via PayPal, free shipping within US (email me for international rates) Read more:miniature
Warm Geometrics With Gold and two more ACEO mixed media paintings 2007-01-01 21:24:00 Yep, I'm still playing with some abstract ideas, but plan to return to some more traditional artwork tomorrow.
Warm Geometrics With Gold, 2.5x3.5" (ACEO)This painting is watercolor and ink with a gold metallic border and detailing, on watercolor paper:
Vacation Time, 2.5x3.5" ACEOInk and red acrylic, with silver metallic border and detailing, on watercolor paper
New Year's Eve, 2.5x3.5" ACEONeocolor II and ink on watercolor paper
$8 each via Paypal to JamieWG@aol.com, including postage within the US. Specify date (1/1/07) and title of painting with your payment and I'll get it right off to you. One of the advantages of acrylic, ink and watercolor is that they don't need weeks of drying time! Read more:media
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Stroll in the Park 2007-01-02 17:00:00 Stroll in the Park8 x 6", Oils on Canvas covered hardboard$125 unframed via PayPal, free shipping within US (email me for international rates) A couple of times a year, I go on photo expeditions with my painting buddy Sue to collect painting references. I painted this from one of the photos I took at Muscoot Farm. I love painting there en plein air, but since they don't open until 10, it's hard to catch the light and shadow on location before the sun is directly overhead. This beautiful path winds around behind the fields, with old trees and huge rock outcroppings. This was painted today with a limited palette of cadmium yellow lemon, venetian red, burnt sienna, and ultramarine blue, plus white. This is my favorite landscape palette when I don't need a bright red or strong violet. It yields nice greens and earth tones, and a lovely soft violet.
Winter Serenade 2007-01-04 05:05:00 I'm having way too much fun with these little abstracts.
Salmon Sunset oil painting 2007-01-05 22:10:00 Salmon Sunset
5 x 7", Oils on canvas covered hardboard$100 unframed via PayPal, free shipping within US (email me for international rates) I was planning to go out painting by the lake yesterday morning, but when I stepped outside, it was only 28 degrees! I turned around and painted this from a photo in my studio instead. Read more:oil painting
Art and Sketch Journal Beginnings 2007-01-07 00:43:00
I've decided to begin making a series of art journals, which will each contain a collection of sketches, paintings in various mediums, art cards mounted inside, collage work, and some experimental pieces. I'll post pages as they are completed, and possibly put the journal up for sale when it is completed. I'll continue to do oil paintings too of course. I need a lot of variety in my life. *big grin*
This Journal
Number 1 is eight, 7.25x11.25" pages of Arches hot press, 100% 140 lb. rag watercolor paper. The image above is a cropped photograph of the first page/cover. I really like that square format. Perhaps I'll make the next journal a square.
The full page is below. On the right side is the item list of the current "Scavenger Hunt" from the Artwork from Life forum on www.wetcanvas.com. Every 8 days, a new list is posted and participants draw or paint those objects from life (no photo references) that they find around their homes. I've been enjoying participating when I can
Windmill on the Hill at Tilly Foster Farm---oil painting 2007-01-07 21:07:00 Windmill on the Hill6 x 6", Oils on sealed, primed hardboard$100 unframed via PayPal, free shipping within US (email me for international rates)TillyFoster
Farm is an old horse farm that was purchased a few years ago by Putnam County to retain as open space. It has beautiful rolling fields, old buildings and barns, and a fantastic overview of miles and miles from the top of the pastures. This painting was done from a photo I took there in the fall. Read more:Windmill
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