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A Little Night Sketch en plein air 2006-12-07 04:13:00
A Little Night
Sketch en plein air
8 x 6", Oils on canvas covered hardboard
While waiting outside the gym for my daughter, I pulled out my little pochade box and did a sketch.Painting at night en plein air is great fun, but it sure is hard to see what you're doing!
I'll be doing a little more work on this, cleaning up some edges and tweaking a bit. I didn't quite have time to finish it last night. Then I'll repost and add a "buy" link.
Trading Places No. 1---Clementines and a Flower 2006-12-05 21:03:00 Trading Places
No. 1: Clementines and a Flower6 x 6", Oils on sealed, primed hardboard$100 unframed via PayPal, free shipping within US (email me for international rates)I love placing a piece of fruit at the base of a vase of flowers for still life paintings. Today I thought I'd let them swap locations. The vase was a recent gift from a relative of mine. It's making its still life performance debut here today. Thank you, Shirley! I love it to pieces!For anybody planning to attend my show at the Belle Levine Gallery on Saturday, I'm going to have to change the hours that I'll be there. I'm hoping to go from 12-3 instead of from 2-5; I have a conflict with the opening of a show at the Bannerman Island Gallery, which will be Saturday from 4-6pm. Five of my favorite small works are in the Bannerman Island Gallery show. More about that later! I am so behind on posting, but must go get dinner started now or my family will take my brushes away! Read more:Trading
It's a Dog's Life 2006-12-04 21:02:00
It's a Dog's Life
6 x 6", Oils on sealed, primed hardboard
SOLD
When my Bichon Frise, Rondo, isn't busy making trouble, he's asleep on the chair or sofa in my studio. Even though he sleeps for long stretches, as soon as I start to draw or paint him, he gets up and moves, so I have to resort to photos if I want to capture him in paint.
Humpty Dumpty (Egg No 2) 2006-12-03 23:41:00 Humpty Dumpty (Egg No. 2)6 x 6", Oils on Sealed, primed masonite$100 unframed via PayPal, free shipping within US (email me for international rates)Today was the day for all daily painters interested in doing a group theme to paint an egg in some form. I did a Humpty Dumpty version, setting an egg on top of a brick in my studio. I haven't painted an egg in many years. It was great fun, and I doubt I'll wait so long before doing it again.The painting was just finished and photographed very wet, so there is glare in places, like the upper right of the egg. I'll put up a better photograph once it dries a bit.The painting below is Egg No. 1: Egg With Glass Globs. Although it was done many years ago, I have never put it in a show nor put it up for sale. As they say, there's no time like the present!Egg No. 1: Egg With Glass Globs8 x 10", Oils on Canvas covered chipboard$180 unframed via PayPal, free shipping within US (email me for international rates)
The Morning After, drying panels, and Mango 2006-11-29 19:06:00 The Morning
After7 x 5", Oils on canvas covered hardboard$100 unframed via PayPal, free shipping within US (email me for international rates)Well, I confess.....This isn't leftover from last night; I set it up for the painting. Then hubby asked me where his aspirin went, and I had to tell him it was down in the studio, in my setup. That got some laughs. I still need to touch up the elipse on the top of the glass. I played lost and found edges and then it got.....lost! heheMeanwhile, a coat of gesso and modeling paste mix has been added to the two coats of sealer already on the new panels, and they are drying
in the studio. Once they get dry to the touch, I put them in letter-holders (found at Staples for a couple of dollars each) to dry completely. This keeps them separated and prevents them from taking up every square inch of surface space in my studio! I'll apply the first coat of gesso/pumice this afternoon. They probably won't be ready for painting until the weekend.My little bi Read more:Mango
From Framing Madness to Panel-Making Madness 2006-11-29 01:55:00 When my framing frenzy was over and the dust finally settled in my studio last night, there were 54 paintings ready to go to the show. I decided to leave two of the larger paintings here, and delivered 52 to Putnam Arts Council's Belle Levine Gallery this morning. It's going to look awesome! I'll try to get some pics to post after everything is hung and ready. I'll also be at the Gallery on Saturday, December 9 from 2-5, and on Tuesday, December 12 from 12-3 for anyone who wants a personal tour of the exhibit.
For those in Dutchess County, don't forget that I have 9 paintings left in the Buone Feste show at the River Winds Gallery! It's right on Main Street in Beacon. There is a wonderful selection of gift items in that show made by local artisans. I splurged and bought myself a pair of gorgeous handmade earrings there.
And let's not forget Westchester County.... You can see my paintings at The Paint Box in Bedford Hills. There are many small pieces, as well as a 24x36 plein air Read more:Madness
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Passing by Storm King and the PAC Show 2006-11-27 01:31:00
Passing By Storm
King
24x36, Oils on stretched canvas
I'm getting ready for a big show at the Belle Levine Gallery, with over 30 of my paintings ranging in size from 2x3 inches to 2x3 feet. You're all invited to this fun event, which will also feature the work of many local artisans just in time for your holiday shopping. The show opens this Saturday, December 2, and runs through December 22 at 521 Kennicut Hill Road in Mahopac, NY. (More information will be posted on my Shows and Galleries blog. You can click the link in the sidebar on the right side of your screen.)
As you can imagine, I've been busy, busy, busy with Framing Madness in my studio. Last night and this morning I framed 8 pastels. Here are a few of them. They are all 16x20" framed size.
In case you've ever wondered what an artist's studio looks like while engaged in Framing Madness, have a peek. It's not a pretty sight....and don't trip over anything, pleeeeease!
Fall at Leonard Park en plein air and my new pochade box 2006-11-25 00:02:00 Fall at Leonard
Park en plein air6 x 8", Oils on canvas covered hardboard$125 unframed via PayPal, free shipping within US (email me for international rates)I finally was able to snatch some plein air time today. Hooray! It was one of those spectacular fall days, with the warmth and sunshine you didn't think you'd find again until spring. I dropped my daughter at gymnastics and headed for a nearby park to take in some rays and test drive my new pochade box.I hear those giggles among those who know me. "Another pochade box?", they're asking. I already have one for oils (which is a little bigger and supports larger panels) and one that I made for gouache. I plan to use this new one for "stealth painting". heeheehee... It's so small, and I've filled it with watersoluble oils so that I can just use whatever water I have on hand for painting in cafes, my car, or even the kitchen, with no worry about fumes or toxic substances, and no need to carry oil or turp.Here's an image of the pai
Chapped Lips? 2006-11-24 03:59:00 Chapped Lips?4 x 6", Oils on hardboard$85 unframed via PayPal, free shipping within US (email me for international rates)
A Birthday Card for Hubby 2006-11-21 21:48:00
Today is my husband's birthday. Amidst the hustle and bustle, my daily painting involved making a card for him. He always takes an apple to work every day, so I had to get the apple in there. Some of the flowers that I bought several days ago are still kicking. I put the survivors into a mug and pulled out my watercolors, then added a little ink pen. I used a 7x10 sheet of Arches HP and folded it in half, so the card is 5x7.
It's been very hard to get serious paintings done with the holiday looming this week and all the framing I need to do for upcoming shows. I'm hoping to be able to get back to doing some oil paintings next week, if not sooner, and will be keeping my sketchbook, pens, watercolors, and colored pencils close at hand for the remainder of this week!
Read more:Birthday
, Hubby
Waiting and Sketching 2006-11-21 03:52:00
I spent much of today doodling in medical offices. Thank goodness I had my Moleskine sketchbook with me. I sketched in ink while waiting, then added a light watercolor wash later. Here you see my left hand holding the sketchbook as I was sketching with the right, and the basket affixed to the wall for patient forms. Chauffering my daughter later in the day prevented me from painting when I finally got home, but there's always hope for tomorrow! Read more:Waiting
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Popcorn, Anyone? 2006-11-19 21:46:00 Popcorn, Anyone
?2.5 x 3.5", Prismacolor Pencils on 100% rag paper$15 unframed via PayPal, free shipping within US (email me for international rates)I never expected it to be so difficult to draw a popcorn kernel! Maybe I'll have to do a series. This was quite a challenging subject! This ATC/ACEO-size piece will fit into a standard 2.5x3.5" frame. It would make a perfect holiday gift for your favorite popcorn lover.
Little Toy With a Big Heart 2006-11-19 00:10:00
Little Toy With a Big Heart
ATC/ACEO size (2.5x3.5")Gouache on Fabriano Artistico hot pressNot for Sale
Flowers and a Tangerine 8x10 oils 2006-11-15 01:50:00 Flowers and a Tangerine
10 x 8", Oils on canvas covered hardboard$245 unframed via PayPal, free shipping within US (email me for international rates)I bought these flowers last night in anticipation of a rainy day today. I had an especially good time with all the reds and oranges on my palette! The painting is very wet, so please forgive the glare that shows on the image. Many of my daily paintings take a full day to paint, so I never can get far enough ahead to photograph a dry painting! It seems I'm always painting, painting, painting, and then trying to get the pic right after the final brushstroke. Read more:Flowers
Upside Down Boats No. 2 2006-11-13 22:35:00 Upside Down Boats
No. 27 x 5", Oils on canvas covered hardboard$100 unframed via PayPal, free shipping within US (email me for international rates)I just love painting upside down boats! This painting was done from a photo that I took here along the lakeshore the other day. There were more beautiful colors and vistas that I had time to capture en plein air, but fortunately I had my camera with me!
Statue at Saint Basil on the Hudson 2006-11-13 01:56:00 Statue at St Basil
on the Hudson
7 x 5", Oils on canvas covered hardboard$100 unframed via PayPal, free shipping within US (email me for international rates)I haven't painted a statue en plein air for a long time, so this was great fun. There's quite a collection of wonderful objects, architectural treasures, and river overviews to paint at this favorite spot along the Hudson. I was drawn by the strong contrasts of light and shadow as the sun began it's shift to the west, and the rusty undertones of the statue. Read more:Statue
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Favorite Tree Along the Hudson en plein air 2006-11-10 00:44:00 Favorite Tree Along the Hudson
7 x 5", Oils on canvas covered hardboard$100 unframed via PayPal, free shipping within US (email me for international rates) Today was a warm, sunny fall day. They are all too rare at this time in November! I took advantage of it by driving over to Garrison and painting my favorite tree along the Hudson River. Fortunately for me, it still had leaves! Read more:Favorite
Fall Sunset en plein air 2006-11-09 03:18:00 Fall Sunset
en plein air5 x 7", Oils on canvas covered hardboard$100 unframed via PayPal, free shipping within US (email me for international rates)
Announcing My Newest Website! 2006-11-07 22:48:00 I didn't have enough time to finish a painting today, but did finally start a site to list my current shows, galleries, and events! Please pay a visit to
Jamie's Shows and Events
when you get a chance! I have lots more things coming up to add---more shows and invitations to openings, so check in often!
I have another show opening on Saturday at the River Winds Gallery that I'll post tomorrow when I have more time. I've put a link on the sidebar on the right side of this page, so the site for my shows and events should be easy to find.
Fall Impressions 2006-11-06 19:00:00
Fall Impressions
7 x 5", Oils on canvas covered hardboardMy daughter was home sick again today, so instead of going to open studio, I went out in the back yard and painted along the stream. What a beautiful fall morning. 'Off to the gallery now to deliver paintings. I hope you all have a wonderful day!
A Day of Sketches 2006-11-06 02:40:00
One day a month, I do a day of quick paintings or sketches as I go about the rest of my life. Today I had a blast with a sheet of 12x16" black MiTientes paper and Prismacolor pencils. I woke my daughter shortly before 11am by bribing her with an iced latte. That became my first sketch of the day. The green object on the right is my framing gun. I don't know how I ever lived without that!
I framed ten paintings today for the Buone Feste Show at the River Winds Gallery in Beacon, NY. The opening is Saturday, November 11 from 5-8pm, and you're all invited! It is a holiday gift show of fine arts combined with handmade crafts by local artisans. The show runs through January 8, so please stop by if you have a chance. Maybe you'll find something there for that special someone on your holiday gift list. They'll even gift wrap it for you! Read more:Sketches
Path Around the Lake 2006-11-03 01:06:00 Path Around the Lake5 x 7", Oils on sealed, primed hardboardI was totally enchanted with this backlit tree along the path around Swan Lake, in the Rockefeller State Park Preserve. Although I was unable to capture it the way I wanted to on location, reworking the painting in the studio gave me just what I was looking for!
Last Leaves of Fall 2006-11-01 23:56:00 Last Leaves of Fall5 x 7", Oils on canvas covered hardboardThe weather was absolutely stunning today. It was an unexpected treat to find myself with a pocket of time this afternoon to scoot outside for some plein air work along the lakeshore. This is the third painting I've done of this tree. I've chosen it to paint throughout the seasons this year because of its interesting, multiple, twisted and curved branches, and the beautiful gold foliage it carries in fall. I've been wanting to paint it in fall for years, in fact! This is the first time I've ever done it with its fall coloring, and I have a feeling that the next time I go out there, the leaves will all be gone.I'm including a photo of the scene below. It's always interesting to see how an artist simplifies a landscape when painting on location. The light changes so quickly, and of course we don't have time to get down everything that's there. Arranging a workable composition and ignoring distracting and unnecessary eleme
Fall at The Brass Anchor on the Hudson River 2006-11-01 01:03:00 Fall at The Brass
Anchor on the HudsonRiver
10 x 8", Oils on canvas covered hardboardLife for an artist doesn't get much better than painting along the Hudson in the morning, going out to lunch with a friend, and then coming home to find out you've been given a huge show in a beautiful gallery starting in a month!What a fabulous, warm fall day to spend along the shores of the Hudson River! The Brass Anchor is a lovely restaurant in Poughkeepsie right on the river, with a marina. It has a spectacular river vista, great food, and the owner is very kind about allowing some artists to paint there. There is a juried art show always ongoing, curated by Virginia Donovan, one of the owners of the River Winds Gallery. The restaurant closes for the winter, so today was the last day to empty the walls. I didn't want to miss the opportunity to paint the view on this gorgeous day, so I arrived a few hours early to get some plein air work done before collecting my paintings.Below is a picture of
Fall Stroll in Garrison 2006-10-30 21:01:00
Fall Stroll in Garrison
36x24", Oils on stretched canvasThis painting will go to a gallery in a couple of weeks when dry, but I haven't yet decided which one. I'll post that info as soon as it's on the way.
Today's work consisted of finishing off this big painting. Whew! For those wo like to see things in progress, below is an image of how things began. I worked off both a computer monitor and printed photo, and used them more or less as a springboard to create the painting. I washed the background with yellows to start. This would give the feeling of the light filtering through the fall leaves as I added more layers. Once that yellow wash was on the canvas, I went right to the darkest darks and mapped out the painting in light and shadow.
The image below gives you an idea of how I go about laying in the leaves and colors. From there, I probably had about another six-eight hours to go to complete the painting.
Gallery Sitting II 2006-10-29 22:55:00 Gallery Sitting
II7 x 5", Gouache on 100% rag paper$100 unframed via PayPal, free shipping within US (email me for international rates)I was gallery sitting at the Belle Levine Gallery today. A different show was up this time. Sculptor Paul Yarden had a beautiful piece close to one of my paintings, so I took a seat nearby and painted them together. (In reality, there would be another painting in between them, but I soooo wanted to do a vertical format! His sculpture is titled Torso D, and my painting is Winter Stroll. Painting while gallery sitting makes the time go so quickly. A couple of the artists stopped in too, so it was nice to see some familiar faces and meet some new ones. Read more:Gallery
Fall Reflections and demo 2006-10-25 22:19:00
Fall Reflections
5 x 7", Oils on canvas covered hardboardFall Reflections was painted from a photo I took at Muscoot Farm in Somers, NY. I'm mainly a plein air painter and haven't worked much from pictures, but I take photos wherever I go to paint. Over the years, I've accumulated thousands of photos that I have yet to paint from! It's been fun to dig some of them out at last, and paint the scenes I envisioned on canvas years ago, but never got around to painting. I've always wanted to do a painting that featured reflections like this, with fall leaves floating on the top of the water. This was a lot of fun to paint, and I'm eager to have a go at a similar subject en plein air soon, perhaps at the brook behind my house.
When I work from photos, I prefer to paint directly off the computer screen, rather than printing them out. The color is much better, and I can crop the image, move it around, enlarge and reduce at will. I can even rotate both the image on the screen and
Happy Days 2006-10-25 03:44:00 Happy Days7 x 5", Oils on canvas covered hardboardPainting flowers always cheers me up, and believe it or not, those carnations are still kicking. They should get some kind of a longevity award. *big smile* There's a setup picture below for those who like to see what I'm working with. It's a good thing you can't see the rest of the studio; what a mess! Read more:Happy
, Happy Days
My Favorite Watering Can 2006-10-23 18:17:00 My Favorite
Watering Can5 x 7", Oils on canvas covered hardboard$100 unframed via PayPal, free shipping within US (email me for international rates)I love this little copper and brass watering can. I got it in a thrift shop, browsing for still life items several years ago. Its unusual shape and shimmer make it one of my favorite still life pieces. I don't think I've painted it for a couple of years, so it's nice for me to explore it with brushes again.
Late Day Dog Walk Along the Hudson 2006-10-22 23:43:00
Late Day Dog Walk Along the Hudson
7 x 5", Oils on canvas covered hardboard
Currently available custom framed at the River Winds Gallery in Beacon, NY
This painting was done from a photograph taken the same evening as the miniature painting I did yesterday. This woman was walking her dog, and came around the bend just as I was snapping the shutter. I told her it was perfect timing. She thought I meant that she'd ruined my photo, but I assured her that the backlit figures of her and her dog would make an ideal focal point! It was a warm fall evening, and she remarked how after 30 years of living in this area, she realizes how fortunate we are to have walks along the Hudson in that amazing light and tranquility.
I wish I could get far enough ahead on the daily paintings to be able to photograph my work when it's dry, instead of when it's wet and shiny, throwing glare all over the painting as well as altering colors and contrasts. This painting looks so much better in person, an
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