Owner: artworks daily painting blog URL:http://artworksdaily.blogspot.com Join Date: Sat, 28 Oct 2006 15:25:02 -0500 Rating:0 Site Description: I've been doing a daily painting since July of 2005. It's a great way to learn and experiment with ideas, techniques and materials. In my view, art is definitely about the freedom to express yourself! Recently I have traveled down the abstract lane; it's Site statistics:Click here
Postcards from Lake California 2007-11-15 13:52:00 Offering a set of 5 postcards printed on glossy heavyweight paper, derived from some of my paintings in 2007. $25.00 a set, free shipping in USA. Makes a lovely gift, even for yourself! And it's an inexpensive way to collect art.Thanks for looking at my work!
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Oil painting "Lot of Oaks" 2007-11-23 17:05:00 Another I am pleased with. 9x12" oil on cradled panel. Using Hansa Yellow Light and Chromatic Black by Gamblin Paint Co., and trying out Archival Lean Medium by Chroma Paints as suggested by artist Ann Templeton. Thanks for looking at my work!
Sarah J. Mueller
Artbyus Auction Venue 2007-11-29 12:33:00 Everyone has heard of ebay but it has become so huge that individual artists work can be hard to find. It is also expensive to list items. I prefer Artbyus as a more art friendly location for both buyers and sellers. I have some paintings listed at artbyus with starting bids as low as $35.00! "My Little Kitty" 5.5"x7.5" oil on gessoed watercolor paper. A daily painting from 2005.check it out and help contemporary self-representing artists continue to create art!Thanks for looking at my work!
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Summer Day 2007-12-11 17:03:00 one from a few months ago, using the Christiansen limited palette. A view of the Lake California campground. Oil on raymar panel, 10x12" Thanks for looking at my work!
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Spring Wash landscape oil painting 2008-03-10 18:21:00 A beautiful weekend for painting outside, this one is 14x11x3/4" oil on a cradled birch panel. Needs no frame. This wash had enough water in it to cause the wildflowers to bloom, and I was thrilled to be able to capture it! For sale thru paypal $165.00Thanks for looking at my work!
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Lake California diptych landscape oil painting 2008-03-08 13:49:00 Saturday has become a good day for painting outdoors, luckily for me. The 9x12" format had become a little boring, but I have quite a few of those panels and combining 2 into a 12"x18" has made it fun again. I feel my work has become more of a statement lately; a distillation of the facts into a story, not a photograph. yay! I think working larger helps with that. These panels are made of birch plywood and have a 3/4" cradle, sides will be painted and needs no frame. for sale, $225.00 usd free shipping in usaThanks for looking at my work!
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Spring morning oil painting 2008-03-01 13:13:00 Morning treat for my art self, needs a bit of finishing, but am quite pleased with the overall effect. A dyptich measuring 12x18" total, done on 2 blick studio cradled artboards. Thanks for looking at my work!
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recycle bin artfun 2008-02-23 18:11:00 Artwork from my recycle basket, in colors I have always liked together--black, white, red, yellow. Mixed media, packaging, marker, junk mail, fluted matboard, paste. It is my method to watch a movie or listen to an audiobook and just let the piece develop, snipping and pasting as called for. Free design, free materials, free fun. About 6"x9" plus the black mat.Thanks for looking at my work!
Sarah J. Mueller
magenta and yellow acrylic painting 2008-02-17 19:39:00 Acrylic on canvas, about 12" square. I selected two colors, and inspired by a quilt I made years ago for my terminally ill daughter, played with brush and paint on a piece of linen. Not a piece made for market, but for my own pleasure and learning. I like acrylics!Thanks for looking at my work!
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Brushy Morning 2008-02-13 17:32:00 An abstract landscape, oil on gallery wrapped stretched linen 10"x20". An imaginative look at our local California landscape.Thanks for looking at my work!
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Self Portrait Collage 2008 2008-02-04 15:13:00 A self portrait in collage. It's challenging fun to create with cutting and tearing of various types of paper and layering. This is 12x16" on a pintura painting panel base painted with burnt sienna acrylic on rough watercolor paper. I used paper I have collected and found; didn't buy anything new for this project since lately I am concentrating on recycled art and craft projects. (not for sale)Thanks for looking at my work!
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Acrylic painting circles 2008-01-22 16:44:00 Whenever I use different materials it seems to really help my creative spirit fly. I feel much less invested in the outcome and simply find joy in the process; what a privilege!Atelier interactive acrylics on dick blick canvas panel 12x16", I really like these paints. This painting was inspired by my recycled magazine trivet shown on The Handcraft Zone my new craft blog.Thanks for looking at my work!
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Collage garden with handmade paper beads contemporary artwork 2008-01-20 14:21:00 A collage using marbled paper
, linen, handmade
paper beads, scrapbook paper, rice paste and buttonhole twist thread. 8x10" on fluted black matboard.Although I did some planning before gluing, some of this is done on the fly, spontaneously. Every element affects every other element, moving one piece or changing size or shape seems to require adjustments in other areas and I really wanted to utilize the design on the beautiful gold metallic marbled paper as well. Sky, clouds, rocks, and a stream are represented by the background paper, so it's a very important design element.collage is really interesting artwork to create, I am having a great time with these!Thanks for looking at my work!
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Collage with bookcloth and distressed oil painting 2008-01-19 20:55:00 This collage is handmade from a distressed oil painting, bookcloth, paper beads, matboard, marbled paper and some hemp and linen. I tried to make each side different yet relate to the whole. 8x10" nfsCollage
is a whole new world of artwork for me; the artist has a tremendous amount of freedom with this mixed media art expression.Thanks for looking at my work!
Sarah J. Mueller
ALL*MART store illustration 2008-01-17 22:14:00 There is a really big *al-mart near my house, it's open 24 hours a day. There's one up the freeway north, and one going south also. It seems like *al-mart is all over, all the time. I shop there, as do many other people. I created an illustration to express the all-pervasiveness of wally's. it's all-verwhelming...black, white and red all over.Thanks for looking at my work!
Sarah J. Mueller
Sunrise at cottonwood creek ranch, photo 2008-01-10 17:14:00 We have been having rain and wind here in Northern Cal; last week a series of powerful storms blew in and knocked out power, felled trees and generally made life difficult. I was fortunate to only be without power for a day; some of my neighbors lost theirs for 5 days. My niece has a woodstove, so my son and I spent the night at her place. Obviously the weather has not been conducive to outdoor painting, so I've been playing in photoshop and Fickr. Found some great tutorial ideas in the Photoshop support group and was able to improve some of my so-so photos. I'd forgotten what a treat it is to indulge in filter fun, and no calories, either! Thanks for looking at my work!
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bottle, book, Heidi's purse 2007-12-30 14:03:00 12x12" oil on reused panel. A still life of arty stuff I have collected, a wine bottle
from a client, an old drawing book, a purse
that belonged to my missing neice, Heidi
. An exercise for a winter's night. Thanks for looking at my work!
Sarah J. Mueller
Special sale post 2008-04-04 21:59:00 two paintings for sale to a special customer. "River Bend" 8x10" oil on yupo synthetic paper 95.00"View of Lassen in October" 9x12" oil on board 125.00free shipping total $220.00 Thanks for looking at my work!
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Yellow Ranch House 2008-04-13 16:16:00 Fun on a country road today, and I am choosing to leave this in it's sketchy state. 11x14" oil on cradled birch panel. for sale, $175.00 and free shipping in USA!Thanks for looking at my work!
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"Edge of the Yard in Spring" oil painting 2008-04-20 14:17:00 An oil on a raymar panel, 10"x12" . Sky, grass and our little oaks make a country scene painted by my front door. Heavenly! Thanks for looking at my work!
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yard sketch oil painting 2008-04-21 18:44:00 what a treat to do a quick sketch
of the backyard after work now that the sun stays up later. :)oil paint on primed linen taped to a board. about 8x12". Thanks for looking at my work!
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Paint out at Bidwell Mansion 2008-05-15 10:10:00 There will be a fun painting competition in Chico on May 17 sponsored by Avenue 9 Gallery in collaboration with the Parks Dept. Bidwell Mansion
is an historic building in Chico, the Bidwells were a prominent family in the history of the city. Their home and the grounds are open to the public, and lovely to see. The paint-out is designed to call attention to the many old specimen trees the Bidwell Read more:Paint
"View from the Garden" plein air oil painting 2008-05-16 21:16:00 9x12" oil on linen panel. I love this surface, it is an oil primed raymar linen panel and they are beautifully made. I am happy with the way this painting turned out.This painting was created a couple of weeks ago, from the Lake California Garden
Club garden.I have a raised plot about 4' by 8' along with a dozen or so others in a nice fenced area to keep out the deer. It is a peaceful place to han Read more:oil painting
Bidwell Mansion grounds oil painting 2008-05-26 21:39:00 The painting I did during the quick draw competition at Bidwell Mansion
last week, framed and hanging in the visitor center. It is for sale thruAvenue 9 Gallery.Thanks for looking at my work!
Sarah J. Mueller
digital landscape painting 2008-06-04 20:55:00 A creation from imagination using Corel "painter essentials 4" software. i like to use my fingers on the touchpad, rather than my digital tablet, like fingerpainting. Thanks for looking at my work!
Sarah J. Mueller
Landscape Oil Painting 2008-06-15 14:44:00 a p/a from last weekend, entitled "top of River View Drive" 9x12" oil on oil primed Raymar panel. Thanks for looking at my work!
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sketches and acrylic paintings 2008-06-15 01:28:00 (variety is the spice of art)a forum post on WetCanvas! inspired me to do something different tonite.made 3 quick thumbnail sketches, then painted 3 aceo's (artist trading cards). i chose 3 acrylic colors , permanent rose, mars violet and pthalo blue and painted on yupo synthetic paper. Thanks for looking at my work!
Sarah J. Mueller
"Heritage Trails" gallery show 2008-06-16 18:42:00 Avenue 9 Gallery in Chico, Ca is sponsoring a group show entitled "Heritage
Trails" in which I am showing 2 paintings. The show opens this Friday, Jun 20, with a reception, and runs thru July 26. Lots of great work from area artists, do check it out if you are in the vicinity. "Sunday Morning at the M & T" oil/masonite, 14x11"This painting is available thru Avenue 9 Gallery, Chico, Ca.Thanks f
ATCs inspired by artist Emily Carr 2008-06-29 08:35:00 Recently read a book titled "The Forest Lover" by Susan Vreeland. It's a biographical novel about the Canadian artist Emily
Carr who lived from the 1870's to 1945. She traveled to villages and painted scenes of village life and totem poles; eventually, she studied painting in Paris. I do prefer to paint outdoors, but the air is unhealthy from all the fires in the area (Northern California) so I de
21 Days Later Acrylic Painting on Paper 2008-07-11 20:36:00 Our fires have been burning for 3 weeks now, the sky is strange, the landscape looks pale and feverish. I am finding acrylic to be expressive and spontaneous, and quickly painted this one tonite, looking out the back door. About 8x12" on bristol drawing paper.Incidentally, I used a limited palette of hansa yellow med, quin red, bone black and titanium white. yellow+black=green!Thanks for looking a Read more:Acrylic
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