Two Ladies on a Couch

10"x10" oil

This came out very blue.  Sometimes I go through painting a bunch of very warm, saturated paintings and then I do a bunch of cooler and more neutral pieces.  One thing I wanted to accomplish with this was to get a sense of the rich wallpaper and how the light hit it differently.  I wanted that effect without spending a lot of time painting in specific patterns.  Maybe if I was doing this very large, then that would be more important, but I didn't want it to distract from the John Singer Sergeant painting or the the ladies that are looking at it.  There are two large Chinese vases in the painting and also two that are standing on either side of the painting at the Boston Museum of Fine Arts.  I loved the style of the two ladies sitting and looking at the painting.  I think this would be a fun painting to do in a larger size in warm colors.  I really enjoyed doing this and I love his work.  I also took a lot of photos of hands he paints.  I love the way they look so elegant with minimalist strokes.

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Aggressively Monet

8"x10" oil

When I walk into a gallery of Monet paintings it is like meditation, calming, pastel, pleasant with brilliant reflections.  This couple offered such a striking contrast.  Even though she was a small, petite woman, her posture and what it does to her coat gives her an almost batman like aggression.  There is no one who does these types of paintings better than Karin Jurick, but I keep trying my hand at them because it so appeals to me.

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Time to Sit

6"x8" oil

I have a stack of paintings that I just never have been satisfied with and I pulled this one today and reworked it so now I do like it!  It is very satisfying for me to work on a previous painting and end up happy with it.  Some paintings...well there is no hope for them, but sometimes I am close to getting it right and it just takes looking at it for a while to figure out what is wrong and then being at the right place to correct it or improve it.  I had a meeting with my art group today so there wasn't much time for painting.  I feel like I used the little time I had in a productive way.  All is good! 

Still In Love

9"x12" oil

True love lasts a lifetime...even if you have a bunch of kids.  This scene is from Ireland.  It is a commission which I was thrilled to do.  My painting group is meeting tomorrow and I think I will have them critique it for me, but I am pretty happy with the results.  Let me know if you see something I don't.
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Here are the clues:  1) It is a BBC production
                                2)  It is a period piece
                                3)  It is a popular TV series
                                4) These characters were only featured in the first two series
Today's clues           5) It is set during WWII
                                 6) The female character in the painting is Bea.
A winner will be chosen on Friday.

In Progress

This is a section of a commission I am working on.  I can't show the whole painting so I just chose this part and only in the "sketch" phase.  I did that because I love this part where I don't focus too much on details or exact colors, but just lay down a thin layer of very loose  brush work.  It helps me to see the composition and general color scheme, and what to do with the focus.  The focus of this painting is figurative (people) so I didn't show that part.  I am excited to see where this goes!
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Here are the clues:  1) It is a BBC production
                                2)  It is a period piece
                                3)  It is a popular TV series
                                4) These characters were only featured in the first two series
A winner will be chosen on Friday.

Give Away

8"x8" oil

I am giving away this painting.  I really like it because it has all those ingredients that make it a lovely story with true romance!  A picnic in a meadow...a young couple....a kiss.....a baby in daddy's arms...what more can you ask for?  I got the idea from watching a production on Netflix.  It is a period piece with episodes and I am sure it is on TV as well although I don't have TV so I can't say for sure.  It is a popular show.  To win this painting, guess the name of the series.  If I get more than one correct guess, I will randomly choose a winner.  I have been thinking about doing this painting for a while and am so glad I finally got around to doing it.  I did it with a very limited palette (green, red, yellow, blue and white and kept it very loose so that I didn't overwork it.  You can register your guess by making a comment here, or on my facebook page. The value of this painting unframed is $180.  I will choose a winner on Friday.

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A Second Look

8"x10" oil

I feel like I have been away for years when in fact, it has been 5 1/2 weeks.  My daughter had a beautiful baby girl, Juniper (10lbs. 4 oz. because I know you want to know) and I have been helping them out.  I returned home ready to reclaim my other life.  So I am doing art things, but I found this painting I did before I left and never posted because I wasn't happy with it.  It was an experiment, and now that I have given it some space, it suddenly looks better to me.  There is a lesson in that.  I was taking care of my two preschool grandsons while I was away, and although we did many creative projects every day, I did no painting myself.  This made me really look at my priorities and see that for me, being an artist can't be my one and only focus.  I need times to do the other things, like be a good grandma and mom.  I came to peace with that.  Now I have to rebuild my blog friends who have given up on me over the last month and a half.  So if you see this post, and read it, please make a comment so I know I still have an audience!  And, I do appreciate you so much!

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