Grandmother’s Visit

 

Watercolor on paper 22 by 30 $ 500.00  SOLD

 I sold this painting today and thought I should at least post it because I realized the client is coming tomorrow to pick it up and I hadn’t even taken a photo yet.  I really didn’t have time to take a decent photo and you can see that there is a big flash right in the middle of the sky.  Oh well, you get the idea and this does at least give me a record of the painting.

I used to paint light houses all the time because I used to get a lot of requests for them.  Not so much any more.  Now folks just like water paintings of the waves on the beach or breaking on the rocks.  Its more of a mininamalist  trend.

A Tribute to the Earth “Ocean blue”

Here is a small Oil painting on Masonite, the size is 2.5 by 3.5 & its an ACEO 

A collector’s card. 

 along the theme of water and a tribute to this beautiful earth.

Start your collection today.. $15.00 plus $2.50 shipping.

 

Now, what are we doing to help save water… How about this?  Take a shorter shower!

Sky and Surf tribute to the Earth

Watercolor on canvas panel 8 by 10 75.00

It seemed like a beach sort of day today and I thought I would paint some surf.  I love all the colors you can see in water and especially water that’s moving.  I have always thought the color of water was pretty much the same everywhere you go but now I know this isn’t true.  The water on the east coast is much more green then the water on the west coast, and of course the water in the gulf of Mexico is much more Turquoise,  Sure, the time of day and the season also makes a difference so an artist can never really capture all the subtleties in the colors of the sky and Ocean. 

 You could be painting a beach painting everyday for a year and never really paint everything you see. 

 Its funny because this painting makes me want to paint a waterfall, so check back …maybe I’ll paint a waterfall tomorrow.

Hey! Are you even trying to save water?  How about this, buy a rain barrel.  You can water your yard in between rains.  If you don’t want to spend the money for a rain barrel, put out a bucket or two, you can always water the plants on your porch…. every little bit helps.

Beautiful Earth 09

 

Watercolor and gesso on Illustration board.  Painted with a pallet knife 9 by 15″ $125.00

Water saving Tip: The faucets in your bathroom sinks generally use about 2.5 gallons of water per minute (gpm).  By turning off the water when you brush your teeth, you can save approximately 3 gallons of water! Filling the basin to rinse your razor when you shave can save about 4 gallons.

Sun, sand and the beach

Watercolor on professional grade watercolor paper.  Matted in white $150.00 7″ by 20″
Lots of talk these days of making a trek to the beach, looking for beach houses and places to go. Of course we have to take the dogs too. The dogs are all very well behaved and don’t ruin things or pee indoors, so it shouldn’t be a problem. Of course Art my husband won’t go, just me and the girls with the dogs. Hopefully we can find a house right on the beach and the beach is as deserted as this painting. The plan isn’t to go until October so I have plenty of time to find just the right place. Maybe Pauly’s island, or Edisto…. Any suggestions, I don’t really want to drive more than three hours or four at the most from Charlotte NC.

Open Water

This is a mixed media piece on illustration board.

11 by 15 $50.00

H20

4 by 4 watercolor on clay board $25.00

I really like painting these ocean waves. The circular nature and the color both calm me.

Ocean Wave

4 by 6SOLD  $25.00 

I painted two of these yesterday, not that I was overly motivated, in fact I started out the day with no real idea as to what to paint.  I have a commissioned piece  ( a large one) I want to start but I have to cut the paper from my 10 foot roll and that means asking my husband for help and clearing everything off my painting table.   Not wanting to get that started, I decided I would paint my daily painting and get it out of the way before getting out the big roll of paper which will take over my entire small 11 by 12 foot space space. 

Lately I have been painting snow scenes and I thought of painting another one but wasn’t overly thrilled with that.  I decided to clean up my painting area.  You know, sometimes this helps… Its like getting the cob webs clear from your mine… getting organized also makes painting easier once you have decided what to paint.

 

I made a cup of hot chocolate and took a look around…  dog hair dust bunnies clung to the corners of my walls and corners of the room like people at a meeting when volunteers are asked to step forward.  Oh yes, did I mention I love books and as a visual person I love looking at anything with pictures… so of course  there are old newspapers, magazine articles, piles of reference books, art books, and my own photographs all just lying about taking up space, space I definitely will need.

 

  I decided to just dig  in and clean, pick up and throw away so I started in at the bottom… I swept, then I took out the trash…  working my way up… I cleaned up my table by throwing away the used Kleenex, candy wrappers, (yes I like to suck on mints or candy when I paint) and misc napkins or scraps of paper I draw on. I took the wet towels to the washing machine, put away stray palette knives and pin knives, cleaned my brushes, and laid them out to dry… got my water buckets filled,&  squeezed out fresh paint ( don’t ask me why, but this always gives me a bit of a trill) into my palette and got some paper out and of course looked down at the white paper with a “what now?”  

 

This sometimes happens to all artists, especially if you have a deadline to paint a painting every single day. I decided to look thru some books. Hoping for some inspiration. I was looking thru a book a pal of mine lent me about oceans and beautiful beaches all over the world and I realized I love the way water looks… not beaches but the actual water itself, its reflective qualities, color, shape, movement, it all intrigues me. The first surface that I thought of to use was clay board because water on clay board is very slippery and no matter what you do it always looks wet.  After doing one wave ( posted yesterday) I did another using alcohol for the white. Alcohol when spritz on (or dropped in) pushes water away from the surface exposing the surface of the paper or in this case the clay board. It has a very natural appearance and is usually very circular in shape.  I use this natural shape to make the wave look foamy It dries very fast and leaves the white area of your paper for you to reintroduce more color or just to leave as is.

 

If you have any questions about the use of alcohol just write to me and I can explain its application further. 

The sea

4 by 6 25.00 I was looking thru a book last night and the book has numerous pictures of oceans and beaches all over the world.   I can say….    I was inspired.   I don’t usually like the ocean as much as most of my friends, I guess you could say I’m more of a Mountain person.   But water itself has always captivated me.   The currants and the movement of water is as beautiful as anything on earth.   This is smooth clay board 4 by 6 and I thought the slick surface would enhance the way the watercolor moves and it would look very natural.    I opted for a very simple wave.  For a daily painting I think its a great subject. 

Angels are among us #54

SOLD 8.5 by 11 $60.0 plus 5.5 for shipping.

Mixed media on paper this is one in a series ( Angels are among us) of paintings including Angels. It started our as an abstract but my brother pointed out there was an image in the upper left hand corner… so I figured it could not be denied. Perhaps she watches over the sailors.

Luna Light aceo of ocean waves at night

SOLD

This little aceo is $12.00 plus $1.50 shipping and handling. I painted it last night after getting back from the hospital. 2.5 by 3.5 I think it looks like the ocean when the full moon is making the waves glow… I’ve seen this many times and its beautiful.

Art had a chest tube planted into his liver to drain off the fluid which was not dissipating as anticipated.  They drained off more than two liters and it will hopefully come out on Friday. 

Today we spent the whole day at the Hospital and poor Art (my husband) underwent a procedure to have a filter removed from his aorta artery but it would not come out so they will leave it in there for the rest of his life. He had to endure a procedure really for nothing. Now he has a hole in his neck where they went in for the procedure and its swollen and red. Poor guy, he is rather despondent over the whole day’s events.

“Open Water” mixed media on illustration board

SOLD

11 by 15 mixed media on illustration board $50.00