Landscape Diptych 2
Jane's Poinsettia
Oil on Stretched Canvas, 10" x 10"
SOLD.
One more poinsettia for a collector who missed the run. It's great that they stay healthy so long, my daughter's are still fresh enough to keep going. Maybe just one more, not sure yet. Thanks for looking.
New Year Medley
Oil on Canvas Panel, 9" x 12"
SOLD at $65.00 plus shipping.
A cheerful and bright New Year's wish to everyone, for prosperity, health and happiness. May you have hearts full to the brim with love and joy.
Thanks for looking.
Swain's Lock Winter Water
Oil on Canvas Panel, 12" x 16"
SOLD at $65.00 plus shipping.
I'm always pleased when collectors ask me to repeat an image from earlier. It gives me a chance to go back and compare, and see (with interest) how much my painting has changed over these past couple of years. Tomorrow I'll have been at this for two years. Happy New Year everyone! May 2009 be a great year for each and every one.
Bridge View
Oil on Stretched Canvas, 16" x 20"
SOLD
I have one collector (patron really) who has discovered my older paintings, and has gone back through some of the early unsold work and is scooping up some of the nicer ones. This is such a one. It was originally posted in November of 2007, then revised and offered again in the early spring. Now I've refreshed it again. I do sometimes really like working over the older pieces, if they have "good bone structure" like this one did.
Fruit Plate
Oil on Canvas Board, 10" x 12"
SOLD at $65.00 plus shipping.
I really like these colors. The reds and greens are just so happy together. A little touch of turquoise, a smidge of yellow... and lots of light. Something crisp in mind as this year ends, and a fresh new slate for each and every one. Are you resolving yet?
Almost Monochromatic Pears
Oil on Canvas Panel, 8" x 10"
SOLD at $40.00 plus shipping.
In connection with my upcoming classes in Beginner Oils, I am doing some value studies in one or two colors. This one was done with two colors plus white: Burnt Umber and Terra Rosa. The reddish tones are from the Terra Rosa paint. Doesn't it look like a tinted photo? I thought someone might think it was cool.
Pink Rose Watercolor
Watercolor on Arches CP paper, 7" x 7" image area
SOLD at $35.00 plus $5.00 shipping.
A small painting today, and since I had my watercolors out anyway, figured I'd try a rose. I didn't quite get the glow I was after, but I like the little rose anyway. Hope you are enjoying the days after Christmas with family and friends, and a spot of vacation.
Palmetto Fronds
Watercolor on Arches 140 Cold Press Paper, 12.5" x 19"
SOLD at $85.00 plus shipping.
I haven't done a watercolor in awhile, and my daughter's beautiful and colorful palmettos have been calling me since we moved here in July. I've taken lots of photos of them, and decided today for a change of pace, to draw one out. It took me lots longer to paint than I anticipated, but all those little spaces, well... The palmettos are actually a lot bushier and fuller than this, but I like it anyway. It just means I'll try it again. It can certainly be cropped to a more standard size.
Christmas 2008
Oil on Canvas Panel, 10" x 12"
SOLD at $50.00 plus shipping.
"And the Word became flesh, and dwelt among us..." Amazing the Love.
Christmas blessings to all.
Road from the Orchard 4
Oil on Canvas Panel, 12" x 16"
SOLD at $50.00 plus shipping.
This one is larger than yesterday's painting, and here I attempted to use the crispness in the details but still have a sense of impressionistic mystery, some blurred edges, to let the viewer use his own imagination. It is on hold, as the collector who has requested this image decided against yesterday's piece, and I thought to try again.
Not a very Christmasy image, but I do hope you are all enjoying a meaningful and joyful Christmas Eve day.
Road from the Orchard 3
Oil on Linen Panel, 11" x 14"
Available at $40.00 plus shipping.
This is the third of the same scene. The collector who requested it loves detail, so this one has more careful leaf formation and a bit more detail in the trunk and branches of the main tree. Just generally a slower piece with more small brush work. It is a bit warmer in person than this photo shows. What do you think? Do you like the detailed work?
Update: The collector has decided on a larger version or a different scene, so this one is available.
Winter Rose
Oil on Canvas Board, 10" x 12"
SOLD at $50.00 plus shipping.
This is actually the same rose I have painted before, but from a different view. I came across the stray photo when I was hunting for something else. My studio is like that, and really hasn't been reorganized since I jumbled everything off low spaces and tucked away as much as I could before the hurricanes this past fall. So hunting is a pretty normal activity for me, LOL.
Valley Greens
Oil on Stretched Canvas, 16" x 20"
SOLD..
Lots and lots of greens. Another possible protoype painting for a larger version.
Christmas Apple
Water Soluble Oils on Canvas Panel, 6" x 8"
SOLD at $20.00 plus shipping.
Still messing around with the water miscible oils, to see what I can do with them, and the limited palette. A small and simple painting today.
Woodland Panorama
Water Soluble Oils on Stretched Canvas, 8" x 16"
Not Available.
Since some of my students will be working in water soluble oils, I found a small, student grade set on sale and also picked up a Thinner and a Medium for the paints. I figured I had better at least try them out, so I can relate to the students who are using them. I am also in the planning stages for a diptych that will be proportionate to this small one, and thinking in terms of what will work for that. So this piece is experimental in two ways. The paints act quite differently than my oil based oils. To me, at this stage anyway. Maybe the artist grade paints act more like oils, I'll find that out.
Poinsettia 2
Oil on Canvas Panel, 8" x 10"
SOLD at $40.00 plus $5.00 shipping.
Isn't this one a little gem? I decided to try again with the poinsettia and be more concerned with the values than the actual colors. Even though the colors aren't correct, they "read" right, and I think that's due to the values.
Poinsettia
Oil on Stretched Canvas, 10" x 10"
SOLD at $50.00 plus shipping.
Have you actually ever heard anyone pronounce this correctly? Don't we all say "point..." when it's actually "poin...". I know I do. Anyway, the trick with this one was trying to get the light red bright enough to suggest the velvety intense color while still using little to no white. I think I'm going to try it again, and see if I can't improve the color, though I'm happy enough with this one.
Apples in Bowl by Bev Halpert
Oil on Canvas Board, 8" x 8"
SOLD.
I've used this little pottery bowl before, and it's got such a nice shape and color (lovely glazing) that I decided to use the stripes and apples again with this pottery. Fun to paint with all the variations in the glaze. The bowl was done by potter Beverly Halpert.
