Reflected Hydrangeas - SOLD

Reflected Hydrangeas Oil on Stretched Canvas, 11" x 14" SOLD at $65.00 plus shipping. For some reason, the Internet wasn't connecting at the house last night, so this is yesterday's painting. My daughter's bank of hydrangea bushes partly overhangs the koi pond, and I've been enjoying the reflections of lots of pinks and purples for a couple of weeks. Thinking, "I should paint that." So here's my attempt. Of course, I want to do it again, make it better.

Woodland Light - SOLD

Woodland Light Oil on Canvas Panel, 12" x 16" SOLD at $50.00 plus shipping. This subject has been done and done and done, but it's still lovely to paint the light on a creek or lake shoreline, with the sunlight bleaching colors on it's way through the foliage. One of my favorite things to paint. And, no buggies while you're there!

Louisiana Sky - SOLD

Louisiana Sky Oil on Canvas Panel, 8" x 10" SOLD at $40.00 plus shipping. Don't you love the sky when it starts to change colors in the evening? All the layers of color, all those lovely subtle tones, and the trees silhouetted against the light. This one is a small palette knife piece.

Walking Path, Brookside - SOLD

Walking Path, Brookside Oil on Canvas Panel, 16" x 20" SOLD. A walking path at Brookside Gardens in Maryland. It's one of those terrific gardens where there's something for everyone. The kids used to love playing in the greenhouse "jungle" with all it's little bridges and huge tropical trees. If you look closely, I've hidden my granddaughter's name "Katie" in the foliage. You'll probably have to enlarge to search.

Hydrangea on Mauve - SOLD

Hydrangea on Mauve Oil on Canvas Panel, 8" x 10" SOLD at $45.00 plus shipping. There were a bunch of requests for yesterday's painting. I guess hydrangeas are a popular subject, and since I do enjoy painting them, all loose and swishy, here's another one, a bit larger and not on cradled board.

Seascape - SOLD

Seascape - SOLD Oil on Stretched Canvas 20" x 24" This is the larger painting that I've been working on lately. Both the gallery owner and I are happy with it, and I hope the collector will be too. The line on the horizon is actually more straight than this, but I got a little fish-eye effect in the photo.

Cradled Hydrangea - SOLD

Cradled Hydrangea Oil on Amersand Artist's Panel, 6" x 6" SOLD at $35.00 plus $5.00 shipping. Side view below. I am working on a larger painting, so this one was quick and splashy, just as a change of pace from the more careful painting. Cradled panel again, needs no framing, sides are painted too. I am really happy with the grey of the background, it is just a lot of mixed colors.

Copying Monet - SOLD

Copying Monet Oil on Stretched Canvas, 10" x 10" SOLD at $15.00 plus $10.00 shipping. Since I've been going through my art books (see my sketch blog in the side bar, where they are on sale: Nel's Art Marks) to sell, it follows that I've been browsing them also. I came across this wonderful Monet painting in one of the books on Impressionism, and loved the colors, all blues, mauves, deep rich greens. What an eye opener to try to copy one of the masters. Looking at his brushstrokes, his colors, all the subtleties that you can see in a photo, you realize once again why Monet was a master, and you are a student. I have hardly begun to do justice to copying, a forgery career is not in store, but if you like it, a little bit for the canvas and paints is all I'm asking. (There was some glare, so I used a digital "paintbrush" to retouch the glare spots.)

Little Seascape - SOLD

Little Seascape Oil on Canvas Panel, 8" x 10" SOLD at $20.00 plus $10.00 shipping. A tiny little seascape. 8" x 10" is hardly enough room to move around in, but this one was done as a possible model for a larger piece, which will of course, have much more interesting detail in it. Meanwhile, this is priced according to it's simplicity.

Washday New England - SOLD

Washday New England Oil on Cradled Board, 6" x 12" SOLD at $45.00 plus shipping. This one is done by request, from an earlier piece. The neighbor in Barre always hung her wash out, and if she sees this one, or one of the earlier ones, I hope she doesn't mind my using her laundry. Do you remember the smell? Nothing like fresh air dried wash.

Dappled Garden - SOLD

Dappled Garden Oil on Stretched Canvas, 10" x 10" SOLD at $45.00 plus shipping. This one was really not about the iris, which was incidental to what I was focused on. The background was my main thought here, trying to get the dappled light "feeling" to the garden. I do like the effect. What do you think?

Louisiana Light - SOLD

Louisiana Light Oil on Stretched Canvas, 11" x 14" SOLD at $65.00 plus shipping. I wish you could see this one, it came out so well. I almost want to keep it. The colors simply work, and there's a wonderful bit of light in the sky, and the suggestion of puddles in the foreground came out well too. Great variety of greens, can you tell I'm pleased with it?

Small Plums - SOLD

Small Plums Oil on Canvas Panel, 6" x 8" SOLD. I tried not to handle these little plums too much, since I wanted to preserve as much of the frost or haze that you get with plums. It's my favorite part to paint. I didn't quite nail the color of the frost, but that just means I'll try again later. I hope your day is just "plum lucky." (What is it with plums in folk expressions?)

Radishes - SOLD

Radishes Oil on Stretched Canvas, 10" x 10" SOLD at $55.00 plus shipping I know there has been a "rash of radishes" on the Daily Painters site, but oh, they are such fun to paint. I had forgotten how much fun. All those nice little swirlies at the ends, and all the roundness to play with. Didn't these turn out nice?

Cradled Lemons - SOLD

Cradled Lemons Oil on Ampersand Art Panel, 6" x 6" SOLD at $35.00 plus $5.00 shipping. Detail Below Just had to use the lovely lemons for another painting. This one is done on the cradled canvas, and needs no framing, unless you choose to.

Little Magnolia Revised - SOLD

Little Magnolia Revised Oil on Linen Panel, 6" x 6" SOLD at $30.00 plus $5.00 shipping. I always liked the composition of this one, but I had not gessoed the linen before painting on it, so the paint was thin and slick. This morning I re-painted it, and now it's much cleaner and crisper. Thought I'd offer it again.

Lemons in the Line Up - SOLD

Lemons in the Line Up Oil on Stretched Canvas, 8" x 16" SOLD at $65.00 plus shipping. Detail Below. I got excited when I saw these gorgeous bright big lemons in the Kroger, so I snatched up a bunch. The little one, Katie Grace, decided they looked good too, and she asked for one. We let her have it after she ate all her chicken at dinner, and oh, what a face. Then all the other grandkids got into the puckering, such fun. Good giggles over a lemon.

Magenta Iris Face - SOLD

Magenta Iris Face Oil on Gessoed Board, approx. 16" x 16" SOLD at $80.00 plus shipping. Detail Below. I was just in the mood to use some purples, blues and magenta, and found a nice iris photo in my collection that squared up well, so here's the result. Good change of pace once in awhile to use a smooth surface, which the gessoed board is, without canvas mounted to it.

Transitions Apple - SOLD

Transitions Apple Oil in Linen Panel, 6" x 6" SOLD at $35.00. I only have a couple of the linen panels left, so they are getting slowly used up. I liked all the colors in this changing apple, so I had fun with this little guy.

Cradled Landscape - SOLD

Cradled Landscape Oil on Amersand Panel, 8" x 8" SOLD at $35.00 plus $5.00 shipping. Detail and Edge shown below.

This started out life as a rose, but oh, my it was ugly, so I scraped it all down after about 2 hours of futile wok, and turned it into a loose landscape. It's not so much the subject, but the colors and textures on this one that could be appealing. No frame needed, painted all around the edges.