Lonely Pear - SOLD

Lonely Pear Oil on Stretched Canvas, 8" x 8" SOLD at $20.00 plus $7.00 shipping. Back to my brushes today for a bit. It seemed like such fast painting, after all the palette knife work. Doesn't this pear look lonely, like he missed the boat? Not the best composition, so I priced it low. It might appeal to someone for the colors. Nel http://nelseverydaypainting.blogspot.com/

Inviting Path Three - NA

Inviting Path Three Oil on Stretched Canvas, 12" x 12" Not available, revised on 9/24/10

This one is by request, for someone who wanted the second Inviting Path, but it was already sold. I think I'm done for the moment. Hope you haven't gotten too bored, looking at these. It's actually kind of fun, seeing how they turn out so varied, even though you're trying each time for the same thing.

Note: The collector chose the 4th version of this, which is lighter.

This one is available, but in it's revised version. Nel http://nelseverydaypainting.blogspot.com/

Dappled Creek Two - NA

Dappled Creek Two Oil on Stretched Canvas, 11" x 14" Revised July 24, 2010. This one is repeat of the painting I posted on May 7. Again, a combination piece, both brushwork and palette knife. The water seems to feel better with brushwork, and the sky, but I love doing foliage with the knife. Thanks for looking! Nel http://nelseverydaypainting.blogspot.com/

Fieldwork Two - SOLD

Fieldwork Two Oil on Stretched Canvas, 8" x 8" SOLD at $45.00 plus shipping. I liked the little square canvas of this field corner so much, that I painted it again. Isn't it interesting how differently two paintings of the same scene can turn out? Nel http://nelseverydaypainting.blogspot.com

Fieldwork One -SOLD

Fieldwork One Oil on Stretched Canvas, 8" x 8" SOLD at $45.00 plus shipping. I have a photo of a farm scene (from Butler's Orchard), which I've used before, but cropped it way down to just a corner of a hillside, love the colors. Palette knife work again. Nel http://nelseverydaypainting.blogspot.com

Inviting Path Two - SOLD

Inviting Path Two Oil on Stretched Canvas, 12" x 12" SOLD at $65.00 plus shipping. One of my regular collectors wanted the painting from day before yesterday, and so I painted the same thing again. Acceptance of a redo is always optional, so if you're interested in this one, send an email. Nel http://nelseverydaypainting.blogspot.com/

Lovely Tree - NA

Lovely Tree Oil on Stretched Canvas, 8" x 10" Not available, Gifted. I am posting this one again, since my membership to the DP Gallery had expired (oops!) when I last posted it, so it had limited exposure. Isn't this one lovely? Nel http://nelseverydaypainting.blogspot.com/

Inviting Path - SOLD

Inviting Path Oil on Stretched Canvas, 12" x 12" SOLD at $65.00 plus shipping. Detail Below. This one is another version with the same photo reference I used on Tuesday, but in a square format. I like this one too! It's a combination technique with a brush underpainting, and then palette knife over top. That seems to be my new technique for landscapes. I DO really like the control and the fresh colors that you can get using a knife, though it does take a long time to finish. Nel http://nelseverydaypainting.blogspot.com/

Varigated Lilac Pansy - SOLD

Varigated Lilac Pansy
Oil on Stretched Canvas, 8" x 8"
SOLD at $35.00 plus $5.00 shipping

Another of the pansies, while they are still blooming, though they are getting "leggy." And of course, as long as they are still selling, grin. (It does figure into my painting decisions.) Nel http://nelseverydaypainting.blogspot.com/

Lace in the Treetops - SOLD

Lace in the Treetops Oil on Stretched Linen, 11" x 14" SOLD at $65.00 plus shipping. This one is really nice. I started it with brushes, and concentrated on getting some good mid tones, which I have some trouble with, and then switched over to palette knives. I also tried to work a little faster than I do normally with the knife, and consequently, got some real loose, swirly strokes. These might also be my favorite colors for a landscape, the softer mauves and lavenders with greens. Thanks for looking! Nel http://nelseverydaypainting.blogspot.com/

Burnt Orange Pansies - SOLD

Burnt Orange Pansies Oil on Gallery Wrapped Canvas, 8" x 8" x 1.5" SOLD at $40.00 plus shipping. You know that pansy color? It's an orangey-browny-maroony color that is just so enticing to try to paint. This is one of those paintings that's so much better in person, the subtleties are lost in the photography here. The pansies wrap around top, sides and bottom, so no frame is needed. Nel http://nelseverydaypainting.blogspot.com/

Rainbow Apples One and Two

Rainbow Apples One Oil on Stretched Canvas, 8" x 8" SOLD at $35.00 plus $5.00 shipping. Rainbow Apples Two Oil on Stretched Canvas, 8" x 8" Reposted on January 8, 2011. Aren't these fun? I painted the first one as I would have done an underpainting for a palette knife painting, but completed the masses. Then I wondered what would happen if I blended the colors, as though it were a "normal" still life painting. So I did a second one. The colors did muddy a bit, but it still looks neat. I was also thinking about what a great exercise (value study) this would be for an intermediate class in oils, which is something I'm thinking about for fall. Nel http://nelseverydaypainting.blogspot.com/

Shades of Green - NA

Shades of Green Oil on Stretched Canvas, 11" x 14" Not available. Detail below. I did something a little different today. I haven't done this before, but have heard of painters who do. I used one of my Massachusetts photos on my computer screen to paint from. My laptop was far enough away that it almost felt like plein air painting, except of course, no changes in light and no bugs, but then no fresh air and bird sounds either. Another palette knife painting, which I am so enjoying. Nel http://nelseverydaypainting.blogspot.com/

Down By the Riverside - SOLD

Down by the Riverside Oil on Stretched Canvas, 11" x 14" SOLD at $55.00 plus shipping. I really do enjoy the palette knife paintings for landscapes. Domething about all the control the slow work gives you, and how nicely the colors blend together. Nice! Nel http://nelseverydaypainting.blogspot.com/

Red Delicious - SOLD

Red Delcious Oil on Stretched Canvas, 8" x 8" SOLD at $35.00 plus $5.00 shipping. Detail below. And a quick look at how one of these starts, below.

A palette knife painting of three red delicous apples. Looking at this post, though, I'm hmmmmming about maybe doing a brush painting of how one of these starts, and then not changing it much. Would be fun, I think. A bit of a modern art look to it.

Nel

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Papa Berry Revised - SOLD

Papa Berry Revised Oil on Stretched Canvas, 8" x 8" SOLD at $35.00 plus $5.00 shipping. This is an older painting, and I wondered why it never sold, and decided that maybe the white background was just too stark, so today instead of starting a new piece, I revised this one (and lowered the price) by changing the background. It is a little softer now, not quite so "barren." Thanks for looking. Nel http://nelseverydaypainting.blogspot.com/

Lavender Pansy - SOLD

Lavender Pansy
Oil on Stretched Canvas, 8" x 8"
SOLD at $35.00 plus $5.00 shipping.

I had too much purple paint squeezed out and mixed from the triple set of pansies (on commission) to waste it, so another lavender pansy is up for grabs. Thanks for looking, and I hope you are all having a relaxing Memorial Day and have had a chance to remember those who serve, and those who gave their lives for our beloved country.

Pansy Set: Crimson Pansy - SOLD

Pansy Set: Crimson Pansy
Oil on Gallery Wrapped Canvas, 6" x 6" x 1.5"
SOLD.

This is the last of the gallery wrapped set of pansies in blues and purples. I thought the deeper maroony color would be good with the other two.

Cloud Study in Palette Knife

Cloud Study in Palette Knife

Oil on Stretched Canvas, 8" x 8"

Available at $40.00 plus $5.00 shipping.

I needed a little change from all the pansies, which I love doing, but a change up is always good. So another palette knife painting, to see if I could do clouds. They really didn't work so well with the knife, but I suspect they could, so I'll give it another try sometime. Hope you are all having an enchanting Memorial Day weekend, with wonderful weather!

Nel

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Another Pansy Set in Progress

Pansy Set in Progress

Oil on Gallery Wrapped Canvas, 6" x 6" x 1.5"

By Request, 2 out of set of 3

Just thought you might like to see these. They are spoken for.