Is This Abstract Painting Finished or Not?
This is layer #4 of an oil painting that is not finished as intended when I began, but I’m liking it as is and wonder whether to stop and call it finished or…
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“Scanner Photography” by Ellen HoverKamp
These exceptional photos (yes, done by a high resolution scanner!) are also available in the New Pond Farm Photography Show that I posted about yesterday.
New Abstract Oil Painting
I just completed this abstract oil painting. Above is a detail; the entire painting is shown below.
Three New Pieces of Pottery
Here is the newest bowl I’ve made. It was my first attempt at spatter painting with glazes… Also shown are two things our youngest daughter made.
Current Guild Art Show
I was visiting our daughter in Annapolis during the days they were receiving artwork for this show, which is why there is nothing of mine in the show.
That Bowl Came Out Alright After All
Two and a half months ago, I wrote of pottery angst in a blog post. I told you I’d bring you an update, and this is it. The bowl shown here is the one I was…
Emil Nolde’s Female Faces
In anticipation of Mother’s Day, I read a book about Emil Nolde, who was a favorite artist of my mother’s. She loved his intuitive spontaneity and sense of…
I Finished my 40” x 60” Painting – My Largest Yet
Over year ago on my birthday, my husband gave me an enormous canvas. I have finally finished it. Done in oil paint over an acrylic ground, it…
Baltimore Art Museums
Yesterday we visited The Walters Art Museum and The Baltimore Museum of Art. Here are some of the highlights…
Lovely Pastels
I enjoyed seeing these lovely pastels in a gallery in Litchfield. It is interesting to note we share a teacher in Alain Picard. Enjoy!
High Ridge House Art Show & Auction
Today we attended High Ridge House’s Art Show and Auction. High Ridge House is a Christian Science Care Facility and I donated two of my paintings for the…
Glass Beads We Made
Yesterday my sister-in-law hosted a lovely lunch for her family and ours. She wore the handmade glass bead necklace we made her years ago.
AIPAD Photography Show in NYC
No April Fool: the prices on these works ranged from $2,500 to $185,000! There was very little nature photography. Shown are those works I found inspiring.
“Post Odyssey” Show
Here are highlights of the Ridgefield Guild of Artist’s “Post Odyssey” show. I should have had something in this show but overlooked the submission date…
Book Review: Being Bold with Watercolor
You blog readers have probably figured out that I like bright colors, which is why I enjoyed this book by a leading watercolorist in Britain.
Finished Large Pastel from Last Fall
I started this last fall on my unheated side porch but its completion was interrupted by snow at the end of October.