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I painted this new abstract landscape last week in oil. It is large for me, 24″ x 30,” and titled Lake of Colors. You can see some close up details below.
I enjoyed painting this with my pastel class last week at the Florence Griswold Museum. The weather was glorious and the view terrific.
Here is the painting I painted while together with this group on the lovely grounds of the Hill-Stead Museum yesterday.
I have loved painting outside on location in the California National Parks. These works are small, but were very fun to do. They are drying in the back window of my car.
Tonight I went to an opening by Dmitri Wright and Bobbi Mullen (shown above). I had never met Dmitri, nor had seen his work before, so doing so was a special treat, as I hold a fervent fascination for abstract landscapes.
I am positioned out on a peninsula we call “the point” at camp and these are the four trees next to a gazebo there.
When I was in Stonington, Maine last summer, I really enjoyed seeing Jill Hoy’s artwork. I was also glad to be able to meet her at her gallery and get her permission to photograph her artwork to feature on my blog. But somehow, life started flowing quickly and I never got it posted here until … Read more
Here are the four oil paintings I did in three days on the Stonington Beach. I had a great time doing them. The top two are smaller than the bottom two. The top one was done at dusk, the second was misty late afternoon, and the bottom two were done midday. The last one … Read more
This abstract artist has a show in New York City at the Allan Stone Gallery from now until July 29th, and I thought if you happened to be in New York City in the next six weeks, might want to catch this show. It spans 30 years of Robert Baribeau’s work. These works are considered … Read more
The show is titled Resolution, and each work describes that artist’s resolution. My piece is shown at the bottom – Buy Organic is an oil 40” x 60” that…
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…
At Creative Arts Camp this fall, when I learned more about underpainting, I remembered a painting I had done mostly as therapy to get over some upsetting news. Not surprisingly under those conditions, it had come out terribly and I knew now that I could definitely save it by relegating it as a first layer … Read more
Here is a photo of the first painting I did at camp. To give you an idea of the process, below you can see the first layer, then the second layer, and then the final layer.
The hurricane gave me an opportunity to paint when I haven’t gotten to do in all too long. This was done by candlelight, without electricity.
When I have a lot on my mind, painting is one of my best remedies to facilitate a sense of resolution. So no wonder an image of either a sunrise or a sunset emerged! This was done with crayon, watercolor and gel pen. A photo of the full painting is above; below are some close-ups. … Read more
I’m not a huge fan of either of these new paintings of mine, but they both represent first efforts with techniques or materials that are new to me, and therefore are forebears of work to come.
