This is where I will discuss my current art projects. Although I paint in a variety of mediums, I do almost always use an easel whether I am painting acrylics, oils, pastels, or other medium (unless the canvas is a miniature that I can hold in my hand).
Yes, I'm still on the fruit kick. But it makes sense to me that I would love to paint them so much because I also love to eat fruit and enjoy fruit and yogurt almost every morning for breakfast. As I've mentioned before, I have even bought fruit (and veggies) because I thought I would like to do a painting of them.
In this painting, the two pears, a red and a d'anjou, are just hanging out on my counter, waiting to be cut up into a fruit salad. Yum!
I'm not just talking about eating them but I love painting them, also. I have painted several now and the latest ones I've painted are these 5"x7" unframed pieces. Let me know what you think.
As my husband, Jim, says, everyone should own an original piece of art. And what better place to have it then where we spend a significant amount of time, in the kitchen! The small size will surely find a place on a wall or on a shelf (mini easels are included).
The price: $45 each!!!!
With June just beginning it is time to start working on some new paintings. The Lakes Region Art Assoc, of which I am a member, has a summer awards show and I want to have a couple of new pieces for it. I have also been working on a couple of small oils, still lifes, that I will probably display at one of the galleries where I am now showing my artwork. This is one of the pieces, apple/mango/strawberry, aka, applgoberry. I really enjoy painting still lifes like this 4"x4" gallery-wrapped piece. I think my fruit and veggie still lifes make great pieces for your kitchen walls.
This is not my most productive painting time of the year. It is just a bit too chilly in my studio and I would have to really pump up the heat if I wanted to stay up there and work. But I was working on a piece, small though it is, when I was gallery sitting at the LRAA Gallery at the Tanger Outlets in Tilton, NH.
Although it is not quite finished, I thought I would show it here. Just a bit more to do here and there and it should be ready for the gallery, either the LRAA Gallery or at the VynnArt Gallery in Meredith, NH, the two galleries where I am currently showing my artwork. The price is the same as my other 6x6 gallery-wrapped paintings, $80.
This holiday season was exceptionally busy with all the holiday shows that I participated in this year. But they’ve come to an end and now Christmas is just around the corner and a new year will begin in just a couple of weeks.
I sold a lot of my miniature art, along with my books, at the holiday shows. Many of these paintings never even got onto my website. If you’ve noticed, most of my miniature art pieces have been SOLD! But I do have some new pieces that need to be added to my site. Even though the holiday shows are over, things are still pretty busy, and I imagine they will remain this way until after the first of the year. At that time, I will update my site with my new art. Even though it seems like it may be a simple process, all the artwork has to be added to the website and to PayPal, also, and that is something that will have to wait until January!
I’m also still involved with having my artwork, larger pieces, at the Lakes Region Art Association Gallery at the Tanger Outlets in Tilton, NH. The gallery has been very successful and they will be continuing into 2016! I think it is a great idea and I’m looking forward to a great year. They will also be offering classes and I plan on teaching a workshop or two. Stay tuned for more Gallery updates!