The Blues

I painted a group of small paintings for the upcoming art show at the Columbia Center for the Arts, The Blues. This is one of the paintings that I decided to put online for sale. I will have a group of paintings in the show, that all have something to do with BLUE. The show is not just paintings, it's music, and many kinds of art…
The show reception opens next week Friday, February 1, 6-8pm at the Columbia Center for the Arts in Hood River, Oregon.

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Poster for "The Blues" Show

Clementines

Gotta get back in the painting groove!
I was really getting into the "grays" in this one, the contrast between intense orange and turquoise (complementary colors) and all the grays in-between.
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My Favorite Tea Pot - sold

This is really my favorite teapot! I was really working to get the feeling of that round fiestaware teapot in this painting.
The turquoise of the teapot and rich cadmium yellow plate, are nice complements to each other in this composition. I'm using neutral grays to balance and bring out the contrast between the bright colors and the neutrals.

Almost Breakfast -sold

I took some time off for the holidays, but I'm back at the Daily Painting groove now. My husband and I did a lot of skiing and relaxing over the holidays, I hope everyone has a Happy New Year!

Odd Little Green Teapot - sold

6"x6" :: oil on archival panel

I have had this little teapot for a few years, I was absolutely enchanted with the weird green color.

Click Here to view, magnify or buy this painting - "Odd Little Green Teapot", on Daily Paintworks website

Turquoise Tea Pot and Apples in the Shadow

6"x6" :: Oil on archival panel

The Turquoise Fiestaware Tea Pot looks great with the apples. I was instructing my weekly oil painting class at Columbia Center for the Arts this morning, and this was my demo painting for the class.
Melanie Thompson, a daily painter on Daily Paintworks Website, drove all the way from Richland WA to come to my 3 hr class, at the art center this morning. I love meeting other Daily Painters in person! Thanks Melanie for coming to my class in Hood River, OR!

AND I have had so much fun painting this teapot, my super cool cousin is sending me another cool Fiestaware teapot to paint (it's a very tall blue one), among other colorful random fiesta pieces.

Click Here to view, magnify or buy this painting - "Turquoise Tea and Apples in the Shadow", on Daily Paintworks website

Holiday Treasures Show

I just delivered several framed paintings (8"x8") to the Holiday Treasures show at Columbia Arts!
All the participating artists are offering small gems (nothing over 14") at great prices. There's nothing better than a one-of-a-kind gift!
First Friday, December 7 from 6:00 – 8:00 pm

Red Apple and Asian Bowl

6"x6" :: oil on archival panel :: Red Apple and Asian Bowl

I am always working on different concepts with each small painting. Today, I was working on everything. Composition of shapes, light vs dark, intense chroma vs neutrals, variety of brushstrokes…I love this bowl, it's one of my still life inspirations from Uwagimaya in Portland. If you haven't been there, it's worth going.

Click Here to view or buy this painting - "Red Apple and Asian Bowl", on Daily Paintworks website

Holiday Show at Columbia Center for the Arts

6"x6" unframed paintings :: $100 ea :: Columbia Center for the Arts

I just took these 16 paintings over to the Columbia Center for the Arts for the Holiday Show. They are 6"x6" unframed paintings for $100 each. Columbia Center for the Arts is a non profit organization, they get a percentage of each sale of artwork in the Gallery, that goes to promoting and nurturing the arts in our regional area of the Columbia River Gorge. 

This year, I have Gift Wrapping included too! 

Gift Wrapping (Origami Style envelope with ribbon)

And if you need it shipped somewhere, we can put it in a Priority Mail USPS Flat Rate envelope to anywhere in the US for $5 shipping. 

I will also have other framed larger work available at the show too. So come check it out! 

Don't miss the show, the public reception is this Friday December 7, from 6-8pm,

there will be lots to see from many regional artists at this show. Many of the artists will be at the opening on Friday. 

Not to be missed!

Columbia Center for the Arts

215 Cascade Avenue

Hood River, OR 97031

541-387-8877

The Holiday Show will be open for the month of December.

Fiestaware Colors

6x6in, oil on archival canvas panel

Click Here to view or buy this painting - "Fiestaware Colors", on Daily Paintworks website

Olive Oil in the Kitchen

A different angle on olive oil.

6x6in, oil on archival canvas panel

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Fiestaware Turquoise Tea - sold

The Tea Pot from above…

6x6in, oil on archival canvas panel

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Chop Chop

Happy Cyber Monday!

Chop Chop
6x6in, oil on archival canvas panel

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Fiesta Tea

The Fiestaware makes for some great color combinations. I like combining color complements in my paintings, the blue and orange colors are complementary colors.

Fiesta Tea
6x6in, oil on archival canvas panel

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3 Apples

3 Apples
6x6in, oil on archival canvas panel

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Complements

Complements
6x6in, oil on archival canvas panel

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Cranberries and Balsamic Vinegar

I am using my new "Rosemary Brushes" all you brush geeks out there know what I mean…

Cranberries and Balsamic Vinegar
6x6in, oil on archival canvas panel

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The Cranberries...

I love this Balsamic Vinegar bottle, (the actual one) the dark shape, the color, the highlights, so fun to paint.

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Red Wine Vinegar and Clementine

Found this cool color combination in the kitchen, alizarin red wine vinegar and a little clementine orange, with an empty teal bottle in the back…

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If you aren't familiar with "Artists Helping Artists" Blog Talk Radio Show, hosted by Leslie Saeta, you should be, because her AHA show is a great resource! There are so many talented artists that Leslie has interviewed, it is worth checking out. I was lucky enough for Leslie to ask me if I wanted to be on the show, so here it is in the archives (the live show was on Thursday Nov 15) All of her interviews are conducted "live" with no editing, so all the conversations with artists are refreshingly candid. Leslie is an artist herself, so she knows all the geeky artist questions to ask, that we all want to know!
Here it is:
To Listen to the Recorded Show: http://ArtistsHelpingArtistsBlog.blogspot.com

Red Wine Vinegar and Olive Oil

I am having a great time with this "foodie" series of paintings. I'm finding lots of inspiration in the kitchen.

Click Here to view or buy this painting - Red Wine Vinegar and Olive Oil, on Daily Paintworks website

Olive Oil and Coral Bowl with Italian Plums

6"x6" :: oil on archival panel

Olive oil is a great subject to paint, it has a very warm, foodie-ness about it. I am spending lots of time in the kitchen this time of year…

Click Here to view or buy this painting - Olive Oil and Coral Bowl with Plums, on Daily Paintworks website

Something a little different...

4"x4" :: Two Apples :: oil on gesso board with black gesso

Please notice - this painting is only 4 in x 4in, not my usual 6in x 6in size! This is a demo from my class, of a painting exercise that I call Find Your Brushstrokes. I am making this exercise into an ArtByte so that I can share this fun and valuable exercise with artists who would like to make their brushstrokes really work for them. The exercise involves using as few brushstrokes as possible and lots of paint, to make a small painting. It ends up looking sort of like a color Notan, because there are just two values for each object - light and dark.
Hopefully I will get the "Find Your Brushstrokes" Art Byte finished by Monday!

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Plum Pom

Just experimenting with compositions. Large vs Small, Complementary colors Red vs Green, and Light vs Dark.
Click Here to view or buy this painting - Plum Pom, on Daily Paintworks website

ArtByte Update:
I'm currently working on a new one! I will tell you about it, as soon as I am closer to finishing it - maybe this week... For now, here is information about the 2 ArtBytes I have completed that are on the Daily Paintworks website.  The first one I made is about how to paint your panels with black gesso and it is free.
The second ArtByte is about painting a still life painting on black gesso, and it is $10. This one is newly updated I added some additional info, links, and photos to the original one.

If you don't already know about ArtBytes, each one contains text, images and links to products and more information, DPW has ArtBytes by other artists in the store too. ArtBytes are byte sized online art tutorials. They have concise information, not so long that you will get bored. Once you buy an ArtByte it is yours, you can look at it forever.

Take a look in the ArtByte store and let me know what you think!

Plays Together Well

6"x6" :: Plays Together Well:: oil on archival panel

The pinkish red of the pomegranate and light earthy green of the bowl, just seem to play together so well. You can tell from the brushstrokes, I had some fun with this one.

Click Here to view or buy this painting - Plays Together Well, on Daily Paintworks website

ArtByte Update:
I'm currently working on a new one! I will tell you about it, as soon as I am closer to finishing it - maybe this week... For now, here is information about the 2 ArtBytes I have completed that are on the Daily Paintworks website.  The first one I made is about how to paint your panels with black gesso and it is free.
The second ArtByte is about painting a still life painting on black gesso, and it is $10. This one is newly updated I added some additional info, links, and photos to the original one.

If you don't already know about ArtBytes, each one contains text, images and links to products and more information, DPW has ArtBytes by other artists in the store too. ArtBytes are byte sized online art tutorials. They have concise information, not so long that you will get bored. Once you buy an ArtByte it is yours, you can look at it forever.

Take a look in the ArtByte store and let me know what you think!

Italian Plums and Olive Oil

6" x 6" :: Foodie Alert! :: oil on archival panel

I have been just dying to paint this little bottle of olive oil! And the plums from our Italian Plum tree. The colors are so amazing, the dusty dark pinkish of the plums and the golden green glow of the olive oil. Foodie alert…

Click Here to view or buy this painting - Italian Plums and Olive Oil, on Daily Paintworks website

ArtByte Update:
I'm currently working on a new one! I will tell you about it, as soon as I am closer to finishing it - maybe this week... For now, here is information about the 2 ArtBytes I have completed that are on the Daily Paintworks website.  The first one I made is about how to paint your panels with black gesso and it is free.
The second ArtByte is about painting a still life painting on black gesso, and it is $10. This one is newly updated I added some additional info, links, and photos to the original one.

If you don't already know about ArtBytes, each one contains text, images and links to products and more information, DPW has ArtBytes by other artists in the store too. ArtBytes are byte sized online art tutorials. They have concise information, not so long that you will get bored. Once you buy an ArtByte it is yours, you can look at it forever.

Take a look in the ArtByte store and let me know what you think!

Hurricane Sandy Donation on Daily Paintworks

DONATION :: Glowing Cup :: 6"x6" :: oil on archival panel

DONATION :: Fiestaware Creamer :: 6"x6" :: oil on archival panel

These two original oil paintings are my donation to the Sandy Relief Effort. If you bid on these paintings, all the money from the painting purchase price (minus shipping to the winning bidder) will be donated to Hurricane Sandy Relief. If you are the winner of the bid, please specify, which organization the money should go to, and I will make sure it goes to that organization. For example indicate Red Cross or whatever organization you want in the notes area of paypal, or send me an email. I am starting the bidding very low, so that whatever the painting sells for, then that amount goes to donation. Even if only $10 goes to an organization, I think it will help.

Click to bid on Glowing Cup

Click to bid on Fiestaware Creamer

ArtByte Update:
I have also completed 2 ArtBytes now. ArtBytes are byte sized online art tutorials. One of them, is about how to paint your panels with black gesso and it is free. The second ArtByte is about painting a still life painting on black gesso, and it is $10. This one is newly updated I added some additional info, links, and photos to the original one.
If you don't already know about ArtBytes, each one contains text, images and links to products and more information, DPW has ArtBytes by other artists in the store too. They have concise information, not so long that you will get bored. Once you buy an ArtByte it is yours forever.
Take a look in the ArtByte store and let me know what you think!

The Artisté

The Artisté :: 6ft x 3ft
oil on cradled panel :: framed

An artist friend of mine (Mark Nilsson) is leaving the area… so I decided to do a full sized portrait of him before he leaves! It was fun to do a painting that large… 6ft x 3ft, or crazy... anyway it will also be in the Body Language show at Columbia Center for the Arts in Hood River, OR. Mark and I worked on a mural project together a few years ago for Full Sail Brewing. The mural was 40ft long x 8ft tall. I could never have done anything that large without his help. He does huge paintings and murals all the time. We will miss him greatly! (I'm still hoping maybe he will change his mind and stay!)

The ArtByte Update:
I have also completed 2 ArtBytes now. ArtBytes are byte sized online art tutorials. One of them, is about how to paint your panels with black gesso and it is free. The second ArtByte is about painting a still life painting on black gesso, and it is $10. This one is newly updated I added some additional info, links, and photos to the original one.
If you don't already know about ArtBytes, each one contains text, images and links to products and more information, DPW has ArtBytes by other artists in the store too. They have concise information, not so long that you will get bored. Once you buy an ArtByte it is yours forever.
Take a look in the ArtByte store and let me know what you think!

Body Language, a show at Columbia Center for the Arts

these 3 paintings were painted from live models in a studio setting. they are 6" x 12" each, painted on clear primed linen

These are 3 paintings of 9 paintings that I will have in the show "Body Language" at the Columbia Center for the Arts.
In Body Language, artists Laurie Balmuth, Ann Fleming, Chloe Hight, Nicole Rawlins, Cathleen Rehfeld, Susan Sutherland, and Michelle Yamamoto will explore the landscape of the human body. Mediums will include printmaking, sculpture, painting and digital art created on the iPad.

Artist Reception
Join us on First Friday, November 2 from 6 -8pm for a free Artist Reception at the Gallery. The gallery and lobby will be open to the public and beer and wine will be available for purchase.
Columbia Center for the Arts, 215 Cascade Avenue, Hood River, Oregon

I have also completed 2 ArtBytes now. ArtBytes are byte sized online art tutorials. One of them, is about how to paint your panels with black gesso and it is free. The second ArtByte is about painting a still life painting on black gesso, and it is $10. This one is newly updated I added some additional info, links, and photos to the original one.
If you don't already know about ArtBytes, each one contains text, images and links to products and more information, DPW has ArtBytes by other artists in the store too. They have concise information, not so long that you will get bored. Once you buy an ArtByte it is yours forever.
Take a look in the ArtByte store and let me know what you think!

Barrista and ArtBytes

8"x8" :: Barrista :: oil on archival panel

This painting is one of my works for the Body Language show that opens on Nov 2 at the Columbia Center for the Arts, in Hood River. It is an invitational show with several regional artists who will also be showing work. This is one of my paintings that I started with black gesso. I will be posting some of them as I complete them, and they will be available in the show for the month of November.

I have also been working on completing 2 ArtBytes now. ArtBytes are byte sized online art tutorials. One of them, is about how to paint your panels with black gesso. The other ArtByte is about painting on black gesso. If you don't already know about ArtBytes, each one contains text, images and links to products and more information, and they have ArtBytes by other artists in the store too. They have concise information, not so long that you will get bored. Once you buy an ArtByte it is yours forever.
Take a look in the ArtByte store and let me know what you think!

Last Roses - sold

Last Roses :: 6"x6" :: oil on panel

According to the weather prediction (if you want to believe it), the rain starts this week! You sure can't tell from today's weather. It was such perfect fall weather - sunny and clear blue sky, 70's in the afternoon… if it is true, then our roses are done until next Spring.

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