Showing posts with label Idaho. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Idaho. Show all posts

Saturday, September 27, 2014

FROM THE IDAHO STUDIO OF CHARLEEN MARTIN

GIRL TALK . . .




'GIRL TALK'

This is a 6 x 6" Acrylic on wood panel dine with a palette knife.  The areas of deciduous trees where I live is somewhat limited so it's nice when we come upon a group in the process of changing colors.  Where I am it is mostly all Evergreens.   This comes nicely framed and ready to hang.

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Sunday, July 14, 2013

Day 28, Prickly Pear Cactus with Blossoms Painting BECKY JOY

© 2013 Becky Joy     Prickly Pear Blossoms   oil    6 inches x 6 inches   $125. 
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Today I spent some time with my daughter and grandkids with a little painting in the morning. This was one of the paintings that I worked on. It was actually a complicated scene with a lot going on in the background. I started painting much more of what I saw then realized I needed to simplify. So, I started by keeping the values close together in all but the shadows on the cactus and what was cast on the ground. I kept the background behind the cactus in different colors and a little cooler and grayer than the foreground creating some distance in the painting.

I pulled out some of paintings from the trip and found that some needed a little more work. Below are a couple of those paintings. I also still need to do some photography for a couple of the paintings from project 125 that I haven't posted. Hopefully, I catch up on all this tomorrow and get paintings ready to ship too.

road leading to distant farm painting
© 2013 Becky Joy    Idaho Farm    oil on linen     11 inches x 14 inches    $1000.
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I painted this in Southwest Idaho in the late afternoon before going to my friend Shanna Kunz' house. I love the farms in that area and just had to pull off the interstate to paint. I hadn't eaten lunch by the time I started painting. I was painting away in the heat and felt a little sick toward the end, so I had to pack it up and finish a little bit of the painting in the studio. The clouds needed a little more work and I had to deepen the values of the farm buildings a little. So, that was my job this morning.

© 2013 Becky Joy      Oregon Farm Tree     oil      11 inches x 14 inches     $1000.
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I painted this one at the old farm in Oregon with my friend Romona Youngquist. I thought I had finished it at the time, but I decided there were two things wrong with it. First, I had a solid line along the field in the light orange color dividing the distant hills and field. I broke that up by adding the small group of trees along that line. It helps to connect the field and the background hills. Secondly, that line was going downhill too much to the right. I raised that line a little on the right. I felt by doing so that it balanced the painting more.

I still have openings in my workshop in Hood River, OR on Sept 4 for a 1 day plein air class. All my students in the workshops will receive a copy of the e-book, How to Create Beautiful Paintings Using Foundational Concepts, that I just published.

Talk to you all tomorrow when I post some more paintings.

Tuesday, July 9, 2013

Day 25, Project 125 Baker City Oregon plein air oil landscape painting BECKY JOY

textured painterly cloud painting
© 2013 Becky Joy     Baker City Oregon Clouds   oil on panel     6 inches x 6 inches   $125.
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It is been a challenge with the computer the last couple of days. I left my family in Oregon 2 days ago and have been on the road. I stayed the night in Baker City, Oregon which is in Eastern Oregon. The internet access that I had was verrrrry slow, but I did manage to get some work done. And, that was the problem, some but not all the work. I uploaded my new e-book, but was not able to finish the job. So, those that paid were not getting the e-book. Once I got to my friend, Shanna Kunz' house in Utah I finally got a good connection. This morning I was able to finish everything with the e-book and now trying to catch up with the blogging, emails, etc, etc.


I've got some more photography to take to catch up. But for now, I'm painting with my friend Shanna!

Talk to you all tomorrow.



Friday, July 29, 2011

Postcards from Idaho-Friendly Fences, by Kathryn Willis

Friendly Fences, 8x10" oil on panel, by Kathryn Willis
Available $325

Friendly Fences, was painted from the field of our Idaho land, looking out to the neighbors farm. With only a few days left in Idaho before returning to Arizona, I'm finishing up a few paintings, and regretting all the places I haven't painted yet. I suppose that will always be the lament of a creative person. In response to a friend that asked "when will you be finished?" Steve replied for me, "she's never finished."

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Thursday, July 14, 2011

Postcards From Idaho-"Red Shed in the Blueberry Patch" by Kathryn Willis


Red Shed in the Blueberry Patch, 9x12" oil on panel
by Kathryn Willis


I spotted this pretty scene when I went to visit my friend Anne. I couldn't see the blueberries on the buses, so I guess they just ended up in the mountains!

Painting Available for Purchase

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Wednesday, July 13, 2011

Postcards from Idaho-"Alvin's Old Barn and Outhouse", by Kathryn Willis


Alvin's Old Barn and Outhouse, 12x16" oil on panel
by Kathryn Willis

Last week I painted at the farm across the road from our Idaho cabin. Alvin and his wife, very dear friends of ours, died a few years ago, and now the farm has passed on to their granddaughter and her husband. These old structures are our treasured memories of Alvin.

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Tuesday, July 12, 2011

Postcards From Idaho-"Road to the Cabin" by Kathryn Willis


Road to the Cabin, 9x12" oil on panel
by Kathryn Willis

Available $400


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Monday, July 11, 2011

Postcards from Idaho "Warm River" posted by Kathryn Willis Art

Warm River, 12x16" oil on panel
by Kathryn Willis
available $525

I am an Arizona palette knife painter and new to "Palette Knife Painters" I am honored to be associated with this group of talented painters.
My primary passion is contemporary western landscape painting-primarily the southwest. However, for the next month I will be posting from Idaho. I invite you to follow my "Postcards from Idaho" series on my blog "A Painter's Journey"

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my website: http://kathrynwillis Art.com
my blog: http://kathrynwillisart.com/blog
email: kathy@kathrynwillisart.com

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