Color of Summer by Kay Wyne

Color of Summer

10" x 20" Oil on RayMar Cotton Panel

Contemporary Landscape Painting

Pushing, pulling, scraping and laying in the oils with my palette knife gives this painting an impressionistic feeling.  I started with an underpainting using a brush.  After looking at it for a couple of months on my easel, I decided I needed to take a different approach and repainted it with the knife.  I am much more satisfied with the outcome, especially with the color relationships.  The burnt orange contrasting against the violet and greens makes it pop. The colors of the landscape remind me of how a hot and dry summer day feels....therefore, the name, "Color of Summer".  I can't wait to put a frame on this panel once I varnish it.  This painting will be for sale once it dries.  Contact Kay for purchasing info.  Thanks, Kay

Tickled Pink by Kay Wyne

Tickled Pink

18" x 24" Oil on Gallery Wrap 

Contemporary Palette Knife Painting
Contact Kay for more info on this painting.

Tickled Pink is a palette knife painting that has very thick players of paint on the canvas. I loved mixing the piles of gooey oils in orange, pink, lavender and corals for this contemporary palette knife painting.  I had painted a similar painting several months ago, but it was lacking in depth, so this is my answer to that issue!!!  This is a close-up shot of the painting so that you can see the body and thick build-up of the oils.

Thanks for looking at my art....I hope we are finished with the snow and ice...more painting in the studio tomorrow.  Have an artful day!  Kay

Thoughtful by Kay Wyne

Thoughtful

24" x 20" Oil on Gallery Wrap Linen

Contemporary Still Life Painting

Simple, bold and colorful.

This bouquet of flowers would

be a great Valentine's gift.

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information on this contemporary

palette knife painting.  Kay

Yellow Bucket of Flowers(sold!) & Don't Worry, Be Happy Flops by Roxanne Steed

6"x6" oil on gessoed masonite panel

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Yay, it feels great to be back in the studio PAINTING! It's been a busy winter, who woulda thunk it?

I recently got back from a short trip to Hawaii! Now, before you get all excited, it....was...very....short! In fact, I spent as much time in airplanes and airports as I did on the ground there. But it was productive three days, none-the-less.  I took a sketchbook....and a swim-suit....and that's about it! Oh yeah, some flip-flops (umm, they are called 'rubber sandals' over there in Oahu) don't make the mistake to call them the wrong thing! 

You definitely need a pair like this! Yes, even in a freezing winter (like I'm having here in CT). I can just slip these babies on and feel like summer is really going to get here! (hey, it worked for Dorothy, even if those were ruby slippers, not rubber slippers). 

and yes, those things really do make GREAT prints in the sand! (or wet tracks on sidewalks!) Woohoo!  Where did I get those? Subscribe to my Cheer Factor newsletter, and I'll tell you all in the next issue!

ALSO***** "a save the date notice" for Saturday, June 1st- this summer. I'll be releasing some very exciting news....think gardens, blooms, summer fragrances...sigh! More about that in my upcoming news- letter, too!

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Confusion by Kay Wyne

Confusion

30" x 40" Oil on Gallery Wrap Canvas

Wide brush strokes, palette knives and oil sticks were used to create this original abstract painting. Cool blues, violets and turquoise oils are layered on the canvas. Contact Kay for more information on this painting. Thanks, Kay 214-532-0325 or kay@kwyne.com.

Passing Showers by Roxanne Steed

9"x12" oil on Belgian linen mounted on archival board

"I believe that there is a subtle magnetism in Nature, which, if we unconsciously yield to it, will direct us aright. ~Henry David Thoreau

Thoreau really had it right. When I do get outside to the woods and fields, I really do find it exhilarating (and that I've got myself in the right place). And that's whether I'm painting, hiking, or even taking a short stroll. Lately I've been exploring some additional painting possibilities in our region.

This morning I did take a short trek over to nearby Barn Island, just over in Stonington. I could see that the sky was clearing in that direction, and thought that there would be some interesting cloud cover as the front blew over. It started sprinkling when I pulled out of the driveway, so I wasn't sure if I'd get to paint or just be rained on. But it was a nice heavy cloud cover with band of clearing sky near the horizon. I was really drawn to the way the bands of cloud light reflected into the marsh water pools. On gray days, everything is much closer in value range (and the color can sometimes seem so rich).

This painting can be purchased unframed directly from me at my DailyPainters.com gallery store, or contact me here.

Gray Day Spring, Third Year In The Artist's Garden, Plein Air by Roxanne Steed

6"x8" oil on Belgian linen mounted on archival panel

I love spring anywhere, but if I could choose I would always greet it in a garden. ~Ruth Stout


This week I've spent a lot of time painting BIG! I've been staining/weather-proofing my back deck. I'm reminded how much energy is spent when you are using your whole body in the painting process. Man I am worn-out, but am happy to have completed this project, before this week's coming rains set in! Saturday, once I unfolded all the achy parts of my back and every limb I decided to paint outside. It was that soft gray day, with no cast shadows, no strong sunlight, but no dark clouds just yet either. It has been really fun documenting the changes in this garden over the past three years. Sometimes it's hard to believe all this has been created in such a short time. The rose canes are thick and strong, arching across the fence line, with so many buds forming to blossom in the coming weeks! The creeping phlox is blooming in great mounds of lavender and pink. Soon their show will fade and something else will come along to add some color. It's going to be quite the year in this garden!

For more information, contact me here.

Ulupalakua View, Maui - Janet Bludau

This 6x6 oil on board was completed earlier in the year.  As with many of my paintings I have used both palette knifes and brushes.  I love the combined effects of the rough and smooth, thick and thin.
 I joined the Palette Knife Painting group online not too long ago so you haven't seen this one yet!  I lived on the island of Maui for 5 years and this was the view from a friend's porch in Ulupalakua.  The water you see in the distance would be Makena Beach.  This is a beautiful part of the island and shouldn't be missed if you find yourself there!
My email address is:  janethod@aol.com
My personal blog is:  http://janetbludaufineart.blogspot.com

Seduction - Original Tango Painting by Nithya Swaminathan

I love painting the Tango and it is such an oft repeated motif in my work. The difference in this one though is that I chose to do without the legs for once. I also went in for a different palette doing away with red. This painting is much larger than my other Tango pieces. Let me know what you think.

Seduction

Oil on Canvas, 16 by 16 inches

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desert plein air oil landscape by BECKY JOY

Phoenix View  9x12 oil on canvas panel, plein air

$450. To buy click here.

I've gone out painting the last three mornings. This was from this morning. I felt pretty good about this painting. I've been trying to use the palette knife a little more this week. Yesterday was frustration!

I feel that I get cleaner, brighter colors by using the palette knife more so than the brush. I do like to use both. They each have their advantages and distinctive look. This is looking down a wash off into the distance with the houses and mountains.

Hopefully, I'm out again tomorrow morning. Gorgeous weather right now!

Becky Joy

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Daily sunset oil painting by BECKY JOY

Sky #70, I think 6x6 oil on canvas panel $150. includes free shipping

in US and free black display easel

Actually, I'm not sure how many skies I have painted in the last few months, but I would guess that it is at least 75. There are some larger ones that I did not post. Anyway, this is a continuation of the series. I've had this one done for a couple of weeks, but looking at it this morning I felt some of the color was off. So, back to the easel with a couple of tweaks. I think I've got it now. We'll see tomorrow. Sometimes its hard to stay out of them.

The weather is gorgeous here in Phoenix right now, so off for plein air painting tomorrow!

Talk to you all later.

Becky
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BECKY JOY desert oil landscape

5x7 oil on canvas panel Sky #51  $150.

I went up to Prescott yesterday to give a demo at Mountain Artists Guild. I thought I was totally prepared, but I forgot my tripod. I was trying to pack as light as possible thinking they would have an easel for me to use, but no. So, I managed to paint on a 16x20 canvas for the demo. My position for painting was a little difficult, so I certainly wouldn't consider it one of my best demos. But I think everyone got something out of it, so that is good.

I painted this one today in the studio from an old photo. The field was a variety of warm colors with the late afternoon sun.  The light was hitting the trees and the tops of the fence posts. A really nice scene.

We poured concrete this week for an addition to the house and then driving to Prescott yesterday, I'm pretty tired now and not doing much of anything. Hopefully, Mon I'll be back in the swing of things.

I'll talk to you all tomorrow.

Becky Joy

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BECKY JOY painting challenge imperial auto

6x6 oil on canvas panel, "Classic"

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Last night during the superbowl when I was cruising the internet I found this challenge on the Daily Paintworks. Carol Marine posted this photo of a classic Imperial auto. I'm always a sucker for old vehicles, so I had to paint it last night. I couldn't see the colors in the photo real well which was probably the glare on the computer screen with all the lights on in the studio last night, but paint it I did. I'm not sure if the challenge was over or not, but I'm sure I was the last to post. Anyway, I'll have to try it again.

Well, back to painting some more skies. I'm hoping to get some small ones done this week. It was a hectic week for me last week. I did get some painting done, but it wasn't little ones. So, off to the treadmill then painting. Talk to you all tomorrow.

Becky Joy

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Dawn sky and trees oil painting by Becky Joy

6x6 oil on canvas panel $150, free shipping in US, free display easel

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I have made up a page that spells out my buying, shipping and the guarantee for my paintings. If you want to see it click here.

I got back to painting today after spending a lot of time working on the website last week. Since I'm not a tech person, I'm sure that this has taken a lot longer than it would others. But, I must say, I am proud of what I accomplished here. I'm still hearing about a couple little tweaks that I need to take care of. I guess the comment form goes too far to the right. I'll have to work on that now. If you see something I should change or is confusing, etc., let me know. Ah, the job of an artist is never done. Didn't we say that about motherhood too? and housework?

My next job will be getting out the newsletter. Oh, and another thing, when I switched my blogs, I lost several subscribers for the blog. I'm picking up some, but it is slow going. So, if you stop by and have not subscribed or wondered why you weren't getting anything in your emails, that's the reason.

This weekend I rewrote my "about me" page. I tried to make it show some of my personality and not be so dry and factual. You might check it out. Then you can see the real me. At least, a part of me.

Tomorrow I will be off working on the house. We are having cement poured for a new patio across the back of the house. Yippeee! But, I will be back online with ustream on Wednesday for the weekly show at 3 pm PDT. So come join me in my studio as I paint.

Talk to ya'all later.

Becky
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Moonscape oil painting by BECKY JOY

6x6 oil on canvas panel $125/ price includes shipping in US and free display easel

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I have tried this color combination before without success. I wanted to have a yellow/orange moon. I've tried this before a couple of times, but threw them out and tried it again and again. This time I started with cad orange, cad yellow lt and titanium for the moon. I then used ultramarine with the orange and moved out to dioxazene purple. In the end, I felt that the colors that I used worked together.

On my last post, I got a comment about my plein air painting. John thought he saw a car in the background. I wasn't sure what he saw, but I eventually got that the rail fence in the background looked a little like a car window. I felt if he saw it others probably would also. It wasn't necessary to the scene, so I painted it out. Also he said he thought the bushes behind the tree wasn't right. It was actually an area that I got lazy with while I was painting it. I had wondered about that area, so I repainted it. I think that by listening to John that I came away with a better painting. I'll have to take a photo of it tomorrow to let you see the new changes.
Talk to you all later.
Becky Joy

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Sky #38 desert sky by BECKY JOY

Sky # 38  6x6 oil landscape on canvas panel

$125. free shipping, free display easel

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I know the sky doesn't have a lot going on in it. It is really about the ground on this one, but I'm going to post it as sky #38.

I started the painting as an abstract shape for the shadows linking them together. All paintings have as their essence abstract shapes to hold the painting together. I then started adding the light on the ground and details with few details in the shadows. The sky was next laying down a golden pink at the horizon and more on the right, then cad red with titanium and lastly, at the top I layed in alizarine crimson and titanium. After that was all down I then went over the sky with ultramarine and titanium keeping it lighter at the horizon. This grayed the sky, but kept it warm with the reds under it.

I'm starting to get together some images for an ebook that I will be putting together along with the progression and explanations for my reasoning and choices. Hopefully, it will be ready within two weeks. The hardest part is for me to remember to stop painting and to take a photo.

Well, onto more painting today.

Talk to you all later.

Becky Joy

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White Flowers - Palette Knife Painting by Judy Mackey

"White Flowers 2"

6 x 6 inches, Oil on board

I'd painted this subject and in these similar colors earlier this year and  it sold.  But the painting caught the eye of a Photographer friend in Massachusettes so I painted him this one for him.

If you'd like a painting like this please visit my website at www.judymackey.com for more paintings and contact information.

Contemporary Palette Knife Artist, Judy Mackey

Splash! (Norfolk Botanical Garden) sold, by Roxanne Steed

8"x10" oil on Belgian linen mounted on archival board

"Where I was born and where and how I have lived is unimportant. It is what I have done with where I have been that should be of interest."
- Georgia O'Keefe

On the Friday morning that I spent painting for the "Out & About Norfolk" plein air event, I took myself back to one of my old favorite 'hang-outs'- the Norfolk Botanical Gardens. One of the most delightful things is to walk the paths through the gardens, and find the ah-ha! place that takes your breath away. Depending upon the season and what is blooming at the time, it can be a different place each visit....most likely many places within the garden will provide this!! And of course, one of my very places to set up and paint is near the fountain. This garden is created so that you can see this fountain from so many different angles...and all the plantings behind that part, frame up the view perfectly! I'm always amazed at the artistry of the plantings, it's like a painting everywhere you look! So here is a view I hadn't noticed to paint before...
This painting "Splash" is an 8"x10" oil on Belgian linen mounted on archival board sold that Saturday evening at the show and now belongs to my newest corporate collector, Bank of Hampton Roads!

"Life In Circles Red" Original Abstract Expressionism Palette Knife Oil Painting by Kimberly Conrad

Original 8x10 oil painting on prepared paper. To purchase, contact me at kkconrad2@aol.com

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