Provence Pines
by Marion Hedger
Oil on box canvas
30x30cm
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Showing posts with label impressionist painting. Show all posts
Friday, November 24, 2017
Monday, July 10, 2017
Autumn Gold Provence Landscape Painting by Marion Hedger
Autumn Gold
Provence Landscape Painting
by Marion Hedger
24x30cm
Oil palette knife painting
on canvas panel
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Sunday, July 9, 2017
Hollyhock Garden Provence Garden Painint by Marion Hedger
Hollyhock Garden
Provence Garden Painting
by Marion Hedger
30x40cm
Oil palette knife painting
on gallery wrapped canvas
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Thursday, June 8, 2017
Renoir's Olives by Marion Hedger
Renoir's Olives
by Marion Hedger
30x40cm on box canvas
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Saturday, January 28, 2017
AFTER THE STORM abstract WIP by Marion Hedger
AFTER THE STORM Work in Progress
acrylic abstract painting
50x60cm (20x24in) on gallery wrapped canvas
Day 27 of Jan 2017 30 paintings challenge
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I needed to use paint today - I was getting withdrawal symptons. Read the story about the evolution of this painting. ..
Monday, December 5, 2016
Summer Meadow, Provence landscape painting by Marion Hedger
Summer Meadow 1
by Marion Hedger
6"x6" oil on box canvas
55€
An modern impressionist Provençal landscape painting featuring a wildflowers meandering as far as the eye can see. The flowers dance across the field to the distant mountains.
Painted with a palette knife, the knife strokes are thick and juicy giving this painting a lot of texture as can be seen on the close-up photos. Using a palette knife keeps the colours fresh and vibrant.
"SUMMER MEADOW 2, knife painting"
Oil on 1.5cm deep gallery stretched canvas
Size = 15x15 cm (6"x6")
A sister painting to Summer Meadow 2
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Sunday, December 4, 2016
Summer Meadow 2, Modern Impressionist painting by Marion Hedger
Summer Meadow 2
by Marion Hedger
6"x6" oil on box canvas
55€
An modern impressionist Provencal landscape painting featuring a wildflowers meandering as far as the eye can see. The flowers dance across the field to the distant mountains.
Painted with a palette knife, the knife strokes are thick and juicy giving this painting a lot of texture as can be seen on the close-up photos. Using a palette knife keeps the colours fresh and vibrant.
"SUMMER MEADOW 2, knife painting"
Oil on 1.5cm deep gallery stretched canvas
Size = 15x15 cm (6"x6")
A sister painting to Summer Meadow 1
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Tuesday, October 11, 2016
What are your Favourite Colour Combinations? by Marion Hedger
My friend, artist Sea Dean, posed the question "If you had to choose just two colors what would they be and why?" But it was not as simple as saying blue and yellow, of course she wanted more detail - exactly what shades, which brand etc.
This got me thinking. I use a lot of colour in my paintings but my palette has evolved to always having cadmium yellow medium, ultramarine blue, winsor blue, dioxazine violet and alazarin crimson and often viridian squeezed onto the palette. These basic colours provide me with combinations that suit the Provence landscape. I add yellow ochre pale for some buildings, rocks and pathways and also use other colours as required. I use winsor and Newton oil paints as the consistency is right for me for both palette knife and brush.
I can't say that I have two favourites but there are certain combinations I love and here are two:
Pale purple and green/turquoise
This painting is based on the shimmering combination of the violet and turquoise
For the pale purple I mix diox purple with white, sometimes adding a touch of pink (permanent rose or al. crimson with white) or a touch of pale winsor blue depending upon the temperature I am trying to achieve. For the green turquoise I will mix a combination of phthalo blue, lemon yellow, white and often viridian and winsor blue to get the correct colour.
Yellow and purple
This combination is difficult to pull off because they are both such vibrant colours. It is important to make one of them more dominant than the other. In this painting the purple dominates but the yellow is the star
Of course the yellow doesn't need to be vibrant, the combination works just as well with purple and yellow ochre
This got me thinking. I use a lot of colour in my paintings but my palette has evolved to always having cadmium yellow medium, ultramarine blue, winsor blue, dioxazine violet and alazarin crimson and often viridian squeezed onto the palette. These basic colours provide me with combinations that suit the Provence landscape. I add yellow ochre pale for some buildings, rocks and pathways and also use other colours as required. I use winsor and Newton oil paints as the consistency is right for me for both palette knife and brush.
I can't say that I have two favourites but there are certain combinations I love and here are two:
Pale purple and green/turquoise
This painting is based on the shimmering combination of the violet and turquoise
For the pale purple I mix diox purple with white, sometimes adding a touch of pink (permanent rose or al. crimson with white) or a touch of pale winsor blue depending upon the temperature I am trying to achieve. For the green turquoise I will mix a combination of phthalo blue, lemon yellow, white and often viridian and winsor blue to get the correct colour.
Yellow and purple
This combination is difficult to pull off because they are both such vibrant colours. It is important to make one of them more dominant than the other. In this painting the purple dominates but the yellow is the star
Of course the yellow doesn't need to be vibrant, the combination works just as well with purple and yellow ochre
Saturday, October 1, 2016
Daisy Trio by Marion Hedger
Daisy Trio
by Marion Hedger
Palette knife painting
Oil on 4"x4" mini box canvaS
SOLD
A sister painting to yesterday's painting, see here.
These Minaiture Treasure paintings are fun to paint. It often takes a
few tries (i.e. wiping off!) to get the right feeling for these small
paintings. It's a balance between enough and too much detail.
My 'miniature treasure' paintings are small paintings, usually 4"x4"
that I paint to warm up or if I only have short time to paint (although often they take longer ). The
problem is that they are addictive to paint and so I start building up a
series. Each one has the same heavy impasto as my larger paintings,
click on the photo to enlarge it.
They are a great affordable way to start an art collection and will add spots of colour around the house. They can be framed or displayed on a mini easel.
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Thursday, September 8, 2016
Siesta Time, French Village scene by Marion Hedger
Siesta Time, French Village Scene
palette knife painting by Marion Hedger
Oil on 40x50cm gallery wrap canvas
Day 6 of the 30 paintings in 30 days challenge
As we take our drives out and about we always seem to hit the villages just after lunch time. The villages seem deserted and all the shops are closed giving the village a deceptive calmness.
I feel this painting needs something to give it a bit of zing, so I will put it aside for now and re-assess it in a few days. Contact me if to reserve this painting.
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Friday, September 2, 2016
Provence Hollyhocks Day 1 of the 30 in 30 challenge by Marion Hedger
Hollyhocks in Provence garden scene
by Marion Hedger
18x24cm (approx 7x10")
Oil palette knife painting
Day 1 of the 30 in 30 challenge
In this year's trip during July to the see the lavender we stayed in a small village called Banon. They had this lovely garden which was awash with hollyhocks and located up the hill wil a beautiful view. A peaceful place to sit and contemplate the view of the surrounding country side. See my previous post here.
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Thursday, September 1, 2016
Ikebana 4 - Burnt Orange Chrysanthemums by Marion Hedger
Ikebana 4 - Burnt Orange Chrysanthemums
Oil on canvas panel
by Marion Hedger
24x30 cm (approx 10x12inch)
Palette knife painting
SOLD
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Sunday, August 28, 2016
Sunny Trio Miniature Treasure, Sunflower Floral Painting by Marion Hedger
Sunny Trio Miniature Treasure
palette knife painting
palette knife painting
oil on loose canvas
10x15cm (4"x5")
SOLD
This miniature treasure is painted with a palette knife on canvas from a canvas pad by Belle Arti from Italy, who also make the canvas panels I use. It is a medium cotton canvas and primed. The surface is quite smooth but it accepts the palette knife quite nicely and I enjoy painting on this surface. I used a ground of yellow on the canvas which breaks through in place and adds light to the painting.
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Saturday, August 20, 2016
Geranium Balcony by Marion Hedger - SOLD
Geranium Balcony
18x24cm oil on canvas wood panel
SOLD
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Tuesday, August 16, 2016
Sweet Memories, Rose still life painting by Marion Hedger
Sweet Memories - Roses still life
by Marion Hedger
palette knife paintings
24x30cm (approx 10x12inches)
Another rose still life. I wanted a soft low key effect on this one. Here are some close-ups of the knife work
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Monday, August 15, 2016
Working Loose on Peonies, Bowl of Beauties by Marion Hedger
Bowl of Beauties floral still life
by Marion Hedger
Peony oil painting
20x20cm deep box canvas (1.5inch)
Edges painted purple
Painted with a palette knife.
SOLD
Obtaining soft edges with a palette knife is difficult, so I first painted the peonies followed by the background. Where I wanted soft edges, I swiped palette knife across the edge to soften it and mix the paint. Where necessary I added extra paint on the knife before swiping going from the petal into the background and sometimes vice versa.
Close-ups
Here are some close-ups showing this
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Saturday, August 13, 2016
Waiting for the Bees by Marion Hedger -SOLD
Waiting for the bees by Marion Hedger
18x24cm oil on canvas panel.
SOLD
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Monday, August 8, 2016
Hidden Passageway oil painting by Marion Hedger
Hidden Passageway by Marion Hedger
12x16 oil on wrapped canvas
A secluded alleyway in picturesque St Paul de Vence, my home village.
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Saturday, July 30, 2016
Organic Lavender Field Commission Painting by Marion Hedger
Organic Lavender Field Commission Painting
by Marion Hedger
24x30cm (approx 10x12")
oil on MDF canvas panel
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Wednesday, July 20, 2016
Three Roses Still Life Painting by Marion Hedger
Three roses still life painting
by Marion Hedger
6x8 oil on box canvas
SOLD
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