"It's Simply Lemon!" by Lynda Cookson

Tea pots, flowers, lemons and abstracts ... four of my favourite things.

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"It's Simply Lemon!" by Lynda Cookson

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"Green Vase With Lemons" By Mark Bidstrup

Simple still life study. I just took a advanced two day landscape class with Terry Muira. He's a master at the atmospheric landscape. I'll post a few of those paintings once they are dry.

10" x 8" oil on Raymar Plein Air Panel.  Unframed and shipped at $175.00

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Yesterday's Rose by Pamela Blaies

Yesterday's Rose

6" x 6"

oil on linen panel

I cut this rose to paint a little while ago, but didn't get to it that day. Today, I decided I wanted to put it in my composition. Alas, it was to pooped to party and began dropping petals left and right. I still loved its graceful shape and decided the fading beauty was the heart of this little piece.

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Teacup Collection by Pamela Blaies

Having Friends to Tea

6" x 6"

oil on linen panel

I love teacups and have quite a few in my collection. Here are some of them stacked and ready to set the table for tea.

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Cobalt Blue by Pamela Blaies

Cobalt and Lemons

7" x 5"

oil on linen panel

I love this little cobalt blue bud vase. It is so deep blue, that it almost looks black unless I put it on something white. Then the blue really comes out as the white gleams through and reflects back onto the glass. Pairing it with lemons is the perfect complement.

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Carving Out Time for Me by Pamela Blaies

Time for Tea

6" x 6"

oil on linen panel

I had a thousand things going yesterday, so it was tough to carve out time to paint, but I was determined. I headed to my studio, turned off all of the phones and felt like I was entering a spa. As I listened to music, the composition seemed to put itself together. I used a lot of paint and intentionally kept my brushstrokes loose. With my palette knife I gave juicy highlights to the lemons and sharp reflections on the cup with gold trim. This has turned out to be one of my favorites, it feels fresh and full of color and light.

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Accepted into the Oil Painters of America 2013 Juried Salon Show by Pamela Blaies

Copper Kettle with Lemons

12" x 24"

oil on linen

I was excited to find out that my painting Copper Kettle and Lemons was juried into the Oil Painters of America 2013 Juried Salon Show. It will be held at the Crooked Tree Arts Center in Petosky, Michigan and will run from June 20 - Augus 31,2013. There is a reception on June 21 from 5 - 9 pm. Although the show is way up in Michigan, I sure hope I'll be able to make it!

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Warm Light Effects by Pamela Blaies

Baby's Breath in a Blue Bottle with Lemons

24" x 20"

Oil on Canvas

This blue bottle has been fun to paint. I love the way light flows through it, subtly illuminating the beautiful deep blue and throwing colorful shadows, and how it reflects colors around it. I paired it with yellow lemons on a white napkin, but didn't want to give it a stark contrast. So I bathed the setting in warm light which softened the look just perfectly for me. Sitting on a worn, old table against the wall gives it a Tuscan feeling.    Ciao!

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Limoncello - Palette Knife Painting - Amalfi Lemons by Judy Mackey

"Limoncello"

24" x  30" x 1.5 inches, Oil on stretched canvas

A little on this painting above - Limoncello - the very strong alcoholic drink made from lemons.  Along the Amalfi Coast of Italy - there are lemon growers along the cliffs - known for their lemons and this strong liquor.  So this painting of a big bowl of lemons - it seemed appropriate to give it this title - available for purchase on Ugallery.

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Sundance To Spring by Roxanne Steed

12"x12" oil on archival board

"It's spring fever. That is what the name of it is. And when you've got it, you want - oh, you don't quite know what is is you DO want, but it just fairly makes your heart ache, you want it so!" - Mark Twain

This quote made me laugh. Is it the wishing for Spring that makes me so restless? I've been on a de-cluttering kick the last several days. I wonder if that is just part of wanting the 'newness' of Spring to be here, or if it's just good to "clear the house - clear the head" kind of thing. Which I think works, as I finished the painting I started the day before!

"Sundance To Spring" is a 12"x12" oil on archival board. Contact me at this link for more information about this painting, or to purchase.

Looks like March is going to come in "like a lion". They're calling for wind gusts of 50mph, with rain and there's likely to be lots of snow melt-off. Crossing my fingers that there's no flooding around here!

Sunny Escape - Lemons & Blue Glass by Roxanne Steed

6"x6" oil on gessoed masonite archival artboard

"The day the Lord created hope was probably the same day he created Spring."

-Bern Williams

It's good to be back in the studio again! As I was arranging this bowl of lemons, one seemed to be trying to make it's escape (off to the right), so he wouldn't get sliced up like the ones on the left! But the most wonderful thing about posing your models (these lemons) in a strong light, is looking for the wonderful color reflections and the colors in the cast shadows. It's the thing I've really been pursuing in these recent still life set ups! And yes, each painting always makes me look forward to 'the next one'!

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Full Swing Spring by Roxanne Steed

12"x16" oil on linen mounted on museum quality board

"No matter how long the winter, how hard the frost or how deep the snow, nature triumphs. No season is awaited so eagerly or welcomed so warmly as spring."

-Sheila Pickles

I do hope you've missed me over the last few days! I've been in San Diego with my husband (he's here on business travel). When we were packing for this trip rain had been forecast for both days we planned on being here, so I didn't pack the paint gear this time. But I had the most wonderful opportunity to meet up with some dear friends that were a big part of my life when I lived here ten years ago! It was SOOO much fun to catch up - a lot goes on in ten years time...but funny thing, I think only our children have aged! My friends looked GREAT as ever! Those years seemed to fall away pretty quickly & it was like I had only been gone a short time. Thanks Anne & Wendy!!

Before we left CT on Tuesday, I had just finished painting, "Full Swing Spring", a 12"x16" oil on linen mounted on museum quality board. The days are getting a little longer there finally, and we've had a couple of surprisingly warm days (for late winter anyway). I'm looking forward to a 'full swing Spring' and was just thinking how a visit with dear friends is just like a sunny day in Spring! Keeps you smiling - that's for certain!

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