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Showing posts with label sail boat. Show all posts
Showing posts with label sail boat. Show all posts
Monday, June 1, 2015
Overcast Day on the Green and Glassy Sea, by New York artist, Celeste Plowden
I learned the art of acrylic and pastel painting through private instruction, after having spent my career as a designer of printed fabrics in the New York market place. I am a graduate of the College of Design, Art and Architecture at the University of Cincinnati, with a major in the History of Art, 1977. Later, I studied printed textile design at Parsons School of Design, in New York. Immediately afterward, I began free lance work for several design studios in the garment district of NYC, where I did re-coloration work for printed apparel fabrics, and sold my own designs through Bread and Butter Designs,also located in New York. In addition, during the 1980's and 1990's, I designed a number of needlecraft and stencil books for Dover Publications. Currently, I am working on a series of exotic birds and other animals done in acrylic paint, with a palette knife, for texture and brilliant color. I consider my paintings to be representational or impressionistic in nature, and I use fantasy colors because what I see often makes me feel these colors,and what would make an interesting composition, rather than using realistic colors.
Wednesday, April 8, 2015
Thursday, April 26, 2012
Palette Knife Painting Commission of Lake Grapevine Sailing - Judy Mackey
"Lake Grapevine Sailing"
8" x 8 ", Oil on Canvas
Last year a friend of mine took a sailing class on Lake Grapevine. He liked it so much that he bought a sailboat. In one of our email exchanges he mentioned that he might ask me to paint his sailboat.
Last December, his wife, seeing our email exchange decided to surprise her husband with a painting since he'd not gotten around to sending me photos or commissioning me. It would be too late to have it ready by Christmas but that was OK, she said and sent along several paintings of him sailing solo.
I didn't know which to paint so I painted two different views. Sometimes I like to do that, especially if the work I'm doing is in a small scale format, and let the client pick which they'd like better. So yesterday's post with the painting of the sailboat and today's sailboat is for the same couple.
Although the painting would not be in time for Christmas, she still wanted to keep this as a surprise for her husband so we talked on the phone on the sly, deciding on sizes, etc.
About a week later, she calls me rather excitedly to tell me that her husband would be calling, finally, with a commission for a sailing painting but I was to not tell him about her commission and do whatever he wants - even if he might be emailing me the same photos.
I'll tell you the "rest of the story" in my next blog post..
Website: JudyMackey.com
Email: CLICK HERE
If you are interested in commissioning a painting like this, please email me at judy@judymackey.com.
If you like my work, I hope you will refer me to your friends.
Friday, October 1, 2010
Summer Breeze by Roxanne Steed
6"x36" oil on gallery-wrapped canvas, 1 1/2" deep, edges painted with design continued from front
"Live each season as it passes."
- Henry David Thoreau
Today's painting "Summer Breeze" is a different format than I've worked on before, a very long, 6"x36" oil on gallery-wrapped canvas that is 1 1/2 inches deep. The sides are painted with the design carrying around the edges, so there is no need to frame if you choose that contemporary look. I love being able to live close to water, everything about it- to hear the wind blow across, smell the salt air, and try and see as far as I can - especially in the varying weather. One of my favorite places to just 'be'.
To purchase, please contact me: roxannesteed@gmail.com
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