Friday, July 26, 2013

"Tiny Sunflower" Original Palette Knife Painting by Hallie Kohn Art

The southwest side of our house is next to the garage and a little side yard where I plant seeds with the perennials. Last year I had the most adorable fairie garden with delicate little flowers in all different colors. This year, I thought I bought the same brand and packaging, but think I must have purchased a butterfly or bird loving variety instead.

There were cosmos (which grow very tall), and then I was trying to figure out what these thick stalks were going to be--they seemed to be everywhere and so huge! We soon realized they were sunflowers and my little guys both got kind of excited about them. And with all the excitement (and eager volunteers) I had no choice but to paint one against a gorgeous summer sky.

12x24 Oil on Museum Quality Panel



[close-up view]

All these from a pouch of mixed seeds!

Rose of Sharon and White Hydrangeas by Floral Artist Nancy Medina


Rose of Sharon and White Hydrangeas
by Nancy Medina
16X20
Oil on Archival Panel




Rose of Sharon and White Hydrangeas was my seventh class demonstration at my flower painting workshop in St. Louis a few weeks ago. Eighteen students painted in oils and acrylics to produce paintings of geraniums, hydrangeas, daisies, and sunflowers during three days in the beautiful historic district near The Hill. I wanted to be sure the white hydrangeas stood out, so I made the white china pot a bit more golden and subdued. The fresh Rose of Sharon flowers were a gift from Tina, one of my talented students, and were that sweet bit of color pop that set off the whole arrangement. You can see the fresh flowers that inspired Rose of Sharon below. 



The flower models take a bow!



MY MORNING COMPANION by Carol Schiff, 6x8" Oil

When I spend time in the Smoky Mountains, I start many of my days on the porch, with a cup of coffee.  It's a special time of day as the sun streams in over the mountains and starts to burn off the protective layer of "smoke" from the night before.

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It's just me, my coffee, and this old dogwood tree that sits in our yard.  A very nice way to start the day.


Soon the sun will rise over the mountain tops and light will stream in behind the tree.  My little special moment of the morning is gone and it is time to start my day.

Do you have a special moment each morning?



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And Then There were Eight, Contemporary Horse Paintings by Texas Artist Laurie Pace


  
  © G.O.D. Laurie Justus Pace      Graphics One Design 2013

And Then There were Eight

32 x 48 inches Oil on Canvas. 

A Flash Back to those pulled ponies with a new painting. This piece is available. Contact me. 

Laurie Pace
A Texas Artist


Pace Studio 
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"Mountain Splendor" Original Palette Knife Aspen Tree Landscape Paintings by Colorado Impressionist Judith Babcock

                               

 30x40 Oil on Canvas/Available

 Original Palette Knife Aspen Tree Landscape Paintings

 To purchase, contact Judith at lododuo@aol.com

 To see more of my work, visit http://JudithBabcock.com

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Thursday, July 25, 2013

Day 38, Project 125 Peaceful and Restful oil landscape painting BECKY JOY


© 2014 Becky Joy    Peaceful Respite    oil     6 inches x 6 inches      $125.
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Today (I always start out that way, don't I).   Hmmm.... gotta mix it up a bit.  Anyway, on with the day. I shipped off my paintings for the Plein Air Artists Colorado Annual Show at Abend Gallery in Denver. The show runs Aug 10 - 31.
Then, it was off to the art store in Scottsdale. I needed some smaller new tubes of paint for traveling on the plane. Some of my tubes were no longer readable, so much better to be safe and have labels clearly marked and full tubes. Then a couple more errand and lunch with my daughter. The afternoon was finally spent painting. This was painted in the studio, a kind of restful, peaceful scene. I think I needed that.
I hope some of you can join me painting in Italy at the Posara Watermill June 7 -14, 2014. Booking from now until Aug 31, 2013 there is a special discount where you can save on the rates. For more information on the workshop click here.
Now, a quiet evening!

Becky Joy
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"Trail on the Mediterranean Sea" Original Palette Knife Painting by Hallie Kohn Art

This was a commissioned piece done for a couple who travel a lot and were just home from Italy. The image captured a whimsical moment of theirs, and was a unique photo taken on a trail in Cinque Terre that connected the village of Monteresso with Vernazza. The lock was added from another photo on Via dell' Amore that spelled out their names with a heart in the middle. (And you know I'm loving the blue!)

12x12 Oil on Museum Quality Panel

Sevier River by Artist of Texas, Sheri Jones

Sevier River
9x12 oil on canvas board

I painted this on the property of Cottonwood Meadow Lodge in southern Utah.
We were fortunate to spend three nights here and loved every minute of it. I was free to roam the property and paint all I wanted. It was hard to leave this beautiful part of the country.
This is available for purchase.
$250.00
Sheri@sheriart.net
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Pink Roses and Award Winning Cottage Gardens of Coronado by Nancy Medina


Coronado Island Coral and Pink Roses
by Nancy Medina
16X12
Oil on Archival Panel



I'm warming up my brushes this week for my workshop in San Diego, and taking a virtual tour of some of my favorite cottage and flower garden photos. I'll be returning to sunny California in November and promise to take lots of pictures to share with you here. 




My favorite flower shop on Coronado Island!


Original oil painting Churchill Down, Kentucky Derby and Roses by Karen Tarlton

9x12
Churchill Down, Twin Towers and Roses

A different take on the lovely home of the Kentucky Derby :)
(Next one will include the horses)

Crossing the County Line, Contemporary Horse Palette Knife Painting by Texas Artist Laurie Pace

  © G.O.D. Laurie Justus Pace      Graphics One Design 2013

30 x 40 Inches, Oil on Canvas 

This is another beautiful Contemporary Horse Painting finished in February of this year for The White Dog Gallery.

You can purchase the painting here. 

Laurie Pace
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Wednesday, July 24, 2013

DAZZLING SUNSET SKY by TOM BROWN


Painting DAZZLING SUNSET SKIES is a great PLEASURE. And my new video shows you how to do it yourself. It’s FUN. And it’s EASY.

Live-action demonstrations show you the 5 essential keys that almost guarantee perfect results every single time. You’re bound to paint more “KEEPERS” this way.

I demonstrate all my techniques, tips, secrets and shortcuts. For example …

I’ll show you a critical step to take even before you pick up a brush.
And how to surprise the viewer with an unexpected technique.
I’ll show you how to add “zing” that sets your work apart.
You’ll see the importance of movement and positioning of key shapes.
And there’s more. Lots more.
I even include a gallery of dynamic sunset paintings to keep you inspired.

It’s a short video but it’s LOADED WITH INFORMATION you can use right away. And it costs ONLY A FEW DOLLARS. The running time is a little more than ten minutes but you’ll be amazed at how much I packed into it.

I’m sure you’ll want to watch it again and again as you master these techniques and approaches. Give it a try and START HAVING MORE FUN WITH YOUR OWN PAINTINGS TODAY.

“DAZZLING SUNSET SKIES”
(Running time is 10:31) $11.00
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Thanks for stopping by
Tom Brown
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"Full Bloom" Original Palette Knife Still Life Floral Oil Painting by Colorado Impressionist Judith Babcock

                             

 16x20 Oil on Canvas

 Original Palette Knife Still Life Floral Oil Painting

 To purchase, contact Judith at lododuo@aol.com

 To see more of my work, visit http://JudithBabcock.com


Original oil painting Summer Beach Children Ocean by Karen Tarlton

  Summer Beach Memories
16x20
Oil
A charming and special Summer beach memory in vivid, rich oils and my modern impressionistic style. I think it’s these special carefree moments in time that are the most precious, and the ones we look back on tearfully as our children grow up. This original oil painting is rich with color and texture. Thickly sculpted with expressive palette knife movements, I capture a young girl enjoying the wonders of the ocean. 

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SOLD ~ Pink Roses of Coronado and a San Diego Workshop by Floral Artist Nancy Medina

 

Adrift on the Breeze ~
Pink Roses of Coronado Island
by Nancy Medina

SOLD

8X10
Oil on Archival Panel



Adrift on the Breeze, Pink Roses of Coronado Island is the newest small daily painting in Flower Mound Studio. I love making bright color happen on canvas, and pink roses just lend themselves to so many different combinations - blues, oranges, purples, and - don't forget - pinks! We'll be painting pink roses during my workshop in San Diego in November, along with quite a few other fresh flowers. I hope to see you there. Bring your walking shoes and warm up your camera, I'm going to take you to the garden where these pink roses grow all year round! Click here for more information!
Set me a task in which I can put something of my very self, 

and it is a task no longer; it is joy; it is art.

- William Bliss Carman

Standing Ground, Contemporary Horse Paintings by Texas Artist Laurie Pace at The White Dog Gallery, Colorado


  
  © G.O.D. Laurie Justus Pace      Graphics One Design 2013

Standing Ground
40 x 40 inches Oil on Canvas. 
Available at The White Dog Gallery Colorado
or email Alan

STRONG stunning piece for a room. The size is 40 x 40 inches. The strength of the horses and the color tell the story through the energy of the palette knife.

The White Dog Gallery is in Carbondale, Colorado. I have been a featured artist there since February of 2013.



Laurie Pace
A Texas Artist


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Tuesday, July 23, 2013

VISTA/03 by Kim McAninch

12" x 12"
Oil on 2" Cradled Panel
For Sale
I am very happy with the latest in my VISTA Series
"While working within the reference of landscape, I am expanding the horizon lines and distance.  My goal is to offer more information with the avoidance of detailed descriptions, moving towards abstraction and allowing for imagination."
Please visit my blog  to view more of my work or contact me.
I would love to hear from you.  In fact, it would make my day.  

Day 36, Project 125 Old Red Shack Painting Revisited, BECKY JOY

 
© 2013   Becky Joy      Day 36, Old Red Shack   oil     6 inches x 6 inches    $125.
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Today I painted from an old painting from about two years ago. It is amazing how much my painting has changed in that time. But, I am still on that quest of loosening up a bit. I've always like to look of abstract and realism together. I'm looking to get some of that in my paintings. With this painting, I painted in all the forms, then deconstructed it with my brush. I then went back into it with some strong brushwork. That is what I'm after, it just need some refining and more painting time to get it where I want.

As soon as I'm done here, I'll be gathering my paints together and a larger canvas to take to the Royal Palms Resort tonight. I will be doing a demo this time on a larger canvas. I want to work on some of my thoughts with this painting and my last one. I'll take some photos of it and show you tomorrow the results.

Becky Joy
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"Side by Side"
by Noreen Coup

Original Palette Knife Oil
12 x 12 inch, unframed

SOLD ~ Dreams to Come Peonies by Floral Artist Nancy Medina


Dreams to Come Peonies
by Nancy Medina
16X12
Oil on Archival Panel

SOLD



My husband comes home from work, now that I am no longer a slave to corporate America, and he says: "What did you do today, nuthin?" And he grins. Now that I am working solely as an artist, I never stop. Here's my typical day: Read more...

MOUNTAIN SUNSET by Carol Schiff 4x6x1.25" daily oil painting

I am just home from a trip to the Blue Ridge Mountains, which inspired my painting for today.

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My goal was to reproduce the vibrant colors of the sunset with just a suggestion of mountain ridges.


I enjoy the thick application of paint and rough, unfinished texture in this piece.  It seems the more I paint, the more I move towards the abstract form.

This painting is a 4x6" on 1.5" gallery wrap canvas.

For those of you in and around Melbourne, FL, I am participating in an exhibition with my paint buddies, Pieces of Eight.  It will be at the King Center through the month of July.


Be sure to check it out on your next visit to the King Center.


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"Upper Meadow" Original Palette Knife Poppy Landscape Painting by Colorado Impressionist Judith Babcock

                                


 18x24 Oil on Canvas/Available

 Original Palette Knife Poppy Impressionistic Landscape Painting

 To purchase, contact Judith at lododuo@aol.com

 To see more of my work, visit http://JudithBabcock.com


Summer Nude 1 2013, Palette Knife Nude Painting by Texas Artist Laurie Pace


  
  © G.O.D. Laurie Justus Pace      Graphics One Design 2013

18 x 24 Inches Oil 

This is a second painting defining a technique or signature style for me. I will be using it in a workshop coming up in early August in Dallas.

Creamy oil paints layering together and blending both energy and color in the composition of this nude painting.

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Laurie Pace
A Texas Artist


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Monday, July 22, 2013

Day 35, Abandoned Turn-of-the-Century Home oil Painting BECKY JOY


© 2013 Becky Joy    Abandoned House    oil     6 inches x 6 inches     $125.
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Today was a day of errands. I woke up late, finally got on the treadmill after an hour and a half or so on the computer. While I was on the treadmill, I remembered that I was meeting a bunch of artists today at 11:30. After a quick shower, it was on the road. It was a great lunch-meeting with some good networking. I learned all kinds of things that were going on locally here. Anyway, ideas are forming now. I then stopped at my daughter's house, talked a while with her and the grandkids, went to the store with her and borrowed her camera.

I came home a took some photos of a bunch of paintings. (Her camera is a better one than mine. I use it for special photos here and there.)  After that, I finally got down to some painting this afternoon. I intended to work on a large one today, but it didn't happen. This was it! This painting is similar to a plein air that I painted in Oregon. This time, I played with the edges a little more and tried to loosen up with all but the white of the house. The field is looser with a pathway of a couple of strong strokes.

Tomorrow, there's always tomorrow for the big painting and to get that one more little painting caught up. I am behind one now. This weekend I spent most of my time rebuilding my webite, Easel Notes. I opened a website on the computer while I had my webpage open. It attacked my website before I knew it. I had to go into the html to remove it and while I was at it, I was putting in a new header, then a new menu......... Well, it was a big job. I'm not quite done, but it's looking a lot better. Some little changes and additions and it will be in pretty good shape. Then, I'll try to start posting on it more.

Talk to you all later.

"The First Ripe Raspberry" Original Palette Knife Painting by Hallie Kohn Art

Took this photo about two weeks ago and loved it! I never in a million years thought I would attempt to paint this with the palette knife. It was a complete experiment, so I decided to underpaint with the brush so that I could establish all of the shadows and "stuff" behind the subject. This proved to be very helpful and mind you, this is the second time I've used a brush in at least a year!

It was really fun and at one point I questioned introducing the knife at all... Then, just as I said to my husband that I wasn't sure how far to take it with the brush, the brush broke! I completely believe in signs, so decided that was a pretty good time to stop. (Kind of like when I've been on the computer for too long and the iPad just turns off...)

I'm so glad I pushed myself and did some playing because I love the way the painting turned out. Let me know what you think!

8x8 Oil on Museum Quality Panel

A Peek Into Back Bay by Ann Gorbett


A Peek Into Back Bay
9" by 12" by .75"
Oil with a palette knife on Blick Studio Artist's Board

To read more about this painting, visit my blog anngorbett.blogspot.com. Thanks!

Original oil painting Wonders of the Seashore by Karen Tarlton


 Wonders of the Seashore
20x24
Oil
A charming and special Summer beach memory in vivid, rich oils and my modern impressionistic style. I think it’s these special carefree moments in time that are the most precious, and the ones we look back on tearfully as our children grow up. This original oil painting is rich with color and texture. Thickly sculpted with expressive palette knife movements, I capture a young girl enjoying the wonders of the ocean. 

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Moonglow Sunflowers by Floral Artist Nancy Medina


Moonglow Sunflowers
by Nancy Medina
16X20
Oil on Archival Panel



Moonglow Sunflowers is the newest still life in Flower Mound Studio this week, painted on an evening when the moon was bright after a rainy July day. These sunflowers and lilies are still fresh, though my peonies bid their adieu this morning after a ride back and forth to the farm with me for one more painting. I'm still having fond thoughts of the warehouses of fresh blossoms that filled Floral Row in downtown St. Louis where I visited last week, and wondering what was in those big rooms I didn't even venture into. I suppose one giant rubbermaid cart piled with flowers was enough for one workshop. Something to dream about until I return there to teach again next spring!

Just delivered, Commissioned Painting "Passage of Illumination," by Niki Gulley

“Passage of Illumination II” ©2013 Niki Gulley
SOLD • 36” x 48” textured oil on canvas

Just delivered this commissioned painting, "Passage of Illumination." Wander down this path that beckons you and lift your eyes heavenward to that cobalt vault lined by a rainbow of vivid greens and golds and gleaming crimson, purposely choosing these warm vibrant colors to suggest a hopeful future. Like an ancient chorus these joyful trees sing with dazzling colors, a call and respond to each other across the enticing path that traces verses of light and dark, hue and color, an alluring siren song leading you into the depths of this radiant, vanishing horizon. A painting rich in color and light, joy and energy its double bowed composition gently leads gently you into this magical, blissful destination.

To see more of my contemporary landscape paintings, visit NikiGulley.com.


E-mail Niki Gulley for more information on her textured palette knife paintings or for more information on commissioning your own unique painting.


"Taos Mountain" Original Palette Knife Taos Landscape Painting by Colorado Impressionist Judith Babcock

                               

 12x16 Oil Oil on Canvas

 Original Palette Knife Taos Mountain Landscape Painting

 This paintings is SOLD, but commissions are welcome.

  Contact Judith at lododuo@aol.com

  Visit http://JudithBabcock.com to view more of my work.

  My daily blog: http://judithbabcockartist.blogspot.com

Progress of Summer Nude 1 2013, Palette Knife Nude Painting by Texas Artist Laurie Pace







  
  © G.O.D. Laurie Justus Pace      Graphics One Design 2013

28 x 56 inches Oil on Canvas. SOLD 

Again the beginning shots of the canvas as I progress through the painting. This one will be a nude.  But I cannot figure out why I stupidly put a circle in the middle of the composition as that is a huge no no.  Must be the heartbeat of the painting...the oncoming nude.  More tomorrow.


Laurie Pace
A Texas Artist


Pace Studio 
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