IN PROGRESS
I saw a photo of a new species of leopard discovered last year and thought I would try to paint it. I was not happy with several things and am currently re-working it.
Monday, July 18, 2011
Clouded Leopard -IN PROGRESS
IN PROGRESS
I saw a photo of a new species of leopard discovered last year and thought I would try to paint it. I was not happy with several things and am currently re-working it.
Pig Pen -in process
24"x36" Acrylics on Canvas
This is an IN PROGRESS shot of one of my current paintings. The subject matter comes from two memories of visiting my grandparents on their farm in Kentucky. They had humongous pigs in a pen (much nicer than this one actually) and some of the smaller gates on the farm were actually beautiful old metal headboards. They had simply gotten new beds and re-purposed the old ones. I thought this was unique to my family but when I spoke to someone who grew up in Virginia they had seen the same thing done there. I suppose it was the depression era generation way to get one more use out the old beds when they bought new.
Owl in Snowy Woods
16"x20" Acrylics on Canvas
My latest bird painting and yet more -painting in white- lessons learned. This is absed on an owl photo off the internet and I like the way it turned out. I wanted the bark to look like it was covered with a combination of lichen and snow and it turned out to be my favorite part of the painting.
Sea Turtle
I started this after a February trip to Melbourne, Florida which is a protected nesting area for many species of sea turtle. I didn't get to see any live sea turtles as it was a little early in the year but got to see some huge models and lots of great photos at the conservation center.
I tried to portray the atmospheric effect of the water clouding things as they get more distant and the play of light as it comes through the water.
Chickadees and Spring Dogwood Blossoms
A painting I began about six months ago and was never happy with. I returned to it recently and repainted it completely with softer tones and looser brushwork in an effort to convey a misty spring morning.
Mother Nature/Nature Goddess
I love wandering through artwork on the internet and facebook looking at others' artwork. This was a fun piece inspired by the change of season to Spring and by the Goddess subject in several pieces I had seen. I had done the whole piece in watercolor pencil before pulling out the paints and regret not taking photos at that stage.
Hummingbird Summer
15" x20" Acrylics on Illustration BoadHummingbirds are one of my favorite visitors to the garden. I painted them here with red cardinal flowers and black-eyed susans with an old shed for a background.
Snowed in Outhouse
11" x 14" Acrylic on Illustration boardThis outhouse is on the grounds of the town museum. I love to get out and drive when there are ridiculous amounts of snow - just for fun - and when I saw this poor old outhouse half buried I couldn't resist taking a photo to paint. Sort of a tribute to our modern plumbing - and a lovely quiet scene.
Painting white on white on white was a challenge and alot of fun - as a friend of mine recently said - it's amazing how many colors one has to use to paint white!
Goldfinch in Sunflowers
The goldfinch that play in the flowers are one of my favorite birds to watch. They blend so flawlessly among the lemon yellow sunflowers sometimes they seem like flowers themselves.
Bluebirds House Hunting
My first finished painting after deciding to get back into painting. The coneflowers are my favorite part.
My grandmother loved bluebirds and would build them houses on the rickety old posts at the edge of her yard so that she could sit and watch them from her porch. I contrasted the bluebirds with green "birdhouse" gourds and yellow coneflowers because it always strikes me as odd that these delicate little birds are such a vibrant color and aren't really camouflaged by anything.
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