"Curly-haired Chris", oil on canvas, 12 by 16
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Tuesday, January 30, 2007
Curly-haired Chris
Over the fall I took a class in portraiture at Ringling. For 3 weeks in a row we had a really terrific model named Chris. He did everything that a model should do, and in addition he was really cute, with a thick mass of curly reddish brown hair. The first week I painted him in profile. The second week I had a terrific angle , which I captured in the picture below. Unfortunately, I missed the third week, so I had to finish Chris from memory, which is what I did today. The shadows on the right side are way too warm, but since I was without my model, I elected to quit while I was ahead, since this is really only the 3rd portrait that I'd ever painted, and I've been discouraged with my painting lately. However, the teacher thought it was a really good likeness of him, so I'm going to persevere with more portraits.
"Curly-haired Chris", oil on canvas, 12 by 16
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"Curly-haired Chris", oil on canvas, 12 by 16
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Monday, January 29, 2007
The Empty Chair
The Empty Chair, 12 by 16, oil on linen
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Monday, January 08, 2007
House on Chester Springs Road
Over the weekend I painted another scene from my old neighborhood of Chester Springs. I used to pass this idyllic intersection on my daily 3 mile walk when I lived back in Pennsylvania. The intersection of Horseshoe Trail and Chester Springs Road is one of the highest points in Chester Springs and the view is always lovely no matter which season. I guess autumn was always my favorite and I choose to depict the scene of the farmhouse nestled below the hills in a late September, early fall setting.
House on Chester Springs Road, oil on masonite , 12 by 16 inches
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House on Chester Springs Road, oil on masonite , 12 by 16 inches
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Andrew Wyeth Country Art.
Thursday, January 04, 2007
The Nook
It's been a while since I posted here. But the reasons for my absence would hardly be of interest to the readers of this blog.
I haven't been painting. No.
Until just the other day when I finally picked up my paintbrush and decided to attempt the formidable- a painting of the back yard of my last home, which I left reluctantly just two years ago- an area that my husband and I referred to affectionately as our “nook”. At the furthermost end of our two acre property in Chester Springs, Pa. we’d bordered the beautiful Strawbridge Horse Farm with its historic old home, barn, out buildings, pastures and a 3 acre wildlife pond. The nook was also on a berm that encroached verdant wetlands that were always soggy, but immensely satisfying nonetheless. Although I tried to tame that nook with flowers and grass seed and statuary, it was not to be tamed in my tenure of ownership. It was however, an almost sacred place in which I was able to seek refuge from the demands of my then hectic life. I often sat in my nook and read, wrote poetry, and sipped a glass of wine while my little black cat, Boris, perched upon the little footbridge in search of a passing koi in the little pond I'd built myself and contained within that wetland environment. Sadly, I had not yet had the courage to take up a paintbrush and attempt to paint what was in my heart, so I have no paintings to show the creativity that was birthed in that lovely place. The nook was an idyllic and bucolic little piece of earth to escape to. I am not really happy with this painting as I know it would have turned out better if I had painted it on site, en plein air, rather than from just a photograph and painful memories. But the courage it took to paint it at all was an effort that I am proud of.
Not garishly colorful like my usual stuff, it is a bit more serene and tranquil-just like that little Nook that was once mine... I left out the fluff that’s in the photograph because in the end, the beauty of that place was simply nature sublime.
Painted from this photo...
I sold a lot of paintings over the holidays. Du fond de mon coeur, I'd like to thank everyone who has left a positive comment or word of encouragement here or perhaps on my other blog, or liked what they saw enough to purchase one of my original oil paintings. Have a peaceful and blessed New Year, friends.
a Painting a day, Daily painters, Chester Springs Paintings, Chester County landscapes, affordable art,
collectors art,
Andrew Wyeth Country Art.
I haven't been painting. No.
Until just the other day when I finally picked up my paintbrush and decided to attempt the formidable- a painting of the back yard of my last home, which I left reluctantly just two years ago- an area that my husband and I referred to affectionately as our “nook”. At the furthermost end of our two acre property in Chester Springs, Pa. we’d bordered the beautiful Strawbridge Horse Farm with its historic old home, barn, out buildings, pastures and a 3 acre wildlife pond. The nook was also on a berm that encroached verdant wetlands that were always soggy, but immensely satisfying nonetheless. Although I tried to tame that nook with flowers and grass seed and statuary, it was not to be tamed in my tenure of ownership. It was however, an almost sacred place in which I was able to seek refuge from the demands of my then hectic life. I often sat in my nook and read, wrote poetry, and sipped a glass of wine while my little black cat, Boris, perched upon the little footbridge in search of a passing koi in the little pond I'd built myself and contained within that wetland environment. Sadly, I had not yet had the courage to take up a paintbrush and attempt to paint what was in my heart, so I have no paintings to show the creativity that was birthed in that lovely place. The nook was an idyllic and bucolic little piece of earth to escape to. I am not really happy with this painting as I know it would have turned out better if I had painted it on site, en plein air, rather than from just a photograph and painful memories. But the courage it took to paint it at all was an effort that I am proud of.
Not garishly colorful like my usual stuff, it is a bit more serene and tranquil-just like that little Nook that was once mine... I left out the fluff that’s in the photograph because in the end, the beauty of that place was simply nature sublime.
Painted from this photo...
I sold a lot of paintings over the holidays. Du fond de mon coeur, I'd like to thank everyone who has left a positive comment or word of encouragement here or perhaps on my other blog, or liked what they saw enough to purchase one of my original oil paintings. Have a peaceful and blessed New Year, friends.
a Painting a day, Daily painters, Chester Springs Paintings, Chester County landscapes, affordable art,
collectors art,
Andrew Wyeth Country Art.
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