Bellissima World-Sunflowers in a white pitcher

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"Bellissima World", 12x16, oil on linen panel-$145

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Days of Wine and Roses (and ugly tomatoes)

"Days of Wine and Roses-(and ugly tomatoes)", 12x16, oil on gallery wrapped canvas (sides are painted as well, so a frame is note required- see image below)-$225


HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! I LOVE this painting!!!!!!!!!!!!!! And I love ugly tomatoes! Especially when you slice them and dip them in flour and fry them in butter! Yum! Add some corn on the cob and mashed potatoes and you are set to go!!!!!

The main reason I love this painting is because it will brighten up an all -white kitchen (like I have) with the vibrant colors. Much of my husband's family is Italian, so as a result I have learned to make "gravy", aka Spaghetti or Marinara sauce. Thursday nights were family rituals in which the family would gather around the dinner table for a big dinner of pasta, "gravy", crusty bread and a salad. Now that sounds even better than fried tomatoes! I miss those family dinners now that the kids have grown and we all live far from each other. Big sigh inserted here.



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Washington's Headquarters-Valley Forge

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"Washington's Headquarter's-October", 9x12, oil on wrapped Masterpiece linen canvas-$350

I did this piece a while back, but didn't post it, because I had not decided to sell it until recently. I have such fabulous memories of hiking and biking in the foothills of Valley Forge National Park, when I lived in the area not that long ago, and Washington's Headquarter's was an all-too familiar site for me in those days of living, working and playing in beautiful Chester Country, Pennsylvania.

With the birthday of America's independence right around the corner, I decided to offer this painting for sale. For savings on other paintings of Valley Forge and American landscapes, please click my holiday sale page here.

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Family Vacation-original oil painting

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"Family Vacation", 12x16, oil on canvas panel-$145

This time next week, families all across the country will be preparing for the long Fourth Of July weekend. The fourth of July weekend means a lot of things for a lot of people, including independence, liberty, freedom, as well as family time without the hampering of schedules, etc, that a normal work week presents.

I hope in these hectic times, that we can all find time to be with our loved ones and enjoy some quality time together.

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Rainy Season- God Bless the Rains

"Jungle Music- God Bless the Rains", 11x14, oil on canvas panel
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This one is pretty wild, but it's also rather cool. I like it a lot, because the strokes seem to be dancing. Must be because I was listening to Toto's Africa, recorded by the Colgate 13, while I was painting this. Wanna listen to the Toto version? It's really cool, though I like the Colgate 13 version , too, which was done a capella. My son was leader of the group when they recorded it for their Cadence album in 2001. Here's the Toto version:




This painting has been accepted into Art Center Sarasota's "Green" exhibition, through September 12th. Contact me after that date if you wish to purchase this painting. And if you like acapella music done really well, purchase some CD's by the Colgate Thirteen. My favorite albums are Cadence and Stargazing. You can listen to Africa sung a capella by clicking this link and going to the Stargazing album, and then clicking on track #11. I like this version a lot, though I like the version on the Cadence CD better.

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"Nantucket Morning"

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"Nantucket Morning", 12x16, oil on wrapped canvas

I am very pleased to be represented by Lorica Artworks, in Andover , Massachusetts. Please stop by if you are in the area and visit this beautiful gallery just north of Boston. "Nantucket Morning" is one the paintings that are featured there. It is a very serene scene culled from my memories of trips that the hubby and I would take in the summertime to one of three of our favorite vacation destinations- Nantucket, Martha's Vineyard and Newport were places where the scenery was always lovely, the salt air was invigorating and the chowdah was the best around!

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Nadia, portrait study

"Nadia", 14x18, oil on linen

Tuesday morning is my day to paint from a live model at a private studio. Although I was totally out of sorts this week, I did manage to turn out a decent painting, I believe. This week our model was Nadia, a woman with wonderful features, and very different from Carl of last week. It was her first time to model for painters and she kept changing position, but her large lips, small nose and Mediterranean coloring made up for it. Nadia is part Spanish with I think some Romanian blood as well, and overall she made for a very interesting model. We asked her to come back next week as well.

Although I should probably develop this painting a little more, I think I am going to put it aside for now and concentrate on new pieces for my upcoming solo exhibit in Venice in July. I am running out of time! If you have any interest in purchasing this painting, please email me at maryannejacobsen@aol.com.

Effortless- ballet art, dancers

"Effortless", 8x10, oil on gallery-wrapped linen (Masterpiece) canvas.

I must admit that the one show that I never miss an episode of is "So You Think You Can Dance". I was heartbroken when Danny Tidwell was eliminated (he came in second) two seasons ago, because they guy literally brought a lump to my throat every time I watched his incredible grande leaps, high jumps and long, lyrical lines that moved like molten lava in their slow effortless intensity across the dance floor.

This year , my vote is definitely going to go for Melissa Sandvig, who also has the grace and fluidity that makes for great dancing. She is the first dancer on the show, to my knowledge at least, who is a professionally trained ballerina, and that ballet training will shine through loud and clear in the weeks ahead on the show, in my humble opinion. She danced a contemporary piece last week, with her partner, Ade, and it was just beautiful to watch. I saw the little elonge of the wrist at the end of the arabesque , so I am betting she was trained in the Vaganova pedagogue, as well, which was how I trained my dancers. My painting above, reminds me a little bit of Melissa, and I am eager to see what she will do in tonight's episode of "So You Think You Can Dance!"

The trick to being a good or great dancer, is to make one's movements look effortless, in spite of the hard work involved to get to the point where a dancer can make her movements as light and effortless as a feather.

Painting is like that also, where less is more and an overworked canvas can be the death knell to what started out as a good painting. This painting took me a while to do, but thanks to the wonderful Masterpiece Vincent canvas that I used for a support, I was able to make changes to it and not have it look overworked.New!

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Organic Vegetables- a painting of peppers and an avocado

SOLD Organic Vegetables, 12x16, oil on gallery-wrapped canvas

The shape of peppers is quite intriguing as a paint subject. Like people, there are a lot of hollows, valleys and plane changes that occur within a pepper that make for some very interesting paint choices. The deep green of the avocado against the colorful peppers makes for wonderful contrasts! Although this painting is sold, if you would like me to paint something similar for you, please email me at maryannejacobsen@aol.com.

Also, thanks very much to Magdalene at Gifts of Creation, for nominating me for a blog award! I am very grateful that God has given me the opportunity to create things of beauty for people's enjoyment! Thanks again for the compliment! You can visit Magdalene's blog here, and see more gifts of creation from other artists!

Colle Verde Vineyard-Summer

"Colle Verde Vineyard-Summer"-24x36, oil on canvas

Back in the spring, I was invited to participate in the Venice Art Center's annual plein air festival.

The evening of the reception I was approached by some people who asked me if I would be interested in doing a satellite exhibit for the art center at some of downtown Venice's business venues. Venice is a lovely tourist town , and I felt very honored to have been asked to do a personal exhibit for the sponsors. Recently, I was informed that my first exhibit in this venue will be at Back Eddy's Bistro, on the island in downtown Venice. On Friday evening the hubby and I had one of the most memorable meals we have had in ages at Back Eddy's. The food was absolutely scrumptious cuisine, (I had the salmon in dill and he had the duck), but the dinner also gave me an opportunity to view the wall space- which is quite expansive, and try to plan on what paintings will be placed on exhibit.



I realized that evening, that I need some BIG pieces! So I immediately started painting on Saturday morning. I painted a new version of "Colle Verde Vineyard" , after a recent award winning painting, only I made it warmer to reflect the summer light in Tuscany.

Tomorrow is a new day, and I'll probably get up and decide whether or not to include this painting in the exhibit. In the meanwhile, I am enjoying painting on a larger format these days, thanks to a recent commission and this new exhibit venue, and although I have been using tons of paint doing these big pieces, I do love the bigger formats for expressive palette knife work.

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A Fisherman's Sunset

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"A Fisherman's Sunset", 12x16, oil on canvas panel

Sometimes an event will happen in our lives that leaves us unnerved, off balance, and totally out of control. I now understand what it's like to literally "See red". This happened to me a few days ago. Without repeating the incident, suffice it to say that a person whom I love very, very much, hurt me deeply. The feelings that I felt after a one minute phone call left me feeling simultaneously empty, incredibly sad, and trying to control an anger that was beyond my ability to control.

I had been painting when the phone call came. I can't even remember what I had been painting. After the phone call, I couldn't think of anything other than trying to deal with the anger and pain that I felt. I picked up my palette knife and began smearing paint all over my canvas. Red paint. Red, hot, orangey strokes plastered on the canvas like flaming embers. I just kept smearing and smashing red and orange cadmiums onto the canvas, without even being aware of what I was doing. Not long afterwards, the phone rang again and it was someone else. We talked and I became calmer as a result of this voice of reason and grace. I cleaned off my palette knife and stuck the canvas in a place where the cats would not walk through it and make cadmium red footprints all through the house. (Yes, that has happened before, as a result of not having a studio and painting in one's kitchen where everything is accessible and paintings are as vulnerable to cat-paws as mosquito-landings. )

The next day I was still upset. But by the end of the day I had settled myself, knowing that only God can change people and things, and there is nothing I can do to change or help a loved one once they've reached an age where they are capable of making their own choices- be they bad or good. Nothing, that is, except to continue to pray and have faith that God will touch that person and change them from within.

I took out the painting with the red strokes of flaming anger written all over it and looked at it again. I decided that I wanted to create something soothing out of the chaos I had rendered the night before. Recently, I had read something on the Daily Painter's forum about the deep pervading loneliness that can ensue for a fisherman's wife, when the husband goes off to sea. Fisherman, or sailors, especially those in the military who are submarine sailors, leave home and often are not heard from for months at a time- and the fear and loneliness that ensues until their return can be heart wrenching.

So with that thought fresh in my mind, I decided to make my angry painting into something much different- hopefully a reminder of how wonderful it is when a loved one returns home after a period of absence and darkness, and an example of how inevitably hope reigns eternal in humans that in the end love and goodness and mercy for all- even the lost- shall prevail. I guess the story of The Prodigal Son comes to mind here, and I sincerely hope that God in His infinite mercy can truly forgive all the prodigals in this sad world of ours.

This red hot painting of anger, frustration and sadness has hopefully evolved into something a little more peaceful now that I've re-worked it. The globs of red paint dried overnight for some weird reason, since I live in Florida

But life is filled with challenges. Each day is a new day and we must try to love to the best of our abilities, even when the loved one has hurt us deeply, or the paint has gotten dry and unwieldy, and hope becomes dimmed by repetition of failure. I hope this painting has some beauty in it, despite its origins. And I hope that anyone reading this who can identify with the deep emotions that render us helpless at times will realize that we are only human, and judgment of others is foolish in view of one’s own human frailties. Luckily for me, I have an outlet for my emotions. I am very grateful for that.

Thanks for listening. Now you know how some paintings come about....

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Once Upon a Time

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"Once Upon a Time", 8x10, oil on canvas-$99

After my recent painting session of "Carl", I found that I had a lot of cadmium colors left over on my palette. Since the cadmiums are very expensive to buy and I have gotten more and more thrifty in recent months, I knew I didn't want to have them dry out on my palette. So I picked up the reds with my palette knife and started playing around, mixing them with the leftover blues to create some muted greens. Eventually a scene began to emerge and all I needed was the little white house to make it believable. I wonder if Little Red Riding Hood or the three bears live there?

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Spinach and chocolates

"Carl", 16x 20, oil on wrapped canvas

Although I happen to really like spinach, if I had my druthers, I'd prefer to eat chocolates all the time. Life is full of choices, and for the past three days I have chosen spinach over chocolate. Believe me, it wasn't easy!

What I am trying to say regards my painting skills. If we eat lots of spinach each day, we assume that our body will grow healthier, right? On the other hand, chocolate is a lot of fun to eat, but the resulting fat produced is not necessarily a benefit to the body's overall health.

I signed up for a once-a-week 3 hour paint from life class a couple weeks ago, and I am going to admit that painting portraits are hard, very hard- at least for me since I don't do them very often. But painting from life is a wonderful experience and having a flesh and blood model right in front of you enables you to see things you would never see from a reference photograph. Three hours is never enough time to adequately complete a portrait though, and so I rely on reference photos after I leave the studio to complete the portrait.

Carl was our model this week and he was very patient, kind and gracious, albeit a little less dynamic than what I'd have liked. Yes, a salsa dancer or exotic woman with a Balinese headress is more or less what I would have prefered to paint than sweet, average Carl, but life is full of ordinary things and we artists must search for beauty in the mundane. I think Carl would probably like the way his painting came out- don't you? I think I knocked a few years off his life, at least.


Anyway, I believe that although I love taking out my palette knife and letting everything rip in a landscape or still life, I also need to paint in a controlled fashion with restraint in order to improve my overall painting skills. I do believe that painting portraits from life will eventually improve my painting skills since there are so many plane changes, temperature variations and color mixing skill involved in painting people. I struggled with this painting of Carl over the last couple days, mixing piles of flesh mixtures that were frankly not within my comfort zone, since I'm a colorist that loves pure color, and laboring over edgework, values and plane changes every other second. That doesn't even count the fact that I hate using brushes!

Yes, I think if I can paint people well, I'll become a better painter overall. A few months ago I painted what I thought was a lovely portrait of a Ukrainian girl. I entered it into an art show and it was rejected, much to my shock and dismay. Then , I entered it again into another show, and the raves I received from other artists on the scene when I brought it in convinced me that I had created a masterpiece after all. Well, I hadn't , and although this time it wasn't kicked out of the exhibit, it also didn't win any awards either. I will continue to try to win an award with her, as I am still not convinced that she isn't beautiful. In the meantime, I intend to challenge myself by doing more portraits from life, even though I'd rather be painting doorways with bougainvillea.

I am very glad that I still have opportunities to challenge myself and not get too comfortable in my current zone. This painting challenged me, and although it's no prize taker, I know that I walked away from the experience a little more astute, a little more aware of changing planes and soft edges- and hopefully a better artist as a result.

Tranquility, 24x36

"Tranquility", 24x36, oil on canvas

This painting is large enough to place over a couch or sofa and looks lovely framed. I currently have it framed in a wooden carved frame and it acts as a focal point in the room where I have it displayed. The painting contains a palette of fall colors and for this reason it will automatically pick up tones of color in most decors that include fall colors with greens, ochres and magentas.

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"All the way home"

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"All the Way Home", 24x36, oil on canvas

I always love the joy of going back home after an absence, even if the absence involved a vacation to a beautiful or exotic place. There is something very special about going home, and in this painting I tried to create a path of happiness leading to the ultimate place of peace- home.

John 14: Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in me. In my Father's house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto myself; that where I am, there ye may be also.

I hope the house that God has prepared for me has a wildflower field in front of it!

This painting was a commissioned piece and it is sold. Although I rarely take on commissions, I enjoyed doing this one.

Bloomin' in the Rain

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"Bloomin' in the Rain", 5x7, oil on canvas panel

Considering the fact that Florida is called the Sunshine State, I haven't seen much sunshine in weeks. I painted this under the roof of our lanai today, as the rain came down. At least the flowers are happy!

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Pacific Blues- impressionist painting of Big Sur Coastline

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"Pacific Blues", 12x16, oil on canvas panel

This is the 4th painting that I have done of the Big Sur Coastline, and I'm sure it won't be the last.

Big Sur is located along Scenic Highway One, approximately 150 miles south of San Francisco and 300 miles north of Los Angeles. Historically, the name Big Sur was derived from that unexplored and unmapped wilderness which lays along the coast south of Monterey. It is a 90 mile stretch of rugged and heart-wrenchingly beautiful coastline between Carmel to the north and San Simeon (Hearst Castle) to the south. Highway One winds snakes along the coast at sometimes heart-stopping heights with the majestic Santa Lucia mountain range on one side and the rocky Pacific coast on the other.

This particular stretch that I painted is just north of the beautiful Julia Pfeiffer Falls and south of "Nepenthe". Locals know exactly what "Nepenthe" means, but for those not yet privy to this information, here goes.

According to Wikipedia, Nepenthe is a drug of forgetfulness mentioned in Greek mythology, depicted as originating in Egypt.

The word "Nepenthe" first appears in the fourth book (vv. 220-221) of the Odyssey of Homer. Literally, it means "the one that chases away sorrow" (ne = not, penthos = grief, sorrow). In the Odyssey, "Nepenthes pharmakon" (i.e. a drug that chases away sorrow) is a magical potion given to Helen by an Egyptian queen. It quells all sorrows with forgetfulness.

So what does this have to do with my painting? Not much, other than when I first saw the beautiful Pacific Coast at Big Sur, I can honestly say that I forgot all my troubles. We did stop at the Nepenthe restaurant for lunch, where a large Phoenix rising from the ashes is carved from a wooden tree stump and greets the many visitors that have passed through this restaurant over the years.

Here's the view you get to see over lunch or dinner:





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"Cocky", and an art award

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"Cocky", 8x10, oil on canvas, (Note: Click on the photo to see a close up of the texture.)

I was thrilled with how quickly this one came together for me. I used leftovers on my palette to 'smear' in the background, and I think it gave a cohesive look to the entire painting. Don't ya just love when that happens? This was painted with palette knife only, and has lots of juicy texture.

Last weekend I received an award for my painting, "Colle Verde Vineyard" at the Venice Art Center's Spring all-media exhibit.


That's me far left standing next to Juror Susan J. Klein. Klein's work has been exhibited internationally and has garnered numerous awards and honors, most notably the selection of one of her paintings to adorn the American Embassy in Rome as part of the Art in Embassies program directed by the American Department of State.

I was thrilled to have been chosen to receive an award in this competitive exhibit!

Here's the painting "Colle Verde Vineyard" displayed with ribbon. I normally don't buy black frames, but in this case, it complimented the piece beautifully!

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Nantucket Morning, 12x16-New England seascape

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"Nantucket Morning", 12x16, oil on wrapped canvas

This is a feel good kind of painting. A peaceful water scene forms the subtle background of the sunlit windowsill, where fruit, flowers and a ginger jar invite the viewer's eye to roam through the scene. The challenge here, was to keep the background scene secondary from the foreground, which I hopefully accomplished by muting the colors quite a bit.

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Sweetwater Branch Inn Garden-Plein air

"Sweetwater Branch Inn Garden", 11x14, oil on canvas panel- $145

During a recent trip to Gainesville, Florida (home of the University of Florida Gators!) I stayed at the beautiful Sweetwater Branch Inn. The Inn is a fairly extensive property, with lush, gorgeous grounds, banquet and business facilities, cottages and three beautifully restored Victorian mansions with long porches and rocking chairs where one can sip a glass of complimentary wine in the evening while breathing in the scent of the huge magnolias that grace the property. The gardens are a painter's delight and although the weather was not particularly cooperative while I was there, I managed to capture this glimpse of the trellis right above the footbridge that spans a lily pond , where friendly koi the size of chickens swim gracefully. Unfortunately, I had to finish the painting in my room, since it poured the next day, and since I was trying to paint from memory I missed the rock and birdhouse!



The staff was incredibly courteous and attentive, and morning breakfasts at the Inn were especially delightful, and varied from day to day with fresh fruit and numerous choices to please even the most selective palette. My favorites included the fritatta with fresh herbs and vegetables, the blueberry oatmeal casserole and the decadent Sweetwater French Toast Casserole. YUM! The rooms were beautifully appointed, and the room where I stayed had a large separate bathroom with clawfoot tub and shower, as well as a handsome carved fireplace in the bedroom.




Below is a picture of the lovely, Giovanna Room, where I stayed, as well as the adjoining sitting room where one can relax with other guests. You can glimpse my painting on the easel as well!





I would have liked to have had time to paint the gazebo and beautiful winding walkways, but the weather was not in my favor. Be sure to check out the Sweetwater Branch Inn, if you ever visit Gainesville, Florida, and you can go to their website to see more fabulous pictures of the exterior of the mansions by clicking this link.

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Big Sur, California coast

Big Sur, 16x20,unframed, oil on canvas


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