"Checking out the Brushwork", 8x10,museum, people in museums, impressionist art, Philadelphia museum of art, art lovers

 "Checking out the Brushwork", 8x10

I love to go to museums not only to see the artwork, but to checkout the people. You see people of every age, shape and ethnicity in various attire. This couple caught my eye at The Philadelphia Museum of Art because they were so well dressed, and I enjoyed watching the husband follow his wife around, like a little puppy dog, (well maybe a big puppy dog), as she studied the brush work in every painting. This painting is available through my website here.

Thanks for looking!

"The Ferryman", after Edouard Léon Cortès, 9x12 oil. paintings of French countryside, post-impressionism, Old Masters, pastoral scenes

 "The Ferryman", after Edouard Léon Cortès, 11x14

Edouard Léon Cortès was a French painter of French and Spanish ancestry. He is known as "Le Poète Parisien de la Peinture" or "the Parisian Poet of Painting" because of his diverse Paris cityscapes in a variety of weather and night settings.  (From Wikipedia)

I have always loved the artist's Parisian scenes. However, his pastoral scenes of the French countryside are also lovely. This one was a challenge , but I learned a great deal in the process about his color mixing. His paintings look so very vibrant , yet he mutes all of his mixtures down . Even the vibrant yellow has a little purple in it.

I was attracted to the light and shadow pattern in this work. Copying works by old masters, or in this case, a famous Post-impressionist, teaches us many things. I  will probably do more.

"Summer Waterwheel", 11x14, oil on panel waterwheel, Radnor Township Pennsylvania , Eastern University, summer, Philadelphia Main Line, St. Davids Pennsylvania

 "Summer Waterwheel", 11x14, oil on panel.

The waterwheel at Eastern University in Radnor Pennsylvania is gorgeous in every season. I was fortunate to discover this beautiful campus while taking a ballet course there many years ago. Later on, my youngest son would attend Eastern for 2years, and so I had numerous opportunities to explore its delightfully beautiful campus. This is a fresh version of a scene that I did about 8 years ago.

It's always fun for me to revisit scenes that I've painted before in the hopes that I've made progress as a painter. Here is the 8 year old version of the first time I painted this scene.

I think I did a pretty good job painting the scene back in 2014!

Thanks for visiting, and hope you'll leave a comment and tell me what you think.

"Can-Can Dancer", 7x9 oil, paintings of dancers, small portraits, all prima, miniature paintings, can-can

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 "Can-Can Dancer", 7x9 oil

Had a lot of fun painting this little portrait. It's a throw-back to the days when I had my ballet school. We performed the can-can quite a few times over the years and it was always an audience favorite.