Small Oil Paintings

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Showing posts with label paintyourselffree. Show all posts
Showing posts with label paintyourselffree. Show all posts
Wednesday, December 2, 2020

Study in Orange

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Purposely left a small piece of cut canvas taped to a kappa-board on my worktable.  It called out to me.  Cadmium Red + Yellow Ochre  Paynes...
Tuesday, December 1, 2020

Another underpants

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 Work seems to come in spats... than a lag.. then another push.  As I write another cut-canvas awaits on the table and a few watercolor sket...
Monday, November 30, 2020

Hard to Decide

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 Back to working on cut canvas and oils. I based this on BP#1. When I finished all the prompts, I felt it was a disaster.  Like I usually do...
Wednesday, November 18, 2020

Sharing a Visit

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This pandemic has been a difficult, trying and frustrating time, but I find it is teaching us some valuable lessons. One such lesson is, don...
Thursday, October 1, 2020

Love for Carmine and Turquoise

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 With a few new cut canvas pieces from my friend Traudi. Back to oils and prompts! Hidden Face. Adorned with happy flowers! Oils on Cut Canv...
Wednesday, September 9, 2020

In Middle of the Night

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Intuition comes very close to clairvoyance; it appears to be the extrasensory perception of reality. ( Alexis Carrel ) Our weekly workshops ...
Saturday, August 29, 2020

Tread Lightly on the Stones

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“ The only difference between stumbling blocks and stepping stones is the way you use them.” American Treading Softly on the Stones WIP 20...
Friday, August 28, 2020

Lost My Way in Storyland

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“We are, as a species, addicted to story. Even when the body goes to sleep, the mind stays up all night, telling itself stories.” - Jonath...
Thursday, August 27, 2020

Purple Skies

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“The sky is already purple; the first few stars have appeared, suddenly, as if someone had thrown a handful of silver across the edge of t...
Saturday, August 22, 2020

Saturday

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Posted Instagram Now to blog Feed cats Pool Bourakitos Brunch at Yael's My last post  Days Follow Days  posted the WIP which I h...
Thursday, August 20, 2020

Days Follow Days

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Days follow days today is Thrusday how do I know.. appointment for Lily  at the eye vet clinic My last post, Early Tuesday Morning,...
Monday, August 17, 2020

Early Tuesday Morning

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The blinding sun from my window The cool air without AC The sound of building site across the street Boker boker tov! This has been on...
Friday, August 14, 2020

See Saw Margery Daw

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The work becomes important when the meanings contained are greater than what the artist had in mind when he or she created the work. Ambui...
Monday, August 10, 2020

Corona August Summer Slump

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To live in this world you must be able to do three things: to love what is mortal; to hold it against your bones knowing your own life depen...
Tuesday, July 14, 2020

Sometimes We Need a Push

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We are now experiencing a second outbreak which has really got me down. Not a complete lockdown but they closed our small community pool, w...
Wednesday, July 1, 2020

I Try

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A Home for the Soul ... The pleasure of the soul appears to be found in the journey of discovery, the unfolding revelation of expanded ins...
Thursday, June 18, 2020

Archie II

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I am not a mystical person. Capricon has me pretty grounded! But I do have a treasured deck of Oracle cards my late sister designed.  She a...
Thursday, June 11, 2020

Please forgive me Archie

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Archie was a neighbor. Archie was a friend. Archie was an artist, mainly sculpture but did paintings, sketches in lots of media. I inherite...
Wednesday, June 10, 2020

Art-itude IX Castles in the Sky

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 " Studio Ghosts: When you're in the studio painting, there are a lot of people in there with you. Your teachers, friends, painti...
Monday, June 8, 2020

Diptych in Purples

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Art is a rare pursuit where participants have to learn to ring their own bells. Robert Genn When working in oils I usually work one...