School
8 x 8 inches
Watercolor and ink on paper
Available on Etsy.
It's been pouring for days in Seattle and I think my next painting might have to be of fish swimming through the air. I have not needed to go many places this week but I sure was grateful for my cute rain boots.
This painting was sort of inspired by Ray Troll, and artist whose work I love. But of course I had to do my own style. I've done some other fish paintings in the past, such as this and this. I have a feeling there will be more fish in my future.
Saturday, March 31, 2012
School
Wednesday, March 28, 2012
Quartet 2
Another bird painting. I do like painting flowers and birds. I am trying to expand my repertoire, but painting birds and spirals and swirls is sort of like eating rice pudding. it's comfort painting.
I managed to miss the worst of the rain today, thank goodness. I stopped by the bead store to pick a couple things up to finish a project you will see in a day or 2. i have discovered the way to spend less money at the bead store is to misplace you reading glasses. if i can't even tell what it is, how can i buy it? anyway another way to economize - i am trying to live frugally but i can't get along w/o art. fortunately i got lots of art paper for christmas! it will keep me going for a long time.
ok, back to making-things. you can see Quartet 2 on Etsy. 8 x 8" is a standard frame size. A bird painting would be an unexpected mother's day gift.
Tuesday, March 27, 2012
Quartet
8 x 8 inches
watercolor on paper
This is an Arches watercolor block, 140lb, cold pressed.
I've been wanting to paint birds a lot - it must be spring. I've seen a few birds drifting back but I have not seen many yet. In the winter mostly I see crows and seagulls and perhaps a few chickadees who had located a steady food source and we too bird brained to head south.
I am going to have paintings at Capital Hill Presbyterian Church in April. They participate in the Capital Hill Artwalk - aka Blitz. That's the 2nd Thursday of every month. I will provide more details in a day or two!
It seems like a good time to have a scale to finance the purchase of a few new frames, so you can use this coupon code for 20% off any purchase in my Etsy Store - the code is:
march20
Saturday, March 24, 2012
Nurse Log
this painting reminds of of some of the things I love about the Northwest. Endless trees and endless green, any time of the year.
Across the sound from me is the Olympic Rainforest, where the wettest parts get 200 inches of rain a year, while the town of Sequim (rhymes with him) gets only 15 inches of rain a year.
When an old tree falls in the forest, the fallen log can become a "nursery" for seedlings and other plants, such as moss and ferns. As the log decays it provides nourishment for young plants, continuing the cycle of life.
Title: Nurse Log
Dimensions: 8 x 8" (will fit standard frame)
Media: watercolor and ink on watercolor paper
Year: 2012
Available on Etsy.
Thursday, March 22, 2012
The Flowering of Spring
This is my latest watercolor. It is finally spring in the Northwest. The cherry trees are in bloom, the crocuses and daffodils are coming up, and I think it's been a day or 2 since any of us had snow. (I don't get much at my house since I am very close to sea level but some areas close by are still getting snow.)
When I did this painting I penciled in the outline of the tree, but the rest was all free hand, or free form, or flow of consciousness - all sort of spiraling out from the tree bark. Tree bark is one of my favorite things to paint - that and hair, I guess. I love all the sinuous lines and earthy tones.
The Flowering of Spring
8 x 10 inches
Watercolor on paper
Available on Etsy
Handwoven silk shawl at Nordic Heritage Museum
A couple of days ago my mother and I went to the Nordic Heritage Museum in Seattle to see the show Celebrating 75 Years of the Seattle Weavers’ Guild. This is a photo of the piece my mother had in the show. This gorgeous shawl is hand woven from silk and I think has about 1 million ends to the inch, or something like that anyway. Isn't it beautiful? And it has a lovely drape - I know this because I have one just like it that she wove for me, presumably on the same warp. My sister has a red and black one.
There were many handwoven items in the show - wall hangings, dishtowels, aprons, shawls, pillows, rugs, and more. It was all absolutely beautiful. There are a lot of very talented weavers in the Seattle area. My mother joined the guild when we moved to Washington state, in 1978 it must have been.
The show is up until May 6th. If you are in the Seattle area, you should go and see it. There are even looms set up where you or your child can try a little weaving of your own.
Sunday, March 18, 2012
Dragon Scales
It's been a good weekend. It was snowing yesterday morning, which is ridiculous for Seattle in March. I went over to visit my friends Alex and Janusz. We just sort of lay about on couches and drank tea and watched a little TV. They introduced me to The IT Crowd and Black Books. A good change from the darker British dvds I've been watching (Mi-5).
Then I went home and curled up with a volume of Neil Gaimain short stories - Fragile things. It was quite enjoyable. A lot of the best short stories have a non-traditional structure, and there are plenty of gems in that book.
This painting is:
Dragonscales
5 x 5 inches
Watercolor on Paper
Available on Etsy.
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