Winning Painting

Just in case you haven't seen it on the Utrecht link, this is the painting that won first place in the acrylic painting division of the Utrecht 60th Anniversary Competition. It was juried by the folks from American Artist magazine, and there will be an article about my work in the January issue of American artist. Stay Tuned!

Discount giclees!!

The last comment suggested that I offer a 15% discount on giclee prints to the next five people who make a comment.  Well, that sounds good to me, so start commenting and saving!  These make wonderful gifts.  Holidays are coming.

I will be kayaking on the Hillsboro River for the next three days, so lots of new photos will be in the works, but the Juniper River painting will continue when I get back on next Tuesday.

Step 4

Here's the next installment of "Clear Waters" (Juniper River). You can see that I've painted in the water in the background so that I can then layer the palm fronds over it. Still lots to do! Some important details starting to emerge, but still working on layering from background to forground and defining light and dark areas. Someone had better let me know if they're interested in this or I'll give up on the idea!!

Step Three

At this stage I have blocked in the areas of color, values, and shapes and covered the canvas. I use thin layers of paint, and work until I can see the composition take shape. Next steps will involve woking in the details, enriching the paint and color with layers of paint, and detailing the water and reflections. this will take some time. Stay tuned!

Step Two: Blocking in Color

This is the second step in the process.  You can actually start to see something here! Watch for the next step tomorrow.

First step: Line Drawing in Graphite

Here is the start of my most recent painting.  I'll be photographing it as I go along, so check out the NEWS for more steps along the way.

Utrecht Painting Competition

Excitng News!  I won first place in the Acrylic Category in the Utrecht 60th Anniversary Painting Competition with my painting "Rounding the Bend"  This was juried by the editors from American Artist Magazine.  You can see the painting and other winners at http://www.utrechtart.com/contest/winners.cfm 

limpkins

I first encountered the shy limpkins in the more northern Florida rivers.  These two emerged slowly from the nettles and hemlock to feed on this log on the Wekiva River.  It is very seldom that you see these birds in the daytime, and watching a pair was very special.  I just had to paint them.  Most painters like to paint our pink birds, but this time I chose brown!!

"Limpkin Pair" Storyboard

Here's a set of five images captured as I worked on my recent painting "Limpkin Pair."


I thought it might be fun for you to see how the painting developed.


Please leave me comments on this blog and let me know if you like this idea, and/or other things you would like to see here.

"Telegraph Creek Oak" won!

"Telegraph Creek Oak" won a Richeson Art award at the ISAP Santa Cruz show. - Jeanette

I've Signed On With "My Backspash"

I've signed on with My Backspash and the tiles available can be seen on the myBacksplash.com - Jeanette