Little Sweets

The first of my new painting a day series. I have the beverly arts fest coming up at the end of June and I want to have many small painting a days for it.

Rylee's Alphabet

So this is what I've been busy with. My good friends just had their first baby, a beautiful little girl. I've been very excited since I hadn't had any friends with kids yet. I really wanted to paint something special for her room and ended up doing these. The "A is for apple" concept. Possibly a little over done, but it's always fun to put a fresh spin on an old favorite. I enjoyed doing these so much and I think I might have come up with something really great. I plan to keep working on building an alphabet and we'll see where it takes me, but it would make a nice little company for small gift shops to carry.

Sugar Star

This was a commissioned piece that I ended up really liking. I definitely think it's my best sea piece yet

grapes 2

I was in the mood to do a painting a day back in the beginning of April. This is what happened. I like it, it's fun painting grapes, lots of colors you never notice when eating them.

green apples

I did this painting a couple of months ago, just finally getting around to putting it on here. It's 12x12. I loved the colors for spring, but painting apples can be quite a challenge. If you don't get your strokes in just the right direction they can look really flat.

framed shells

Here they are framed and in the window. Once I get them back I'll take a better picture of them.
If anyone's interested they are $100 a piece, the frames are ready to be hung, but also come with a stand on the back so you could set it somewhere. Email me!

shell series

Here are the 6 shells I did for my show. They are roughly 4 inch squares done on mat board, then glued to a bigger piece of mat board and framed, I'll add a picture to show how they looked finished

daffodils

Here is one of the paintings that was in my Marblehead show a couple weeks ago. I really have been busy painting even though I haven't updated in so long. I'm going to try posting what I have saved up tonight and then hopefully I will get back into a routine of blogging!

more mailbox

mailbox

So I've been so busy! I just realized it's been more than a month since I've been able to update this! I have managed to get one of my giant food pieces done, probably back in February, just haven't had the time to scan! I was busy for a couple of weeks doing this mailbox for someone. I can't say it is something I would do very often, but it was a nice challenge. Working in acrylics instead of oil...it's been awhile and i forgot how quick they dry! Anyways, enjoy these pics and I swear I'll post my new paintings soon! I do have a bunch!

One last nest!

So I decided to do one more! I love this one and I'm glad I ended up doing 3. You really learn a lot when you work on one thing a few times. I feel like painting the nests has let me be looser, which is definitely a good thing.

Nest 2

My school's big art auction is coming up and I really wanted to donate something this year. I think I'm on a nest kick right now because that's what I decided to paint. I like the way it came out and I hope it makes lots of money for the school!

mojito

Just a fun painting I did for a friend, but it definitely makes me want summer!

New Website

Thanks to my wonderful boyfriend my website has been updated!!!!!!
Check it out, I'd love some feedback

Spring Nest

something I have been dying to paint ever since I did my birds! It was fun and I actually had a harder time with the tree then I did with the nest. This will be hanging at Scribe in the next two weeks, along with some other spring paintings, but if anyone is interested now, it is 12 x 12 inches and it's $200., email me!

These were the two commissioned dog portraits that I had been working on. I'm not always a fan of painting dogs, but I had fun with these, especially compositionally.

Bird Show comes down

After a very successful Winter Bird Show, I am thrilled to say that there are only 2 paintings left! If anyone is interested in these last two (titmouse in pine and big fat bluejay), please contact me. The titmouse painting is 18 x 24 oil on masonite and it is $300.00 and the big fat blue jay is 6 x 6 oil on mdf and is $100.00

I have been busy working on some commissioned pieces which I haven't been able to post because they are gifts. They are coming soon. Also stay tuned for some new spring paintings and "Giant Food"!

Robin

It wouldn't be spring without a robin, and whenever I think of robins I picture them out in the grass snatching worms. I never realized how many colors can be found in there seemingly black backs.

spring bluebird

So this is my third bluebird. They are fun to paint, the colors are vibrant yet subtle. This one looks really spring like to me with all the little buds.

hermit thrush

I did the hermit thrush because it is Vermont's state bird. Very cute too!

little goldfinch

This is the first of four spring birds that will be hung and sold at Simple Nest in Manchester, Vermont. I am very excited to have my work displayed in another state, hopefully this is the first of many. It was also very fun to paint some spring birds, but it really made me want spring!

first chickadee

This was my first bird. It was a commissioned christmas present. It was fun, I like the way the red brightens it up.

Emily's bluebird

This was a christmas present I did for my friend, thought I would post it along with my other birds

winter birds

Here are some pictures of the birds in the window. It was really hard to get a good picture because of the glare on the window. They have been really popular, I only have 3 left (lonely bluebird, big fat bluejay and titmouse in pine) so if you're interested, contact me soon!

lonely bluebird

This was my final painting. I originally didn't think I would have time for it, but I did and I'm glad. This seems to be peoples favorite. I decided to keep it very empty to contrast with busy pine in the last two and overall I think the bird has a very powerful presence. It almost looks like he is guilty of something, which is cute.

Three little chickadees

This is my favorite. I especially like the chickadee to the far right and the way that he hides in that little area. I love the background too. It was a great series for me to do, because it broke me away from always using really bright colors. I learned how to work with murkier subjects (winter colors), but also keep with my style. When you look at these as a whole, they still have my light style and I think that is cool. Unfortunately this digital image is slightly blurry.

Cardinal love

This was my first big bird painting. It is roughly 12x24. I like the warm color scheme even though it doesn't give the cold winter feeling. I think the emptiness and twigs make it winter like. I like the female bird a lot, the male seems not as "realistic" but I couldn't quite figure out how to change it.

Titmouse in Pine

This was my least favorite to paint, but I like how it turned out. Those pine needles took forever!!!! It is 18x24

Chickadee and Berries

I love chickadees, probably cause they are so small and cute! My grandfather used to paint chickadees, I think that is another reason why I like them and want to paint them.

textured towhee

As I was painting this I didn't think it was going to turn out good. It was one of those paintings that really came together at the end. I think that this bird has the best texture out of all of them. It really looks like it has it's winter feathers. It is also one of those paintings that looks so much better when you stand back, you see more of the depth in the background.

little nuthatch

I enjoyed this painting, I think because I saw one in person for the first time right before I started painting the birds. I had no idea how tiny they were. I always thought they were the size of a blue jay or cardinal but they are actually really tiny like chickadees. They are so cool how they like to be upside down and I definitely wanted to paint one that way.

Cold Cardinal

This one was the last small one I did. It is probably my least favorite, probably because it seems simple, but I still like it. I think it rounds out the collection. They can't all be full of stuff.

Titmouse

I love these cute little birds, this is my other favorite small one. It is also the one I chose for advertising my show. I was originally going to go with the blue jay, but I liked pulling out the red from the berries for text more than the blue.