Whimsy paintings

Waiting For Change

Pig In A Blanket

Pork 'n' Beans

Pick Me, Pick Me!

Sun Flower

Sky Scraper

The top three are 6x6; the bottom three are 11x14. It was fun!

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Whimsy, Columbia Art Gallery, March 2010

The Columbia Art Gallery's March show is title "Whimsy," in which I have six paintings. The theme definitely stretched me both inspirationally and artistically, but I'm pleased with the results. I also feel the whole experience will improve and inform my future non-humorous work. I'm grateful to have been invited to be part of the show. If you're in Hood River during the month of March, stop by the gallery and take a look. I also will be posting my six paintings soon. In the meantime, here's a link to the gallery's website for more information: whimsy.

Solemnity

9x12
oil on canvas

My mother came over and watched the children so I could get some solid painting time in, and this is one of the results. It was lovely to lose myself in the paint.

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Nocturnal Whispers

8x16
oil on canvas panel

I've been working on some whimsical landscapes for a show at the Columbia Art Gallery in Hood River, OR, and although this isn't one of them, it almost could be. I used a photo reference, but most of it was conceptual.

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Ascent

9x12
oil on panel

I just about gave up on this painting. I had a vision of a wide-open sky, but it just didn't work. I ended up adding the clouds, and then it all seemed to come together.

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Country Dance

11x14
oil on canvas

I've had cause to be thankful for the photo-gathering trips made the autumn before last, since I did not have an opportunity to go on any this last fall (newborn infants are rather time-consuming!).

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Chasing Sunshine

20x24
oil on canvas

It was difficult to get a good photograph of this painting, since it's fairly large and my ceiling is fairly low-- t00 much light washes it out and not enough makes it a bit dull. I tried to adjust it in photo-correction software, but I'm not very good at that! So here it is, a bit on the dark side, but fairly true to color.

I love clouds, and I have an ambition to paint more "sky" scenes. We'll see... I have more ambitions than I have time...

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