detail to Shadows of Winter

detail picture

Completed piece Shadows of Winter Sold

This piece was entirely completed with a few palette knives on location over the period of two days.
16" x 20"
Plein air landscape painting in oil.
Feb. 06'

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A plein airist plea

YES HURRY HURRY SPRING
come quickly lest we hibernate and tire forever,
forgetting our dreams and giving way to slumber.

R.

Made it Mine

See this,


click to enlarge
I made this one for me and just ordered it today, it's not often I indulge.

On the front it says,
Wherever you go,
Whatever you do... and then on the back it says,
Make it Beautiful.
It has become my motto for my work.
What's funny is I found a scrap from a journal I began last year
with this saying already scrawled down in my odd handwriting only to have taken a year to grow out of my subconscious.
I did decide to offer it in my store so if you want one or another with the same design on a hoodie or other Tee, check it out.
I'm gonna post a pic of me sporting it when it comes - wink.

Shadows of Winter

Sometimes you finish a piece and sometimes it finishes itself and as an artist you have to realize when.

I got two days into my new work and Northeast Ohio weather decided to change again. All of the snow melted by the third day, I had hoped to get back into this piece but the more I looked at, the more I realized it is done. This reliance on a single canvas and single goal got me thinking about Monet and how he would have different canvasses ready for different times of the day. I also realized when I looked among my completed works how few in number they are. I paint nearly every day in my mind and am filled with an excited confidence of the hundreds more that are just waiting to spill out of me. Being an artist is a wonderful journey in growth, exploration and adventure.

Later this week I'm heading out for more blanks, not only to have many going at a time but for larger works also. My life is a complex juggling act with the many hats I have to wear. Wife, Mother to 5, Artist and evening employee, not to mention the many other responsibilities I have. Life gets exhausting, I will be posting a completed shot soon. Onto this week I am gearing up to submit this piece and Beyond Grey to a local Juried Show at weeks end.

Inspiration comes from

Words and moments.
Sometimes a word becomes a title and inspires a painting, sometimes it's just a moment made of color or of sunlight that I can't wait to capture, and other times it's a mood I'm in or an emotion I'm feeling that I seek the right setting for.

Yesterday we had a wonderful break from the battering of North East Ohio's weather. Although January was up and down, February has been bitter. I couldn't let my chores excuse not painting anymore nor my fatigue.
I would have carried guilty of time lost if I turned away despite things, and the snow would have melted away until who knows when. It was the snow I was after, and they are calling for thunderstorms followed by snow again later on. But I couldn't wait until new snow fell.

I have begun Winter Shadows, tentatively titled. It is a 16" x 20" oil painting that won't be alla prima, so will be completed over how ever many needed sessions.

Beyond Grey

Beyond Grey
9" x 12"
Plein air oil landscape painting.
January 13th, 06'
This piece has gone through many transitions over the last few days. It had been entirely grey outside for weeks, not enough sunshine for any shadow to be cast. I'm glad I pushed past what I was feeling and experiencing. And am thankful that the sun did come out three days into this painting, although it completely changed it and me.
This piece was a soft thoughtful grey full of lavender and blue.
You'll just have to trust me ;)
Cheers, Rebecca

27 Degrees Sold

27 Degrees

8" x 10"
Plein air alla prima oil landscape painting
December 13th

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