Winter Sun -Eyes to See No. One

Winter Sun -Eyes to See No. One



Original 5" x 7" painting in oil
-painted outside in Winter
-plein air
-Magnesiacore panel
-Coa included

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Number One in a continuing series titled "Eyes to See"


made with love,
Rebecca


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Violets to Share

Here are a couple pictures of some new commissioned violet pins and pendants I just finished. I completed 2 pendants and three pins all together.

Note the raindrop was a snowflake that found it's way onto the pendant while I was taking some photos.

I'm looking forward to a series of snowy winter paintings.


All the best,
Rebecca
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Full Show

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Original Signed painting.

Painted with brushes outdoors on site.

Size - 5 x 7"
Support - magnesiacore panel
Medium - Oil
Sealed
easily framed

My first painting of this fall's colors, I fell in love over and over painting the exploding reds, oranges, yellows and light greens. Truly An Autumn Color Explosion!
Bright, Juicy and rich it has been a gorgeous Fall. I already feel the twinges of not painting more of it.
~Rebecca

"Find the Beautiful" sometimes it's easier than others especially this time of the year,
detail picture


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Black-eyed Susan pendants

Here is a sneak peak at three pendants.


I'll post more soon.
Although I have nearly 20 finished some are already spoken for and once they've been chosen I'll list the remaining ones for purchase.

Have a beautiful weekend.

Rebecca
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Sunshine Roses

Here is Sunshine Roses,
5" x 7" plein air oil painting on magnesiacore panel :)


It has been sold.

I have a bunch more rose pendants I'll be posting tomorrow and over the next couple days.

I have been aching to paint some more of my beloved Black-eyed Susan's too.

Summer flowers are like mini sunsets in the green earth rather than blue of the sky.

Although I don't have any here in my garden to paint they are abundant in my neighbors.

Wishing you all the best,
Rebecca

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Rose Blossom Pendant, Rose Deep ACEO

1" x 2" painted plein air on magnesiacore panel
Rose Blossom




Rose Deep
ACEO art card measuring 2.5" x 3.5"
painted plein air on primed illustration board in the early dawn hours.

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Summer Roses

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Summer Roses

5" x 7"

oil on Magnesiacore panel

Original plein air oil painting of a Rose of Sharon ~Lucy.

Signed, Sealed and will be shipped priority mail.

~Rebecca

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Rose Bloom Aceo, 5 x 7 and Reaching Roses Pendant

Rose Bloom ACEO 2.5" x 3.5"


Rose Bloom 5" x 7" painting is sold


Reaching Roses hand painted pendant.
1" x 2"


When you are greeted with a new day, turn your face to the sun and smile.

Rebecca

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Leaf Red handpainted pendant

New pictures, New thoughts, new works.

I have some new ideas and am going to be experimenting with some new photo formats for my work, whether small or large.

Here is Leaf Red,

Carry a piece of nature and art with you, by wearing this original painted pendant Leaf Red,

Painted in cream and red oils inspired outdoors directly from nature on panel.

This is an original miniature natural abstract painting.

It is signed, sealed with a protective finish and features a brass jump ring.

measuring
1" x 2"

It's ready to be hung from your favorite necklace, chain, cord or ribbon and will be shipped first class mail.




Find the beauty,
Rebecca

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Daisies and Magnesia Core

First I want to thank Maria and Toni Carosi from Magnesia Core for contacting me and sending me some samples of their product to paint on.

Maria first contacted me online about their product and Toni quickly shipped out a handful of 12" x 12" panels.



This is a 5" x 7" painting in oil plein air of Daisies on Magnesiacore.

Here is my first painting on this kind of panel.
Previously I have used masonite wood panels for works.

These handle very nicely and have a ceramic feel to them that is light, sturdy and pleasing.

Cutting them down was very easy, I had only to measure, score and snap.
I did prime my panels with gesso and it absorbed the medium well.

I have waiting in the wings some small pendant size pieces to paint on.

and will be reviewing the panels more as I paint some different subjects and color ideas.

You can read more about their product here.
http://www.magnesiacore.com/art

and as their website states:

Magnesiacore is a flexible ceramic sponge that is dense but airy with fine microscopic pores that support all media, paints, oils, stains, watercolours and adhesives with 26% absorption and a feel suggestive of soap stone.

Thank you again sincerely, Maria and Toni for the opportunity to try out this new support.

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Carnival Days

I am going to begin offering quality prints of some of my paintings through my etsy store and website.

The first one I have to present is Carnival Days.


This is an archival giclee print on matte canvas from my original painting.

The UV inks are said to last 100 -200 years which is a long time to enjoy this festive painting.

The original was painted on site from a local homedays festival. It was my goal to capture the universal fun, joy and memories so many have of local festivals as well as the brilliance of the sparkling wares for sale.

The image measures 8" x 10" with a generous white handling area on each side of about an inch and a half.
I have signed the print on the back.

I accept paypal,(paypal accepts most major credit cards) money orders, personal checks and google checkout.

Make it Beautiful!

Rebecca

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A Mother's Bouquet

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Sometimes the best things in life are free.

Flowers picked by a child's hand, shushed whispers, running water and bursting smiles as they hand you a handful of treasures picked from your yard.

This piece is fresh off the easel.

It measures 5" x 7" and is painted in oil with brushes and palette knives on 1/4" primed panel.

Thick and textural painted under a spring sun from my little yard bouquet given to me from my special little ones.

I can remember doing the same thing when I was little for my mom.

I know this is early but Happy Mother's Day!!!


All paintings are shipped via USPS priority mail.


If you have any questions please don't hesitate to ask.

Rebecca

"Make it Beautiful"



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Daffodil Joy

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Gentle, Yellow blossoms springing from the newly warmed, winter ground bring feelings of hope and renewal.

The second piece in a series of Daffodil paintings I'm beginning.
This piece is fresh off the easel.

Detail picture
It measures 5" x 7" and is painted in oil with brushes and palette knives on 1/4" primed panel.

Thick and textural.

The sky was painted from a cloudy, windy day outdoors.

The Daffodils are from a photo I took. It is signed on the back.

Whatever you do......Have fun !

Rebecca :)

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Daffodil Sunshine

detail picture $75.00

The first in a series of Daffodil paintings I'm beginning.
This piece is fresh off the easel, and available now through my etsy store

It measures 5" x 7" and is painted with oils on 1/4" primed panel.

The sky was painted from a cloudy, windy day outdoors.

The Daffodils are from a photo I took. It is signed on the back.

There is something so warm and special about spring when the Daffodils bloom. Nature begins to open her arms and we all welcome the wonderful blooms of color.

Although I did have fun with all the wintery colors this year especially with the pieces Walking & Serenity.

I am glad for the beautiful weather we're having and the changes in subject and palette. I don't think I could live without the change of seasons.

All the best,
Rebecca

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Black-eyed Susan Triptych Painting Published on College Text Book Cover

I'm sure many of you have heard the expression,
it's like looking for a needle in a haystack,

Well I'm happy to share my good news with you that I hinted at before.
I am the needle in the internet haystack that has been found!
I was cautious in mentioning any of this until I knew for sure that is was legitimate with all the silly scams out there on the internet.

It is real, a couple weeks ago I was contacted online by a college text book, cover art editor for a publisher, and they are going to use my Black-Eyed Susan's triptych painting, which is on display in a local gallery until Feb. 10th, on the cover of a book entitled Human Exceptionality, By Houghton Mifflin co. (What's funny too is that the road I live is named Houghton.)

Click Here for the original blog post of the paintings.

I have just sent out the billing invoice and will have my name on the copyright page inside the book as well.
They are going to be sending me printed cover flats too.
I'll be sure to post some pictures when I have them.

The Boston company publishes over 300 text books a year, so I'm not sure exactly when this will go to print, but probably early spring.


I still am in shock, excited and very thankful,
as a family member said It is a Kiss from God;)

Wishing you always the very best,
Rebecca;)

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Original Black-eyed Susan Triptych Painting

detail picture, click each for larger views

This piece has been sold.


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Each Panel Measures 5.5" x 12" on Gallery Wrap Canvas .
This piece is best told as half and half.
The sky and clouds were painted outside on site and the black-eyed susan flowers were inspired from a photo I took recently.

With this piece I wanted to capture the joy that swells in me and the summer memories I feel whenever I see black-eyed susans.

I loved creating the Rose of Sharon Series, from the flowering Lucy in my yard, it was an exciting blessing to work on and now that all the blooms have withdrawn and faded until next summer, I'm at a loss for colors here around my home. I will surely be painting the sunsets, but I ache for colors and paintings created at all times of day. Being that our five children are little yet I am tied to my homescapes and working from some choice photographs until Falls show comes. In the spirit of Monet it matters not whether a piece is created entirely onsite or with reference, It's the Results that matter!


~Wishing you all the best, don't forget to look up and around, inspiration and beauty are everywhere.
Rebecca

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Rose of Sharon No. 7

Here is Rose of Sharon No. 7,
Original oil painting
18 x 24 canvas panel.
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and here are a couple details pictures.



While certainly not abstract as I had thought I had hoped for, it is a step towards the shapes I enjoy. I learned a painting can take a life and course of it's own, and you have to do what's best for the piece.

The shapes of the colors up close are abstract to me and will be a gentle inspiration for the next painting.

I had so much fun painting this piece. Every color was mouth watering to paint, it has been a while where I felt my eyes consuming the colors I was painting, like a visual dessert.

Here is a close up of one bloom on the Rose of Sharon - Lucy.
They are a gorgeous color with their ruffled layers.


This is a general inspiration for the completed painting above.
The day I began it, it was not overcast like here, but that is part of plein air, ~remembering your inspiration until the piece is completed.
Enjoy
~All the best
Rebecca

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ACEO #18/18

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I love this one. It's an ending of my 18 card series and the beginning of the next!

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Almost There ACEO's #15 -17

Here are no's 15-17 of the 18 ACEO Art card series I've been working on.
No. 18 will be posted tomorrow.

What I've learned through this series as others is when you start you think surely by the close of 18 or however many, you will exhaust some inspiration of the ideas you had in mind at the end. And be ready to leave it behind for something new.

Not so, this series is only serving to inspire similar works of which I dream could and will be full size. Little studies of love.
and no. 18 is surely a spring board for the next series. I started with the simple idea of dark and light.
And have found so much joy in pursuing this little thought bordering the line of natural and abstract.
Titled Imagine, this series has allowed me to imagine the possibilities of small works and large dreams.


Rebecca :)

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ACEO's #'s 12 & 10 & a rainbow

Here are no's 12 & 10, they are a part of a four piece set within the 18 series.

You can see the retouched complete set below in the other post.

These pictures are a little better, but it still remains that my camera doesn't like close ups,

But hey I'm not much for pictures of myself either.

When we go somewhere I'm usually so busy shooting the surroundings that I forget to take pictures of the family. eek. LOL shhhh

I took this picture yesterday. The rainbow was beautiful as was the atmosphere.

It was just barely misting rain along with a golden hue in the sky, my son found this rainbow stretching high right over behind our home.

That makes two rainbows so far this summer when before the other I hadn't caught one in many years. Rainbows are beautiful and always fill me with hope and faith.

Rebecca;)

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