Another Artist Website

As I said in my last post, I am going to share some artist websites that I have found to be of great inspiration to me. The one today is http://www.dailypainters.com/. I look forward to checking this site every day to see what is new. I have even tried the "painting a day" concept, but I have found that I get stuck painting small and don't do any bigger pieces. Also, it is hard to do a painting everyday. It is amazing to me to sometimes see that other people are working on the same things that I am, and I love to see what they are doing with it.

Inspiration and Vacation

I have been on vacation for two weeks. Or should I say, I have had children and grandchildren visiting, and although it was a great time, it was no vacation. I think I need a vacation now! Needless to say, I have not been painting! I am going to start posting some of the websites and blogs of artists I follow; I find great inspiration in seeing what these wonderful people are doing. Especially when I am not finding the time to paint, it is so nice to be able to see what is going on in the art world. The first site I would recommend is www.arthousecoop.com. I love all the projects this site has going on, and I am participating in the Sketchbook project and hope to see the exhibit in Atlanta next spring.

Minimalist Abstract Painting

I found an older painting of mine last week and realized that it is akin to what I am working on now. I think I can use this to continue a series of more minimalist abstract renditions of my same theme of "Thin Places". I have found several blogs that I now love and am following, and I will try to link them to my blog as soon as I learn how!

New Abstract Work

I am posting some of my latest abstract work. Among Trees is actually three acrylic paintings on 10" by 10" boards. I like hanging the three together and the unusual shape that is formed.

Now working

Well, the website is now working. After trying again the next morning to upload photos, I emailed the webmaster; he said to try again, and it worked. So, maybe it wasn't that I was doing something wrong afterall. I am posting one more of the oil pastels that I am enjoying doing so much. I am working on a series of small paintings, impressionistic and non-objective, to show my love for nature, especially the coast which I am afraid more than ever may be a vanishing landscape.

Website

I have spent most of the afternoon trying to update my website and haven't been able to upload my pictures! This is so frustrating!!! I think I am following the directions, and I have been able to do this before now, so what am I doing wrong? My usual solution after I have tried something numerous times and failed is to give up until tomorrow, and sometimes a miracle happens and it works the next time I try. So I have decided to write a blog for today and send a picture here. Guess what - it worked here!

Blue

I have just returned from another time at the beach! I have been working on several small oil pastels with bird images in them. I am working with a rather abstract painting with just a hint of a recognizable image, and I do love all the shore birds found at the coast of South Carolina so this seems to work for me. I am trying to do a series of about twenty paintings in this size which will be 12" x 12" framed. I am seeing a connection between the style with the oil pastels and the palette knife acrylics - hovering between abstraction and non-objective.