Gables

Gables
12x12, acrylics on canvas
NOT FOR SALE
(this one has been claimed by my hubby)

My latest. This is a house I drove by this summer in Mount Vernon, Maine. Couldn't resist. It spoke to me. Enjoy!

I Saw the Light

I Saw the Light
16x20, acrylics on canvas
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I decided I kind of like the song titles as titles for paintings, so I continued the theme with this one. I've been staring at this house, and another house beside it that I plan to paint soon, for months. They sit near my favorite Chinese restaurant, and every time I go there, I sit in my car in the parking lot and admire the way the light falls across the houses. I've taken several photos, and finally decided to go for it. In real life, there are many trees behind both these houses, but I decided to leave the sky clear because there's a lot going on, and I felt the trees would disrupt the balance. I didn't want to make the painting too busy.

I'm pleased with this one. All in all, not bad for a day's work.

Happy Together

Happy Together
11x14, acrylics on canvas
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I have mixed feelings about this one. It didn't come out quite the way I had hoped. I'm discovering I have real trouble with reds. It took many, many layers of color before I managed to achieve the warm red glow I wanted on the front of the house. And then, I still couldn't quite capture it with the camera. In real life, the house front is a little bit softer, a little bit warmer, red than it looks in the photo. Still, I think I managed to capture the feel I was going for: two houses that sit side by side, solid buddies through thick and thin. I kept thinking "me and you" and then the lyrics from the old Turtles song popped into my head and I realized I had to title this one "Happy Together".

Red Sky at Night

Red Sky at Night
12x12, acrylics on canvas
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This is the first painting I've done since I caught the Bug From Hell back around New Year's. I've been coughing for three weeks now, and it's getting old. But it seems to be lessening, a little at a time, so maybe there's hope that I'll get over it before May.

This painting is all about the color. Can you tell I have a thing for painting pink skies?

Enjoy!

New Year's Day

New Year's Day
16x20, acrylics on canvas
SOLD

Happy New Year! 2009 dawned sunny and cold here at Casa Viridian, with wind chills this morning nearing twenty below. But it was a beautiful, blue-skied day, the prettiest day this week, so I celebrated the new year by taking a drive with my camera. This is my first painting of 2009, titled, appropriately enough, NEW YEAR'S DAY. Hope you like it!