Clear spring sun, pristine white houses sitting Southernly over the calm waters. Simply irresistible.
16x20 Original oil on canvas. Free Shipping.
April 5, 2012
March 9, 2012
Mary’s Shed
This enchanting place is in the mountains of North Carolina, near Little Switzerland. Mary has acres of wild flowers and winding paths with views of rolling hills in the distance. Here is where Mary keeps her tools for gardening.Mary’s Shed. Original oil. 16x16 gallery wrapped. Ready to hang. Free shipping.
$300.
Color Me Roses-SOLD
Today is perfect for a jar of roses.
I am embarking on a series of “Happy Squares”. Each gallery wrapped square is ready for hanging and can be yours for $99, shipping included.
These squares are designed to give you a brief happy moment, perhaps a smile as you walk by.
I love painting these little florals. My eyebrows raise in delight as I move the colors around on the canvas. I find myself smiling as I add a bright magenta onto a wall or cup, then highlight those blossoms with white. Voila! Coffee and flowers. What could be better than that?
Color Me Roses. Another 12x12 Happy Square. Gallery wrapped, ready to hang.
FIne China-SOLD
Today, I started painting a beautiful fine china sugar and creamer sitting along side a peeled tangerine. I sketched in e shapes with thin magenta paint but I was feeling a bit stiff and tense.
The sound of waves from the beach were beckoning me and my doggie was watching me from outside the glass doors. Begging. I said, “Well, heck! Let’s go to the beach!” So,
I grabbed a leash, her ball chucker and ball, and headed out for a walk.
As I was walking and throwing the ball into the water, I noticed the tide was out and there were thousands of broken shells on the sand. I began stuffing them into the pocket of my jeans..sand and all. Far be it from me to take along a plastic bag....oh no, not me...that would mean I was planning, thinking ahead....something I’m not exactly known for. (I flunked out of Girl Scouts. Go figure!)
I've always been more intrigued by broken shells than by perfect ones, or fine china for that matter. Perfection is something I’ve never quite been able to achieve. Broken shells remind me of authenticity...a sense of struggle, overcoming and survival. Broken shells must have stories to tell. I call them the sea’s relics and who knows, maybe they are as old as Mount Vesuvius. These shells have been weathered, smoothed down and reshaped by being tossed over and over against the ocean bottom. Weathering the storms of life are never very easy. Storms have a way of peeling away the superficial, cutting to the core and leaving you polished and authentic.
Anyway, once I got back to the house, I emptied my brimming pockets with little bits and pieces for a project later on, then went inside to finish today’s painting of that perfect fine china. The way it ended up didn’t exactly project the feeling of perfection but of warmth. But, I’ll let you decide on that. But here’s the finished project. Hope you enjoy.
Fine China, 12x12 gallery wrapped, ready to hang.
January 29, 2012
January 28, 2012
Among the Hollies by Judith Bailey
I love to go hiking in Nags Head Woods. This painting is from a photograph taken there. Coming up the trail near these trees I always see a deer so I considered calling it "Deer Jump" but everyone would be looking for the deer, as I usually am through my camera viewfinder, only to find it has jumped into the gulley just beyond these holly trees. They are especially pretty in the spring in the bright sun and fresh greenery of the trees surrounding them. I gave this painting a circle effect with the branches -- the circle of life (Alternate title no. 3). This painting has a cherry americana frame and I used econospacers around the glass so there is no mat. I love this framing technique for pastels. It really gives a quality presentation. Soft pastel on Ampersand Aquabord, 8 x 10, $125, tax and shipping included in the price. For more information visit http://obxvintageart.blogspot.com
January 4, 2012
December 26, 2011
Red Oak Snow by Judith Bailey
One of my favorite places is a little woods near my house. And once in awhile on the Outer Banks it actually snows. Last year it snowed quite alot for here and I got lots of snow photos. This painting is from one of those pics in my favorite woods. There is a little red oak tree there that was all decked out with red leaves and blue snow. I liked all the contrast. 5 x 7 matted and framed to 8 x 10, soft pastel on Wallis paper, $125. For more information visit http://obxvintageart.blogspot.com
December 24, 2011
"the color of rain"
by tonalist painter marilyn vendemia
original watercolor 8x5
SOLD
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December 10, 2011
December 9, 2011
Landscape Vibrations 1 & 2 by Karen Weihs
This is a pair of landscapes called "Landscape Vibrations,"oil on linen, $3200 each or $5800 for the pair.
It is quite exciting to use palette knife and putty knives to resemble something I see from my western NC studio.
Sunset Winter by Judith Bailey
December 2, 2011
@Daybreak by Judith Bailey
Where I live people love to get up at dawn and watch the sun come up over the ocean. In fact, they spend big bucks in order to do that for 7 days out of the year. It doesn't always look this glorious but if you are on the Outer Banks of North Carolina at just the right time you might get to see this. Soft pastel on Wallis sanded paper, 7 x 5, matted and framed to 10 x 8, $150 shipping and handling included. For more information see http://obxvintageart.blogspot.com
December 1, 2011
"beginnings" by contemporary tonalist painter MARILYN VENDEMIA
oil on canvas 8x8
$165.00
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November 27, 2011
We Bow Down by Judith Bailey
We used to sing a little praise chorus that went like this, "We bow down..." and I thought it was appropriate for a title since I have added some streaming light to the horses on the beach. You might think they are worshipping the Creator, depending on your outlook. Or, in the spirit of my father who was always irreverent at times like these, the colt might be saying to it's mom, "Wait! I have to stop to bite an itch!" 10 x 8, watercolor on arches, matted but not framed, $80. For more information visit: http://obxvintageart.blogspot.com
November 26, 2011
Winter Pleasures by contemporary, abstract, mixed media North Carolina artist Silvia Williams a
This small painting is in a 12x12 black frame with a white mat image is 6x6. The painting was done with golden fluid acrylics. Visit me to view more paintings at http://silviawilliamspaintsmixedmedia.blogspot.com. If purchase is desired, click gallelrytwosixtwo@gmail.com
November 22, 2011
Sheer Joy by abstract contemporary North Carolina artist Silvia Williams
This painting is a mixed media work on a 12x12 wrapped around canvas. It is a work from my very heart. I have been trying to get back to this loose style again ,which is my favorite, for a while. After a period of trying other ideas, this came up today. I am very happy to have produced this work. I guess I am pumped up because my work in going to be published in an ebook this Spring. Enjoy viewing this painting. Visit me for more work at http://silviawilliamspaintsmixedmedia.blogspot.com. Write if desired to swsilart@gmail.com
November 20, 2011
November 19, 2011
Wild Dunes by Judith Bailey
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