Acrylic painting (Solo para ti) on stretched canvas, 14" X 14". Prints available at my website. This painting looks really good on a coffee cup. Bright colors to go with your morning coffee.
Tuesday, May 14, 2024
Solo Para Ti
Thursday, April 4, 2024
My notebook
I have been playing with acrylic paint in my mixed media notebook. Once the paper dried I also decided to try my calligraphy pen and ink. Unfortunately my hands are too shaky (Parkinsons) to do the Hebrew lettering well any more. That is sad, but I can still play with the ink. I was just experimenting with colors and mark making. I used a palette knife, plastic type spatula brush, bottle top and brushes. Fun to paint while listening to "Joe Cool's Blues" with Wynton and Ellis Marsalis on an old CD.
The top letters are one of the morning blessings thanking God for freeing the captives. Unfortunately, the Israel-Hamas conflict is continuing and the captives are not free. I pray for them and all the injured souls on both sides. The bottom letters are just me practicing the Hebrew alphabet.
Happy Spring. This is a tree in my neighborhood. I noticed it has early blossoms every spring. I don't know what kind of tree it is, but I enjoy seeing it on my afternoon walks.
This one was watercolor in my notebook. I added more ink so it looks a bit more finished now. Based on my photo from summer vacation. Coast of Norway as seen from the cruise ship.
Sunday, February 18, 2024
My Journey
Recently I received some lovely comments from a group I belong to on Facebook.
From Facebook:
Hi, everyone!
Happy Friday! I hope your week is going well, as we are now past the middle of
February. Spring is just around the corner!
Since it’s
Friday, we also know that it’s time for our Friday morning shout-outs, when
three AAM members are chosen for what they contribute to this group. Posts of
work, comments, advice, suggestions, questions, or sending invitations can all
help our group remain interesting, relevant, educational and strong. So,
without further delay, here are this week’s shout-outs. . .
Linda Feinberg - Not only does Linda share posts of her work, but she shares interesting, informative articles, humorous posts, opportunities for artists in her area, and inspiring work from other artists. Linda is a valued member of AAM and is an inspirational member herself. She continues to realize the importance of painting as she deals with hand tremors, and, to me, that’s a gutsy, positive approach to keeping the faith and allowing the art to take you in different directions. Linda, I can’t even tell you how motivational you are! So happy you are on AAM with us!
So I'm happy that I am motivating/inspiring other artists while I continue to attempt to be creative and make art myself. As I am not a professional artist and do not need to earn a living from my art, it is good to know that I am helping others. I do enjoy selling a few paintings from time to time and sharing my art that way, but being inspirational to someone else is a good reward for me too.
Wednesday, January 31, 2024
Winter scene
Windy Day on the River, Oil on canvas board 8 X 10, palette knife & brush. I am still struggling with shaky hands (from Parkinsons). I picked an easier scene to attempt. This doesn't have any real detail. I am pleased with the outcome and I just have to get my brain to accept that I can't paint the way I used to. I'm not giving up though I will be posting fewer paintings on this blog.
Wednesday, December 27, 2023
Starting again
Oil on oil paper. Red flowers. Inspired by an online video, but not copied from it.
I have not been painting for a few months. I've had medical issues I've been dealing with and decided to mount some oil paper and put it on my easel, hoping for inspiration.
This is an Osprey on a branch, acrylic. I found that I can't do detail work any more due to my hand tremors from Parkinsons. Even typing is hard. I'm trying not to get discouraged. Meanwhile, life continues on. I did enjoy painting the red flowers, that was more abstract.
Wednesday, November 1, 2023
Misty Day
Misty Morning (in Cascade Idaho). 8 X 16, oil on canvas panel. I couldn't figure out how to paint mist. I guess I will need more practice. Painted from my photo when I was at the Y camp in Cascade (see previous post).
My head has been preoccupied with health problems as my husband and I get older. I haven't been doing much painting, but when I do sit down at my easel and paint (sometimes I stand), I do enjoy it.
We only had 9 kids last night for Trick or Treat. That was sad. Now I have leftover candy to give away or eat. Looking forward to Thanksgiving at the end of the month.
Thursday, October 5, 2023
Rainy Weekend at camp
The YMCA had a Women's Wellness Weekend at their camp in Cascade, Idaho this past weekend. Unfortunately it rained most of the time. I still had an enjoyable weekend and it was nice to get away to the mountains since I live in the city. This was the dirt road to the archery site.
I could still hit the target. I did archery in high school, over 60 years ago. Many of my arrows hit, but then bounced off. One stuck in the target so I could get a photo. Several went over the top of the target. I would definitely need more practice if I took this up again. It was fun to try it.
Luxury camping. The cabin had some heat, bunk beds with mats (I brought my own sleeping bag), indoor toilets and showers. There were also yurts that did not have those facilities. The campers who stayed in the yurts had to walk out to another building for the toilet and shower. I was happy to be in a cabin with only 6 campers. We all had lower bunks. It was a 10-15 minute walk to the Lodge and meals, only a few minutes to walk to the barn where I took some classes. One was a guided meditation, excellent class. I remember doing that when I was seeing a therapist many years ago. Very relaxing and helpful.
Monday, September 4, 2023
Procrastination - unfinished work
Study for larger work. I drew this in my sketchbook, used watercolor paints and started the pen and ink process. It has been sitting in my studio for a while. I also did a palette knife painting of this image from Norway. I hope to get motivated to finish some art soon.
It was more enjoyable working with thick oil and wax paint and using a palette knife. My view was from our balcony on the cruise ship (Sky Princess) to the coast of Norway. The cliffs reminded me of the cliffs I saw in Alaska along the coast.
"Enjoying the view" was also painted with oil, but with a brush, not palette knife. It's an old memory, when we hiked Mounts Morgan and Percival in the White Mountains of NH. The view was of the lakes in that area. I don't usually paint people and I was not happy with my daughter's image. I might try to adjust it a bit more.
Friday, August 4, 2023
North Sea
I took a trip to the North Sea, departing from Southampton in the UK via cruise ship (Sky Princess) to Norway and Denmark. I had never been to those countries before although I lived in Belgium from 1969 to 1974. During those years I was working as a secretary and did not have enough money to travel although I did make it to the Netherlands, Luxembourg, France and Spain.
The sea was calm, it was cool (a great relief from the hot weather in Idaho), and it was a comfortable experience.
Our greeter at the first port, Kristiansand. He looked a lighter color than the moose I had seen when I lived in NH. There are moose in Idaho too, but I have only seen elk here so far. We took a bus trip to a mineral museum. I found the scenery reminded me of Alaska, NH and McCall, Idaho. I saw lots of green trees and granite cliffs. The museum was fascinating if you like rocks and minerals (I do). There were old houses with grass roofs and also a park/playground/lake for families.
View from the balcony of the ship as we left the port to go on to Denmark (I will post more photos another day).Friday, June 23, 2023
Painting experiments
Koi fish at the botanical garden, Acrylic on canvas panel 11 X 14.
I had fun painting on a black background with acrylic paint. I've always enjoyed painting fish. I have some of my earlier paintings in watercolor of Koi hanging in my house. I think these have a good sense of movement. I liked the way the bright colors appeared on the black background. I enjoyed watching them at the pond at the botanical garden. It reminded me of our trip to Israel in 2012 when we visited the kibbutz where they were being raised for sale. Beautiful fish.
Sitting by the Snake River. 9 X 12, mixed media on paper. This was done in my sketch book with gouache, pen and ink. I also used a brayer (a type of roller). I was just having fun without making too much of a mess. The woman sitting on the rock was another artist painting in watercolor a couple of years ago at the Swan Falls Park along the Snake River in Murphy, Idaho. I have done very little painting with gouache, but I had a few tubes to play with. I actually prefer painting with oils, but they take a long time to dry and I don't always have the patience for that so I decided to do some paintings that would dry quickly.