Blue Rain

 

 

Painted for DPW "Party Dress" challenge. 

 I originally began this painting in acrylics a couple years ago.

 Never finished it until now - repainted it in oils.

I wanted to style this painting after John Singer Sargent's paintings of women,

 but a little more modern, by giving her a Vera Wang evening gown,

and long hair worn down on her shoulders.

My nod to Sargent's era is the long lace scarf.

 

14" x 11" oil on canvas panel

 

$125.

available on my DPW Gallery

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Season's Greetings

Used the Zorn palette of  Cad. red, 

yellow ochre, ivory black and titanium white, 

to paint this winter scene.

I live in a rural area

and saw this lady getting or sending her mail

and knew I wanted to paint her 

and her iron mailbox.

8" x 6' oil on canvas panel

available on DPW auction

In the Afternoon Shade

Painted for DPW's "Polka Dot" challenge 

(after John Singer Sargent).

6" x 8" acrylic (used like watercolors) on canvas panel

$50.

Texting in the Wind

Submitted to Daily Paint Works "NYC Lady" challenge.


6"x6" acrylic on linen


$50.

Lady in Black with Scarf

This is a painting styled after one of Robert Henri's figuratives of his wife, Marjorie (below). Although I kept his dark background and the pose, I modernized my lady, who is different, with a more contemporary hair style and dressed her in a Vera Wang black evening gown. In homage to him, I kept the lace scarf which was in the original. I am totally happy with how the painting turned out - just NOT how it photographed.

After about 2 dozen shots, I finally settled on this one. They all had glare, no matter where I placed the painting, and it also isn't as sharp as it could be because some detail is missing in the photo from the face, and also the hands which are partially hidden in the scarf. I am going to work on taking a better photo and post it if it happens. If anyone has advice for photographing a dark painting like this, I would appreciate it.
14"x11" acrylic on canvas panel.  $125.