Between trying to stay ahead of the weeds and getting ready for a show I’ve been remiss about blogging. I wound up hanging 29 paintings–a few old but mostly new ones– at a very nice gallery in a retirement community here. A 93-year old friend who lives there had been bugging me to have a show so I finally got it done. Here’s a bit of the wall. Unfortunately the people who will mostly see it are not at a point in their lives to be buying much new stuff.
Here’s the last one I finished before the show–a sketch (later worked up more fully). Later I went back to the site to do a larger version. It was a wonderful place. I had to trek back along the stream for a way to get a good view but with my recently-acquired dolly, carrying all my gear wasn’t a problem. I was pleased that a guy who was delivering something to the retirement community called and said he’d fallen in love with the painting. Alas, it was too expensive for him but it’s nice to know that someone likes what you’ve done.
Sketch for Field and Stream 9 x 12 oil on masonite $150 unframed
Field and Stream 18 x 24 oil on masonite $800 framed
Alison | 16-Jul-08 at 4:22 pm | Permalink
Love it! Thank you for adding a photo of the hung paintings. Very impressive!
Lynne | 17-Jul-08 at 9:22 pm | Permalink
Congratulations on your show! Have you noticed in the picture of the wall, how the rose painting propped up on the table looks like it’s in 3D? The shelf in the painting just lines up with the wainscoting of the wall, and the hard shadow in the painting makes it look like a real flower is sitting on the table.