cabbage and kale

 It is dark and rainy today. The fire is going, the room is warm  and I have settled down to paint. 

I have a friend that likes my garden paintings, all of which have been sold. It has been a few years since I have painted one, as I have been interested in other subjects. This friend asked me to paint a garden scene so I will make a few before I get back to my abstracts. I won't be going out to the garden to paint right now but I have taken many photos of the flowers and vegetables.  i picked some kale yesterday for dinner. Even though it has been covered by snow and frozen, when the temperature  is above freezing the kale unthaws and is good to pick. 

cabbage and kale, watercolor 14x21

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winter night

I did this painting  from a sketch of a house in Waldoboro, a number of years ago and it sold. I thought it appropriate since we have had a few days of very cold weather. 

All the Christmas decorations are put away and it is time to do some serious painting.

winter night

 

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wet snow

It has been snowing all day. wet and sticking to everything, so it looks like a lot more snow then has accumulated about 4 or 5 inches. Mira has been out running about  but not me. I did my walking on the exercise bike. I have a fire in the wood stove  making the room cozy and I have my paints out and I am painting!! . Yes I am working on the commission of the cove scene for Lynn my neighbor.  

This  scene was painted looking out the bedroom window 

wet snow

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Christmas letter

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Every Christmas I write a letter that is a review of some of the events of my life. Christmas has always been my favorite time of year. It is a time when people are kinder to each other. I love the stories, music, decorations, lights, family gatherings  and best of all I love a live balsam fir tree that reaches the ceiling decorated with ornaments and lights. I celebrate Christ's birth, his energy of light, love and hope, transcending and overcoming darkness.  

winter early evening

 

white Christmas

A light snow has been falling most of this Christmas day. Doug, Christina  and I have enjoyed a quiet day. After a breakfast of blueberry pancakes we opened presents by the tree.  We walked the dogs and now 4 o'clock  tree lights and candles in the windows reflect there  images in the glass as snow flakes slowly decent from a darkening sky. Christmas Eve friends came for dinner, seven adults, three small children  and four dogs. It was a bit hectic. I love the company, to have friends and family together for Christmas. Best wishes for the holidays

Audrey

snow for Christmas

 

Hopper show

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On the 14th of October  i saw the Hopper show in Brunswick at the Bowdoin College Art Museum.  It was a major show of about, my guess100 paintings, all painted in Maine. Most of the paintings i had never seen before in books or the Boston show a few years back. It was exciting and inspiring to see. I bought the catalog book. I love my art books. Some people have said my architectural paintings remind them of Hopper, I do not try to emulate Hopper however most  artists are influenced by other artists works that they like, and Hopper is one of my favorite painters.

Waldoboro Village, Winter

 

Windy Day, acrylic  22x17

 

Hopper, House of the Fog Horn 11

 

Hopper, House of the Fog Horn 111

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abstract painting "Cube"

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Oct 1 2011

I plan to do some abstract paintings based on sacred geometry. I have been working on the Cube, 30x40 acrylic. From the sketches you see how I worked the geometry. there are several ways to get the 5 sided pentagon. One way is from the square. I took images of the canvas as I worked  out the design and colors.  On the right is the circle squared, the middle section has the 4, 5, and 6 sided shapes, the cube shape and the equilateral triangle with extended lines going to the edges. I didn't like the light purple square and kept the enclosed 6 sided shapes all warm colors. Last I added the dark lines. They may look random but I spent some time redrawing them until they looked right for the composition.

cube 1

 

cube 2

 

Cube 3

drawing

 

drawing

 

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