Today's Oil Study - an Egret

Today's oil study is an egret.  I finished it, photographed and realized the background color just killed the color of the egret.  So I wiped it off and repainted the background with more oomph.  Later today I'll post both images here so you can see what a difference the second background made.

173 - Egret

5" x 7" oil study on board, unframed

$75 plus $6 shipping within the U.S.

SOLD
 

A Cardinal Marathon!

Today I'm posting three oil studies of cardinals.  I got up early and painted the first piece, liked the way it turned out so I painted another....and so on.   I don't have time to put the 'buy now' buttons up yet - will try to get them done in a few hours.  In the meantime,  if you're interested in one of the cardinals, email me and I'll go by first-come-first-served.   adele.earnshaw@gmail.com 

75-170 Cardinal

7" x 5" oil study on board, unframed

$75 plus $6 shipping within the U.S.
 SOLD

75-171 Cardinal

7" x 5" oil on board, unframed

SOLD

75-172 Cardinal

5" x 7" oil on board, unframed

SOLD

Today's Oil Study - Flying Swans

During last year's 75 for $75 project I painted a flying egret that I really liked.  Today's oil study of flying swans was inspired by last year's study.  I'd like to do a larger painting based on this piece - maybe for the Waterfowl Festival in Easton, MD in November.

168 - Flying Swans

5" x 7" oil study on board, unframed

$75 plus $6 shipping within the U.S.

SOLD

A Great Blue Heron for Today

Today's oil study is a Great Blue Heron.  I keep painting heron hoping they'll start coming easier for me - but this guy took a long time to get it right.  With heron and egret, the eye has to be just right.

167 - Great Blue Heron

5" x 7" oil study on panel, unframed

$75 plus $6 shipping within the U.S.

SOLD

New Paintings for Walt Horton Fine Art Gallery

Walt Horton Fine Art Gallery is one of the seven galleries that carry my work.  The gallery is right next to Paderewski Fine Art - a great location in the Beaver Creek Plaza with the ice rink right outside the door and lots of upscale shops.  (Beaver Creek is very near Vail on I-70 west of Denver).   Larissa, manager of the gallery, tells me that the occasional bear wanders in to the Plaza to raid the trash cans!  I'm not surprised as the Rockies come almost to the entrance of the Plaza.

These are some of the new pieces I just delivered to the gallery.  Keeping the sluggish economy in mind, these are all smaller pieces.  But if art sales are to the economy as a canary is to a mine, then  I would say the economy has turned around as my sales have been really good. 

The gallery-wrapped/unframed dogs are 8" x 8" and the framed pieces are all 7" x 7".   I'll be dropping off another four 7" x 7" - all aspen paintings, to the gallery on my way back in Arizona next week.

Today's Painting - A Goldfinch

I wish American Goldfinch would come to my feeder, but I only get the Lesser Goldfinch.  When the Lesser are wearing their breeding plumage they're a bright yellow, but never quite as pretty as an American Goldfinch.  I wonder if the Lesser Goldfinch feel inadequate?

166 - American Goldfinch

7" x 5" oil on board, unframed

$75 plus $6 shipping within the U.S.
SOLD

(I think this one broke all records.  'Posted' to 'sold' took about 8 minutes.

Thanks Sarah!) 

"Local Colors"

If you're looking for today's 75 for $75 oil study, scroll down to the previous post.

I just finished this 8" x 10" oil this evening of a Breckenridge fox and poppies - both (fox & poppies) can be seen all over town.   I like this piece and will use the idea for a much larger painting.

"Local Color"

8" x 10" oil on panel

SOLD