Friday the 17th of October

I had hoped to blog once a week.......
I would love to say that I have been busy in my studio.
Life gets in the way sometimes and spins in ways that we cannot control.
But I have been busy in the studio with techniques that I am learning in my painting class
at the Palette and Chisel in Chicago. My work will definitely change.......
Yes it is a long commute for me...but I have a partner in crime, we drive together and the time goes by fast, we split the gas and talk about art and our lives.

When the weather gets bad......Union Pacific here we come.

I included some pictures from our E exhibit at The Old Court House Art Center in Woodstock, IL

Thanks for checking in with me...keep coming back and see the progress.

May you be Safe, Happy and Healthy
Peace
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Old Court House Art Center

Old Court House art Center

Old Court House Art Center

Old Court House Arts Center
wall

Going to the Park

Lemons in Blue

Blue Paradox

Blue Paradox II

At the Gallery for the month of October
series Blue Paradox iv

made some changes

Long pose, 1 1/2 hour approx.
Study in oil on canvas board
of Tim Merkel acoustic guitarists.

25 minute pose at OCH Wednesday evening the 15th of October

Hi everyone.

I posted a lot of unfinished work, thought you might like to see.

I might not be putting finished work up do to the fact it might be stolen of become the
property of Google........my beloved Google....I cant believe you would take our work.

I was very disappointed to read that people actually steal artist work....and make money with stolen work.......

I will have to do more research into this.
Until then

Have a great week.......be safe and enjoy where you are and what you are doing.
Enjoy life

Peace
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A Morning surprise hanging on my studio screen.
The larges praying mantis I have ever seen.
Wow........ I must have a very tasty selection of bugs.

I love my new studio......
Thank You Terry for all the hours you put in to make this
possible.

just a start...I have never done landscape
I have never painted water, I have animated it.

Another re -work
I think I am going to add
more color to the skin

started to re-work some older paintings

up date on Bradly

Woodstock market, working on a series.
never painted outside...it is a lot of fun.
a challenge for me I don't do flowers or architecture

Old Court House in background

Woodstock Farmers Market

needs a little more work.

Thursday drawing at GLAA
Alan poses for a long pose
conte' 8 x 24

After a long break from posting on my own blog I'm back to say hello to everyone.
Hope you all had a great summer, which in my opinion went to fast.

I also maintain the Old Court House Figurative League's blog at
figleague.blogspot.com

Camera issues have prevented me from adding to my blog
The camera that I am currently using is very old by today's standards and has a few issues, that's the excuse I'm using for not taking pictures of my current work.
Which I have started to do now, I will have more soon
So hang in with me until I manage to get a new one. lol might be awhile.

With the economy spiraling and elections around the corner it won't be any time soon.

I have committed myself to painting at a local farmers market, for the month of September just to gain experience painting in the outdoors. It really pushed and pulled at me.
I don't do flowers or architecture. But I needed to.
So come back in a few days and check out my really immature paintings of the market.

Have a great week, be safe and have fun at what ever it is you do.

Peace
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"Bistro" currently in
Real People 2008 a National juried show
at the Old Court House Art Center
in Woodstock, IL

Water color on 18x 24 water color paper

The 24th of July 2008
I have only one drawing for this week
Done in pastels on white paper.
I'm moving my studio this week to its new home.
And still recovering from our family picnic.
Hope to get more work done next week.
Thank You for the nice compliments on my work.
I hope you continue to visit my blog
Have a great week
Peace
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Wednesday night drawing
pastel
18 x 24

The past few weeks have just flown by.
With Real People 2008. A National Juried show .....
I am co-chair of....... getting my studio finished, moving in and going
through all my acquired stuff.......did I say stuff.... lots of stuff.......
along with family obligations and work obligations.......
A staff of people is required to keep my life going.
My mother always said; Mary you ran everywhere........ I believe I caught myself mom. :)

I do have to say I had a great Sunday visiting with all of you, my family.
Thank you to David for bring this back to life.
And Carl.
Mary for rescuing all the recycle and taking it to its proper destination.


Hope we will do it again, maybe next time in a resort.......... LOL
I was beat, and still recovering this morning.

I feel like I didn't have enough time to re-equate my self with everyone.
A nice slow pace two day weekend with games, swimming and an evening of sharing.
Anyone up for it. Or am I showing my age.......... pining for our Lake Geneva cottage.

It was fun.....good food, good weather and good company.
Good soft ball...........new baby.........welcome Megan.
The Greatest family.
I hope everyone will join us next year.

Watercolor was the media of choice this past Wednesday.
Cleaning out my studio I found two pads of watercolor paper. Being a hot July I thoroughly enjoyed the thought of working with cool water and blue paint.
It has been a few years, looking at the work in the book.

Hope you are enjoying the blog.
Have a great week, take time to savor life.

Thank You to Christine K for taking pictures of my work this week.
Peace
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Watercolor
Wednesday drawing
long pose
1 hour and about 15 min.

watercolor
Wednesday drawing

watercolor
at Wednesday
drawing

Watercolor
at Wednesday drawing

The First week in July
A short week for me, but I did get a chance to read.
I have to laugh, I am such a miss fit at times.
I can't seem to find that balance.
I think it is time to stop looking for that balance, not worry about the balance.
It will come in time.
The next few weeks will be lean as far as work to post. We have a deadline for Real People 2008 and I'm co-chair lol, the deadline is this week I'm organizing all the material for the judges. Plus lots of other details.
I have to tape, mud my studio walls put a base coat of paint on....almost finished...I guess we are never really finished I should say this is as far as I go for a while, so I can start to work.
I'm interested in how this will change my work.


Have a good week

Peace
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Wednesday drawing
Bill

Monday
I really like this one, i think I am moving in the direction I want to go.
I laugh at this comment, I am reading about Giacometti.

I hope you enjoy looking at my work, I will post next week the weeks Drawings and or paintings
Have a good week
Peace
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Please click on older post to view more work

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Universe
Solo show ,
now at La Petite for July
I have a gazillion pictures it just does not photograph well.
but well liked by everyone, is 1 of a series of 4

I just wrote to my nice and I realized I had not put up any of my work that has been in Group or solo shows.
I belong to "E" we are 6-8 members who show together.
Some of us have work at La Petite Creperie In Woodstock, IL for the month of July.
bert is working on our website and as soon as that is up I will let you know.
Peace
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Yellowstone 1
Sage gallery

Yellowstone 2
I spun and wove the
flax ( linen)
for both 1 and 2
Sage Gallery

War

Alan's tree
Old Court House Arts Center
For Vision of Sugar Plum Show

After
Shown at
Starline Gallery Harvard, IL
Woodstock City Hall, Woodstock, IL

Welcome to the world
Shown at Sage Gallery Crystal Lake
Woodstock City Hall

Hi,
My load page was buried on my computer. :)
LOL
So here is this weeks Paintings from the week of 22nd of June
My painting from Photograph is coming along. I still have trouble with skin, I would think with all the life drawing that I have been doing this would not be a problem. I should be able to create something.
To cut my self some slack I have more experince with adults, second it's difficult to paint or draw a family member.
Knowing this I did start with a sketch.
Peace
Have a good week
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Thursday painting at Alice's class.
work in progress.

Wednesday session
long pose
oil on cut canvas
30x28 approx.

Thursday afternoon
our Thursday group will only meet once a month
during the summer:(
This is from a past session
oil on canvas 8x10

Monday night
a few weeks ago.
5x7 oil on canvas
This past Monday I was celebrating with Terry his Birthday.

For some reason bloger will not let me down load pictures at this moment.
I will try again later.
Peace
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Hi Thanks for visiting my blog and to my friends in Spain.
I took Monday off to celebrate Terry's birthday with him
I will show a painting that I had done a few weeks ago and forgot to post.
On Wednesday nights I'm in charge of opening and getting the drawing group going, also we are in the middle of a big fundraiser for our group. Real People 2008 Celebrating Faces and Figures Thru the Arts is a national juried show, so lots needs to be done. I suspect that the next few weeks will be hectic. I managed to do one painting.
Today I worked on a painting from a photo, I have trouble with this, but I need to learn to do it.
Nothing like painting from life............
I will post them Friday, since all my photos this evening turned out too dark. Not enough light.
I have been working on a personal film for many years and I think I have an idea for the ending.
Yea...but it has to wait until fall, by then I should be moved in to my new studio space.
Peace
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This was the week of the 15th of June
Hope you enjoy, I sure did. Very busy but also prolific.
I'm struggling with style, I have been told to just paint even the gestures to gain a style.

Only if I could make the brush sing like the pastels and charcoal in my gestures.
My goal for how ever long it takes.

Have a good week.
Peace
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Monday night
2 hour

25 min
pastel

gesture
1 min or less

gestures

Thursday gestures
less then a 1 min.