Sunday, October 31, 2010

More Fairy Tales Acrylic Still Life With Pumpkins

9"x12" Acrylic Still Life, $50
amy.whitehouse@me.com
amywhitehousepaintings.com

Spring Garden

SPRING GARDEN
By Scottsdale Daily Painter, Pat Stacy

Spring Garden

Diptych, each piece is 12" x 12" x 1.5.

Acrylic over texture on canvas..

It creates a bright, cheery spot in the house to help ward off the dreary

days of winter. Price is $290.00. For more information, please

contact Pat Stacy, 602-290-3009, pastacy@cox.net.

Also visit my website at www.patstacy.com.

Snow scene oil landscape by BECKY JOY

Lately I've been working on larger paintings and finishing paintings that I have started. Today I finished this 20x24. I started with an abstract design with the color and lights and darks then did some negative painting, then positive. Back and forth. This was a painting that I had started a couple of weeks ago. I wasn't happy with the composition or the color. I had the trees to light and bright and there was no where for me to go as far as light accents. The sky and snow are a violet color which I thought was very pleasing with the orange reds. This was a lot of fun once I let go and just started with a loose design. It was too tight before and I wasn't having fun with it. 

I posted this on my website and also updated my website. I've got another on the easel today and will probably paint through Halloween on it.

Talk to you all later
BECKY JOY
beckyjoy@beckyjoy.com

Saturday, October 30, 2010

Saguaro Forest by Diane Barbee

This painting measures 48" x 60"and is painted on a gallery wrap canvas.  All inquiries please visit my website at www.dianebarbee.com  or contact me at dfbarbee@cox.net
Thank you for looking!

Party Pumpkin Acrylic Still Life With Attitude

5"x7" Acrylic Still Life, $50
amy.whitehouse@me.com

Autumn's POnd

"Autumn's Pond"
Oil on Canvas 12"X16"
$650

As I travel the southwest every once in a while one gets surprised! I happened upon this pond, part of the Virgin River in Long Valley, Utah. Everything is here, water, the Fall trees and the red rocks. Who could resist. This painting framed in a dark wood color will enliven any decor. There is much to be discovered in this painting.

To view more of my work please visit my website at www.BruceStam.com or email me at bstam@earthlink.net.

You can see my work at the unDust Gallery in Mesa, AZ. or The Gallery at Clarke's in Southern Utah.

Friday, October 29, 2010

"Button Jar" by Li Mahalik

Just one of many
Been there, done that and retired
He's looking at you

I went to the antique shop awhile ago and bought some bottles and jars. They were sitting on a book shelf and doing not much until one afternoon when the sun caught them and my eyes. With one of my abstract paintings behind them, the golden glow was mesmerizing. So, I painted them and found that it was fun to paint the glasses and bottles. 
The button jar was actually an easy one to paint and yet said so much.

Please visit my blog or my web site for more paintings;
Or email me for commissioned work or to purchase my paintings via Paypal. 
Thank you for visiting!

Studio and Plein air paintings by BECKY JOY

These are some studio paintings that I finished this week. With cleaning my studio and moving things from place to place I decided to finish these that have been sitting around undone. After a second or third look or a long period of not looking at the paintings, it is amazing what you see that you didn't the first time around. All needed some changes, tweaking or major overhauls.

I also have a few more of the plein air paintings from San Luis Obispo that I didn't post. Two of those paintings are posted below. All these paintings are posted on my website at www.beckyjoy.com.

BECKY JOY
beckyjoy@beckyjoy.com

"Green Apples"


16" x 20" (matted size) watercolor - $250

I have always admired the apple still life compositions by Cezanne.  His ability to convey an image with a minimum of lines inspires me to attempt to "do a lot with a little".

Wednesday, October 27, 2010

BREAKING THROUGH
By Scottsdale Artist Pat Stacy
Breaking Through
16" x 20" Framed
$350.00
This is one of my first paintings after completing the
"Break Through" workshopwith Bruce Marion.
I am using texture under the painting and intertwining
color. The deep amethyst colors compliment the gold,
and the effect is a serene, comfortable look. For
more information, please contact Pat Stacy,
602-290-3009 or pastacy@cox.net
Please check out my website,

Sunset oil daily painting by BECKY JOY

This 6x6 oil on canvas board is available on my website .

Today I had more painting time. I took a day off from construction, except to hold board a couple of times.
I started this painting and wiped it off not once, but twice. The second time I liked the look of the canvas in places where I wiped it off, so I kept it thin in the sky. I added the cloud with the brush and the light with the palette knife. This was a painting more about color than anything else. I like adding a touch of light in the ground to help balance the light in the sky. It gives a little more interest to the painting than just sky.

I also finished a larger painting today and touched up one that I realized after looking at it for a while that I wasn't really done with it. I needed to be more aggressive with the paint. I'll have to photograph it later. 
I got a call from Link Gallery in Wyoming. They received the paintings that I sent them and everything shipped just fine. Always a relief to hear that.

Well, more painting tomorrow.
BECKY JOY
beckyjoy@beckyjoy.com

Bryce Canyon Meadow

"Bryce Canyon Meadow"
Plein Air
Oil on Canvas, 8"X10"
$250

I love to find the back roads that are often near our national parks. Some real treasures are found on these roads. Bryce Canyon is spectacular. The red rock formations and the hoodoos are amazing, but so are many of the calmer meadows and the wide open views. I traveled this gravel road and spotted this scene. One sees about 50 miles here. In the meadow in the foreground is a seasonal creek, and the oranges and yellows mixed with some red and green were fascinating. I stood along a fence line and painted. Eventually, the gray clouds became darker and just as I finished it started to rain.

To view more of my work, and additional scenes of Bryce Canyon please visit my website at www.BruceStam.com or email me at bstam@earthlink.net

To see my work please visit the SunDust Gallery in Mesa AZ. or The Gallery at Clarke's in southern Utah.

"Thankful" Acrylic Mixed Media Textural Autumn Colored Aspen Art by Arizona Daily Painter Amy Tuso

16"x20"x.25"
Acrylic

A small cabin in tucked amongst the aspens in their autumn glory with an inlaid phrase on a  tree trunk reading..."thankful that you're there to return to"


Arizona Daily Painter from Fountain Hills
amy tuso


Monday, October 25, 2010

Fall Leaves and Pumpkin Acrylic Textured Still Life

11"x14" Acrylic Textured Still Life, $300
amy.whitehouse@me.com
amywhitehousepaintings.com

Moonlit night oil painting by BECKY JOY

6x6 oil Sky #20 Moonlight available on my website 
This little painting I did today after helping to roof my new studio. I didn't have time or the energy to paint the moon last night or the night before, but I did take notes on the colors. I love the moon when it first rises and has that peach color to it. The clouds are lit by the moon and have a warm green cast to them around the moon. I haven't gotten a lot of painting done with the studio work. Now that the roof is on we can take it a little easier. And now it can rain. I thought I would post a photo of my studio at the moment. Below is the cramped quarters and mess that I am working in right now. It makes it difficult to paint anything large.
My desk, which you cann't see very well under all the stuff, including dust is one of my favorite found pieces that I own. It was a desk that a contractor threw out. It had stains, cement, cigarette burns, etc on it. I loved the style, a 60's desk. I sanded it all down and found out that it was solid mahogany. I put many layers of tongue oil on it and repaired one of the drawer handles by rebuilding it. I couldn't find any to match or the same size with the holes matching up on the desk. So I rebuilt it and painted a faux finish to look like the wood, then put the tongue oil on it too. Turned out great. I love those kinds of finds.

Again, I hope to paint more tomorrow. Talk to you later.

BECKY JOY
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www.beckyjoy.com
beckyjoy@beckyjoy.com

"Red Chili"


16" x 20" (matted size) watercolor - $250 

"Taste" Tropical Multicolored Whimsical Bloom Bumble Bee Oil Original by Arizona Daily Painter Amy Tuso

Oil with Texture
36"x36"x1.5"
Gallery Wrapped Canvas
Artwork is Wrapped around Sides


This painting is so new that I have not had the opportunity to post it on my website yet.  If you are interested in making an offer please email me here.

amy tuso

Arizona Daily Painter from Fountain Hills
Creating Original Acrylic Oil Textural Abstract Contemporary Modern ART

Sunday, October 24, 2010

CONTEMPORARY LANDSCAPE WITH POPPIES, BY DIANE BARBEE

FIELD OF POPPIES
This painting is done in acrylic with a palette knife.  It measures 12" x 48" and is painted on a gallery wrap canvas.  If you are interested in this painting please visit my website at http://www.dianebarbee.com/ or email me at dfbarbee@cox.net.
Thank you for looking.

The Close-up


I exaggerated a bit on this one. Eyes were enlarged-looking right at you, lips were made fuller, teeth were whitened, and hair was tainted green with a dash of shoulder on the side.
I enjoyed it.
My website is www.artistpath.com Logan Bauer

Hay is In

"Hay is In"
Oil on canvas, 12"X16"
$650

Older barns are so intriguing. Here the shapes and the shadows inspired me. They are fascinating. This is as old barn just outside Cannonville, Utah.

To see more of my art please visit my website at www.BruceStam.com or contact me via email at bstam@earthlink.net.

You can also view my artwork at the Sundust Gallery in Mesa, AZ or at The Gallery at Clarke's in southern Utah.

FIELDS of LAVENDER

gloriafredricks.com
6x8 Painted en Plein Aire
Reproductions Available

Saturday, October 23, 2010

"Breakfast Is On!" by Li Mahalik

Oil on Telati Board, 16"x12"


The second time is
Always better than the first
The path is now known 

The toaster was the easiest, and the pastry alone took me three times as long to paint as the rest of the painting.  If you're interested in purchasing my my paints, please email me. To view my other work, please visit my website. Thank you for visiting! 

Mama Bird 9" x 12" Oil Painting Of Bird in Nest

9" x 12" Oil Painting By Amy Whitehouse, $125
To purchase please contact Amy at amy.whitehouse@me.com

"Sunrise River"

"Sunrise River"
Oil on canvas, 12"X16"
$650

From my travels in southern Utah. The sunlight reflecting on the Sevier river struck me, as the sun was rising over the mountains of Bryce Canyon.

To see more of my art please visit my website at www.BruceStam.com or email me at bstam@earthlink.net.

You may also view my art at the SunDust Gallery in Mesa, AZ. or The Gallery at Clarke's in southern Utah.

Thank you for viewing my art.

Friday, October 22, 2010

Oak Creek Canyon II Plein Aire Acrylic Landscape

6" x 8" Acrylic Landscape By Amy Whitehouse
To purchase for $95 please contact Amy at amy.whitheaouse@me.com
To view more of Amy's work, please visit amywhitehousepaintings.blogspot.com

"Three Tone Blue Barn With Copper" Americana Barn by Arizona Fine Artist ~ Amy Tuso

24"x30"x1.5"
Oil
Gallery Wrapped Canvas

Stop by my website to view this under magnification.
Thanks for looking!

amy tuso

Daily Painter from Fountain Hills Arizona
Creating Original Oil Acrylic Texture Abstract Contemporary Modern ART

Thursday, October 21, 2010

Rain Clouds and Sunset Paintings by Becky Joy

This 6x6 oil is available on my website for $110/includes
shipping in US and display easel. Click here to buy.
This 6x6 oil on canvas is available on my website

I didn't post yesterday. I was so busy with the studio and packing paintings for a new gallery that I will be showing in, the Link Gallery in Cheyenne, WY.

Today I worked on the studio remodel all day. We have 1/2 the rafters up for a new roof. We are incorporating a storage shed into the studio to make it larger and to give me a storage area. The walls and cement floor were good, but the roof, OMG. It leaked like a sieve. So we dismantled the roof today and started on the new one. The weather is supposed to be good for the next week. It rained yesterday and this morning. Now we should be safe to work on this part of the project. The sunsets and rain clouds have been magnificent this week. So is the moon that is visible from the sliding door of my studio right now.

I hope that I will be able to work on some larger paintings this weekend. I have plenty of small ones, but the larger ones I still need to work on.

I'll try to take a photo of what is going on with the studio and post it tomorrow.
Talk to you all later,
BECKY JOY
beckyjoy@beckyjoy.com


Wednesday, October 20, 2010

Fairy Tale Pumpkin Acrylic Painting

6"x8" Acrylic Painting on Panel, $95
amy.whitehouse@me.com
amywhitehousepaintings.blogspot.com

"After The Storm"

"After the Storm"
12" X 16" Oil on Canvas
$650 unframed

I have just returned from a painting trip to southern Utah and northern Arizona. While I was near the Vermillion Cliffs in northern Arizona some rain showers came through. Just by luck I happened upon this dirt road with a water puddle in it. I could hardly wait to paint this scene The vastness of space, the dirt road, the distant mountains and rain clouds capture the spirit of this land.

To see more of my work please visit my website at www.BruceStam.com or email me at bstam@earthlink.net.

You can also see my work in person at SunDust Gallery in Mesa, AZ. or The Gallery at Clarke's in southern Utah.

"The Story Within" Southwest Rock Story Teller Oil Painting ~ Amy Tuso ~ Fountain Hills AZ

40"x30"x1.5"
Oil
Gallery Wrapped Canvas


Amy Tuso
Daily Painter from Fountain Hills Arizona
Creating Acrylic Oil Texture Abstract Contemporary Modern ART

Evolution By Pat Stacy

EVOLUTION
By
Scottsdale Artist, Pat Stacy

EVOLUTION
Diptych, each piece 12" x 12"
acrylic over heavy texture
This work is bright, cheery, and happy. It was
purchased by a gentleman to put in his new home
west of Phoenix. This painting is a part of the Emanation
series, and is charaterized by the very bright colors done
in rectangular shapes. A fun piece to do.
Pat Stacy

Tuesday, October 19, 2010

"A Road Traveled", Painterly Art by Li Mahalik

Oil on Gessoed Masonite, 6"x6"

I have traveled near
And far, on a road that is
Yellow, blue, purple and at times

gray, a long time ago

Then I learn to love 
The grays, the sorrows
Mother of all

©Li Mahalik

I was trying out the newly bought burnt sienna oil stick, and got into painting this little piece. I added a little blue and transparent oxide red and lots of white. It's  spontaneous, and it's a good experience to help me paint looser in the future.
If you're interested in purchasing my paintings, please email me
To view my other work, please visit my blog, or my web site
Thank you!

Monday, October 18, 2010

farm sunset oil painting by BECKY JOY

This 6x6 oil is sky #17

This is a winter scene from Oregon. The only warmth was in the sky at late afternoon. I like the peach color against the different blues and violets. I used the palette knife on the buildings, trees, sky and the bushes in front. I usually use the palette knife towards the end of the painting putting the basics in with the brush.

Today I got the news from FASO that one of my paintings was voted in the top 15% for the FAV 15%. That is really a nice feeling to be voted on my work by other artists. To view the paintings that were picked, click here.

I also got the news earlier that I will be in the Mountain Oyster show in Tucson. One of my plein air pieces from Lake Pleasant.

I haven't gotten a whole lot of painting done with the studio remodel. The studio is coming along great. Today I got a sliding door in that will open to the patio. I like the idea of being able to keep the door open on a nice day. It will be a great way to keep the fumes down. I would also like to put in an exhaust fan. I'll take some photos a little later so that you can see my new reworked studio. The electrical and new lights will be next, then the roof.

Talk to you all later.
BECKY JOY

Blue Bottle and Pears - Painterly Art by Li Mahalik

Oil on Gessobord, 11"x14"

Is it possible
To see no shadows
In this shadow world?

Please visit my blog or my web site to see other works. Commissioned work welcomed.
If you're interested in purchasing my paintings, please email me. Thanks for visiting

"Rising" Colorfully Vibrant Textural Lines Imprinted Acrylic Abstract Daily Painting By Southwest Artist Amy Tuso

24"x24"x1.5"
Acrylic
Texture
UV Glaze
Gallery Wrapped

View this beauty under magnification for a better idea of how it looks in person.
Thanks for peeking:}


Daily Painter from Fountain Hills ARIZONA
Creating Original Acrylic Oil Textural Contemporary Abstract Modern ART

Amy Tuso

Sunday, October 17, 2010

The Actress


I met her in New York. She asked for a drawing after she found out that I was an artist. She liked what was done and asked for a painting. I was reluctant but it was the right time, with the right lighting, and the right location. She is an actress-new to the theater but getting good reviews in the Times.

Saturday, October 16, 2010

Sea Shell Oil Still Life By Amy Whitehouse

6"x8" Oil Painting of Conch Shell, $125
amy.whitehouse@me.com
amywhitehousepaintings.blogspot.com

Copper Madonna by Pat Stacy

COPPER MADONNA

By Scottsdale Artist, Pat Stacy

COPPER MADONNA

20" X 16" Acrylic on Canvas, Framed

The Madonna holds her child. Who knows what

thoughts she is thinking as the bundle warms against

her body. This painting suggests the southwest in the

colors and shapes. Perhaps they are native American.

The painting is sold, but prints and notecards are available.

Please contact Pat Stacy, 602-290-3009, or pastacy@cox.net.

Also check out my website, www.patstacy.com.


Friday, October 15, 2010

"Climbing" Textured Sculpted Acrylic Metal Appearing Colorful Original by Southwest Daily Painter~Amy Tuso

36"x12"x1.5"
Acrylic with Texture
Gallery Wrapped Canvas

Click here to view under magnification and watch the texture and colors POP.

Amy Tuso
Daily Painter from Fountain Hills ARIZONA
Creating Original Acrylic Oil Textured ART

Wednesday, October 13, 2010

Painterly Art-Fly, Baby Fly-by Li Mahalik

Oil on Gallery Canvas, 48"x48"

*****

Don't tie me down, love
I've taken a few trips over

There in my sleep
No greener grass, no sunset
And not a soul

Serenity is all encompassing in the deep 
Blue

Silently. I have to fly
Over the mountain
Mountain of your love

Only there and then
We can become
Just one

©Li Mahalik

This is a commissioned painting I did a few weeks back, so it's sold. A painting of this size is quite awesome in itself and the possibilities are many. A few strokes can change the composition dramatically. So, it was a matter of when to stop. I met the challenge and I think I did okay.

I hope you like the poem I wrote for the painting also. 

To see my other paintings, please visit my blog, or my web site. Thank you! 

Tuesday, October 12, 2010

BECKY JOY FINE ART oil sunset painting

Sky #16 5x7 oil
OK, back to work here. Since I got back I have been working on a couple of larger paintings and now remodeling the studio. I need more and better organization for storage. This house has been and is a work in progress. I had set up the studio first, but have been using a sun porch add on. It has worked, but wasn't the most ideal situation. Now after the mess and trying to paint through all my junk piled up, I'll have a better space when its done. I'm looking forward to it. 

I will try to get back on track here and paint more skies. I did work on four small cloud paintings last week, but the are just clouds with a blank space in the bottom for the ground. Hopefully, I'll finish them and post them.

I also have cancelled my ustream show for the time being, just too crowded and too much commotion for now. So for right now, back to painting.
BECKY JOY
beckyjoy@beckyjoy.com

Fall Landscape Painting In Oil "John's Painting"

"John's Painting"

This landscape in oil I titled "John's Painting."   It was a gift I painted for my brother-in-law.   I love the fall season and all of the colors as the leaves are changing.  It is 12x16" canvas.  Sometimes I enjoy "painting landscapes" to take a break from my detailed work with the birds.  I was looking through my files of old and recent paintings and came across this picture.  I didn't have the painting long after it was dry, so it was fun to have found this photo.  It was painted almost a year ago now.  It was inspired by some photographs I took up in Flagstaff while staying near the lake.  Even though I do not have any formal training in "painting landscapes", I really enjoy doing them every once in a while especially during the fall season.

For more info:
Barbara Rudolph

The Arrival


THE ARRIVAL
By Scottsdale Artist
Pat Stacy
THE ARRIVAL
16" X 20" X 1.5" Acrylic on Canvas Gallery wrap

This painting took on a look of extra terrestrial beings

for me. The big round headlight, the churning water,

no landing field, all suggest a landing that is not planned.

I used to sing "The aliens are coming, ta-ta-ta-ta" as I was

painting it. This painting is sold. Prints are available. For

more information, please contact Pat Stacy at 602-290-3009

or pastacy@cox.net. Also check out my website

at www.patstacy.com