"Riverside Presbyterian Church" and Alternative Gift Fair

SOLD 9" x 12" Original oil on canvas

I am participating in my church's Alternative Gift Fair this Sunday, November 15 so I decided to do a blog painting of the church like I did for Good Shepherd. 20% of the final bid price will go to the Alternative gift fair for mission projects. This one is bigger than most of my blog paintings, on canvas, not panel and the 1 1/2" edges of the canvas are painted with the image wrapping around. And the painting looks better in person than my photo of it! It is nice to be able to use my "artistic license" by choosing to not paint in the huge poles, traffic lights and signs, constant car traffic, etc. on the corner of Park and Post!

"The Church of the Good Shepherd"

SOLD 6 x 8 oil on panel

My show for the Riverside Fine Arts Association in Craig Hall at the Church of the Good Shepherd, 1100 Stockton Street will be on display through November 19. The 11 originals and 7 prints and about 15 blog paintings are beautifully displayed and worth a viewing if I do say so myself! If you would like to view them call RFA at 389-6222, their office is in the church and someone would be glad to show you Monday through Thursday, 9 am -4 pm and of course during Sunday church services! (20% of any sales or print orders will benefit RFA.) The RFA concert Thursday night with the King's Singers was terrific, I look forward to attending more concerts in their Fall series.

New Watercolors and Riverside Fine Arts Show

"The Cheese Case", watercolor on paper, H 30" W 30" $2500 unframed, recently completed and showing at the Riverside Fine Arts Concert/Show. (Info below) This was painted first as "A Painting a Day" blog painting, 7" x 7", I liked it so much I decided to paint it much larger! (It will also be available as a giclee print on paper or canvas in several size options, all smaller than the original.)
"Cumberland Island Path", watercolor on paper, H 51" W 36", $3500 unframed and also showing at the Riverside Fine Arts Concert/Show. (I also had this scanned to be available as a giclee print, in sizes smaller than the original.)

(I now have 26 paintings available as a giclee print on paper or canvas with several size options each. Email me to request a print list with links to the images, prices and sizes.)

Thursday night, November 5, my work is on display as the featured artist for the Riverside Fine Arts concert, at the Church of the Good Shepherd, 1100 Stockton Street. Grammy award winning "The King's Singers" are performing in the sanctuary. My work is in Craig Hall with a wine and cheese reception from 7 - 8 pm, the concert at 8 pm and then on view again during intermission and during the reception after the concert. The art is free to view! The concert tickets are $35. At least stop by for a glass of wine to see 11 originals and 7 prints and about 15 blog paintings. Or stop by the church before November 19 to check them out. (The link above to Riverside Fine Arts website has a clip of the singers performing.)

"Guana Marsh" and Jane Gray Gallery Show

SOLD 4 1/2" x 18" oil on panel (Click on the image to see it larger)

This August I spent a week at a friend's condo in South Ponte Vedra and was able to gather some potential subject matter with Guana Preserve being right nearby. This painting is looking south from the dam parking by Guana Lake. It is longer than some PADs. I will paint and post PADs more randomly and guess it is more of a painting that takes just a day rather than paintings painted every weekday so my blog is now titled "A Painting in a Day".
The above painting, "Field of Yellow", is a watercolor on paper 30" x 30" I recently completed for a show at the Jane Gray Gallery, located at 643 Edison Ave, right by BCBS Tower, just off Riverside Avenue. The opening is this Friday night, Sept. 25, from 6 - 9 pm, come by if you can. The show is titled "Jane(s): Contemporary Female Perspectives", with 12 female artists presenting in various media.

This is another new watercolor, "Field of Water", 26" x 35 1/2" that will be in the show. Both were beautifully matted and framed by Ryan of Gallery Framery. The watercolor "Springtime Hammock Study" is also included in the show, also newly framed.

Some Commissioned PADs:

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Here are two commissioned PADS, the first one is a field of sunflowers and wildflowers my aunt and uncle in Wilmington grow on their farm. The second piece is for a doberman pinscher loving friend.

I've been busy working on a large watercolor for a show coming up ...and some home improvement projects, maybe I will include a photo or two in my next posting, a for sale PAD.

Enjoy!

"Red Day Lilies"

SOLD 6" x 8" oil on panel

Enjoy!

"Tour de France Sunflowers" and New Summertime Goals

SOLD 3 3/4" x 10" oil on panel

Here is a quick PAD of my favorite sporting event to watch, the Tour de France. Enjoy.

It seems I am getting away from the Painting a Day concept to "a painting in a day" on occasion. I am working mainly on bigger work (and playing some this summer) so will only post about once a week while also showing my larger work as it progresses. (PAD burn out might have something to do with it too!)

"Cypress at Big Santa Fe Lake" and Art UnLeashed

SOLD 4 3/4" x 10" oil on panel

This is a cypress tree from a kayak trip this weekend on Big Lake Santa Fe.
Ryan with Gallery Framery did a great job framing my donation for the event "Art UnLeashed" July 10 benefitting First Coast No More Homeless Pets.

"Cumberland Island Study"

SOLD 4 3/4" x 10" oil on panel

I'm off to the lake, have a great weekend!

"Muddy"

NFS    6" x 8" oil on panel

My painting a day time today was for a pet portrait commission, birthday present for a friend from her husband. 

"From the Biltmore Estate"

SOLD 6" x 8" oil on panel

After visiting the beach, now I am yearning for the mountains. Maybe I will get up there and post a few PADs from NC this summer! In the meantime, I dug up some old photos to use as a reference from the Biltmore Estate in Asheville, my father's home town, in memory of my dad this Father's Day weekend. (How do you like this landscape?)

I am participating in the Riverside Arts Market this Saturday, June 20 in the very middle row with my black tent. Also I am excited that "Sweet Grass Dairy" will be there so I can buy some more of their delicious award winning artisan cow and goat cheese from their organic dairy farm in South GA. Worth the trip to RAM just for the cheese!

"Tulips in Sunlight"

SOLD 4 3/4" x 10" oil on panel

I am officially backing off the five (or four...) day a week PAD schedule (whew!) and will aim to post three quality "A Painting a Day" blog paintings a week. The painting goes quickly but deciding what to paint does not always go so fast and doing it every day is keeping me from spending as much time as I should on my larger work. I do plan on posting an image of any new large work whenever completed along with a PAD posting. I've enjoyed the challenge of painting well over 100 since starting this in mid November with more than three fourths of them SOLD!

"Beach Dog"

BEING DONATED TO ART UNLEASHED  4 1/2" x 7 1/4" oil on panel

Still in a beach frame of mind, I decided to paint a scene from my weekend at the ocean. Tucker Hawthorne, here, loves to swim after throw toys. 

Art Unleashed, July 10th, at Bella Sera in Avondale, is a juried pet inspired art show and silent auction with food, cocktails and live music to benefit the spay/neuter programs of First Coast No More Homeless Pets.

"Sunkist Lemons"

SOLD 6" x 8 oil on panel

This is one of those still lifes where I crop out a small section to paint out of a much larger set up. I have several view finders in different sizes to help me crop.

(I'm heading to the beach Friday, I will be back painting next week. Maybe I'll get some new subject matter!))

"Queen Conch"

AVAILABLE, $100, email me to purchase, kartstark@bellsouth.net    7" x 7" oil on panel

I've painted this shell before and sometimes I find it is a good exercise to revisit a subject. My intention was to paint it fast with loose brushstrokes. I used a #8 flat brush only. It was fun to paint.

"Orchid Blooms"

SOLD    6" x 8" oil on panel

Enjoy!

"Ragtime Corner"

SOLD   4 3/4" x 12" oil on panel

Here is the finished painting, lots of correct guesses today on where the progression was going, Atlantic Blvd and Ocean Blvd, Atlantic Beach. Because of the two day posting I raised the starting bid to $150.

Two Parter: Guess the Location...

Here is a progression of photos of a two day PAD I'll finish this Thursday (and post the name of the location...)

"Gladiolus Still Life"

SOLD 6" x 8" oil on panel

This was one of the unchosen set ups I did for a commissioned painting several years ago. I like the idea of this as a large watercolor one day.

(I forgot to provide the link to eBay for yesterday's palm post but it is functioning on the blog now.)

"Cumberland Dune Palms"

SOLD 4 3/4" x 12" oil on panel

Being out of town part of last week and busy the rest of the week made for only one painting posted. I hope to be better this week!

"Black Lab"

SOLD  6" x 8" oil on panel

My dog PADs are popular and some people have wondered if I can paint something other than a golden retriever. It is hard not to paint a golden ...but how about a labrador retriever! This is Teal Krueger at the lake.

"Pink Hydrangea"

SOLD   7" x 7" oil on panel

I went to visit a gardener's garden in Deerwood Monday before all of the rain and painted this hydrangea. I haven't seen too many pink ones before. Enjoy! 

"Guana Lake Shoreline"

SOLD 6" x 8" oil on panel

Here is another landscape from a kayaking trip to Guana Lake. Enjoy!

"Speared Fish Study"

SOLD

Some of you may recognize this one as part of a larger earlier painting from a trip to the Caribbean years ago. I just felt (late this afternoon after being rained in all day) like painting this section again looser than previously painted.

"Blue and Yellow Study"

SOLD   6" x 8" oil on panel

I love painting lemons and they look great with this blue and white china.

(This one is one of those that looks better in person.)

"View of the Cummer Garden"

SOLD   6" x 8" oil on panel

Here is another one from my visit to the Cummer Museum and Gardens several weeks ago.

I am not painting and posting a PAD Friday so I can get ready for the Riverside Arts Market this Saturday. I have booth space 406 again, come visit me there!

"Keukenoff Tulips II"

SOLD 4 3/4" x 12" oil on panel

I decided to paint a companion painting for the one I did yesterday. I like the way tulips are sometimes planted with a shorter bed of flowers underneath.

"Keukenoff Tulips"

SOLD   4 3/4" x 12" oil on panel

The friends I was kidsitting for brought me back a disc full of photos of flowers from their trip to the Netherlands. These tulips are from Keukenoff Gardens. Enjoy!

"Bolles Hall"

SOLD   6" x 8" oil on panel

I unintentionally took a break from PAD painting for the past ten days. I was kidsitting three great active boys for my good friend Susan Brodeur and with other projects and a show at First Guaranty bank last week I just didn't paint and post!

This is Bolles Hall at the Bolles School in Jacksonville which was originally built as the San Jose Hotel in the early 20's.

This Thursday I am participating in a fundraising event, "Taste of Talent" benefiting the Riverside Fine Arts Association for a night of live music, food and wine from local restaurants and ... local art! The artists are me, Jim Draper, Tom Hager, Jesse Wright, John Bunker, Billie McCray, Emmy Cervany, Nadine Terk, Bunny Morgan, David Lauderdale, Paul Riley, Alison Watson, Barre Barrett and Danile Wynn. The musicians are Bella Voce Caberet, Sue Carmichael, harp, Andy Clarke, organ, Rodney Cleveland, organ, Nick Curry, cello, Philip Pan, violin, Riverside Guitar Quartet, Gary and Marilyn Smart, piano/soprano, Tony Smotherman, guitar, Randy Tinnin, trumpet, Von Barlow Jazz Trio, Scott Watkins, piano and  Kyle Wehner, violin, all performed on multiple stages in the courtyard, sanctuary and parish hall of the Church of the Good Shepherd. Tickets are $60 and will be available at the door. I hope to see you there!

"Santa Fe Pass, South Bank"

SOLD  4 3/4" x 10" oil on panel

I haven't been to the lake since March, I miss it so I painted it! Enjoy!

"Lemon Slices"

SOLD 6" X 8" oil on panel

"Delphinium at the Cummer"

SOLD  6" x 8" oil on panel

A flower power Monday, enjoy!

"Little Girl in Gramma's Garden" - My 100th Blog Painting!

NFS  4 1/2" x 8 1/2" oil on panel

To celebrate my 100th (!!!) PAD blog painting I thought I would paint a 'self-portrait' of sorts. For years I've been wanting to paint from this old photograph of me standing in my grandmother's flower garden in Wilmington, NC. Like my knobby knees?!?

I started this PAD blog in mid November as a way to help me get through this tough economy. I've sold over two thirds of them. Thanks everyone!

I hope you continue to enjoy them as I go for another 100!

"Squirrel Watching"

SOLD  7" x 7" oil on panel

My dog, Talley and her friend, Gracie, love to camp out on my bed and watch the squirrels in the backyard. Talley takes many a nap there with her muzzle resting on the open window sill.

"Hanna Park Palm"

SOLD  6" x 8" oil on panel

"Dad's Toy Truck"

AVAILABLE, $75, email me to purchase, kartstark@bellsouth.net 4 1/2" x 8 1/2" oil on panel

This is my dad's toy truck from his childhood and sits on display on top of my TV armoire. It is an 'antique' that's been through a lot of play. It's been calling my name to be painted for awhile...

"White Lilies"

SOLD  6" x 8" oil on panel

Time for some flowers, enjoy!

"Jacksonville Triptych" Part Three of Three, Complete

SOLD   6 1/2" x 21 1/2" oil on three panels, $300 start bid

This is one of those that looks better in person and could be a much larger painting some other time. (You can click on the image to see it larger.) Enjoy!

I will be at the Riverside Arts Market Saturday from 10 am until 4 pm (with this triptych). The next time I am scheduled to show at the Market is May 16.

"Jacksonville Triptych" Part Two of Three

Another day, another section!

"Jacksonville Triptych" Part One of Three

Sometimes it gets frustrating to start and finish a painting in one day so I decided to paint this skyline as a triptych and post photos of it's progression as I work on it today/Wednesday, Thursday and Friday. While three separate panels it could be framed together as shown or framed with an inch or so in between each panel. 

"Kayaking Guana Lake"

SOLD 4 1/2" x 8 1/2" oil on panel
Another one from a paddling trip on Guana Lake in South Ponte Vedra Beach, perhaps a study of something larger later.

"Riverside Arts Market

No PAD painting painted Friday, too busy getting ready for the Riverside Arts Market on Saturday (today). Those of you in the North Florida area come visit me there and support a wonderful new venue/event for our area. It is from 10 am - 4 pm every Saturday under the Fuller Warren Bridge on the northbank, where I-95 goes over the St. Johns River, on Riverside Ave, between the Fidelity Buildings and the Red Cross/Cummer Museum. I suggest parking at the Y and walking down the Northbank Riverwalk to get there. Or ride your bike, there is a bike valet service in the Riverside Ave/Fidelity corner. My booth is 406, one row away from the farmer's market row, just about in the middle towards Riverside Ave. I heard 100 new artist applied on Monday to participate, they must have scoped it out the previous Saturday. I will be there next Saturday as well and then go to a more two Saturdays a month schedule. I look forward to seeing you there. I have some new paintings and prints for my display!

I counted (but need to doublecheck) and I've painted 91 PADs since mid-February, SOLD 60, have 31 available and have 107 people following by email subscription (and growing!) Thanks! It has been a great marketing tool, a very challenging experience and a help for me monetarily during these tough economic times for everyone.