Showing posts with label flowers. Show all posts
Showing posts with label flowers. Show all posts

Thursday, March 15, 2012

Artist Reception 3/20 and New Work, Big and Small

Come by this Tuesday evening, 5:30 - 7:30, March 20 to Bella Sera, 919 King Street in Avondale, for an Artists Reception for me and Eileen Corse. Our work is on display there in Liz Grenamyer's catering party space. There will be delicious food and wine as well. Join us! Stop by on your way home for a treat.
Above is a new watercolor just finished, tentatively titled "Pop a Cork", H 31" W 20", I plan on having it there for the party. Earlier I painted it in oil, 8" x 6" for my PAD paintings and decided to try it in watercolor and bigger - painting glass and silver in watercolors is a challenge and a lot of fun.
This oil painting was commissioned by a Santa Fe lake neighbor of my mom's, a thoughtful surprise for his spouse. Titled "Autumn at Santa Fe Pass", it will be available in several sizes as a print, all smaller than the original. Feel free to inquire!
Another commissioned oil painting for a Lake Santa Fe neighbor, given to her husband as a retirement gift for his tenure as Gainesville High School principal. It is titled "Osprey Nest at Big Santa Fe Lake"
Here are some small works painted recently, above, "Pink Field" H 8" W 8", $120 oil on canvas, the 1/2" edges are painted with the image wrapped around.
Above, I experimented with a new watercolor surface, Aquabord and it comes cradled with 2" of wood edges I stained dark oak. This surface allows me to paint watercolors and just seal it with a waterproof clear coat and doesn't need glass or plexiglass, it is ready to hang up as is. "Yellow Study" H 12" W 12" $320 and is a small section of my earlier yellow tulip watercolor. Looking forward to painting more on this surface, I like not having to put watercolors behind glass or plexi.
I call this oil on canvas, "Carnation Abstract" H 10" W 10" $220 and the 1 -1/2" edges are painted with the image wrapped around. The pink themed paintings were painted around Valentine's Day... Feel free to inquire to purchase any of these. Order a print of one of my over 30 images scanned to be a print on canvas or paper, they are uploaded on my website and Facebook print album page. And "Like" my Facebook page: Kathy Stark Fine Art.
This spring weather is luring me to get outside and kayak and hike around for more subject matter!

Friday, July 17, 2009

Wednesday, June 17, 2009

"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!

Tuesday, June 9, 2009

"Orchid Blooms"

SOLD    6" x 8" oil on panel
Enjoy!

Tuesday, June 2, 2009

"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.)

Wednesday, May 13, 2009

"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.

Monday, April 27, 2009

"Delphinium at the Cummer"

SOLD  6" x 8" oil on panel
A flower power Monday, enjoy!

Monday, April 20, 2009

"White Lilies"

SOLD  6" x 8" oil on panel
Time for some flowers, enjoy!

Wednesday, April 8, 2009

"In the Cummer Gardens"

SOLD 4 3/4" x 10" oil on panel
Another postcard painting from my outing today. I went to the Cummer Museum and Gardens to gather some reference photos of all of the lovely spring flowers. Probably more PADs to come from this site. Enjoy!

Monday, April 6, 2009

"Coneflowers"

SOLD   7" x 7" oil on panel
In a rush posting this one before midnight... the link for eBay bidding may not work out so go to the blog if it doesn't work on the email (if you want to bid!)

Tuesday, March 24, 2009

"Peppermint Tulips"

SOLD  6" x 8" oil on panel

Painted and posted this one Monday but the email subscription service did not do it's job. I am trying it again. Enjoy!

Friday, March 13, 2009

"Sausalito Florist"

SOLD 6 1/4" x 8 3/4" oil on panel

Yesterday's PAD with the grass and red flowers made me think of a florist shop I saw in Sausalito years ago. I decided to "revisit" painting it in a quicker, looser way than when I painted it much larger a long time ago.

Wednesday, March 11, 2009

"Bearded Iris" and Some Fun News

SOLD 6" x 8" oil on panel
This iris is from a trip to the mountains of North Carolina. I really like irises especially the bearded variety.
This large original watercolor on paper, "Tulips, New York Botanical Gardens" was picked up by art handlers from New York to be crated in Miami and shipped or flown to Panama to be on display in a public room of the Ambassador's Residence in Panama. The new ambassador, Barbara Stephenson is from North Florida and as part of the State Department's Art in Embassies Program she gets to select a loan exhibition of American Art for her residence. Evidently she saw my work on my website and really liked this watercolor! Once it is on display I plan on requesting a photo of it in it's Panama home during it's two year stay. Pretty cool!

Thursday, March 5, 2009

"Vase of Pink Tulips"

SOLD                 6" x 8" oil on panel

The day before Valentine's Day I went to an upscale local florist and they generously allowed me to take reference pictures of all of the beautiful flowers. Here's a painting of one of them.

Tuesday, February 24, 2009

"Orange Flower Power"

SOLD

Some very orange lilies from Longwood Gardens in Pennsylvania . This painting is a section from a photo taken by a friend's 6 year old daughter. Thanks Carolina!


Tuesday, February 3, 2009

"Hollyhocks"

SOLD

These hollyhocks are from a trip I took to the mountains of North Carolina one summer. This might become a large watercolor one day.

Friday, January 23, 2009

"Mexican Daisy Bouquet"

SOLD

You can't say no one ever sends you flowers now! Enjoy! And have a terrific weekend!

Friday, January 9, 2009

"Two, Mexican Daisy"

SOLD

Here is the other Mexican Daisy. Enjoy! and have a great weekend!

Thursday, January 8, 2009

"One, Mexican Daisy "

SOLD

Mexican daisies are a cross between a daisy and a sunflower. There might be a companion coming for this one...