Lilacs always make me feel happy. They are such beautiful colors and the scent brings good feelings and memories. Today my thoughts were of lilacs and these lilacs needed a surrounding of yellow gold to bring out their beauty. Lilacs with Silver and Gold is 8 x 10" and is created with oil on a canvas panel.
I have two pieces of art in the Puget Sound Group Auction which opens November 9th. There are 35 pieces of art by northwest artists which are well worth taking time to view. I have two pieces for sale, both are done in oil and cold wax medium. Size of each is 8 x 10. The auction website is https://www.32auctions.com/PSGNWA
From a photo taken on a vacation trip several years ago. The hillside was covered with dry grasses and we could see the cooler looking hills in the distance and the sky dotted with thin clouds. This is 14 x 11", oil and cold wax medium. The title is Rural Vista.
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| Rural Vista - 14 x 11 - ©KDewar 2021 |
Two images of recent paintings done with oil and cold wax medium. Both are 10 x 8" on canvas panels. These are based on photos that I have taken in the Pacific Northwest. In Edge of the Woods I experimented with more layers of color -- adding more and then scraping back -- both done with a palette knife.
The second image is Venturing into the Light. The sunlight was filtering through the trees in the background and on to the sparking water of the stream.
I've forgotten to post day 2 here, so today will be day 2 and 3 of my cold wax and oil paintings. I'm trying different subject matter and different color palettes to test what works best for me. I am enjoying the process.
I am trying a new art path. I'm not sure how long I will stay on this path, but for the moment, I'm enjoying it. After spending time working on keeping details and likenesses as most important, I am now playing with color and texture. First attempt was 4 small images. I've included my favorite of the four images. I'm titling it "Red Vase". The oil paint is mixed with cold wax and applied to the surface with a palette knife in multiple layers.
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| "Red Vase" ©KayMDewar - 5x4inches - oil/cold wax |
My entries for the Puget Sound Group "Summer Sail" are below. Please visit the PSG website to see these and all of the other fine art that is available. https://www.psgnwa.org/collections/162705. The sale is on this month - July 1 through July 31.
Oil painting from a family photo. I cropped this image of my sister in her teens as I always thought she was so glamorous. She was about the same age as Shirley Temple and I think our mother must have copied some of the hairstyles of Shirley and other contemporaries. This is titled Carol Ann and is approx 8.5 x 11 inches on oil paper.
I decided to try an oil landscape. I love drawing/painting clouds and I had taken a sunset photo that I liked a lot. Although it doesn't quite capture the image of the photo, I think it captured the essence of the scene. This may be the first of a few landscape/cloudscape paintings. "Sunset 1" - oil on canvas - 12 x 16"
Still isolating, staying home, and painting. Today I worked on depicting transparency of glass. This is something that I've done a fair amount with colored pencils and now I'm trying to achieve a similar effect with oils. I'm calling this Study in Transparency and Texture. It is 12x16" and gave me a reason to pull out some of the pretty glassware and bottles in my collection.
As 2021 begins we have much for which to be thankful and many opportunities to create a good and rewarding future. As the saying goes, "you can't change the past, but you can create the future" -- or something to that effect. I have plans to include more painting and more positive thinking in this year and others that follow.
