More paintings for the Jan. 2014 Meyer Gallery Show

 After Dinner for Two

Oil on Board, 20" X 16"

 Comfort Food

Oil on Board, 12" X 24"

 Emily's Fantasy

Oil on canvas, 24" X 12"

Emily's Reality

Oil on Board, 24" X 12"

Updated painting for Meyer Gallery Show

 Even the Little Brown Bird (Retouched)

This is a painting I originally completed back in 2008, my last painting prior to starting to the 2 1/2 years I spent at the Hein Academy.  The Meyer Gallery suggested that I re-touch it, drawing on the skills that I picked up during my Hein Academy training.  The original painting is below.  You'll notice that I especially went back into the images of:  the woman's shoulders, the woman's fet, the black pants, the white undershirt, the green tee shirt and the hat.  I only went back into the background on the other parts of the painting.  I think you'll notice a reasonable difference.  I do. 

Even the Little Brown Bird, Original from 2008

   If someone asked me what the biggest difference my training made in my work, I would say, "values (as in contrast of lights and darks), as well as better understanding the value of painting, to the best of my ability, the color exactly as I see it."  These two things particularly show up in the two panels containing flesh tones and in the green shirt.  They show up in the other panels, as well, but not so obviously.  Those two and a half years at the Hein Academy made all the difference for me.

More pieces ready for Jan. Show

   For the past several months, I have been preparing work for a  show at the Meyer Gallery in Park City, UT, opening Jan. 3rd.  Below are some of the pieces done for show.  Two of the pieces are diptychs.  The other is another multipanel painting.  You'll notice a little change in the two hands, previously seen on the last blog post.  Went back into them, partly because I heard from more than one person that the item in one of the hands looks like a chocolate chip cookie!  I hope it's clearer now.

 "Old Friends", each panel 12" X 24" Oil on board

These two people are friends whom I and my husband admire.  They are both in their late 80s or early 90s, accomplished people yet now "wounded birds" as they refer to themselves.  Despite their disabilities related to age (hearing, sight and balance problems), they are always gracious towards others and interesting in conversation.  They are my models in life and in art.

 "On the one hand, on the other...", each panel 10" X 14", Oil on board

"That's nice, dear", Multipanel on grid, 43" X 39", Oil on board

On the one hand, on the other

Just finished this diptych.  Each painting is 10" X 14".

On the hand.  On the Other.

 On the one hand

On the other

Ode to Objects

 This is the painting I've submitted as an entry in the 2013 Springville Salon.  Called "Ode to Things", it is based on the Pablo Neruda poem by the same name.

Below are selected. individual panels from the painting.