Painting this image has been a grand learning curve. I am getting to know gouache and how to use it, as mixed with my watercolors. The two mediums don’t always like to play nicely together. There are a few composition issues that I am going to address, through changing values and hues and where Ido and don’t want the viewer’s eye to wander to. Stay tuned for the next posting of this painting in progress.
Hello! Just a few more days left for my work to be displayed at the Streamliner Diner on Bainbridge Island. Streamlinerdiner.com. Their food is always tastey and atmosphere always friendly. Weekend breakfast is a real treat. My work is coming down this weekend on Sunday January 29 so if you are interested in a painting or print, email me! Charlotte’s neighbor, this means you. Thanks! michele@horsepainter.com.
Tacoma’s Equest Fest was a great success. Thank you to the organizers for a seamless event. Thank you to all the kind people who visited my booth and purchased artwork. While I was painting ‘Sessil’, I had the chance to overhear some chatter about how informational the hour long sessions were. Some people had a hard time choosing between talks! Subjects included ‘Alternative Methods’ for treating one’s horse and ‘Desensitization Techniques’, to name a few. The fashion show must have been a racket as I heard a lot of clapping and laughter.
It took me roughly 3 hours, with a few breaks, to paint Sessil the mare during Equest Fest. She was a mare who I once knew in Ellensburg, Washington on a friend’s farm. She was so beautiful and had a special presence and sweetness about her that comes across in my painting of her. I now have 14″ x 11″ prints available for $50.00. Email: michele@horsepainter.com if you are interested, or call 206.940.3248. Thanks!
I hope this year is already off to a great start for you! I am excited to be a part of this Festival in Tacoma, Northwest EquestFest coming up on Saturday, January 7th 9am-10pm. This is a celebration of the horse and geared toward equestrians who appreciate sharing education and opinions with other equestrians. There will be lectures, demonstrations, and things for sale like my paintings. Please come and say hello. The online link for more information is here:
http://www.regionv.com/news-and-events/36-uncategorized.html
As I will be demonstrating my paintings live, I am putting a call out for people to email me pictures of their horse(s) to paint from. Images need to be copyright free or have permission from the photographer. Thanks!
Pictures may be emailed to me at michele@horsepainter.com.
Here is a commission of special mare named April that I painted a few years ago.
A compilation of scenery at Jackson Hole. Today I worked on the mountains. Next Mr. Buffalo gets attention and finally, adjustments to the grass and trees. This is a fun adventure into chalk pastel and watercolor.
Happy December to you! In just 20 days our daylight begins to increase once again. I look forward to Holiday fun in the form of parties, seasonal treats, friends, family, adopted family, music, and the chance to see the annual Gingerbread creation in the Foyer of the Fairmont Hotel downtown Seattle. I’m a total sucker for all the pretty lights in December!
Through the month of December my artwork will be on display at the Streamliner Diner in Winslow on Bainbridge Island. http://streamlinerdiner.com
On display are paintings from my canoe series (based upon the Canoe Journey to Nisqually this summer while at Suquamish), abstracts, and my horse paintings; all in watercolor. Framed pieces are for sale, as are prints. Order time for prints is one week.
Plan a visit to enjoy coffee and a home made muffin at Streamliner or a tasty dinner with friends during December and enjoy the artwork! Thanks!
While I am grateful for being born in this country, I will continue to share and advocate for all of the amazing souls standing up for our earth and our water at Standing Rock in North Dakota. This really is a WE issue. There are so many choices humans can make. Please make sustainable choices on as many levels as possible. Be nice, smile, say a blessing for a stranger, be grateful.
‘Looking South’, 27″ x 19″, watercolor on paper.
Fine art print: $180.00. Framed: $350.00. Original: Sold.
So here is some progress on a recent painting as it continues to unfold and become what it will. I am liking the overall composition because it is interesting and invites the viewer to look around within the image. The image that this painting is based upon contains many more canoes. I chose to paint these ones for a balanced visual that creates contrast and harmony. I wish I could paint every one of them. This is an image from the 2016 Canoe Journey in Suquamish.
Halloween. Mr. Bone Crow is enjoying a Fall evening.
When I was a child my mother would make caramel apples, using apples from our trees, and hand them out to neighborhood children as a treat. I am thankful for good memories and the experience of growing up around nature including trees, pasture, animals, an amazing food garden, and scotch broom to make forts in. Halloween to me means shorter days, dark rainy nights, and orange and yellow leaves mixed in with the mud and puddles. This little bone crow was getting a rinse in the rain on just such a Fall rainy night recently. He makes me happy. Happy early Halloween to you and I’ll have another update of my Community painting next week.
New painting coming along and it is called ‘Community’. Watercolor on paper. I may add some chalk pastel to this one, not sure. The painting will let me know at a later date through artwork telecommunication.
Horsepaintermish is my Etsy Storefront name. There you can find current work available including originals, fine art prints, and a closeout page on various prints on sale.
The url is: https://www.etsy.com/shop/Horsepaintermish?ref=shop_sugg
