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.
Streamliner Diner
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!
397 Winslow Way E, Bainbridge Island, Washington 98110 / 206.842.8595
Dinner Hours: Tues – Thurs (5 – 8 pm), Fri and Sat (5 – 9:00 pm), Closed Sun/Mon
Breakfast + Lunch Hours: Mon – Sat (7 am – 2:00 pm), Sun (7:30 am – 2:00 pm)
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.
Looking East
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!
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.
Community
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.
Etsy Storefront
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
So this happened today
Sketchcrawl on a beautiful Fall day at Lake Forest Park Sunday Market and hosted by Shoreline-Lake Forest Park Arts Council.
Thank you to all who came up and said ‘hello’. Sitting right by the flower booth, wow was it fragrant! I will add more images on Thursday. Thanks for checking in!
Prints
As I look out the window this morning to see tall cedars, douglas firs, and maple trees waving in the wind with rain as the atmospheric texture, I am thinking Fall has officially crept through the door of summer. Dang. I will miss the long light evenings for more party time outside. Change is inevitable. Thank God for that because I’ve been enjoying painting canoes from the Canoe Journey this last summer. It’s been productive to step aside from painting horses and explore colors and forms of canoes.
Just a few days before culminating in Nisqually, we had the honor of being present at the House of Awakened Culture festivities including seeing 72 canoes on the grass in Suquamish. Apparently, on the second evening, and when many were gathered inside sharing, there was one canoe who was on its way but hadn’t arrived yet – after dark! The search party paddled out, found them, and brought them into safety. GPS batteries must have run out. I’m thinking that was a long night.
So the title of this post, Prints, is relevant here because I now have prints available of my recent canoe paintings. And the above paragraphs are an important part of the story behind the artwork. If you are interested, email me. Michele@horsepainter.com.
Looking South print size 19″ x 11.5″, $180.00, unframed.
Suquamish Welcoming print size 8.5″ x 10″ , $80.00, unframed.
Looking South
Last night’s painting included paying attention to some darker values for impact and the amazing design work on the foreground canoes.
Check out my Art Classes tab for upcoming art retreat on October 1, 2016.
Enjoy your pre-Fall weather in the northwest today!
Canoe Journey Color
So here is some recent progress on a watercolor. I find the beauty of the canoes absolutely captivating. There are no words to explain how magical it is to see 72 canoes up on the lawn in front of the House of Awakened Culture. I hope to captivate some of that magic with my paints on paper.
I will post more images as this painting develops.
