Fry Guy was accepted into the 10th Annual Missouri Watercolor National Juried Exhibition to be held at the Winston Churchill Gallery at the Westminster College, to be held April 1 – May 16, 2010. I was also awarded signature membership with this acceptance.
Sold - ‘February and Still Snowing’ is sold, as well as ‘Cherub and Flowers’.
"February and Still Snowing" Original Watercolor 7 1/2" x 10 1/2" $350
This original watercolor painting was my view one morning last week while on my way to Turkey Hill to get milk for breakfast. It’s a street scene without a bit of pavement.
When I have a painting in progress, I try to keep it in my line of sight. I paint in the studio, then bring it with me while I work around the house. I bond with the painting. Yet I still ‘miss’ things that could be better.
‘Passing By’ is from a photo taken the same morning as the Garden Gate, pictured below. Same snow, different location, and totally different feelings.
So, does this painting look finished? I am still thinking of making the sign on the upper right of the building lighter or darker, but any comments are welcome.
(Passing By is for sale, framed for $800, but I’m going to enter it in the Art of the State competition, so it won’t be available until a later date.)
This is a new original painting, image size 20 x 24″. The scene was from the first snow of the season in Lancaster, PA. The snow was so pretty that I took hundreds of photos, afraid it might be our only snow of the year.
Boy was I wrong.
This painting is entered in the Baltimore Watercolor Society’s annual juried exhibition, so it won’t be available until a later date, but it is for sale at $1,200. Prints will be available later.
I started this happy snowman as a demonstration in my watercolor painting class, then I brought him home to finish in the studio this morning. It’s all blue skies and smiles when you have friends, in this new, original watercolor painting.
Now, available on eBay! click here to see my listing.
Snowman and Chickadee is 10″ x 7″ and my first posting on the new blog I joined: Daily Painters of Pennsylvania. In 2010, I’m going to be offering more fun and beautiful paintings for collectors of every taste and budget.
Remember your New Year’s Resolutions? Are they hanging on your wall somewhere, or just buried completely?
It’s tough to stay focused in the modern world, because there’s so much to do and learn. While there are tons of good information at your fingertips on the internet, there’s also tons of bad information. How do you sort it all out?
If you want to learn about all the ins and outs of art marketing I’ve discovered - Kelly and I are giving a one day workshop at the York Art Association on June 5, covering art marketing in person and on-line, with space for 45 students. We’re still putting the details together, but you can put your name on the list to reserve a spot – just call or email YAA at (717) 755-0028 or yaa1@comcast.net . I’ll be giving you more information on it as it gets finalized, and sharing a lot in this blog.
Deadline fast approaching - the Baltimore Watercolor Society’s 2010 Mid-Atlantic Regional Watercolor Exhibit (last year $8,000 in awards and over $15,000 in sales.) My award winning original watercolor painting above, Wannabe Lap Dog, was accepted and shown in their 2009 exhibit. Also, the Pennsylvania Watercolor Society’s juried show prospectus is available on-line, for anyone who wants to get an early start.
This is Cherub and Flowers, an original watercolor painting that just came back from Living Light Gallery. I couldn’t wait to pop it out of the frame and ‘fix’ several things that were bothering me.
Did you ever look at one of your older watercolor painting and have an obvious problem suddenly jump out at you?
In this painting, I toned down the white flowers on the left side, so the cherub vase stood out as the center of interest. I darkened the ferns beside the cherubs face, and softened a few of the hard edges.
Watercolor is a terrific medium – you can change anything at any time, even a year later.
One thing I love about winter is staying inside and painting.
This happy little snowman is a tiny painting, 5″ x 7″, done as a demo at my Monday classes at Mulberry Art Studio in Lancaster.
Snow helps simplify shapes and colors, so that the shading is easier to see and understand. (For more painting tips, be sure and sign up for my monthly newsletter.)
My first show for the New Year will be at the Sally Danyo Gallery at the York Art Association, 220 South Marshall Street, York, PA, February 14 – April 11.
Another new 2010 thing is learning how to back up my web site. (Yikes!) It is a pain, but not as bad as losing the whole thing. Check out Kelly’s (my daughter and owner of One Woman Marketing) article “Eight Things I Learned When My Website Got Hacked.”
“It’s Always Trash Day Somewhere” Original Watercolor 2009 10 x 14″ $600 framed
I actually changed this watercolor painting a bit on my daughter, Kelly’s advice. (She always gives me excellent advice.) I added a face to the garbage man (peeking out from his hood) and a little dog following the guy across the street. I’ll show the redone picture when it gets back from a show.
It’s usually trash day when I go out to take photos, so I decided to embrace it for the original watercolor painting above and put in the whole truck. Below, I started a new series in my Small Town America landscapes, of back alleys with an alley cat in each one. Here’s the first. Can you find the cat?
Alley Cat Series #1 Original Watercolor 2009 12 x 8″ $450 framed
New Original Watercolor – Early Morning – 13″ x 21.5″ Price: $750 framed
This was the view from my hotel in Boone, NC this summer. I was there teaching a watercolor workshop at Cheap Joe’s. The sunrises were beautiful and the road reminded me of a river, with humanity flowing through the gorgeous mountain scenery.
