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Betty
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Friday, February 14, 2014
Composed
Composed definition, calm; tranquil; serene. Such nice words. Calm, tranquil, serene. Who doesn't want that. I don't fully understand it, but painting seagulls helps me stay composed. True with most of my watercolor painting, but the seagulls always do it. The quiet colors, the bird's demeanor, and the memories of peaceful time at the beach always equates to calm, tranquil and serene for me. I can nearly hear the ocean rolling in, rolling out. That calming constant that always seems to bring life into perspective. With all of that said, I have to admit I used "Compose blue" for the background color in this piece and that is how he got his name. But it did get me to thinking about what painting does for me, and that is good!
Wednesday, February 12, 2014
Sunny
The sunshine is sure welcome here in Southern Illinois today. The cold and snow and gray has been making it difficult for me to continue to pretend that I live on the gulf coast of Florida! But I'm back there today with the sunshine! Once again I went to the photos that I took at the sailboat marina near my home here in Southern Illinois and once again, I found the perfect model. He stands alone without frills or props, rather handsome I would say. He just didn't need anything. I hope you enjoy him!
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Betty
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Saturday, February 8, 2014
Movin' on
These long legs are movin' on, this guy looks like he has places to go. I love painting the birds that I see on the lake that I live on here in Southern Illinois. The lake is frozen right now, so I guess I am "movin' on" in my mind, looking toward warm weather again. Blue skies and big birds, it's going to be a good one! I included a picture of this guy in a 16 x 20 mat propped in my studio to give you a better idea of his size.
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Betty
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Friday, February 7, 2014
Longhorns and local wine
An afternoon trip to a local winery recently included encountering longhorns! What a treat for me. I don't know that I had ever seen any. At first the long horns made the cattle look a bit threatening, but they hardly made a move as we studied them and took photos. The white one never got up from her lying position on the ground. My goal was to capture the calm, gentle nature of the large, spectacular animals.
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Betty
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Tuesday, February 4, 2014
I got work to do!
I grew up in a chicken world. Every spring my folks got 100-200 baby chicks, they became "fryers". We always had the hens too. Big white hens usually, that's where the eggs came from. There was always a rooster around too, but the hens were the ones that produced. I'm just saying...
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Betty
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Monday, February 3, 2014
Feeling Blue
When I start a bird painting I'm not sure what is going to happen. I work from photos of seagulls that I took at the sailboat marina near my home in Southern Illinois. Lots of photos of the seagulls in different postures, turned different directions, head up, head down, eyes open, eyes closed. I start with the photo and change it around and try to let that particular painting evolve. When I am able to do that, the bird really develops his own personality. Some are sweet and soft, others not very nice guys. Some are sleepy, others very alert. This little guy seems to be feeling blue. Not exactly sad, there isn't anything thing really wrong, things just aren't right. Just feeling blue.
This painting is available in my Etsy shop
Betty
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I still love you
I still love you. There, I said it, I love him. I have loved only a few of my paintings. It is interesting, while you are working on the painting, you can't really see it. It's not till you have walked away and come back that you know. And when those come along it is never "I AM AWESOME! LOOK AT WHAT I PAINTED!" No, it is..."oh my gosh, I love you". Yes, it makes me whisper. I don't know that one painting is any better than another, it's just the way it makes me feel that causes me to love it. I know that these paintings are gifts to me, and I accept them graciously.
This painting is available in my Etsy Shop
Betty
Thank you for sharing in this little slice of my life
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