Day Ten of the 30 Paintings in 30 Days ~ Wine and Grapes

 

Wine and Grapes

5" x  7"

Acrylic Paint on Canvas Panel

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Day Ten of the  30 Paintings in 30 Days in September with Leslie Saeta.  

I had high hopes of getting caught up today~  no such luck.  I knew when I started this painting it would be time consuming....but I am so happy with the result.  

I will be spending the evening catching up on stuff like laundry and getting ready for the work week. I also have to ship a painting that sold today.   There will be plenty of time to get caught up.  (Famous last words!)

Wine and Grapes was painted using professional artist grade acrylic paint on a museum quality canvas panel with painted sides to allow for display without a frame.  This painting will easily slide into a frame or can be placed on a small display easel.  

Thank you for stopping by~

Torrie

Day 2! Cupcake 011

Cupcake 011

6" x  6"

Acrylic Paint on Gallery Wrapped Canvas

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Day Two of the 30 paintings in 30 days with Leslie Saeta.  Cupcakes!  I like eating them more than painting them.  

Cupcake 011 was painted using professional artist grade acrylic paint on a museum quality gallery wrapped canvas with painted sides to allow for display without a frame. Painting was finished with a light coat of varnish. 

Day Three tomorrow~  Off to paint!

Thanks for stopping by,

Torrie

January 2016!! Thirty Paintings in Thirty Days is Back!!

Tar Heel Martini III

Acrylic Paint on Gallery Wrapped Canvas

8" x 10"

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Happy New Year!  This is going to be a fabulous year! ~ best year ever!!

Yes, I am going to do the 30 paintings in 30 days with Leslie Saeta.  No I have not learned my lesson, I know I never get the 30 completed~ but I am determined to do better than the previous challenges.  

The first painting is Tar Heel Martini III.  I am a born and bred die hard Texan....but, I am now a Tar Heel mom, and one day will I probably be a Tar Heel Grandma.  My daughter and her husband decided to stay in Chapel Hill after they graduated and raise their family.  Who knows, I might end up there one day myself.

Enjoy Day One of the challenge, and I will see you back here tomorrow.

Thank you for stopping by,

Torrie

Painting #12 on Day 21 of the 30 Paintings in 30 Days Challenge

Baseball VII

6" x  6" x 1.5"

Acrylic Paint on Gallery Wrapped Canvas

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Painting #12! This is day 21 of the 30 Paintings in 30 Days in September with Leslie Saeta and I may never catch up...but I have not quit!! I have painted this baseball several times before, but this is by far the best one!  I love it.  

Baseball VII was painted using professional artist grade acrylic paint on a museum quality deep gallery wrapped canvas with painted sides to allow for display without a frame. This painting can be hung on the wall unframed or sat on a shelf without an easel.  This painting was finished with a light coat of varnish. 

This painting has sold.

Now, I have to get to work on a commissioned piece~ hopefully will be posting soon!

Thanks for stopping by~

Torrie

Sea of Clouds

 

Sea of Clouds

12" x 12"

Acrylic Paint on Gallery Wrapped Canvas

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Time to paint again!  

My surgery went well and I am on the mend.  Miranda's surgery was successful.  My new granddaughter and Miranda are going to be fine!  Audrey is very excited to have a new sister arriving in October. The ultrasound showed very long legs, just like her daddy~ After a less than wonderful six months, the six months to come are going to be fabulous!

I am getting all the paint and canvas out and painting again ~ wooohoooo!

Sea of Clouds was completed just before my surgery and the final varnish is going on today~

Sea of Clouds was painted using professional artist grade acrylic paint on a museum quality gallery wrapped canvas. The gallery wrapped sides of the canvas are painted to allow for hanging with or without a frame.

Thank you so much for continuing to follow my work, especially during the hard times when new paintings were rarely posted.  

Torrie

Pear Study with Lemon

Pear Study with Lemon

5" x 7"

Acrylic Paint on Ampersand Aquabord

Collection of the Artist

This is the study I did while working on a larger Pear commissioned painting.  

Pear Study with Lemon was painted using professional artist grade acrylic paint on a museum quality gallery Ampersand Aquabord. Painting can be placed in a small frame and also be placed on a small easel for display.

I have started working on the larger canvas as I had planned....going bigger with my painting-- it is sketched out, but no paint on the canvas yet. Hopefully, I will begin working on it soon.  It is going to be a West Texas landscape.

I took an Ink class this past week, it was quite fascinating. You just might see some small abstract ink studies in the near future~

Thanks for stopping by~

Torrie

The Lonely Pear

 

The Lonely Pear

6" x  6"

Acrylic Paint on Gallery Wrapped Canvas

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The Lonely Pear, day 21 of the 30 Paintings in 30 Days with Leslie Saeta.  I have fallen behind on the 30 in 30~ There are a few skips in the days.  Hopefully, I am back on track.

The Lonely Pear was painted using professional artist grade acrylic paint on a museum quality gallery wrapped canvas with painted sides to allow for hanging without a frame.  Painting can also be placed on a small easel for display.

This painting has sold.

Up next~ Right now, drawn on canvas is a cream and lemon painting and another pear with a prominent shadow~  Check back again tomorrow.

Thanks for stopping by~

Torrie

Highway Poppies

 

Highway Poppies 

6" x  6" 

Acrylic Paint on Ampersand Gessobord

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Highway Poppies is #13 of the 30 Paintings in 30 Days with Leslie Saeta.  This painting was finished the day before the "big fall".  I was getting behind as it was, but this has really put a damper on things.  I slipped in the hallway and fell.  Before I actually hit the floor, my face hit the wall.  This has been a set back in my 30 paintings in 30 days~   I will have to double up this weekend and, hopefully, get back on track.  I am sure the face will get back to normal...just some swelling and discoloration...and a big freakin headache!   But, back to the poppies.  My first year in North Carolina I was amazed at the beautiful poppies growing along the highways. The spring in North Carolina is fabulous--poppies, day lilies, magnolias, camelias, gardenias, crepe myrtle, the list of flowers is endless...

Highway Poppies was painted using professional artist grade acrylic paint on a museum quality Ampersand Gessobord.  This painting can be slipped into a frame or placed on a small easel for display.

Well, off to try and get some sleep.....finding a not so sore spot of the head to lay on the pillow is tough~

Thanks for stopping by~

Torrie

Low Country View

 

Low Country View

8" x  8"

Acrylic Paint on Gallery Wrapped Canvas

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This is painting #6 in the 30 Paintings in 30 Days with Leslie Saeta.  I thought I would kill two birds with one stone.  I have not been able to participate in all of the weekly challenges at DailyPaintworks.com~ now I can catch up on them~  This is the Challenge from The Phone Photo Challenge from June 2012, yes- I am a bit behind.

Low Country View was painted using professional artist grade acrylic paint on a museum quality gallery wrapped canvas with painted sides to allow for hanging without a frame.  

This painting has sold.

Up next, I haven't a clue.  Hoping something will come to me today~ I am also thinking of branching out to pastel and watercolor....

Thanks for stopping by~

Torrie

Fresh Green Pears

 

Fresh Green Pears

5" x  7"

Acrylic Paint on Gallery Wrapped Canvas

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HAPPY NEW YEAR!

I have decided 2013 will be the best year ever!  I will accept no less..... I am going to venture out of my comfort zone and paint large, paint landscapes, and maybe throw in a portrait or two~  To start this year off, I am participating in the 30 Paintings in 30 Days with Leslie Saeta.  I am very excited about the challenge of trying to complete a new painting daily~  wish me luck!

This is the first painting~

Fresh Green Pears was painted using professional artist grade acrylic paint on a museum quality gallery wrapped canvas with painted sides to allow for hanging without a frame.  Painting can also be placed on a small easel for display.

This painting has sold.

Up next, I think maybe cherries~

Thanks for stopping by~

Torrie

Strawberries and Grapes

Strawberries and Grapes

5" x 7"

Acrylic Paint on Ampersand Gessobord

~sold~

I can remember the girls coming in the kitchen, seeing a bowl of fruit and saying "Can we eat this or are you going to paint it"....the memories.... I starting bringing the food home from the Farmer's market and taking quick reference photos before the kids came in and the fruit disappeared.  I have had this reference photo around for a while and finally got brave enough to give it a try....grapes are not easy!

Well, I am very happy with way it turned out and slowing conquering my fear of grapes...HA!

Strawberries and Grapes was painted using professional artist grade acrylic paint on Ampersand Gessobord. Painting was finished with a light coat of varnish. This painting can be slipped into a frame or placed on a small easel.

Now off to paint flowers maybe...but lemons will be involved....there are two in the 'fridge~

Thanks for stopping by~

Torrie

Summer Lemons

Summer Lemons

6" x  6"

Acrylic Paint on Gallery Wrapped Canvas

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Two bright yellow lemons on a soft pastel background of pink, blue, and green.

Summer Lemons was painted using professional artist grade acrylic paint on museum quality gallery wrapped canvas. Painting was finished with a light coat of varnish. This painting can be slipped into a frame or placed on a small easel.

This painting has sold.

So busy, and having so much fun.  I am finishing up a tornado commission and a couple of extra for the online stores.  I have a second lemon painting started ~ Lemons and Cream, hopefully will be finished by next week.  Then a martini, a pear, and maybe a landscape~

Thanks for stopping by~

Torrie

Daisies and Lemons ~ New small painting

Daisies and Lemons

6" x 6"
Acrylic on Gallery Wrapped Canvas

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After unloading everything from my daughter's baby shower in October 2009, I had a few centerpieces at the house. I put one on the table added a few lemons and took reference photos thinking that needs to be a painting someday......someday finally got here and I painted a small still life of the flowers from her shower. Yes, the baby is here and she is beautiful and 7 months old. Yes, I am finally getting caught up and painting new and different things~

Daisies and Lemons was painted using professional artist grade acrylic paint on a gallery wrapped museum quality canvas with painted sides to allow for hanging without a frame. Painting was finished with a light coat of varnish.

This painting has sold. To see paintings currently available for purchase, please visit my website gallery or my Etsy.com store.

Coming up~

I am so excited to be included in the EBSQ artists who blog~ the interview will be coming out next week and I will post a link then.

It is time for the Ripped Off show at EBSQart.com. I have agreed to participate with three artists this year (what was I thinking!) I had better get busy~ I will post the paintings as they are finished along with link to the various artists websites.

Yes, I am still working on the martini painting...I have come to the un-fun part, and I guess that could be why it is sitting in the corner half finished.......staring at me with that "you don't love me" glare. All that is left to do is the detail of the glass-- may this week.

Well, I had better get busy, there is much to paint and so little time~

Thank you for stopping by~

Torrie

Design Style Guide!

The new website is up and running! Check out Design Style Guide! It is a brand new website catering to Interior Designers and Shoppers looking for unique one-of-a-kind handmade items to decorate and furnish homes. This is a one stop shop comprised of hundreds of Etsy.com designers and store owners. You purchase nothing from this site.....it provides you with information and links to the individual shops you are interested in visiting.

The different categories of shopping at the website are: Furniture, Holiday Gifts and Decor, Home Accessories, Pillows and Quilts, Pottery and Glass (my favorite), and Wall Art.  My paintings are included under Wall Art- original paintings.

Check this out when you are net surfing....who know what treasures you will find! New items will be added daily as the store owners add items to the site.

New Painting!

Red Tulips

6" x 6" Acrylic on Gallery Wrapped Canvas

Available for Purchase

***SOLD***

You can see this and other paintings at the new Design Style Guide website. This painting is available for purchase in all the usual places

Thanks for stopping by....more paintings and fun to come!

Torrie

New Poppy Landscape Painting!

Field of Poppies III

16" x 20" Acrylic on Gallery Wrapped Canvas

Available for purchase at

Flourish Boutique and Gallery, South Bend, Indiana

I have been painting large landscapes lately....something I usually don't do. I have painted Field of Poppies before, first as an 8" x 10" and then as a 6" x 6". Now, much larger. I love painting poppies...there may be more poppy paintings to come!

This painting is available for purchase at etsy.com, from my online gallery, and at ArtbyUs.

Now, I have to take time to clean the house!

Check back again soon....there is an orchid still life painting coming (8" x 10") and a pink rose painting (8" x 10") in the works.

Torrie

Beyond the Tuscan Sun

Beyond the Tuscan Sun

18" x 24" Acrylic on Gallery Wrapped Canvas

Commissioned Painting

I have finished the commissioned painting. I really enjoyed painting the large landscape. I have not painted one in quite some time. I may have to paint a few landscapes...I know, I have been saying that for months.

Well, better go, I am going to a concert tonight and there is so much to do before then.

Check back again soon.

Torrie

Lemons and Cream II

Lemons and Cream II

8" x 10" Acrylic on Gallery Wrapped Canvas
Commissioned Painting

This is the second in the series of three commissioned paintings. The next will be Tea with Lemons II.

So many ideas, so little time to paint! Look for new paintings soon. There will be more pears, landscapes, and martinis!

Thanks for stopping by......

Torrie

PS....If I seem to be distracted.....I will be 49 on Wednesday.........time flies when you are having fun!

Two Gold Pears, New Painting Today!

Two Gold Pears

Two Gold Pears

6"x 6" Acrylic on Gallery Wrapped Canvas

Two Gold Pears is the newest painting on the small 6" x 6" canvas I have recently been using.

Two Red Pears sold quickly after being listed on the internet. I am sorry for those who missed the opportunity to purchase. If you would like to commission one for yourself, just send me an email. You can also choose your size.

Staying too busy, but the paint is flowing smoothly!'

Off to the studio....the ideas are flooding in!

Thanks for stopping by.

Torrie

Tar Heel Martini, New March Madness Painting!

Tar Heel Martini

16"x 20" Acrylic on Gallery Wrapped Canvas

Available on Auction at eBay

It is that time of year again! March Madness! It all started when my daughter was accepted at UNC Chapel Hill. Since then, I have started watching a lot of basketball. This painting has been in the back of my mind for a while.....well, I let it out and here it is......

Tar Heel Martini, --- my daughter said it needed more Carolina blue, but I like it.

I will be headed off to UNC to take her back to school from Spring break this weekend. There is no telling what I will be inspired to paint while I am on campus!

I will be painting more than usual this next week....but it will be the bathroom walls. I am doing some more work on the continuing project that is my house.

I do have a waterlily painting drawn on canvas and ready to paint, similar in style to the ones of Monet. There will also be more pear paintings.

Thanks for stopping by and enjoy the art!

Torrie

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