It has been awhile!

Hidden Treasure

12" x 12" 

Acrylic Paint and Gold Leaf

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Sorry I haven't posted anything lately.  We have been busy with family traveling and catching up, but now back to painting!

I don't usually paint abstract paintings, I prefer still life and landscapes.  I had an idea and decided to give it a try--on a small scale with a 12" x 12" canvas.  

I started with a very colorful, loosely painted background.  (I may have to do this again....but much larger!

The next step, I covered most of the canvas with a thick impasto layers of similar colors using a knife.  I wanted it to look like broken plaster.

I then added just a very narrow edge along the openings with gold leaf.

Are you still with me?  Next came more layers of the impasto plaster-type layers in lighter colors to give it depth.

I then added a white edge next to the gold leaf, for more definition.

I added more layers of the "plaster type layer". 

Lastly, a bit of touch of on the colored under layer (where I had wayward gold leaf.)

I then framed the painting in a gold floater frame. 

My little abstract adventure has sold and will soon be shipped to its new home.

I hope you have enjoyed the progress pictures of my abstract adventure!  It will be a while before I do another one. 

Up next is another baseball painting.  This one will be going to the "Smalls" show in Mint Hill.  I am currently working to finish two more small paintings for the show.

Thank you for stopping by and continuing to follow my painting adventures.

Torrie

 

Pink Flamingo V

Pink Flamingo V

20" x 20"

Acrylic Paint on Gallery Wrapped Canvas

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LOVE, Love, love this painting! But, then I love all things flamingo.  So fun to paint!  

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

Now time to get started on the large landscape.  I will post progress pictures as soon as the painting starts.

To see this painting and all the current available paintings to purchase, stop by my 

Etsy.com store.

Thanks for stopping by~

Torrie

Flamingo painting ~ more progress

In Progress 20" x 20" Flamingo

Painting large can be slow going.  I will be slowly adding the layers of feathers.  I hope you have enjoyed following along.  

Visit my Etsy.com store to find paintings currently available for purchase.

Thanks for stopping by~

Torrie

Robin's Blue Eggs II

Robin's Blue Eggs II

16" x 20" 

Acrylic Paint on Gallery Wrapped Canvas

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As I have mentioned before, I feel like this year is getting away from me!  I am feeling so much better and the warm days filled with sunlight are fabulous~

Robin's Blue Eggs II was painted using professional artist grade acrylic paint on a museum quality gallery wrapped canvas. The gallery wrapped sides are painted to allow for hanging without a frame.

Up next~

Who knows!  I am going to pull out a new white canvas and stare at it until something comes to me.....

Thanks for stopping by~

Torrie

New Pear Paintings!

Gold Pear on Red

6"x 6" Acrylic on Gallery Wrapped Canvas

Gold Pear with Grapes II

6" x 6" Acrylic on Gallery Wrapped Canvas

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The Gold Pear

6" x 6" Acrylic on Gallery Wrapped Canvas

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These are the newest in the small pear paintings. I took a short break from the current commissioned landscape painting and painted a few pears.

I should be finished with the newest version of Tuscan Sun by the end of the week. After that, I have more pear paintings. I will be sending new paintings to Flourish Boutique and Gallery to replace ones that have sold.

There will also be new small landscapes available soon....and I think I'm in the mood to create a new rooster painting.

Courtney is home from the summer session at school. She will be here long enough to pick up furniture and shop to decorate the new apartment. No more dorms! ~~ She also wants new paintings, I told her I would put her selections on the "list of things to do"~~ She does not like being on that list....It should be named "the list Mom will never get to do".

Well, back to the studio....time to paint some poppies.

Thanks for stopping by!

Torrie

Two Red Pears II - click here to purchase

Two Red Pears II

6" x 6 Acrylic on Gallery Wrapped Canvas

New painting today! Two Red Pears II is another painting using the small 6" x 6" canvas. This painting is available for purchase in all the usual places.

Today has been so busy with mailing paintings and getting the studio a bit more organized. I should be painting, but I seem to have let the day get away from me. Still working on the new landscapes, hopefully they will be ready soon.

Thanks for stopping by!

Torrie

Pear with Cherries available on Etsy.com

Pear with Cherries

Pear with Cherries

6" x 6" Acrylic on Gallery Wrapped Canvas $25.00

Available for Purchase at:

www.torriesmiley.etsy.com

This is the newest painting using my favorite smaller canvas. I just purchased a case of 6" x 6" gallery wrapped canvas. These are adorable and I am having fun painting fruit on them. I am thinking of branching out this weekend and painting small landscapes. I spent last weekend at the art supply store and I have tons of new canvas, paint, and ideas.

I have been requested...begged....(bribed)...A new series of Martinis will begin this weekend. Check back again soon for the new paintings. There will be definitely 16" x 20" size.

This month is flying by and I have yet to upgrade my website....so for the latest updates, check my Squidoo page: http://www.squidoo.com/TorrieSmiley/

EBSQart.com has changed its website format. Check it out, you may see some artist's work that you have overlooked in the past.

www.ebsqart.com

I will be going to Charlotte on Saturday. I hate to miss time in the studio, but I am meeting up with a group of Carolina Etsy shop owners. It should be a lot of fun. Then, back to more painting!

Thanks for stopping by.

Torrie

New to ArtByUs.com

I have joined http://www.artbyus.com/ I love the website. I don't know why I have not joined before. I am going to call it quits on any more websites. I am starting to spend more time on the computer than in the studio. My art is now available for purchase on the following websites just search by my name:

http://www.ebay.com/
http://www.etsy.com/
http://www.artbyus.com/

or you can purchase directly from me with your paypal account.

I will be back in the studio tomorrow painting something new! I will be posting my "Art Swap" portrait tomorrow.

Thanks to all my collectors for your support and I hope making my art available at these websites will make purchasing more convenient.

Torrie

Big Bird 2007-- 2008 ArtWanted.com Calendar

May 20, 2008

ArtWanted.com Calendar

I am very excited about Big Bird 2007 being included in the 2008 Animal Calendar from ArtWanted.com. Big Bird 2007 will be the May 20, 2008 page.

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Calendars may be purchased through ArtWanted.com at:

To PRE-ORDER your ArtWanted.com calendar(s), please go to:

http://www.ArtWanted.com/ps/Calendar

We expect to start shipping out the calendars towards the end of November.
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Sunday, November 4, 2007, I will be included in the Etsy.com front page Showcase. I will be working this weekend to get some new paintings ready by Sunday. Stop by Etsy.com and check out the showcase.

New Low Country Watercolors will be available soon. After the overwhelming requests for new Low Country Art, I have set everything aside to concentrate the series. The paintings will be posted as they are finished.


Well, off to the studio.


Thanks for stopping by,

Torrie

Cleveland County Fair

New Pear Painting on eBay

For Sale in eBay Store:

http://stores.ebay.com/Torrie-Smiley-Original-Works-of-Art

Two Pears sold almost immediately after being posted on Etsy (it was not even dry yet), so others were painted by request of the slow shoppers who missed out.

I said I was finished for a while with the watercolors, but I seem to can't get away.

I will be at the Cleveland County Fair tonight at the Art Exhibit. I will be painting watercolors while I am there. I will post some of them tomorrow.

Thoughts for the upcoming painting week: Something different, something large, and something in oil. I do complain about oil---but it is fun!

Have a wonderful day! See you at the water wheel! : ) ......(It's a County fair thing)

Torrie