Time for Tea

 

Time for Tea

6" x  6"

Acrylic Paint on Ampersand Gessobord

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This is painting #4 in the 30 Paintings in 30 Days with Leslie Saeta.  So far, so good.  I have been able to keep up.  There are fabulous artists participating, click on the blue link to take you to the blog site showing all the daily paintings.  It is quite impressive.  

Time for Tea 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.

This painting has sold.

I can't decide on the next painting adventure~  landscape, seascape, people, floral (my tulips from the another night failed miserably and Bananas III was the back up go to plan)....right now, there is no backup and no plan....

Check in tomorrow to see if there is a blank page~

Thanks for stopping by~

Torrie

Bananas III

Bananas III

5" x  7"

Acrylic Paint on Gallery Wrapped Canvas

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This is painting #3 in the 30 Paintings in 30 Days with Leslie Saeta.  Yes, you have seen it before.  I love painting bananas ~ I think there will be more bananas before the month is over, maybe with a strawberry or grapes added!

Bananas III 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.  

Up next, still can't decide.  Hopefully, something will come to me before the day is over.

It is the weekend, so there will be lots of painting time! 

If you haven't stopped by Leslie's blog~ click the blue link above.  There are so many artists participating, you will love the variety of works.

Thanks for stopping by~

Torrie

Cherry Trio

 

Cherry Trio

8" x 8"

Acrylic Paint on Gallery Wrapped Canvas

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This is painting #2 in the 30 Paintings in 30 Days with Leslie Saeta.  Now is not a good time to be totally uninspired...I know it is just the pressure of coming up with something everyday...it will pass!

Cherry Trio 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, maybe bananas....then I really need to move away from the fruit!

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

More Georgia Peaches

More Georgia Peaches

6" x  6"

Acrylic Paint on Gallery Wrapped Canvas

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I often paint the same composition more than once using different colors and styles.  I really like the way this one turned out using the lighter background.

More Georgia Peaches 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.

Thanks for stopping by~

Torrie

Pear on Peach

 

Pear on Peach

6" x  6"

Acrylic Paint on Gallery Wrapped Canvas

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It was the first really cold day of the season and I realized how much I wanted the warm weather back.... I painted something peachy and light to remind me of Summer~

Pear on Peach 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.

I really enjoyed painting with the peach color and I am going to paint a group of peaches next~

Thanks for stopping by~

Torrie

Cupcake 005

 

Cupcake 005

Acrylic Paint on Gallery Wrapped Canvas

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I generally do not take commissions, but I do take suggestions.  I was asked to paint another cupcake similar to Cupcake 001.  This is it~  More cupcakes to come soon.

Cupcake 005 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.

So little time, so much to do!  I have to work in time to Christmas shop.  I am so bad about waiting to the last minute!

Tomorrow~  Pear on Peach.

After that Peaches, then a complicated teapot painting~

Check back again soon,

Thanks for stopping by~

Torrie

Drunk Daisies

Drunk Daisies

5" x 7"

Acrylic Paint on Ampersand Claybord

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This is a painting I have wanted to do for some time and just got around to it~  The joys of college-age children....Kevin was given flowers for his birthday from Taylor.....in a Jagermeister bottle.  They looked so cute sitting on the bar I knew it had to be a painting.

Drunk Daisies was painted using professional artist grade acrylic paint on Ampersand Claybord. 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.

I have finished the large commissioned nest painting and now just painting for fun...kind of.  I have been asked to paint more cupcakes, so that is coming up next.  I will be painting a portrait by the end of the week....yes, I don't do that much, but this one is for a DailyPaintworks Challenge.  

Thanks for stopping by~

Torrie

Pear with Caramel

 

Pear with Caramel

5" x 7"

Acrylic Paint on Ampersand Claybord

Available for Purchase

Thank you Gayle for the inspiration photo. She sent me a pear photo and I loved it.  Thought I would give it a try~ I love the way it turned out.  

Pear with Caramel was painted using professional artist grade acrylic paint on Ampersand Claybord. 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 is currently available for purchase from my Etsy.com store.

I am almost finished with large commissioned nest painting.  It is so hard to have enough time to paint with good natural light when the sun goes down so early.   

I have a small still life using my flow blue china and lemons.  I am almost finished with the Daisy painting.....so much to do....so little sunlight!

Thanks for stopping by~

Torrie

My Orchid

 

My Orchid

5" x 7"

Acrylic Paint on Ampersand Claybord

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My orchid is about to bloom!! I have waited three years for this plant to sprout~  and the kids say I have no patience.  I am so excited~  In honor of my impending blooms, I painted orchids from reference photos from earlier blooms.

My Orchid was painted using professional artist grade acrylic paint on Ampersand Claybord. 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.

On a business note, I now have "Direct Checkout" at my Etsy.com store.  I also accept Etsy Gift Certificates in my store~

I hope you had a wonderful Thanksgiving.  I have ate way too much food!  

Thank you for stopping by~

Torrie

The Spring Nest II

 

The Spring Nest II

6" x  6"

Acrylic Paint on Gallery Wrapped Canvas

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This is my entry in the Nibblefest Art Contest ~ a themed art contest beginning on the 20th of each month.  

This month's theme is "Nature".  

Please be sure to search for NFAC to see more great entries, each starting at just $0.99

The Spring Nest II 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.

I participate in the Nibblefest when time permits and I can think of something to paint~  Next month the theme is Mushrooms.  Hopefully, if the inspiration hits me, I will participate again.

Next up~ a daisy still life, more pears, and finishing up the commissioned nest painting.

Thank you for stopping by~

Torrie

Crazy Pear

 

Crazy Pear

8" x 10"

Acrylic Paint on Ampersand Textured Claybord

Available for Purchase

Crazy Pear was painted using professional artist grade acrylic paint on Ampersand Textured Claybord. 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 is currently available for purchase in my Etsy.com store.

I have finished my entry for the Nibblefest that begins on eBay tomorrow....just in time!  This month's theme is nature and I painted a new bird nest painting.  Check back tomorrow evening~

Thanks for stopping by,

Torrie

The Nest Garden

 

The Nest Garden

5" x 7"

Acrylic Paint on Ampersand Gessobord

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This is a small study of a larger commissioned painting that I am working on~

The Nest Garden 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.

So much to do, so little time ~ back to painting!

Thanks for stopping by!

Torrie

Bing Cherries

 

Bing Cherries

6" x 6"

Acrylic Paint on Gallery Wrapped Canvas

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Bing Cherries 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.

So much to do, so little time.  It is that time of year again, birthdays, Thanksgiving, then Christmas then more birthdays~ working some painting time in on the side!

Check back again tomorrow~

Thanks for stopping by,

Torrie

Pumpkin

 

Pumpkin

6" x  6"

Acrylic Paint on Gallery Wrapped Canvas

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Pumpkin 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.

Having such a good time painting again~ working on a large commissioned nest painting, and a few small paintings on the side.  Check back again tomorrow for another new painting.

Thanks for stopping by~

Torrie

A new painting! Vitamin C

Vitamin C

5" x 7" 

Acrylic Paint on Ampersand Gessobord

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Vitamin C 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.

It is so nice to be back painting.  Feeling better everyday and almost back to my old self.  Still have trouble at times finding words.  But, I knew a lot of words and it is just taking time for my brain to reload all of them~

There will be a new painting tomorrow and the next day and the next day~ 

Thanks for stopping by~

Torrie

Where the hell have I been~

 

I think I'm back.....

I had been suffering with cold/allergy symptoms for weeks.  Finally, after trying everything in the drug store, I saw my physician for what had turned into bronchitis/asthma.  I was given a steroid shot and a Medrol Dosepak of steroid to follow which cleared up the coughing and sinus.  Then all hell broke loose.

It seems I developed steroid psychosis which basically means I went nuts!  After a brief stay in the hospital and brain scans to make sure the drugs had not fried my brain, I am slowly getting back to "me" (you notice I did not say normal HA!).  I continue to improve daily on what should take a few weeks to fully recover.  If I had known there was even a remote chance this could occur, I would have never taken the medication.

I have repeatedly asked my family, "did you not notice I was crazy~ why didn't you say something".  They said they tried and I was too mean.  For the record, Kevin is a saint and the love of my life.  Putting up with me when I am at my best can be difficult, and he managed when I was not a very nice person.  It was sweet when he told the doctor something is wrong, she doesn't paint.  He knows the "real me" would paint in my sleep if I could.  

Today, I am getting back to painting.  I will be painting all week and will be posting new paintings in the stores by the weekend.  I am working on a large commissioned piece I am anxious to finish.

Thanks for stopping by and continuing to support my art adventures~

Torrie

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Avocado with Bell Pepper

 

Avocado with Bell Pepper

5" x  7"

Acrylic Paint on Ampersand Aquabord

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Avocado with Bell Pepper was painted using professional artist grade acrylic paint on Ampersand Aquabord. 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.

I have been battling allergies for weeks!  I have tried everything and Claritin seems to be working the best.  So glad when this is over.  Not feeling well zaps your creative energy.  I am still working on the rooster painting, I am painting what strikes the creative urge until I feel better.

Thanks for stopping by~

Torrie

A Simple Pear

 

A Simple Pear

6"  x  6"

Acrylic Paint on Gallery Wrapped Canvas

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A Simple 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.

Still fighting a cold....might have to actually go to the doctor~ maybe tomorrow.  Almost done with the rooster painting.  

Thanks for stopping by~

Torrie

Lemons with Hydrangea

 

Lemons with Hydrangea

6" x  6"

Acrylic Paint on Ampersand Gessobord

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So I grabbed the two lemons out of the fridge and told Kevin he could do without them for a couple of days.  The vase is really a soap dispenser, the top broke and I almost threw it away....until I stuck a flower in it~  and it became a painting!

Lemons with Hydrangea 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 a pear...maybe then a rooster!

Thanks for stopping by~

Torrie

Strawberries and Grapes

Strawberries and Grapes

5" x 7"

Acrylic Paint on Ampersand Gessobord

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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