A new fun painting~ Canadian Beer

Canadian Beer
6" x 6"
Acrylic on Gallery Wrapped Canvas
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This was such a fun painting to do! I will have to paint more beer! I am currently finishing commissions, but after that there will be more beer bottle paintings.

Canadian Beer 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.

I have been painting on a large scale for the upcoming show in May. It was nice to do a small painting for a change.

Thanks for stopping by~

Torrie

Three Persimmons ~

Three Persimmons
6" x 6"
Acrylic on Gallery Wrapped Canvas
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I took a small break from painting the large paintings and commissions and painted something for fun.

A collector suggested I paint persimmons. These were so fun, I will have to paint more when time permits~

Three Persimmons 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 more paintings currently available for purchase, please visit my my Website Gallery and my Etsy.com store.

Well, now back to work. I am painting a new version of my Red Boat paintings and finishing a couple of commissions. Lots of work to do.

Thanks for stopping by~

Torrie

New ~ The Pear Chronicles 010

The Pear Chronicles 010
4" x 6"
Acrylic on Gallery Wrapped Canvas
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Continuing with the Pear Chronicles, this is a predominantly green pear with red highlights on a soft light blue background. I am really enjoying the small pear paintings, they will continue~

The Pear Chronicles 010 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.

It has been a long day of painting, I have finished the large Pear commissioned painting and I will be posting a picture tomorrow. This painting is a recreation of my August Pear.

Well, time to clean up and get some sleep, check back again soon,

Torrie

New Year, New Paintings~

The Pear Chronicles 009
4" x 6"
Acrylic on Gallery Wrapped Canvas
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Continuing with my little pear series in 2011, this is The Pear Chronicles 009, a single very blue pear with turquoise highlights. This is a one of my favorites!

The Pear Chronicles 009 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 is available for purchase using the PayPal button above for $30.00 with $8.00 for United States priority shipping. This painting can also be purchase at my Gallery Website or my Etsy.com store.

New Year and back to work~ Last year was a wonderful year full of changes and blessings. I am very fortunate to have a wonderful life and a fabulous family. 2011 can only be better! There will be more paintings and more fun~

These past few weeks I have been busy with commissions that I could not post to prevent the people receiving some of these paintings from seeing them before they were gifted to them. These paintings are recently completed and moved on to their new homes.

Miss Audrey Grace - Year One
8" x 10"
Pastel on Paper

This is my beautiful granddaughter who spent last Christmas as a preemie in the NICU unit at the hospital in Asheville. This year, she is healthy, happy, and my joy! This painting was given to Audrey's other grandmother for Christmas.

The Wright View at High Rock
8" x 10"
Acrylic on Canvas Panel

The Cow III
11" x 14"
Acrylic on Canvas Panel

The Cow II
12" x 12"
Acrylic on Gallery Wrapped Canvas

Up Next~

I am continuing to work on two more commissioned Pear paintings. The Pear Chronicles paintings continue. I am also working on large paintings for the upcoming Heart Gala in Charlotte in February.

Check back again soon to see what I am up to,

Torrie

Tis the Season~

From my house to yours:

Merry Christmas
and
Happy Holidays~

A rare Christmas snow in Charlotte. I have had a wonderful Christmas and now it is time to get back to work,

Check back again soon to see what I have been up to~

Torrie

Pear Commissions Finished~

The Little Red Pear
4" x 6"
Acrylic on Gallery Wrapped Canvas

The Little Olive Pear
4" x 6"
Acrylic on Gallery Wrapped Canvas

The Yellow Pear II Redux Again
4" x 6"
Acrylic on Gallery Wrapped Canvas

I am working on several commissioned paintings getting ready for the Holidays. A collector requested several of my previous paintings to be recreated in the 4" x 6" size. I love painting pears and this was a fun commission.

I am currently working on a cow commission. I don't paint many cows and this collector requested a black and while cow. I have painted two and will be making the final touches on the second cow tomorrow and will post pictures soon.

Next up~

I am working on a Lily pond painting, a landscape, a portrait, and more pear paintings. So much to do, so little time. Hopefully, I can make time to paint a little something new for the Etsy.com store.

Thanks for stopping by~

Torrie

Studio Update~I will be showing my work in Charlotte!

WSOC-TV Charlotte, North Carolina

This is the hallway at WSOC-TV studios in downtown Charlotte. The television station showcases a different artist's work each month of the year. I am very honored and thrilled to fill these walls with my paintings during the month of May 2011.

So much wall space! I normally paint in a smaller format for the Internet stores, now I will be focusing on larger paintings to hang at the television studio. I will be hanging a variety of paintings from landscapes, still life, and portraits. I will post pictures of the paintings as I finish them so you can see then paintings before I take them to the television studio. I am going to try to have approximately 30 to show, wish me luck....I will be painting like crazy!

I will continue to add paintings to my stores online on a regular basis, but probably not as frequently. The small pear series (The Pear Chronicles) will continue. There will also be smaller versions of the paintings that will be included in the May show.

I have closed my eBay store for the time being and closed my shop at Design Style Guide. I am scaling back the online activity a bit, it seems I spend more time updating stores than painting. New paintings can still be purchased from my Etsy.com store, my website, blog, and ebsqart.com.

For now, I am working feverishly to finish six commissions. The holidays are always busy and this year is not an exception. I have to get the paintings for the Heart Gala at the first of the year started soon or they will not be finished in time. So much to do, so little time~ I love it!

Thanks for stopping by, more paintings coming soon!

Torrie

The Pear Chronicles 008

The Pear Chronicles 008
4" x 6"
Acrylic on Gallery Wrapped Canvas
Available for Purchase
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Continuing with my little pear series, this is The Pear Chronicles 008, a single warm orange/red pear with a dark loosely painted background. I love this one!

The Pear Chronicles 008 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 more paintings currently available for purchase, please visit my website gallery or my Etsy.com store.

I have loved painting the pears and there will be more!

Coming Up~

Along with more pears, I have a commission to do of a black and white pear, I am finishing a lily pond painting, and then will begin working on really large pieces ~news on that to come.

Thanks for stopping by,

Torrie

The Pear Chronicles 007 and More!

The Pear Chronicles 007
4" x 6"
Acrylic on Gallery Wrapped Canvas
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Continuing with my little pear series, this is The Pear Chronicles 007, a single red pear with a deep blue loosely painted background.

The Pear Chronicles 004 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.

Now a short explanation of where the heck I have been and what happened this past week:

I am a huge fan of EBSQart.com and that is where I maintain a gallery, but more than that, they have really cool templates and image hosting that I use to maintain all the blogs and websites. The stat counters at the site help me keep up with all that I have floating out in the Internet. Well, it was time for a site upgrade which is always tricky. That, on top of the fact I do not accept change well and have no patience, has made for a very long week. It's not the change thing that gets me as much as the learning curve that comes with a site upgrade--learning how to do things a different way.....(in a nutshell, I am getting old and set in my ways). HA! EBSQart is still working on problems. I can't upload new paintings to the site as of yet, but tomorrow is another day. I will do the best I can with what is working so far.

Now, what you might have missed~

The Pear Chronicles 006
4" x 6"
Acrylic on Gallery Wrapped Canvas
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This pear painting in the Chronicles Series sold in the downtime. I am sorry it did not make the blog before it sold. For those of you who want to get a sneak peek before paintings make it to the blog and stores, the paintings are first posted on my Facebook Fan Page. The first place I list my paintings for sale is my Etsy.com store. The Etsy site is just convenient and easy to use, so I post there first, then EBSQart, then my website and on from there.

The following paintings were donated:

The Ballerina IV
16" x 20"
Acrylic on Gallery Wrapped Canvas

The Pear Chronicles 005
4"x 6"
Acrylic on Gallery Wrapped Canvas

Annie Salness, an Artist friend who I met working with the Different Strokes from Different Folks painting challenge blog, recently suffered a stroke and is recovering at home with her family. There will be a fund raiser the details can be found by clicking here and going to the event announcement on Facebook. I will be shipping these paintings Tuesday morning.

Well, that about does it for now. I will be posting my painting that I won from Angela Sullivan. I framed it this week and it is now on the end table in my living room.

Until tomorrow,

Torrie

The Pear Chronicles 005 ~ New Pear in the Series

The Pear Chronicles 005
4" x 6"
Acrylic on Gallery Wrapped Canvas
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Continuing with my little pear series is The Pear Chronicles 005

The Pear Chronicles 005 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.

Up Next~

Have you ever had one of those days where you would have gotten more accomplished staying in bed that what was done today... well it has been one of those days. For those of you that follow my work on EBSQart.com, the site is currently undergoing an upgrade and it is hit or miss if you can view the galleries there. Give it just a bit more time and the site should be fabulous.

I am continuing with the small pear series, it is too much fun to stop now. I lingered in the pears at the local grocery store until I looked like a stalker (of pears). There were so many different varieties. This is really going to be fun.

Well, I had better get busy, there is still much to do before I call it a day~

Thanks for stopping by,

Torrie

I won!

Cherry Drift

5" x 7"

by

Angela Sullivan

I am thrilled beyond words~

Angela Sullivan, a fabulous artist, chooses someone from her list of followers once a month to win one of her paintings. This month I was selected to receive one of her beautiful paintings. I could pick from any of her small paintings on her blog. This was impossible. I chose four! I told her to make the final selection of what she like best from the four I had selected. She will be sending me Cherry Drift. I am so happy! I can't wait. I am going to frame it and put it in my office/studio to enjoy everyday.

Thank you so much Angela, I will enjoy your painting for years to come~

Visit Angela's blog. You will love her work!

www.angelasacrylics.blogspot.com/

Another Day, Another Pear ~ The Pear Chronicles 004

The Pear Chronicles 004

4" x 6"

Acrylic on Gallery Wrapped Canvas

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Continuing with my little pear series is The Pear Chronicles 004, a single golden pear with a multicolored loosely painted background. I have painted versions of this pear before ~ it is one of my favorites.

The Pear Chronicles 004 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 more paintings currently available for purchase, please visit my Gallery Website or my Etsy.com store.

I am really enjoying the small pear paintings. There will be one more tomorrow and then I will have to take a short break and work on larger commissioned paintings this weekend.

Thanks for stopping by~

Torrie

The Pear Chronicles 003 ~ Continuing the series....

The Pear Chronicles 003

4" x 6"

Acrylic on Gallery Wrapped Canvas

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Continuing the Pear series with The Pear Chronicles 003. This is so much fun. What started out as ordering the wrong size canvas has turned into quite the adventure.

The Pear Chronicles 003 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.

I have varnished 004 and 005 and they will be posted next. After that, I think I will move to a Bosc pear next.

This painting has sold, to see more paintings currently available for purchase, please visit my Website Gallery or my Etsy.com store.

Tune in tomorrow for 004~

Torrie

The Pear Chronicles 002 ~ New Pear Painting.

The Pear Chronicles 002

4" x 6"

Original Painting on Gallery Wrapped Canvas
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This is the second painting in my small pear painting adventure. I used bright green colors in this pear in a more impressionistic style. I am really enjoying this series. There is so much to do with this series, from realism to abstract, and from Bosc to Bartlett and Anjou.

The Pear Chronicles 002 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.

There are more small pear paintings to come. Tomorrow, I will be posting Pear Chronicles 003 (a bright yellow pear on red) and Pear Chronicles 004 (a gold pear with multicolored background).

Thank you for stopping by,

Torrie

The Pear Chronicles 001 ~ New Painting Series

The Pear Chronicles 001

4" x 6"

Original Painting on Gallery Wrapped Canvas
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I have started a new series of small pear paintings. I think I will call them "The Pear Chronicles" and then give them a number. Coming up with different titles would be too hard~ There will be at least 20 of the small pear paintings....more if I continue having fun. This is the first pear in the series, 001~

The Pear Chronicles 001 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.

So far in the Pear Series, paintings in progress and near completion are a green pear, a gold pear, a multicolored pear, and a gold pear with a multicolored background. Next to be posted is 002 in the series, a green pear.

I will be working on larger commissioned pieces for the upcoming holidays in between the small pear paintings. I will post pictures of these paintings as they are completed so you can see what else I am up to.

Happy November and have a wonderful day~

Torrie

Lemons and Red Creamer, 6"x 6"

Lemons and Red Creamer

6" x 6"

Original Painting on Gallery Wrapped Canvas

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A still life painting of two lemons and a deep red creamer with a lightly colored background.

Lemons and Red Creamer 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 is has sold.

So much to do, so little time. I have all this brand new canvas waiting to have paint applied~

Check back soon to see what makes it to canvas first~

Torrie

Robin's Three Eggs ~ New Painting 8" x 10"

Robin's Three Eggs

8" x 10"

Original Painting on Gallery Wrapped Canvas

Available for Purchase

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A small bird nest with three bright blue robin eggs and a soft painterly background.

Robin's Three Eggs was painted using professional artist grade acrylic paint on a gallery wrapped museum quality canvas with painted sides. Painting was finished with a light coat of varnish.

Up Next~

I have put the finishing touches on a new lemon painting. I will take pictures and post tomorrow.

I will be painting most of the day tomorrow. My new shipment of canvas from Dick Blick came in today~ I have a variety to canvas to play with and more paint!

Thanks for stopping by~

Torrie

Little Green Pear ~ New Small Pear Painting~

Little Green Pear

6" x 6"

Original Painting on Gallery Wrapped Canvas\

A small pear painting in shades of green with touches of yellow. A loosely painted background in shades of blue.

Little Green Pear 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 is available for purchase in my Etsy. com store.

Up Next~ 
I will be painting all day today~ working on a variety of small paintings. I have started a large Monet-like lily pond painting for Miranda in shades of brown and blue. A bit of a departure for me. If it comes out the way it looks in my head, I plan on painting one to include in my stores.
Well, time to get busy~ I am a bit behind on my posting. I have finished a new bird's nest painting and will be posting it online later this evening, after the good painting light is gone.
Thanks for stopping by~
Torrie

More Green and Red Pears

More Green and Red Pears

6" x 6"

Acrylic on Gallery Wrapped Canvas

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A single green pear beside a single red pear with a soft muted background.
More Green and Red Pears 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.

Up Next~

Yes, I disappeared for just a while. I have been playing with my granddaughter who is just almost a year old. This year has flown by so fast, I don't know where it went. Miss Audrey has gone back home, so now it is time to get back to work.
I am starting out painting a few pear paintings, they are my comfort zone and helps me get back into the swing of things. Since our last visit, I have promised three paintings to the American Heart Association for upcoming Heart Balls in Cleveland County and Charlotte. This will be my first year to participate in the Charlotte Ball. These painting will be large 18" x 24" and I will be working on them in between the smaller paintings that I see online. I will post pictures as I complete each one so you can see what will be in the upcoming auctions.
Well, I am off to paint a new pear painting. Check back again soon,
Torrie

Pink Cupcakes ~ New Painting today!

Pink Cupcakes

8" x 10"

Acrylic on Gallery Wrapped Canvas

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Two butter flavored cupcakes with strawberry pink frosting with a loosely painted soft pastel colored background.

Pink Cupcakes was painted using professional artist grade acrylic paint on a gallery wrapped museum quality canvas with painted sides. Painting was finished with a light coat of varnish.

This painting can be purchase by using the PayPal button above or in my Website Gallery or my Etsy.com store.

Up Next~

This is going to be a busy week. The family is gathering for my sister's birthday and I get to babysit my granddaughter for the weekend. I am so excited~

I have finished a new pear painting. It is a deep wine red color and is a nice compliment to the Elegant Pear painting.

I am currently working on a large Lily Pond painting done in shades of brown and blue - I will let you know if it comes out well or just looks like mud~ HA!

Well, time to get busy, check back again soon.

Torrie