tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35169813709444290612024-03-05T18:15:57.863-06:00Head on down the highwayImpressionist paintings by Nancy ParsonsNancyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02033083098270042089noreply@blogger.comBlogger392125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3516981370944429061.post-19954100588290646982021-02-19T12:42:00.001-06:002021-02-19T12:45:31.772-06:00"I'll Be Your Best Friend"<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNns0e1SnPkqL-L8YkoYZ05xaQIclr9SXeoD_1J4ITxKm2xoh4cftnpjeiOGQx7I8AD91UX6GE5AhBYfAi4RyWAbBkKKqD-UR1U0hgI4Nh48doWoI5oHGqD-NS4K5mhF-cusB6AmBCcT2A/s2048/Ginger.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2030" data-original-width="2048" height="421" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNns0e1SnPkqL-L8YkoYZ05xaQIclr9SXeoD_1J4ITxKm2xoh4cftnpjeiOGQx7I8AD91UX6GE5AhBYfAi4RyWAbBkKKqD-UR1U0hgI4Nh48doWoI5oHGqD-NS4K5mhF-cusB6AmBCcT2A/w425-h421/Ginger.jpg" width="425" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">"I'll Be Your Best Friend"</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">12x12" oil on gallery wrap canvas </span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; font-family: georgia;"><a href="https://www.dailypaintworks.com/fineart/nancy-parsons/ill-be-your-best-friend/865360" target="_blank">SOLD View in gallery</a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgp382XbmN9QbLog8jkhB-fQDto4j9kuCVIhzo47WY9A8l7n0Hj6xuSsPX6r3REVDXbdRibHVYHySlJpuitQjKazijyYlmRezgkkYQx84x5FD7g9Ldqc_65Sz5YMzm2SUtRI5GixZlfIUzM/s2048/Ginger+pose.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgp382XbmN9QbLog8jkhB-fQDto4j9kuCVIhzo47WY9A8l7n0Hj6xuSsPX6r3REVDXbdRibHVYHySlJpuitQjKazijyYlmRezgkkYQx84x5FD7g9Ldqc_65Sz5YMzm2SUtRI5GixZlfIUzM/s320/Ginger+pose.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><p style="text-align: left;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">This latest painting is of a beloved family pet named Ginger, photographed holding a stuffed hedgehog—her best friend!</span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">I had a lot of fun painting this little girl! I fell right into those big soulful eyes with eyelashes so long and orange they looked more like some exotic decor of high fashion.</span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">This was a very challenging piece for me. If it wasn't for the Veridian hedgehog and Ginger's golden eyes, I might not have even accepted the commission, as everything else in the scene from the fur to the carpet was just a sea of white. It didn't help that I was painting from a poorly lit photo with the subject in deep shadow, which further compounded the problem. </span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">I decided the solution required a wide range of temperature shifts to help define the form and texture, along with a vast array of subtle shifts in values so close together it felt like I was performing brain surgery. LOL Well, maybe it wasn't quite that bloody! </span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Thanks for following my work. </span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">nancy</span></p></div></div><br /> <p></p>Nancyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02033083098270042089noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3516981370944429061.post-33818643812999717302020-06-11T10:52:00.001-05:002020-06-11T14:32:36.373-05:00"..the lands of sunrise and sunset you fill with your joy."<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="color: #555555;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">I had so much fun painting this watercolor inspired by the photo below by photographers Yann Meersseman and Moria Fitzgerald </span></span><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="color: #555555;">at </span><a href="https://www.vineyardcolors.com/" style="color: #0099cc; font-weight: bold; outline: none; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Vinyard Colors</a><span style="color: #555555;">. Their work inspires me to pick up a brush and grab my paints. </span></span><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="color: #555555;">I have had this image stashed away in my heart since 2016. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="color: #555555;">Watercolor seemed the perfect media for transparent layers of clouds, dazzling light and churning waves of foamy water. </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #555555; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">When I came across a quote from my Morning Prayer, I knew immediately that had to be the title of the piece because just seeing the photo filled my heart with joy. </span><br />
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Nancyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02033083098270042089noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3516981370944429061.post-46778114019377017942020-01-22T15:12:00.000-06:002020-01-23T14:35:14.477-06:00"Morning Calling on Dock St. <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">I painted this image in response to a photograph by Yann Meersseman and wife Moira Fitzgerald at <a href="https://vineyardcolors.com/" style="color: #0099cc; font-weight: bold; outline: none;" target="_blank">Vineyard Colors</a>. They graciously allow artists to paint from their work, provided you send them a copy of the final art. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Although I haven't painted in quite awhile due to the demands of my graphic design business, the intriguing play of light and dark attracted my eye and inspired me to pick up a brush. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">There was a lot of detail in the photo, so I tried my best not get tight, but rather give loose impressions of found object. It felt so good to get back to my easel!</span></div>
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Nancyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02033083098270042089noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3516981370944429061.post-87234171701054522202019-02-15T09:57:00.000-06:002019-02-15T09:57:05.846-06:00The Babysitter<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">This watercolor painting is of my 18-year-old granddaughter Hayley sharing time with my five-year-old grandson Palmer. My intent was to capture her tenderness and emotion which always shows through to her younger cousins. She literally has a baby in her arms, or a child in her lap at every family gathering. It's not surprising, she is studying to be a NICU nurse. </span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">I used a recent snap shot for my reference. The lightest values—reflected onto the faces and clothing—came directly from the iPad screen Palmer was playing with in his lap. I had to be careful to get those lightest highlights in immediately and hang on to them. </span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Here was my step-by-step process. <i>See photos below</i>:</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"> 1. I started with a light pencil drawing to capture the pose and gestures of the figures, and work out the composition.</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"> 2. Working all over the page, I began blocking in the major shapes with light washes of watercolor.</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small;">3. Then, I started adding thin transparent washes of color over the existing layers to build up all of the areas especially in the darkest areas.</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small;">4. I continue adding more and more layers until all the values were correct and I was happy with the results. </span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small;">Once the paper was completely dry, I erased most of the pencil lines. I</span></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: small;"> really like my underdrawing to be slightly visible. I think it makes the painting more interesting and helps define and gather forms and shapes. </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: small;">This is the largest watercolor I have worked on in a long time, and was pleased with the outcome.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small;">Thanks for visiting today. </span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small;">nancy</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small;"><span style="color: #7f7f7f; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: #141823; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; line-height: 18px;"><span style="color: #7f7f7f; line-height: 18.2px;"><i><i><span style="color: #666666;">To see more of my art click</span><span style="color: #999999;"> <a href="http://nancyparsonsart.com/" style="color: #2198a6;" target="_blank">Online<b> </b>Gallery</a> </span></i></i></span><i style="color: #7f7f7f; line-height: 18.2px;"><i><span style="color: #999999;">•<a href="mailto:njparsons@suddenlink.net" style="color: #2198a6;" target="_blank"> </a><a href="mailto:njparsons@suddenlink.net" target="_blank">Email</a> <a href="mailto:njparsons@suddenlink.net" style="color: #2198a6;" target="_blank"> </a>• <a href="http://www.nancyparsonsart.com/" style="color: #2198a6;">Website</a> • <a href="http://www.graphicdesigngroup.net/" style="color: #2198a6;" target="_blank">Graphic Design Studio</a> </span></i></i></span></span><span style="color: #7f7f7f; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: #141823; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; line-height: 18px;"><i style="color: #7f7f7f; line-height: 18.2px;"><i><span style="color: #999999;"><span style="color: #2198a6;">• <a href="http://fineartamerica.com/profiles/nancy-parsons.html" style="color: #2198a6;">Fine Art America</a></span></span></i></i></span></span></span></span><br />
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Nancyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02033083098270042089noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3516981370944429061.post-26548016137159876332019-01-19T17:26:00.000-06:002019-01-19T17:26:14.626-06:00Sweet Spot Rocker<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="background-color: white;">I painted this piece from a photo I took last summer in Naples, ME on the front porch of the Lakeview Inn wher</span><span style="background-color: white;">e we were staying for a wedding. This was such a delightful place with the most beckoning porch. I could have sat out there and rocked for days on end. Now that's relaxing at its finest. </span><br /><br /><span style="background-color: white;">The reference photo for this painting wasn't the greatest as the chair was perched in heavy shade, so I had to take some creative license to make the chair, my focal point, look alive with color.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="background-color: white;">I can't figure out what category to place this painting in? There is a landscape backdrop, but the focal point is the chair? Would that be considered a still life? But, what if it was gently rocking from the wind? Would that make it a not-so-still life? I suppose if someone were sitting in the rocker would it also be considered figurative? To make this more confusing, this was a covered porch, so does that make it an interior painting? Any thoughts? </span></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: times, "times new roman", serif;">Hmm? </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="background-color: white;">This piece is being donated to my church's Annual Gala for their Live Auction, so it isn't for sale, but wanted to share. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="background-color: white;">Thank you for pausing to contemplate on the front porch.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="background-color: white;">—nancy</span></span><br />
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Nancyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02033083098270042089noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3516981370944429061.post-17768082234877486632019-01-02T11:07:00.004-06:002019-01-19T17:10:41.423-06:00Quiet Light <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">I painted this mini watercolor of the Madonna and Child to use on my Christmas cards, sadly, most of which never made it to the post office. I had great intentions but simply ran out of time. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">I've been having great fun working in watercolor again over past few months. I love the soft translucent effects and the looseness of the media which can say things I can't get with oils. My plan for the new year is to try and work in both watercolor and oil. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">I hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas and holiday. I am sending you my belated wishes along with wishes for a bright New Year. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">May Mary’s quiet light bring peace and joy to your hearts.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">I recently had a foot surgery and have been in a cast and unable to put any weight on my foot. Thus I haven't been able to stand and paint at my easel for the past three weeks. However, watercolors are </span><span style="font-family: times, "times new roman", serif;">the perfect solution. I can sit at my kitchen table and paint for hours on end. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">I have enjoyed getting back into </span><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">the swing of painting in this odorless medium which requires minimal cleanup. I started out in watercolors many, many years ago and loved it, but didn't think the colors were screaming loud enough so I switched to oils. I'm sure I'll continue to work in oils once I am back on my feet, but may very well continue playing with watercolor. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Hmm...perhaps I should also try finger painting? </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">The reference for this photo was posted on DailyPaintworks </span><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">as a challenge painting.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Thanks for stopping to view my work. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">I painted this piece a year ago while visiting in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico. This ancient world-heritage site with it's cobblestone roads is filled with beautiful rooftop terraces and surrounded by mountains and lush gardens. What an inspiring place to paint. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">I chose to take watercolors as my media for painting. I was afraid my oils would never get there, or would be difficult to transport on the plane. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">I hadn't painted in watercolor for many, many years but was quite pleased with how quickly it all came back...kind of like riding a bike.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="background-color: white;">I snapped the reference photo for this painting in Montana right at the golden hour. The sun, rapidly setting behind the distant mountains was sweeping light like magic to create long shadows across the landscape. The tree along the bend in the road was totally lit up in the glow of the moment. This was one of those instances in your life when you know—beyond a shadow of a doubt—you were exactly where you were suppose to be at that precise moment in time...my soul on fire with joy.</span> </span><br />
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Nancyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02033083098270042089noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3516981370944429061.post-13979738810535540412018-10-09T18:40:00.000-05:002018-10-09T18:40:23.962-05:00In the Shade of Nye<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<i><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small;">"To sit in the shade on a fine day and look upon verdure </span></i><i style="font-size: 12.8px;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small;">is the most perfect refreshment." —Jane Austen</span></i></blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">I was enthralled by the fresh, lush green vegetation hugging tightly to this tiny abandoned log cabin on my sister's property in Montana. </span><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">The sun, that morning, still low in the east, was painting luminous shadows on the blanket of still-wet grass, dappled in a myriad of sparkling light. The structure sits along the edge of a large park-like cluster of trees running along the banks of the Stillwater River. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">I painted this mostly en plein air one morning, and then finished up in my studio once I returned home. </span><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">Oh course this was gifted to my sister, so not for sale, but just wanted to share another memorable moment of my vacation. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Gosh, I'd love to live in this little-one-room castle surrounded by mountains and pastures. I can't think of anything grander...especially if they install a toilet!</span><br />
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Nancyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02033083098270042089noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3516981370944429061.post-8911975380958365362018-09-22T13:25:00.000-05:002018-09-22T13:32:30.238-05:00Bounty<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #545454;">Nothing in a landscape makes me smile more than to see stacks of freshly baled hay </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #545454;">dotting the horizon along a country farm road. </span></span><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #545454;">This painting was of a </span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #545454; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">photo I took in Montana over the summer. </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #545454; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">I could paint hay stacks over and over again. I wonder if</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #545454; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"> </span><a href="https://www.google.com/search?q=what+artist+painted+haystacks&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjm1J2f-87dAhUh34MKHZfGA" style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;" target="_blank">Monet</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #545454; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"> and <a href="https://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=https://www.vincentvangogh.org/images/paintings/haystacks-in-provence.jpg&imgrefurl=https://www.vincentvangogh.org/haystacks-in-provence.jsp&h=724&w=900&tbnid=MX5MFNdX5gVNOM:&q=van+gogh+haystacks&tbnh=160&tbnw=199&usg=AI4_-kTRv0ae3lWi6zydcYNwQpn_aPR67Q&vet=12ahUKEwjwkauvks_dAhUJbKwKHaKcC2MQ9QEwAHoECAgQBg..i&docid=zXpqaxSiVuHkUM&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjwkauvks_dAhUJbKwKHaKcC2MQ9QEwAHoECAgQBg" target="_blank">Van Gogh </a>might have had a similar obsession? </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #545454; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Seeing bales scattered across a field gives me an inner sense of peace, causing me to reflect on the bounty of our own lives. </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #545454; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">To me, these gravestone-like-monuments are </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #545454; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">symbols representing lives of ultimate survival on the battlefield called life. </span><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #545454;">Threatened by extreme weather, violent storms, lack of water, too much water, fighting off weeds and pests, the hay—with with all of its imperfections—is harvested at the perfect moment, and gathered into the bounty of a full </span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #545454; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">life in all of its glory. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #545454; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">With Thanksgiving right around the corner, what a perfect time to give thanks for the gift of our lives, where one day, our fruits too will be rolled into glowing bales.</span></div>
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Nancyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02033083098270042089noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3516981370944429061.post-45620002057858755102018-09-15T12:44:00.000-05:002018-09-15T20:21:02.897-05:00Mother of Sorrows<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Is there one who would not weep,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">'Whelmed in miseries so deep, </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Can the human heart refrain</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">From partaking in her pain,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">In that mother's pain untold?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Stabat Mater - <span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: x-small;">13th-century medieval Latin hymn </span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-small;">on the suffering of the Virgin Mary at the Crucifixion.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">This painting is an ekphrastic response to a photograph—a friend of mine took—of a statue of Blessed Mary found in the Franciscan Church of the Annunciation in Ljubljana, Slovenia. Mary is holding the lifeless body of her Son, who has been placed in her arms, after being taken down from the cross. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">I have rarely seen Mary depicted crying, and was deeply moved by her tearful eyes as she experienced her deepest sorrow, as foretold by Simeon at Christ's Presentation, <i>"And you yourself a sword will pierce". </i>This is a grief which can only be known by a mother who has experienced the loss of a child, especially her only child. </span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">#3. Further development of Mary's skin <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">#4. Finalized, added the foot of the cross <br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">As our mother, Mary also shares in the sorrow and pain of </span><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">today's</span><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"> world. It</span><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"> gives me great hope to know she is here, and suffers right alongside all of us, in the darkness of our world. She is a light of hope, the perfect example </span><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">of strength, faith, trust and courage to hold onto. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">I have worked on this piece for over a year. T</span><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">oday is the Memorial of our Sorrowful Mother, so it seems fitting to present my/our Mother. </span></span></div>
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Nancyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02033083098270042089noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3516981370944429061.post-11836054463248062852018-09-03T11:20:00.001-05:002018-09-03T12:06:25.835-05:00Shapes From Above the Stillwater River<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"Along the Stillwater" 12x9" oil on gessobord panel<br />
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<span style="text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Or, maybe this quote should end with, <i>a glance and all was said</i>? Either way, for me, painting this was a love affair. I had so much fun abstracting the landscape down into basic shapes and colors, as if it were a jigsaw puzzle of interlocking pieces waiting to be placed into position. To coin a quote from </span></span><span style="text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Georgia O'Keefe, </span></span><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">"I found I could say things with color and shapes that I couldn’t say any other way—things I had no words for."</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">I've been experimenting here and there, painting with the temperature of colors versus the actual colors I see. For instance, the cooler foreground was in deep shade from the house when I began to paint and the sun was low in the sky, just peeking over the mountains behind me. So I painted the closest grasses in cool purples in contrast to the warm rays of light casting</span><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"> out </span><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">across the tallest tips of grasses, and the valley...icing tree tops and fields on its way...in a fiery blanket of light. </span></div>
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<span style="text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">I was painting from my sister's covered patio which formed an umbrella to control the light refections on my canvas, but beware standing on concrete for hours is never fun on the legs or back...no pain no gain applies.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">I hope you enjoy this as much as I loved painting it. </span></div>
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<span style="text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">—nancy</span></span></div>
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Nancyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02033083098270042089noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3516981370944429061.post-50963696007921272162018-08-29T10:34:00.000-05:002018-09-06T10:23:54.367-05:00Montana Moments<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: medium;"><span style="text-size-adjust: auto;"><i>"Something opens our wings. Something makes boredom and hurt disappear. Someone fills the cup in front of us: We taste only sacredness." —</i>Rumi</span></span></blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: medium;">I painted this plein air piece on the first morning we arrived in Montana, from atop of the hill where my sister and brother-in-law's main house is perched. Gazing out across the property I noticed the isolated house off in the distance. It lay nestled in the lap of golden valley, surrounded by looming mountains, donned with a touch of lingering snow on the farthest peak. <span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">The house looked a bit vulnerable, as if it were about to be devoured and disappear into the foreboding shadowy background. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">As the morning ended I realized, I was the one who had been swallowed up, up into the delightful solitude of the moment. </span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: small;">Painting is always my medium of choice to disappear into a day! </span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Thanks for v</span></span><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">iewing,</span></span></span></span><br />
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Nancyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02033083098270042089noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3516981370944429061.post-46849235905533191562018-08-22T13:26:00.001-05:002018-08-22T13:26:42.096-05:00Watercolor Sketches from Colorado<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="color: #555555;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Here are four watercolors from a recent stay in Crystola, Colorado on our return from Montana. The lime-tinted aspens are magnificent...shaking and shimmering in the light and cool mountain breezes...sounding like reminiscent tones of an indian paint stick. Enchanting and mystical! </span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">This watercolor features a tiny tool shed emerging from shadows, perched in the morning light and surrounded by majestic pines. It beckons to be painted. I am sure it's buried in snow most of the winter, but for now it surfaces to bask in the the sun like a tired turtle resting on a warm rock. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">This was one of the views from the house where we were staying. It overlooks the rolling highway that leads to Manitou and Colorado Springs. What a joy to simply stand with the feel of wind and sun on my face. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">For watercolors, I like to do a light pencil sketch of the scene before I begin applying paint. I used a limited palette which required a lot of mixing to obtain all the different greens. To convey a feeling of depth and distance, I used soft and cool colors, saving the warmest hues for the foreground/center of interest. </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">A</span></span><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">ll of our evenings at the Crystola house culminated outdoors before a roaring fire, sipping wine, and listening to music under the blanket of Milky Way. Here is how the area appears during the light of day. </span></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Unfortunately, one evening we had to conduct a funeral for an unfortunate hummer who had flown into the house the night before. Poor little thing never found its way back out the door to the freedom of sky, but rather collapsed from exhaustion into a sconce. During the cremation ceremony, we all stood with hands over hearts singing "You Got a Friend in Me" until at last the tiny shrouded body flew up in embers to light up the night sky. So sad!</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">So that's all of the watercolors I wanted to share. I'll start post a few oil painting I also completed on our trip, so stay tuned as we Head on Down the Highway of life. </span><br />
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Heading back on down the highway once again...we were blessed to have spent some time in Montana this month on my sister and brother-in-law's glorious property. These watercolor sketches are some of the views from their lovely home which nestles on a hill along the Stillwater River in Nye, Montana.<br />
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I hadn't painted with watercolor in years, but loved the easy setup and no-fuss cleanup. I also love the looseness and transparency this medium provides.<br />
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I have a few more sketches from our next stop in Colorado which I'll post tomorrow.<br />
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Thanks for following my journey.<br />
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<em>"<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Sometimes, when I see my granddaughters make small discoveries of their own, I wish I were a child."</span></em><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"> —Dr. Seuss</span><br />
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I haven't painted much over the past year or so. I tend to beat myself up for not picking up my brushes, but have come to accept the fact that there really is a time and a season for everything. Nothing stays the same, things come and go at certain unforeseen periods of our lives and we are powerless to try and resist.<br />
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I feel my soul has been wondering in a dry desert...which is not a bad thing. I recognized the need for desert time and gave myself permission to honor that space. I believe this has been a period of gestation and rebirth. I am hopeful this is the budding of a new spring with renewed energy, creativity and discovery. The best is yet to be!<br />
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Nancyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02033083098270042089noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3516981370944429061.post-79376613375855716332017-10-19T09:00:00.000-05:002017-10-19T09:00:04.682-05:00Sacred Spaces<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Here is a little slice of sacred space in our home. What's sacred about it? It's right smack dab at the heart of our home, and the first thing to grab your eye as you enter the front door. It's a part of our living space full of chairs and couches where family and friends gather to share.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Our most recent stray, sits perched atop my grandmother's wooden trunk ready to pounce on our unsuspecting chihuahua. </span><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">We have used this trunk for years to store childhood Halloween costumes, grandma's once beautiful silk gown, boa and lacy robe, </span><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">dance recital costumes, pom-poms and </span></span><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">cheerleading</span><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"> </span><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">uniforms, pirate swords, ruby slippers, princess crowns and fairy wings. It's a treasure chest sure to produce screams of delight and excitement for bored grandchildren on rainy days. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Nothing in our small 70s home matches, nor is it fancy, or expensive, but rather an eclectic collection of hand-me-downs from parents and grandparents. Pieces of furniture wounded over the many years with scars, scratches and nicks, yet </span></span><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">somehow </span><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">healed and made whole by the memories they bear. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">I loved painting t</span></span><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">he natural light—creeping in like fog through the north facing paned windows of the french door—silently sweeping across oak floors buffed in chalky reflections of cool morning light. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">The key role here is played by the little table lamp casting rays of luminous warm light from the focal point of the painting; a beacon to all who stop by for a visit, perhaps to share in a glass of wine, and bask in the rich abundance of our humble abode. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Thanks for stopping by,</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">nancy</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Once again I find myself drawn to the stillness of early morning light. Here the breaking sun illuminates two graceful swans musing on a glassy sheet of shallow water. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Busy Martha on the right, fluffing a magnificent spread of feathers, rustles about in self-imposed tasks of the new day. Scanning the horizon is she preparing to take flight over the expanse of inland waterways in search of a nesting site? Or, perhaps she's heading off to explore muddy marshes for juicer roots and tubers, or to scavenge for greener grasses and plump morsels of grain from </span><span style="font-family: times, "times new roman", serif; font-size: large;">fields </span><span style="font-family: times, "times new roman", serif; font-size: large;">nearby</span><span style="font-family: times, "times new roman", serif; font-size: large;">?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Meanwhile, juxtaposed sits humble Mary. She floats effortlessly, suspended without a ruffle unassumingly in the shadow of Martha's wings. Caught in motionless wonder and total surrender to the fullness of trust and abandonment, she pauses with eyes closed, absorbed into the silence where in praise she gives thanks for another day. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: times, times new roman, serif; font-size: large;">To me, painting is a delicate balance between both the seeing and the doing, not</span><span style="font-family: times, "times new roman", serif; font-size: large;"> remaining in either place too long is paramount. Moving back and forth between the mystery of a subject and the active steps of mixing paint and placing the spots of shape and color—I not only <i>see</i>, but also sense and feel—keeps it real. Without the Mary, the Martha would be lifeless. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Thanks for reflecting,</span><br />
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Nancyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02033083098270042089noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3516981370944429061.post-89669656251763109422017-05-30T16:33:00.000-05:002017-05-30T18:52:19.118-05:00Just a Chair on a Porch<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-size: large;"><i><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">"The art of art, the glory of expression and the sunshine of the light of letters, </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">is simplicity."</span></i><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"> —Walt Whitman</span></span></blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Stripped down to the barest necessities for guaranteed joy and contentment, give me a front porch with a chair to sit in silence and greet a neighborly morning knocking at my door. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Coffee cupped in hand...sliver of melting moon fading...first chirps of</span><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"> the winged, chanting praise...cool stir of wind caressing cheeks...last stand of shrinking shadow...sunburst on the horizon, </span><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">duck the first warm hurls of orange and gold rays. Morning has broken!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">In this latest piece, I decided to challenge myself by taking a different approach. I usually try to match the same colors and values to what I see, but this time my goal was to try punching up the warmth and coolness of the light and hues for added mood and mystery. I have been working on this one for some time and hit many dead ends along the way. I had to wipe my canvas off many times and start over until I began </span><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">seeing on my canvas what I was feeling about the image, rather than what I was simply seeing. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">For me painting is a war, a battle of push and pull, trial and error to the very end. I now stand with white flag in hand...a truce declared. I am at peace...and </span><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">just wish I could plop into that inviting chair. </span><br />
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Nancyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02033083098270042089noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3516981370944429061.post-59222569428735951382017-05-12T17:43:00.000-05:002017-05-13T10:04:33.099-05:00A Portrait of La La's Garden<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">This latest painting is of a very special garden where I visited last summer. I was commissioned by my friend, Angela, to paint a spot in her mother, La La's, garden hugged in on all sides by adobe walls nestled into high desert hills overlooking the city of Santa Fe, New Mexico. It's here where homes magically and seamlessly blend into the rough dry, rocky backdrop like chameleons. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Finding a scene </span><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">to paint</span><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"> </span><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">inside this hidden garden was hardly a problem as I</span><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"> meandering through lush gardens </span><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">filled ever so delicately with a vast assortment of tall slender grasses, plants, and flowers, tucked in among shimmering aspens, pools and fountains of trickling water and rocks. Every element of the design was woven together into a patchwork of hue </span><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">and </span><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">texture</span><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"> that sparkled with light playing into shadow. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">I spent a good deal of time taking photos at different locations and times of day for reference, but finally narrowed my selection to </span><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">this enchanted, mid-morning scene. The air was dry and cool with the promise of a bright sunny day as billowy white clouds churned up on the horizon. What finally won me over to this image was the beautiful path covered in soft dappled light that lured my eye through </span><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">cool</span><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"> </span><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">deep viridian shadows and then splashed onto the brilliant lime green walkway leading to the </span><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">birdbath </span><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">perched in full light of day.</span><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">It was obvious La La's garden had been nurtured and developed over many years of hard work and tender </span></span><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">loving</span><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"> </span><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">care. I understood immediately why Angela </span><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">loved this meticulously manicured paradise. This, the garden she photographed so frequently, had now become her garden. As Alice Walker said so perfectly, </span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">"</span><i style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">In search of my mother's garden, I found my own.</i><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">"</span></span></div>
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<span class="s1"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">I have been a lost ship over most of the past year, adrift from paints and canvas, but happy to be firmly back in port of studio with brushes as oars, anchored firmly in hand. </span></span></div>
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<span class="s1"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Family took precedence last April as my 93-year-old mom came to live with us. Her stay turned out to be a short final voyage as she sailed off into the ether of sunset at the end of September. We were honored to care for her those last months of her life, as this is how families love each other. </span></span></div>
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<span class="s1"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Toni Morrison said, “Your need a whole community to raise a child” but to care for a dying parent, I say, takes an entire family. This is what ultimately led me to this painting “Salutations to Sibs.”</span></span></div>
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<span class="s1"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">I wasn't consciously aware of what was actually drawing me to paint this alluring sunrise from Martha’s Vineyard. It was only after I finished the piece, that I was struck by how much the harbor scene reminded me of my family each one dropping their anchor to tend to mom in many different ways. </span></span></div>
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<span class="s1"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Boats moored at bay seemed the perfect metaphor for family. Our fleet is composed of a large variety of crafts, some strong and secure, some calm, soulful and gentle, others steadfast and reliable. Siblings may sail through life on different bodies of water scattered around distant shores, yet will always tether together when the day is over, or seas turn into rough stormy waters.</span></span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">It seems appropriate to post this piece on Valentine’s Day to honor the eight loving vessels in my marina including Bob, Debby, Kitsy, Barb, Mary, Julie, Lolly and Dash. </span></div>
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Nancyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02033083098270042089noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3516981370944429061.post-39768438248357031782016-04-08T10:25:00.000-05:002016-04-08T10:25:44.209-05:00FIRST PLACE WINNING ENTRY!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">I am thrilled to have won First Place in the Monthly Contest at Daily Paintworks, along with a $500 cash prize!!! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">The original is sold, however, a wide range of print and giclee reproductions are available in my online store. Click <a href="http://fineartamerica.com/featured/sold-reflecting-at-days-end-nancy-parsons.html">here</a> to view all of the options.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Thanks for letting me toot my horn. : ) </span><br />
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Nancyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02033083098270042089noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3516981370944429061.post-83884291699431678712016-03-23T22:23:00.003-05:002016-04-07T15:14:53.213-05:00Snug as a Bug<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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