Workshop

 

12" x 12" Oil on Panel

Workshop Painting 

I was in a Derek Penix workshop in Ft. Worth last week...had a fabulous time, learned a lot and met some great artists.  I love watching demos, and Derek was very generous with this techniques and his approach to painting.  Working off of a photo that he took, this is my take-away from day #1.

Thanks for looking at my blog....more photos from the workshop to come!  Kay

Isn't Life Peachy?

 

Isn't Life Peachy?

24" x 12" Oil and Charcoal on RayMar Cotton Panel

Contemporary Mixed-Media Painting

Currently framed up and hanging at Dutch Art Gallery.

Thanks for looking at my blog!  Kay

Isn't Life Peachy?

 

Isn't Life Peachy?

24" x 12" Oil on RayMar Cotton Panel

Contemporary Still Life Painting

This is my third peachy painting.  My inspiration for this came from one of my collector's backyard. --- Thank you Emily!  I wanted to create depth and did that layering the colors.  When I look up into the tree I see pieces of light, shadows and overlapping leaves, branches and peaches.  I want the viewer to imagine standing on the ground, looking up at a full branch loaded with beautiful peaches.  At the end of the painting, I decided to add charcoal drawing on top of the brush strokes.  This painting is drying in the studio, and will be framed up!  Contact Kay for more info.  Thanks for looking at my art.  KMW

P.S.  Here is a pic of this painting framed up!

Pleasant Surprise

 

Pleasant Surprise

37 1/4" x 28 1/4" Oil on Canvas

Contemporary Oil Painting

One of my collectors bought a house in Dallas recently, and she did not know that she had a fruit-bearing peach tree in her backyard....until the tree was producing peaches.  Emily loves her house, and the fruit on the tree was a pleasant surprise for her!  I snapped some photos of the backyard tree, and decided to paint the beautiful fruits once I got into the studio.  This was a fun painting for me because of the color palette.  I loved mixing the corals, reds, apricots, ochres and leafy greens.  The violets, greys and savanah browns were fun to mix up. Thank you, Emily for letting me photograph your tree!   This painting is drying in the studio.  I couldn't wait to see what it looked like all framed up! 

Here it is framed up in a gold leaf frame with linen liner.

The over-all size of frame is 45 1/4' x 35 1/2"

Thanks for looking at my blog and the art posted.  Contact Kay with any questions or comments.  KMW