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Cheerful and Colorful Paintings in Oil, Acrylic, Mixed Media and Collage
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Thursday, September 29, 2022

Hydrangea in the Mix and a Source of Frames

 


Acrylic 6x6” on a panel

Framed in a Verona mottled gold 1 1/4” with a 2” white linen matt 

If you are an artist looking to frame your paintings, the search is sometimes fruitful and sometimes it is frustrating. Even if you’re a customer wanting one frame sometimes it’s hard to find the perfect one in your price range. I have ordered six of these frames to fit 6 x 6“ panels and I am very pleased with how they look. I want to share my source in case you need a frame.  I ordered from  Franken Frames. www.frankenframes.com. Instead of going to the website and trying to order with my small knowledge of what frames pair with which linen liner, I picked out one that I thought would look right then I emailed and asked  to give me a quote before I proceeded to order. (Info@frankenframes.com) It worked out very well in this situation. 

Do you have a favorite place to buy frames? If you do I would love to know in the comments 

This painting is available at https://www.dailypaintworks.com/fineart/nancy-standlee/hydrangea-in-the-mix-22025/1021926

Thanks for sharing my blog and thanks to a reader who purchased my first post, Out of the Blue”


Nancy

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Friday, September 9, 2022

Sold and a Free Landscape Class

Time to Move On, 22028

Surprises All Around, 22014

 These two paintings were sold this week through my gallery at Daily Paintworks. 

https://www.dailypaintworks.com/Artists/nancy-standlee-1131

If you are interested in taking a free landscape class next week, here’s the link to sign up. I’ve never had a workshop with this instructor but the sessions are recorded and can be viewed within a limited time.

https://www.acrylicuniversity.com/


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Thursday, September 8, 2022

“Out of the Blue”

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“ Out of the Blue”

22015, 8x8” 1 1/2” gallery wrapped canvas, acrylic

It looks like the title of this painting  is a good title for the blog post as I have been absent from posting for months, years? In fact it looks like the last post was in November 2015. There are several reasons, maybe I’ll mention them later but today the sun is shining and I am back with new work to share. I’ve started posting again on Daily Paintworks, Instagram, Facebook and Pinterest. I don’t know if I have any readers left but I will continue for a few posts and check out the water. 
This blog will continue to be about art adventures, workshops and tips  but the change is the workshops will  be closer to home with not so much traveling as in October I’ll celebrate my 87th birthday. That’s all for now and I hope to hear from you if you have read this.  Thank you Nancy 
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Wednesday, November 18, 2015

Plein Air Oil Workshop Fredericksburg, TX with Guido Frick by Texas Artist Nancy Standlee

 LBJ Sheep 15020
8x10 Oil
on Ampersand Gessobord
Available on Daily Paintworks

I took a plein air oil workshop with Guido Frick in Fredericksburg TX November 9-13 to really stretch myself as I don't paint plein air. This landscape was painted on Friday at the Sauer-Beckmann Living History Farm on the Lyndon B. Johnson State Park in Stonewall. I tried putting in two sheep but they really looked like a cross between a pig and a dog so when I got home I took one of my photos and printed it so I could more closely study how a sheep really looks and besides they just didn't want to stand still. This one was very friendly with Guido. I would recommend Guido's workshop if you are interested in impressionist oils. He will teach in the U.S. in 2016. He's also on Facebook if you'd like to follow his current treks and paintings.
 Guido

Traveling with wet paintings
This really works. I'd heard about it before but this time after Guido discussed it more thoroughly I gave it a try and it's an easy way to travel in a car with wet oil paintings. Place push pins in the corners and secure with Duct tape. Different sizes can be used if they have a common edge size. Place painted sides together. 

 You are invited Friday evening 6:30-8:30 Nov. 20 for the reception for the unveiling of the stars painted for the city of Arlington. http://arlingtonmuseum.org/
And Third Degree Art has a painting or two to show with it. 
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Monday, October 26, 2015

Abstract Painting Workshop with Carolyn Riegelman in Denton Texas by Nancy Standlee Texas Artist

In early October I took a 3 day workshop with Carolyn Riegelman in Denton, Texas and I will post all the ones I did in that time. The first one below is a painting that already had some great layers from an unfinished work.

At the Station 15005
Acrylic 30x40 

Railroad Tracks 15006
Acrylic 30x30 1 1/2" gallery wrapped canvas

Between Trains 15007
30x30x 1 1/2" gallery wrapped canvas, acrylic mixed media

 Alpha and Omega 15008
15x30 x 1 1/2" gallery wrapped canvas 
mixed media acrylic

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Wednesday, September 23, 2015

Star of Texas, "Nest Among the Stars", Arlington Museum of Art Project

 
#starofTexas Front "Nest Among the Stars" Acrylic on fiberglass sculpture 6' x 6'

#starofTexas Back "Nest Among the Stars" Acrylic on fiberglass sculpture 6' x 6' 

The Third Degree group of collaborative painters, Connie Michael, Karen Foster and I finished "Nest Among the Stars" 9/22/2015 and now it awaits a clearcoat before being installed in downtown Arlington, to be auctioned off in 3 years. This is one of 20 stars for Arlington, the American Dream City, a public art project to promote the city with the Arlington Museum of Art. 

Our small group has had so much fun painting this expressive floral that we are now painting on a large 48"x48" canvas with variations of this design for commission work. 

Our star and paintings are painted with professional acrylic paints and Home Depot in north Arlington provided some of the Behr paints we used on the star. Thank you Lenny Gaspard, district manager for all your support. 
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Friday, September 18, 2015

Star of Texas, Art Project Sponsored by the Arlington Museum of Art



#starofTexas project sponsored by Arlington Museum of Art
6 ft. fiberglass star painted by Canvas by Canvas (7 members painted on the star) and unveiled 9/17/15 at the Levitt Pavilion. There will be 20 stars painted by various artists and placed around Arlington, TX. , the American Dream City in October. 

This was taken after the crowd left. I will post other photos of the group below. It was North Texas Giving Day and a lot of groups were present.

 The star on the stage under wraps.
 Karen, Connie, Cindy, Barbara, Charles and Danny
 Danny, Cindy and Karen
 Connie, Barbara and Charles (and a little bit of Danny)
 Nancy, Barbara and Charles
 Nancy and Barbara
Brian, Martin, and Betty
 Various schools were performing
 Chris Hightower, Executive Director of the AMA, has been working on this project for 10 years.

Connie and the star. Two of our members were absent. Margie was unable to attend and Maryann was in the middle of a move and was unable to paint on the star. 
 Nancy and Barbara.

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