Cheerful and Colorful Paintings

Cheerful and Colorful Paintings in Oil, Acrylic, Mixed Media and Collage
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Tuesday, November 22, 2011

Acrylic Mixed Media Textured Red Contemporary Abstract Painting by Texas Daily Painter Nancy Standlee

 A Season of Celebration
24x24x1.5 
acrylic mixed media abstract painting on gallery wrapped canvas

 Closeup
Closeup

In October about 18 of us enjoyed an abstract workshop in Granbury TX with Denton's Carolyn Riegelman. Check my blog post HERE to read more about the workshop. Now I've got some Canvas by Canvas friends who are wanting a "texture day" workshop so out to buy more Venetian Plaster and more paint. What fun.  I love red paintings and they just remind me of Christmas, birthdays and happy celebrations. 

If you look closely you will see the painting is not signed on the front so the owner can hang it in several ways. I did not put hanging hardware on it for the same reason and it can be hung over two nails in the wall and will fit flush up against the wall.
Available at my gallery at Daily Paintworks.

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Monday, November 21, 2011

Rooster #4 11083 ~ Watercolor Rooster by Texas Daily Painter Nancy Standlee

Rooster #4 from a series of 5
Watercolor 11x9 image in a white 14x11 mat, unframed

I have been posting some of this rooster series in my gallery at Daily Paintworks.
Watch for this rooster watercolor sometime this week.
 Happy Thanksgiving to all on their "turkey" or "chicken" day. 

Torn Paper Collage Workshop:
November 29 and 30 in Granbury, TX with the LGAA group. Contact Diana Littlejohn if you're interested and to get the supply list. We will be doing a portrait collage similar to the one HERE. 

Dr. Diana Littlejohn at 817-326-5629.
or email: littlejohndj@charter.net


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Friday, November 18, 2011

Acrylic Floral on Canvas ~ "Lavender Blue and Rosemary Green" by Texas Daily Painter Nancy Standlee

"Lavender Blue and Rosemary Green"
12x12x1.5 acrylic on gallery wrapped canvas

This colorful floral with negative painting was first posted HERE and it has a name change and a new photo and is now posted for sale at my Daily Paintworks Gallery. This acrylic painting has some stencil, pencil and sgraffito work.
The painting has a lot of lavender in it and I thought about titles with "lavender blue..dilly, dilly". Remember that song?  Wikipedia has a nice discussion about the old lyrics dating from the 1600's and I chose a line from a later nursery song.

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Wednesday, November 16, 2011

Acrylic Small Red Floral Painting ~ Daily Paintworks ~ by Texas Daily Painter Nancy Standlee

"One Red Rose" #1   11073
#1 in a series of 8
7.5 x 5.5 inches acrylic on paper matted in a 14 x 11 white mat

In March I posted #8 on my blog HERE as a donation to the Help Japan Challenge and it sold from my gallery at Daily Paintworks HERE.http://www.dailypaintworks.com/Artists/nstandlee-1131
 
Watch for the others to be posted in the next few weeks. Each bold color painting is on gessoed watercolor paper and matted in a white mat and enclosed in a clear bag, ready to frame in a standard size frame. There is a PayPal button on the Daily Paintworks site. The price of the painting and mat will be $55 plus shipping and handling.


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Sunday, November 13, 2011

Textured Acrylic Mixed Media Abstract Triptych ~ "One Common Thread" ~ by Texas Daily Painter Nancy Standlee

"One Common Thread" 11068
30 x 24 in and 2 12" squares Triptych
Acrylic Textured Mixed Media Abstract

I picked up the larger piece Saturday from the Arlington Museum Show, decided I'd missed this companion piece to the two smaller paintings and hung the triptych in my entry hall last night where they will stay for awhile. I had been wanting to do a red painting for some time and wishes were granted in Granbury at the Carolyn Riegelman workshop. One difference, my walls aren't black but I thought these looked more dramatic against a black backdrop with the heavy textured red painting.

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Saturday, November 5, 2011

Inn at Loretto - Mangiamo Pronto, Santa Fe ~ Plein Air Painting by Texas Daily Painter Nancy Standlee




Loretta Inn - Mangiamo Pronto - Santa Fe
9 x 12 Acrylic on board



Framed in a 3" gold leaf plein air frame

In August I painted plein air in Santa Fe with Dallas instructor Niki Gulley. She chose this great spot near Canyon Road. We were secluded from the traffic and street noise beside a small steam and a picnic table. I took a few liberties in painting the Inn at Loretto. and Mangiamo Pronto. The yellow umbrellas on the patio were a charming scene.
The group painted on Friday morning until lunch and we were free until our 4:00 critique back at the hotel. I chose to forego lunch and start gallery looking on Canyon Road. Scott Williams took me to the top of the hill in the van and I was ready for pickup about 3:30 PM. Any person needs a good 3 or 4 days to explore the Santa Fe galleries and now I'd like to go back. Scott and Niki are a great husband/wife team to lead a workshop. Scott, the photographer, would be so patient to carry us to sites and bathroom breaks; however, it did take some cajoling to let us stop for 5 minutes at the art store at Artisans. Scott said it would be like herding cats to get us all back in the van. It was.

I ordered the plein air gold frame from ASW and the painting will be delivered to Visual Expressions Art Gallery for a fall show. Reception is Friday, November 13, 7-9 and it will hang until December 2, 2011. 

New Art Supply:
I always like to share new art finds. This is a great oil stick marker for mixed media work. It is used for livestock marking. The sticks come in several colors at very reasonable prices. I found this company online with a Google search. In some areas, limited colors could be found at local feed stores. Try QC Supply for LA-CO all weather Paintstik markers. 
We used similar sticks in the Carolyn Riegelman workshop in Granbury.

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Thursday, November 3, 2011

Santa Fe Adobe ~ Plein Air Painting by Texas Daily Painter Nancy Standlee

 
"Santa Fe Adobe"
11" x 14" 
acrylic on board

Framed in a 3" gold leaf plein air frame

In August I painted plein air in Santa Fe with Dallas instructor Niki Gulley. She chose this great spot  just off Canyon Road. The street was shady and lined with trees and friendly folks were going about their daily lives. They would come out of their houses periodically to see the progress of our paintings. Painting with a group gave me courage to think I might do this on my own someday but it is always so enjoyable being within shouting distance with some friends. 
I ordered the plein air gold frame from ASW and the painting will be delivered to Visual Expressions Art  Gallery for a fall show. Reception is Friday, November 13, 7-9 and will hang until December 2, 2011.

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