New Year

12x12 oil

Hello 2019, the year to get back into blogging.  (crickets??)

Truth is, I've missed it.  Not exactly sure how it will evolve this year but I'm excited to see.
New website is in the works too with what I hope is a store front to make it easier to purchase.  Fingers crossed because I'm figuring this all out myself.

Happy New Year!

Little Beach

6x6" oil on panel

Beach Day with the BFFs.   No, seriously - we have been friends FOR EVER and today we get to hang at the beach together just like old times.  What is better than that?

A Little Beach #4

 6x6" oil on panel.  Another little beach painting.  This one is ready to hang.  The messy sides will be cleaned up of course.

 Treated myself to new brushes!!  Hooray.  I paint almost exclusively with "brights".  My favorites, I promise to take good care of these this time.

A Little Beach -#2, 2014

6x6" oil on panel
More beach dreaming on a cold winter day

A Little Beach -#1,2014

6x6" oil

We could all use a little beach right now couldn't we?  This January has been brutal with this COLD! 
.  There isn't even a speck of spring fever in me yet but it would be nice to zip off to the beach just for a bit. 
Now I LOVE winter - I really really do but this cold kind of stinks.  So painting the beach is the next best thing (yeah right)

Artists for Save the Bay

I've got 4 paintings in this show.  Great art for a great cause....

The original Artists For the Bay Show & Sale Is Back (and tax free!)

The Opening Reception on December 5 features more than 45 local artists highlighting over 175 pieces of art and jewelry at the Save The Bay Center's Providence Journal Charitable Foundation Gallery – and all tax free!  A portion of the proceeds benefit Save The Bay.  Artists' works include a variation of mediums, styles, and subject matter. 

Tickets include food, wine, beer, coffee and stunning art in a festive setting overlooking Rhode Island's greatest natural resource, Narragansett Bay. Attendees will also receive a coupon for a free appetizer at Hemenway's Restaurant. 
Ticket Price: $30 

Swimmers 3 - Debbie Miller oil painting

30x30 more swimmers - I just can't get enough.  Really today is a very "office-y"  kind of day. *yawn*  Lot's of computer work.  During breaks, I'm working on a couple of paintings.

I don't know, maybe its the paint fumes, maybe it's the long hours in front of the computer but it struck me as funny to see this strategically placed window ...

Swimmers,Debbie Miller

24x48 oil on canvas
Swimmers - hmmmm,  I know there is a better title here somewhere, it just hasn't come to me yet.  Sometimes while painting a title comes to mind right away, in the very early stages of painting.
I like when that happens.

So while pondering titles,  I'm gearing up to paint some more of these swimmers  - 48x48 and larger -

edit:  this painting "the Long Wait" is available at www.eisenhauergallery.com

beach scene2 - framed, debbie miller

6x6" oil on panel in frame - $200
I love this frame in person - it is a little silver and a little not. This was done plein air.

Beach Scene1-pink hoodie,framed,Debbie Miller

6x6" oil on panel in silver frame $200
It is FINALLY nice out!!  Hooray!  I think I might actually thaw out now after the deep freeze.
Some little paintings just got back to me from a gallery.  They are in frames and I've decided to offer them up here for sale.  Great gifts - ready to go! 

March Beach 2, daily painting,landscape,plein air, Debbie Miller

6x6" oil on panel
#2 - oh hello little little beach plein air. - so painting outside when it's 38 degrees IS possible but you better be quick!  my fingers were getting cold.  The simplicity of this one is what I like - plus I LOVE this color palette right now...this would be great BIG - like 30x30 or more- above a couch.  Don't you think?
(It is a little more subdued in person)

Yellow Headband -B- Debbie Miller,beach scene

20x20" oil on panel  $1200

Lost the man with the red hat for this - it just seemed like clutter.  HERE is the little version.

Red Hat -2-Debbie Miller daily painting,beach scene

6x6" oil on panel $100

This image was painted from a photo of a very crowded beach day - there are thousands of paintings in this one photo.  Nice place to get lost in and ignore winter out the window

Red Bucket - A- Debbie Miller Painting, beach scene

 

20x20" $1200 oil on cradled panel

Red Bucket  - the larger painting inspired by yesterdays little one.  see it HERE.
It is so freeing to paint these and I'm excited to see where it goes.

Red Bucket - 1. Debbie Miller daily painting, beach scene

6x6" oil on panel $100

Oh Hello.  Remember me?
So, back in the studio with regular hours - hooray!!  It is all about time in the studio - my paintings are just not going to paint themselves no matter how I try.

There is a little stack of panels with black gesso just hanging around so this week that is the go-to surface.
The subject - people on the beach - of course. 
BUT Ive got the itch to paint bigger more abstract paintings - its really all I want to paint right now and I am even thinking about using acrylics *gasp!*  I know?  crazy talk right??

Which brings me back to the stash of little black panels - these I will paint a quick little painting to play with composition and to get a feel for the image - a sketch with paint. Not quite as realistic as I used to paint but not all crazy like the paintings in my head.
They will be up for sale through my daily painters page (or email me) and then I'll post the bigger paintings that the little ones inspire.  Fun right?

So here is little painting #1 - and fair warning I've got a thing for buckets 

South Shore Beach - plein air painting, Debbie Miller

South Shore Beach 12x12" oil on panel $300

 

The big waves drew me to the shore - then I remembered my paints were in the car - no easel and a bunch of crappy brushes but I managed  

orange bag- beach scene,debbie miller

6x6" oil on panel
My studio computer is blocking access to my blog - no idea why -
I'm working on trying to figure it out, in the mean time, I'll post from my home laptop - with some of the daily paintings I've got stored there, like this one.

fyi - I'm gearing up for a plein air series/challenge, you know how I love a challenge - so stay tuned

Searching, beach scene,Debbie Miller, surfing

6x6" $100 oil on panel
I've spent alot of time watching surfers over the years and one thing is for sure - surfers spend alot of time watching the water.  I love that.

3 surfers, - debbie miller, beach scene, surfing

12x12" oil on panel, $300
Here they are again - these 3 surfers.  Ive painted them so many times they are like little friends.
 This time I painted them for some print work - but here is the original ready to go to a new home.

Flip, debbie miller, beach painting,blue,orange

Flip
20x20"
oil on panel