"Teamwork" daily painting,beach scene

6x6" oil on masonite sold

Usually I dont like to say if I like a painting or not but this one I do like, maybe because watching kids create stuff at the beach is the best...give 'em some sand,water and a shovel and its amazing what they can do, often working together to make incredibly creative things...its great.

***ALSO***, if you are in the Peterborough NH area...actually Antrim NH, My good friend Heidi Schwieger is directing the Antrim Players production of A Christmas Carol. It opens tonight and her daughter Sophia is part of the cast too. Wish I could be there! So if you're nearby check it out and give them a big 'break a leg' hug for me.

Have a good weekend all!

Cliff Walk

6x6" oil on masonite sold

Peace

6x6" oil on masonite
surprise...no beach scene today :-)

Towards Good Things

6x8" oil on masonite

Free Bird

6x8" oil on masonite sold

another one of those 'more than one title' paintings. :-)

PSST....theres a new blogger/painter on the scene: Dave Gonville a very talented painter, surfer and my brother. Be sure to check out his work.

Good Things on the Horizon

6x6" oil on masonite sold

Misty Beach

6x6" oil on masonite SOLD

Off Season Beach Walk

6x8" oil on masonite SOLD

A Beach Day

6x6" oil on masonite
This painting will be nicely framed and available at The Donovan Gallery next week along with a few other little paintings. You can contact me or them if youre interested in purchasing this one. Also, theres just a few more days to vote on my painting "Fledgling" that is in the SmallWorks NA show at The Greenich Workshop Gallery. ***this is a big show, I am so proud to be a part of it ***
Have a good weekend all. I'll be preparing more boards to paint and making cranberry sauce.

Moms On Duty

6x6' oil on masonite sold
I love to work on a painting with the title already in my head. For some reason its more fun. About 6 titles were bouncing around, this is the one that won out. We're so lucky-my friends and I- that this is the way we spend many of our summer days. Sweet. But not easy, as every mom knows ...we are ON DUTY the whole time. ...but still. aren't we always? might as well be at the beach.

Beach Day

6x8"oil on masonite. these beach paintings are sorta dreamy, I like them. Below shows one in a great floater style frame that its new owner Pat Warwick had made. She is a fellow RISD alumni and really great ceramic artist, check out her beautiful work here. Seeing my paintings in their new homes and the different way they get framed is so cool. If youve got one take a photo and email it to me I'ld love to see them and share the different ways they are framed and/or displayed. Also, I donated one of my little paintings to the RI PBS Arts Auction, the online bidding has started and the onair auction starts tonite. check it out.

Salt and Checkers

6x6" oil on canvas

A Checkered Past

6x6" oil on masonite
chilly gray day and Ive got a cold. ...so in a kitcheny comfort food kindof mood, I ended up here. love black/white checks and green apples. tough for me to paint though so everynow and then I paint them for practice. I love the shadow on the right.

When I'm Big

6x8"oil on masonite

A Little Preppie

6x6" oil on masonite panel

Breezy

6x6" oil on masonite
breezy cool. just so you know, these are kinda 'wonky' on purpose...thats where the fun comes in. they'll evolve and thats fun too. if you paint all the time all sorts of things happen :-)
**** also the voting for Smallworks North America is closing in a couple weeks. You can vote for my painting HERE!!!!

Drama Queen

6x6" oil on masonite
I still dont have my computer so this was 'quick color corrected' again. Its close except the green is sooo much prettier in person, more 'apple-y'. These are waaaay fun to paint. :-)

Glam Up

6x6" oil on masonite SOLD
I'm so not a glamour girl but I do have a thing for chandeliers and like painting them in this kindof illustrationy way. thinking about adding words maybe,... a little series of these is in order. My 'people' paintings will be back soon, sometimes I need a break to get recharged.

'Leaves" :daily painting,plein air,autumn

6x6" oil on masonite SOLD
I cant think of a good title. I asked my husband (who is tired of this question) and he said "Leaf Me Alone" :-)
I still dont have MY computer so I have to admit that I color corrected this with 'auto correct'. needless to say its NOT correct color. The sky is a much prettier blue and the leaves are more yellow. Its the best I can do for now.
These tree tops were my muse last winter. Today they drew me in again, the yellow against the sky was just too yummy and because of the storm expected tomorrow, they'll be gone soon.

Shades of Orange

6x6" oil on masonite
The last of my zinnias.

Happy Fall

I didnt paint today. Instead I got to take care of this little pumpkin :-) (my niece, dressed in my sons old coat)

Football O' Lantern

6x6" oil on masonite

Happy Halloween!! This is our football jack o' lantern that sits on top of our tv for the season. :-)

flashy, bad photo, Ive got major computer troubles so posting may be sporadic until I get things worked out. Still painting though! and ooooh new studio space soon...hooray!!!

A Colorful Crowd 3

6x6" oil on masonite

These are the other 2. the one below is bigger - 9x12 I think, and I'm still working on it. Out of the 4 I'm happiest with 1 the most, then 4.

Busy sports weekend around here...all good and its not over yet. Go Sox!!!

Following Change

6x6" oil on masonite
When I painted this the David Bowie song "Changes" was on and its been stuck in my head ever since. "ch ch ch ch changes, turn and face the strange...." Its so perfect for this time of year with all the leaves and weird Halloween stuff.
I forgot how fun these 'jar' paintings are to paint. I did 4!! And I like to paint them 'backwards'. meaning ; I paint the background first, its all about the negative space between the sticks and leaves. then I do the rest saving the white highlights for last.

A Colorful Crowd 2

6x8" oil on masonite panel

Options- daily painting,children,beach

Options
6x6" oil on masonite panel
this is my new favorite beach painting. love his hair.
*edit* forgot to say: GO RED SOX !!!

The Miracle Suit

The Miracle Suit
6x6" oil on masonite panel
If there are 'rules' for painting, one of has to be 'paint what you know'. Well, as a 41 yr. old mother of 3...I'm familiar with the Miracle Suit ;-)

Summer One : floral, daily painting

Summer One
6x8" oil on masonite panel
I STILL have a few zinnias left!!! Where is the fall weather I love??? It was reeeally nice out today....for August.

Board Buddies, daily painting,children, beach

Board Buddies sold
6x6" oil on masonite panel
I was told that for bloggers its good to put lots of keywords in the title because that is how Google works...SO thats the reason for the wordyness. My daily painting has been a bit sporadic lately. next week will be better, loads of paintings are spinning around my head just waiting to come out! More children at the beach - of course but a few other surprises as well. stay tuned. happy weekend all!

Gearing Up, daily painting, children, street scene

Gearing Up

6x6" oil on masonite panel sold

Another from my Street Scene series with children. This little girl was 'gearing up' to go rollerblading, but I also love her little top and sense of style; kinda gearing up to be a 'tween' soon.

The dappled light on the street was fun to paint but my favortie part is her ponytail. --which is often my favorite part, kinda like adding the bright highlight on glass in a still life...those are the fun things for me - that and coming up with the composition. - I LOVE that part :-)

Puddle Path 3, plein air daily painting

Puddle Path #3

6x8" oil on Masonite panel

The puddle path again. What can I say, its a favorite spot for plein air painting :-). No people this time, just one lone Quahoger. (thats a clammer for those not from RI)

Autumn in the Cove : plein air daily painting

Autumn in the Cove sold
6x6" oil on masonite
Another Plein air today...how could I resist with this gorgeous weather. This time I went to the cove in the morning. Painted on a red ground this time, it just makes the blues and greens pop

October Light,daily painting plein air at the beach

October Light sold
6x6" oil on masonite

sortof in a painting funk lately. Today, feeling a bit run down,and not wanting to paint at all, I decided to take my dog for a walk at one of my favorite painting spots and see if the mood strikes. A plein air at the beach on a gorgeous October day is surely a cure for the painting blues! The beach grasses that were all green a month or so ago, now are yellow,orange, sienna,ruby red and even lavender! My dog thinks this is definately how we should spend our days.

I cant decide which of these pictures captures the painting better so I am posting both until I decide.

Beach Bums

6x6" oil on masonite sold
OK - this is from a few weeks ago. I did paint today - 3 still lifes actually - but since I havent painted in ...well, 6 days (gasp!) ... I'm alittle rusty. Its been a busy week aand now its the weekend again! how did that happen? anyway, still diggin the beach scenes, this one is another quick loose one. I'ld really like to do a whole series of bigger beach scenes...maybe soon. got a few commissions to tend to as well.

Accepted!!!

NFS--(from me, but it is available at the gallery)
*edit* you can vote here. you just have to register first then click on records 136-150 to get to my painting. ***
WOW. My painting got accepted into the Greenwich Workshop Gallery's new exhibition SmallWorks North America. On a whim this past summer, after reading about it on another artists blog, I decided 'what did I have to lose' so I entered a couple of my little daily paintings. Last week the email came that said "Fledgling" was accepted! (oops, I sold it! - luckily I sold it to my good friend and the little boys Mom and she graciously agreed to give it back. I thanked her with exchanging it with "Street Fall"). So today I mailed it in and it is on their website!! I am sooo thrilled to be a part of this, it really showcases some of the nations topnotch artists. It is an honor to be included amongst them. 900+ paintings were submitted and I think about 200 were chosen. Now you can go on the site and register as a collector and vote for your favorites. Not only are there cash prizes for the top few but also the top 40 will be asked to be a part of their 2008 catalogue. So, check it out, you wont be dissapointed, and cast a GOLD vote for "Fledgling" !!!
heres my original post about this painting from June

RISD alumni sale

Taking the day off from painting today. After being at the sale all day on Sat. and then helping run the snackbar at our PopWarner football games all day on Sun., I really need to catch up on some housework...maybe even some Halloween decorating since it is finally starting to feel like fall around here.

Wish I had more pictures from the sale, there really was some neat stuff this year, and I found out yesterday that my friend Debra Mann Morton and her jazz trio provided the entertainment and I didnt get a chance to go and enjoy that!

Untitled

8x8" oil on masonite sold
I am soooo tired from a great day at the RISD sale ---thanks to all who bought a painting or print or stopped by to say Hi--- right now, I am so wiped I cant even think of a title for this painting. Any suggestions?

Bounty

6x6" oil on masonite
In spite of having a million things to do today to get ready for the RISD sale tomorrow, I decided that these HAD to be painted. Zinnias. Love them. I bought them to put on my table tomorrow and painted them quickly with 1 flat brush and actually I like the result. fun.
Happy Long Weekend!

Street Fall

6x6" oil on masonite sold
It actually FEELS like summer today, but I am done with summer weather! So, in denial, I painted Autumn today. Besides the people doing their thing at the beach, people doing their thing on the street is a favorite subject matter. This one, is a sortof 'chicken or egg' scene. Not sure wether he fell off his bike and then noticed the interesting leaves OR did he notice the leaves and thats why he fell off the bike? No matter, as a mom of boys, this image speaks to me. Its what little boys do ---they ride and fall off bikes, they wear striped shirts and jeans and boots. They love their boots. They think helmets with flames on them are the coolest things ever. They are curious and busy and loud and get dirty. Little boys rock!

My Postcards are In!!!

Hooray, my new postcards arrived! Aren't they cool? They are 4x6 with cool rounded corners, with title etc. in the upper left corner on the back. I picked "the Daily Habit" from my beach series and "Street Art" from my street scenes series, both favorites of mine. My brother Dave Gonville and my sister-in-law Maeve Donahue, both great artists themselves and webdesigners(www.namistudios.com) helped me out with them as they are waaay better with computer design stuff than me! Anyway, the postcards look great and guess what? You get one when you buy a painting. A small token of gratitude for all my great customers- Thank You!

Digging the Beach

6x8" oil on masonite

Another oil painting of children at the beach. I just cant seem to stop. This one I really like because it is painterly and I like the colors. And its got one of those great shadows I just love to paint. Speaking of colors, my 'go-to' colors are naples yellow, cerulean blue,french ultra marine and cad red light. I paint with them most often. Maybe tomorrow I should try a different palette and subject matter, maybe not :-).

So what are your favorite colors to paint with? Maybe I'll get inspired to try something new.

The Mother Load

9x12" oil on panel --$240.00

This image has been on my mind to paint for a few weeks now, finally had time this past weekend to get it down in paint. this is bigger than my usuals and on a thicker board with a groove in the back for easy hanging.

Moms Time Out

6x8" oil on masonite panel sold
October at last. To celebrate my favorite month, I've decided to paint/post everyday. If I tell you all about it then I'll do it, if not life gets in the way.