Wrap and Chat -daily painting, beach scene

6x6" oil on gessoboard

Into the Foothills - daily painting, colorado

6x6" oil on gessoboard

One of my favorite views here at my sisters house.

Next Set 2-daily painting,beach scene

6x6" oil on gessoboard

This is another study for a bigger version of this that will be available at one of my galleries soon (more info later)

Grazing -daily painting, colorado

6x6" oil on gessoboard

untitled -daily painting, Colorado

6x8" oil on masonite sold

Evergreen - daily painting, Colorado

6x6" oil on gessoboard

so where does someone who lives on the coast go for vacation? Why - the mountains of course!
colorado actually
The painting is a little plein air of my sister's horse pasture and below some trip 'snapshots' ....we were deciding which way to go home when we saw the cloud....needless to say we went that way :)

untitled - beach scene, daily painting

6x6" oil on gessoboard
- a very quick plein air at the beach last week - my subjects got up and left! how dare they :)

Beach Babe - daily painting, beach scene

6x6" oil on gessoboard

Summer Lovin' daily painting, beach scenes

6x6" oil on gessoboard sold

lovin summer :) off for a little vacation....I'll still be checking in

Frolic - daily painting,beach scene

6x6" oil on gessoboard

Inspiration

Pablo Picasso and Francoise Gilot : Portrait by Robert Capa, 1948 gelatin silver print

I am often inspired by old black and white photos of people at the beach - and this is one of my favorites! I got a delightful comment by Mark Adams yesterday that reminded me of it, so I thought I'ld share....Isn't it fantastic? By the way if any of you have old beach photos you would like to share- send them to me! I'ld love to start posting them or using them for inspiration

Another Foggy Day - daily painting,beach scene

6x6"oil on gessoboard
taking a litle summertime off...but will be back with loads of beach scenes later this week!

Trio

6x6" oil on gessoboard SOLD

My Boys - big

24"x24" oil on board NFS
My boys - big. Big- because our youngest is about to turn 10! (10,12 and 14 ) AND this is a 'big' painting for me...2 feet x 2 feet!! very fun, hope to do more when time allows. The cropped version is better - more interesting composition, think I'll paint it again...

Simplify

6x6" oil on masonite

If you find yourself on Water St. in Warren RI (and you should - lots of funky antique shops,restaurants,architecture,seafood...) over the next few weeks stop by the Yes Gallery and check out this group show featuring paintings by my brother - Dave Gonville
The opening is on Friday July 11th 6:00 to 8:30 with live music and free beer.

you tube

I just spent HOURS making a 'video' for youTube with some of my Beach Scenes. Probably would have taken my 14yr old minutes... here it is , it even has audio! Eventually I will do one of me actually doing a painting...make take a while ;)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8p7dNpT9xU4

Freedom

6x6" oil on gessoboard
Freedom. There is something special about a day in the waves - magical even- and it stays with you that night when you close your eyes, you can still see and feel the rolling power.

Happy 4th of July!

Beach Bum - daily painting, beach scene

6x6" oil on gessoboard sold
usually while painting a title pops into my head. for this I wanted something that touched on the young girl/older girl thing because that is what drew me to the image but Beach Bum is just stuck in my head- so there you go

Lets Boogie - daily painting,beach scene

6x6" oil on gessoboard
Lets Boogie - boogie boards got alot of action these past few days, lots of waves here. My favorite part of this is the wet reflecting sand and the green wave. Sometimes the curl of a wave is darker and sometimes its a gorgeous light green...

Last One-daily painting,beach scene

6x6" oil on gessoboard

Two-fer - daily painting,beach scene

6x6"sold oil on masonite trying out a buy now button on each post for a while, this should make it easier to purchase a painting before the post gets picked up by Daily Painters. So for those of you lovely regulars out there who pop into my blog,now you wont have to wait until the next day and link over -although you can if you want :).

Tweens - daily painting,beach scene

6x6" oil on gessoboard sold

tweens-in between waves, in between sets, in between years,... gotta love them all

Next Set -daily painting,beach scene

6x6" oil on gessoboard sold
The colors of this dont look right on my screen and rather than play with it, I'm going to do laundry :) so please take my word that this looks GREAT in person. (its greener) I was chatting on the phone with a friend and painted this and I love it. These 'in the surf' scenes never bore me. In fact I want to paint a bunch of big ones this summer. Ive gotten picked up by a new gallery(more info on this later) which wants my beachy scenes except bigger so over the next few weeks I'll be focusing on that - still will have some little ones when time allows.

Studio Flowers

12x12" oil on gessoboard $300
another 'big' one and a glimpse into my little studio space :)

Fishing Friends

12x12" oil on gessoboard

A Little Rosie - daily painting, floral

6x6" oil on gessoboard

From Charlottes Garden

12x12" oil on gessoboard $300
My friend Charlotte came over with 4 bouquets of flowers this morning- knowing I would have fun painting them. - and I did! I'll share the rest next week... below is another poem by Nick, he wrote this last year about our time in chatham mass.
After a couple of busy painting days I'm taking the weekend off for a much needed break. So Happy Fathers Day to all -especially- my Dad! Heres to a great weekend

Beach Boys -daily painting,plein air,beach series

6x6" oil on gessoboard



I had such a nice day, hope you don't mind if I share some of it. First, this little plein air was done at the end of my nice day(again not so great photo of it) - my middle son needed 450 small black rocks for his 'Business America' project - due tomorrow- so off to the RISD beach we went. Knowing looking for that many rocks might take awhile... I brought along my thumb box and asked him and his younger brother to pick a subject and they both said "paint us" (duh - the usual answer :)) So... here they are...one is looking for rocks, the other is skipping rocks. It was absolutely gorgeous out AND no bickering....peace, ahh...take it when I get it.
Earlier I had the pleasure of painting with my niece Mirabel and then went to my youngest school play...scenery done with the kids and my friends Mimi and Katrin. I'm going to savor today for a bit....I am so lucky.



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Beach Call - daily painting, plein air,beach scene

6x6" oil on gessoboard
another little plein air from the beach. She's talking on her cell, probably saying "What a gorgeous day/view...wish that crazy lady would stop painting me..."

beach blues -daily painting,beach scene

6x6" oil on gessoboard sold



A little one painted at the beach today with fellow blogger/artist Kelley Mac Donald. -which was fun-thanks for the white paint and good company Kelley!



Its hot, even with our AC on its hot. Too hot to think of a good title or anything interesting to say ;) All I can think of is "Gosh it's hot" said like the abominable snow rabbit, bugs bunny cartoon...

Towards Warren's Point -plein air,daily painting,beach scene

6x8" oil on masonite sold
a little plein air I did on friday -looking towards Warren's Point, Little Compton, RI - I was the only one at the beach. Storm clouds were rolling in and the water just glowed turquoise green.

Today

6x6" oil on gessoboard NFS


This photo doesnt do this little painting justice at all. It is so yummy in person with rich color that I just cant seem to capture with my camera/computer today. A sweet mom from NC sent me this photo of her favorite guys and I just had to paint it. Love the "Pete and Re-Pete", father/son following in his footsteps,pure joy image - especially this time of year.


Also today I framed 6 paintings. This is my favorite way to frame them so I thought I'ld share...plus they looked sooooo good sitting on my mantle and again the picture doesnt do them justice...its so pretty in person - all the blues and greens, my favorite little Foo Dogs and vase too. If you are interested in any of these paintings and are looking for a nice outing head down to Tiverton 4Corners in RI and check them out at the Donovan Gallery - you can get a delicious icecream at Gray's ice cream across the street and there are lots of other great shops and galleries in the area - not to mention gorgeous scenery too!
Enjoy your weekend everyone!!

Name in the Sand - daily painting, beach series

6x6" oil on gessoboardsold

A name in the sand. Everyone does this at the beach at one time or another. My boys are prone to making their names as big as possible,for all the world to see.

June already - wow. lots to do. Changing focus a bit for the summer, I'll be working more on some bigger paintings so might not be as regular with the little ones but I'll give it a shot.

Beach Ride

6x8" oil on gessoboard sold

Catch a Wave -daily painting,beach scene

6x6" oil on gessoboard sold

Catch a Wave. Couldnt decide on a title. There are so many decisions when you paint - thats why it can be like meditating because you really have to focus and think and DECIDE. decide what to paint. then the colors and the composition and the technique. Something I wrestle with everytime is how realistic to take the painting. The more I paint the further I want to go from realism. The white water is a good example of this, for me its really fun and more satisfying to paint that 'froth' with very direct brushstrokes leaving all attempts at copying reality far behind but rather trying to achieve a 'feeling' of waves. Itching to try this with a really big canvas and huge brushes....

Have a great weekend everyone!

Got fish?

6x6" oil on gessoboard
Father and son fishing together. Timeless. couldnt resist painting them. local beach today - with gas prices the way they are, think this will be a frequent spot for painting

Endless Summer - daily painting, beach scenes

6x6" oil on gessoboard sold

Endless Summer - remembering those days when a summer seemed to last forever. Catching a wave was the only thing to do.......

***edit*** check out the link to My Boy's Art Blog - look for the little widget on the right side of my blog. Its the spot where my boys will post their art -when the inspiration hits! - and Sister send some of your little artists work and we'll add those too!

My Baby

6x8' oil on gessoboard NFS
a commission finished today. (not MY baby - someone elses little cutie) Tomorrow - more scenes from the beach inpired by todays warm weather and last weekends 'unofficial' start of summer. Soon Ive got a little update on what has gotten me so busy lately...so stay tuned.

Yummy

6x6" oil on masonite

A Typical Day

A Typical Day - a poem by Nick Miller ---whose 14th birthday is saturday.