tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-81428459243059417222012-01-07T13:06:16.746-05:00Fine art blog by Artist Patty Baker.Patty Bakerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12147293478574099353noreply@blogger.comBlogger2531100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8142845924305941722.post-52133174563003709962011-05-27T21:15:00.007-04:002011-05-27T21:20:46.067-04:00<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-z0u6NlkR5Bk/TeBM5MH2Z5I/AAAAAAAABJY/4H0B6T7rYu8/s1600/x105.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 212px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-z0u6NlkR5Bk/TeBM5MH2Z5I/AAAAAAAABJY/4H0B6T7rYu8/s320/x105.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5611569681094043538" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" >Long Island Sound from Oak Point Beach, Bayville</span><br />Original 24" x 36" painting<br />Golden, Liquitex, and Chroma acrylics on gallery wrapped canvas<br /><br /><hr /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Qq1UOQhJ8_c/TeBM05iD8WI/AAAAAAAABJQ/bHWWQjD6LIg/s1600/y105.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 209px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Qq1UOQhJ8_c/TeBM05iD8WI/AAAAAAAABJQ/bHWWQjD6LIg/s320/y105.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5611569607384232290" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" >Really Pink Blossom Tree</span><br />Original 24" x 36" painting<br />Golden, Liquitex, and Chroma acrylics on gallery wrapped canvas<br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8142845924305941722-5213317456300370996?l=pattyabaker.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Patty Bakerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12147293478574099353noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8142845924305941722.post-68538104139966181412011-05-03T21:00:00.001-04:002011-05-03T21:16:53.681-04:00<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-1QT3mEf2wMM/TcCmeLizTXI/AAAAAAAABJI/xIkOGnyKuFU/s1600/v105.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 255px; height: 320px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-1QT3mEf2wMM/TcCmeLizTXI/AAAAAAAABJI/xIkOGnyKuFU/s320/v105.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5602660973873941874" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" >Robin</span><br />Original 16" x 20" x 0.75" painting<br />Golden, Liquitex, and Chroma acrylics on gallery wrapped canvas<br /><br /><hr /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-hg7Qp-NguCs/TcCmaoVhpSI/AAAAAAAABJA/H_1s4NhA7Gk/s1600/u105.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 239px; height: 320px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-hg7Qp-NguCs/TcCmaoVhpSI/AAAAAAAABJA/H_1s4NhA7Gk/s320/u105.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5602660912883410210" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" >Floral Still Life with Striped Tablecloth</span><br />Original 18" x 24" x 0.75" painting<br />Golden, Liquitex, and Chroma acrylics on gallery wrapped canvas<br /><br /><hr /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-O1_j-v2UWmo/TcCmVxxqlLI/AAAAAAAABI4/e9wVAKc_rFc/s1600/t105.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 239px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-O1_j-v2UWmo/TcCmVxxqlLI/AAAAAAAABI4/e9wVAKc_rFc/s320/t105.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5602660829518009522" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" >Pussy Willows in Jar</span><br />Original 18" x 24" x 0.75" painting<br />Golden, Liquitex, and Chroma acrylics on gallery wrapped canvas<br /><br /><hr /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-fgvHJa0SOUs/TcCmSXQswXI/AAAAAAAABIw/VSG8R8jTGP8/s1600/s105.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-fgvHJa0SOUs/TcCmSXQswXI/AAAAAAAABIw/VSG8R8jTGP8/s320/s105.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5602660770860810610" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" >Pink Spring Tree</span><br />Original 24" x 36" x 0.75" painting<br />Golden, Liquitex, and Chroma acrylics on gallery wrapped canvas<br /><br /><hr /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-dsBvJmATNkw/TcCmNwyL4SI/AAAAAAAABIo/ipL3xmgfFX8/s1600/r105.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 238px; height: 320px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-dsBvJmATNkw/TcCmNwyL4SI/AAAAAAAABIo/ipL3xmgfFX8/s320/r105.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5602660691812802850" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" >Pussy Willows and Sparrow</span><br />Original 18" x 24" x 0.75" painting<br />Golden, Liquitex, and Chroma acrylics on gallery wrapped canvas<br /><br /><hr /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-3DQOARRtVgs/TcCmJQC3vGI/AAAAAAAABIg/IUZDRRj7JDw/s1600/q105all.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 141px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-3DQOARRtVgs/TcCmJQC3vGI/AAAAAAAABIg/IUZDRRj7JDw/s320/q105all.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5602660614304939106" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" >Autumn Sunrise XI</span><br />Original 54" x 24" x 0.75" painting<br />Three 18" x 24" canvases<br />Golden, Liquitex, and Chroma acrylics on gallery wrapped canvas<br /><br /><hr /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-VM4qG_zLE9Y/TcCmFM7uO3I/AAAAAAAABIY/Q6wMWO0to5U/s1600/p105.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 255px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-VM4qG_zLE9Y/TcCmFM7uO3I/AAAAAAAABIY/Q6wMWO0to5U/s320/p105.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5602660544750173042" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" >Purple Poppies on Red</span><br />Original 16" x 20" x 0.75" painting<br />Golden, Liquitex, and Chroma acrylics on gallery wrapped canvas<br /><br /><hr /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-NJRhCni1C5Q/TcCmBS7WddI/AAAAAAAABIQ/EnpmsHYAR9U/s1600/o105.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-NJRhCni1C5Q/TcCmBS7WddI/AAAAAAAABIQ/EnpmsHYAR9U/s320/o105.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5602660477639751122" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" >Eastern Colorado Landscape</span><br />Original 24" x 36" x 0.75" painting<br />Golden, Liquitex, and Chroma acrylics on gallery wrapped canvas<br /><br /><hr /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-2AgfdC_-9xM/TcCl9VjQhkI/AAAAAAAABII/eR67jEU5YD8/s1600/n105.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 248px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-2AgfdC_-9xM/TcCl9VjQhkI/AAAAAAAABII/eR67jEU5YD8/s320/n105.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5602660409624528450" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" >The First Two Daffodils</span><br />Original 11" x 14" x 0.75" painting<br />Golden, Liquitex, and Chroma acrylics on gallery wrapped canvas<br /><br /><hr /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/--EdO5FUkjGo/TcCl4CEBIeI/AAAAAAAABIA/yPWpL3st0qo/s1600/m105all.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 146px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/--EdO5FUkjGo/TcCl4CEBIeI/AAAAAAAABIA/yPWpL3st0qo/s320/m105all.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5602660318493876706" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" >Pink Floral Triptych</span><br />Original 54" x 24" x 0.75" painting<br />Three 18" x 24" canvases<br />Golden, Liquitex, and Chroma acrylics on gallery wrapped canvas<br /><br /><hr /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-v2537k4ziIs/TcCl0DsHlOI/AAAAAAAABH4/M7kIXyqCCiE/s1600/l105all.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 143px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-v2537k4ziIs/TcCl0DsHlOI/AAAAAAAABH4/M7kIXyqCCiE/s320/l105all.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5602660250211030242" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" >Red Grass and Trees</span><br />Original 54" x 24" x 0.75" painting<br />Three 18" x 24" canvases<br />Golden, Liquitex, and Chroma acrylics on gallery wrapped canvas<br /><br /><hr /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-6LbJlkXa8so/TcClvZ2C6DI/AAAAAAAABHw/je6WMi7Ahj4/s1600/k105.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 238px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-6LbJlkXa8so/TcClvZ2C6DI/AAAAAAAABHw/je6WMi7Ahj4/s320/k105.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5602660170258901042" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" >Colorado Landscape</span><br />Original 18" x 24" x 0.75" painting<br />Golden, Liquitex, and Chroma acrylics on gallery wrapped canvas<br /><br /><hr /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-9thwoCQAycU/TcClpOS38PI/AAAAAAAABHo/lAXPha5yEu4/s1600/j105.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 241px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-9thwoCQAycU/TcClpOS38PI/AAAAAAAABHo/lAXPha5yEu4/s320/j105.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5602660064079376626" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" >Early Morning Shadows</span><br />Original 18" x 24" x 0.75" painting<br />Golden, Liquitex, and Chroma acrylics on gallery wrapped canvas<br /><br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8142845924305941722-6853810413996618141?l=pattyabaker.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Patty Bakerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12147293478574099353noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8142845924305941722.post-85431850590387060142011-04-05T21:00:00.000-04:002011-04-05T21:22:22.431-04:00<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-EPfo5DAQ9dc/TZu-G6H762I/AAAAAAAABHg/qfmpEOxbcIU/s1600/i105.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 238px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-EPfo5DAQ9dc/TZu-G6H762I/AAAAAAAABHg/qfmpEOxbcIU/s320/i105.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5592272388201638754" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" >Another Blustery Day</span><br />Original 18" x 24" painting<br />Golden, Liquitex, and Chroma acrylics on gallery wrapped canvas<br /><br /><hr /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-pNjQGmUESpk/TZu-C1ciRbI/AAAAAAAABHY/Cx90mL2DcS0/s1600/h105.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 212px; height: 320px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-pNjQGmUESpk/TZu-C1ciRbI/AAAAAAAABHY/Cx90mL2DcS0/s320/h105.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5592272318226384306" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" >Summer Aspens</span><br />Original 24" x 36" painting<br />Golden, Liquitex, and Chroma acrylics on gallery wrapped canvas<br /><br /><hr /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-2eRP-PbcvA0/TZu9-6zG3YI/AAAAAAAABHQ/J7sWH6TQCNY/s1600/g105.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 255px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-2eRP-PbcvA0/TZu9-6zG3YI/AAAAAAAABHQ/J7sWH6TQCNY/s320/g105.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5592272250943757698" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" >Apple Tree</span><br />Original 16" x 20" painting<br />Golden, Liquitex, and Chroma acrylics on gallery wrapped canvas<br /><br /><hr /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-HP2o4eHx61w/TZu96t3Ap5I/AAAAAAAABHI/zHypMQIyarc/s1600/f105.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 242px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-HP2o4eHx61w/TZu96t3Ap5I/AAAAAAAABHI/zHypMQIyarc/s320/f105.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5592272178750990226" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" >Birds on Wires</span><br />Original 18" x 24" painting<br />Golden, Liquitex, and Chroma acrylics on gallery wrapped canvas<br /><br /><hr /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-4og_hC6xcrs/TZu92WUUypI/AAAAAAAABHA/NNB3fCqq0zk/s1600/e105.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 239px; height: 320px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-4og_hC6xcrs/TZu92WUUypI/AAAAAAAABHA/NNB3fCqq0zk/s320/e105.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5592272103712017042" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" >Fauve Landscape</span><br />Original 18" x 24" painting<br />Golden, Liquitex, and Chroma acrylics on gallery wrapped canvas<br /><br /><hr /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Squ1xNwHKV4/TZu9x6_xdNI/AAAAAAAABG4/7XsBljAs1Yg/s1600/d105.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 256px; height: 320px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Squ1xNwHKV4/TZu9x6_xdNI/AAAAAAAABG4/7XsBljAs1Yg/s320/d105.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5592272027658581202" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" >Fall on Young America Road</span><br />Original 16" x 20" painting<br />Golden, Liquitex, and Chroma acrylics on gallery wrapped canvas<br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8142845924305941722-8543185059038706014?l=pattyabaker.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Patty Bakerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12147293478574099353noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8142845924305941722.post-92231003880613165462011-03-27T11:00:00.000-04:002011-03-27T11:04:49.232-04:00<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-BS_QjgJyN00/TY9QNwZmEVI/AAAAAAAABGw/ZMJClk7aoyg/s1600/z104.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 252px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-BS_QjgJyN00/TY9QNwZmEVI/AAAAAAAABGw/ZMJClk7aoyg/s320/z104.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5588773859850850642" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" >Pink Floral with Striped Tablecloth</span><br />Original 16" x 20" painting<br />Golden, Liquitex, and Chroma acrylics on gallery wrapped canvas<br /><br /><hr /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-iC3moIbsc2w/TY9QK9vYnAI/AAAAAAAABGo/Xj6PogE8G3s/s1600/y104.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 241px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-iC3moIbsc2w/TY9QK9vYnAI/AAAAAAAABGo/Xj6PogE8G3s/s320/y104.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5588773811892296706" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" >Still Life with Oranges, Lilacs, and Mug</span><br />Original 18" x 24" painting<br />Golden, Liquitex, and Chroma acrylics on gallery wrapped canvas<br /><br /><hr /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-fKQoPwwDTqE/TY9QFpxgZZI/AAAAAAAABGg/Ij-9j5ae4hI/s1600/x104.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 254px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-fKQoPwwDTqE/TY9QFpxgZZI/AAAAAAAABGg/Ij-9j5ae4hI/s320/x104.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5588773720633140626" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" >Still Life with Two Plums</span><br />Original 16" x 20" painting<br />Golden, Liquitex, and Chroma acrylics on gallery wrapped canvas<br /><br /><hr /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Fy3mVHn7KDI/TY9QAIMDsmI/AAAAAAAABGY/8DmlHRXFZKs/s1600/c105.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 238px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Fy3mVHn7KDI/TY9QAIMDsmI/AAAAAAAABGY/8DmlHRXFZKs/s320/c105.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5588773625718354530" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" >Spring Valley</span><br />Original 18" x 24" painting<br />Golden, Liquitex, and Chroma acrylics on gallery wrapped canvas<br /><br /><hr /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-i9r9l4iKtOQ/TY9P8iWuyVI/AAAAAAAABGQ/a9W6npPkc-w/s1600/b105.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-i9r9l4iKtOQ/TY9P8iWuyVI/AAAAAAAABGQ/a9W6npPkc-w/s320/b105.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5588773564022966610" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" >Sunlit Dirt Road</span><br />Original 18" x 24" painting<br />Golden, Liquitex, and Chroma acrylics on gallery wrapped canvas<br /><br /><hr /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-tZ141ikuVmU/TY9P4UmpSGI/AAAAAAAABGI/ZBhESlzRMcA/s1600/a105.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 250px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-tZ141ikuVmU/TY9P4UmpSGI/AAAAAAAABGI/ZBhESlzRMcA/s320/a105.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5588773491612141666" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" >Still Life with Two Plums II</span><br />Original 16" x 20" painting<br />Golden, Liquitex, and Chroma acrylics on gallery wrapped canvas<br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8142845924305941722-9223100388061316546?l=pattyabaker.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Patty Bakerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12147293478574099353noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8142845924305941722.post-56113233275787707822011-02-20T16:00:00.001-05:002011-02-20T16:00:07.396-05:00<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-vnNJ2vdZhaM/TWF_zcd5pPI/AAAAAAAABF4/Sk_nY8b73-A/s1600/v104all.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 162px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-vnNJ2vdZhaM/TWF_zcd5pPI/AAAAAAAABF4/Sk_nY8b73-A/s320/v104all.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5575878335453046002" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" >Red Trees</span><br />Original 72" x 36" x 0.75" painting<br />Three 24" x 36" canvases<br />Golden, Liquitex, and Chroma acrylics on gallery wrapped canvas<br /><br /><hr /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-nF1ogF7jh-k/TWF_u2AKUOI/AAAAAAAABFw/L4U69HYB2zs/s1600/u104.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 248px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-nF1ogF7jh-k/TWF_u2AKUOI/AAAAAAAABFw/L4U69HYB2zs/s320/u104.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5575878256408285410" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" >Cherry Orchard</span><br />Original 22" x 28" x 0.75" painting<br />Golden, Liquitex, and Chroma acrylics on gallery wrapped canvas<br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8142845924305941722-5611323327578770782?l=pattyabaker.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Patty Bakerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12147293478574099353noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8142845924305941722.post-62666281479920394092011-02-06T15:45:00.000-05:002011-02-06T15:51:30.663-05:00<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_JyTNv09_PZc/TU8JhVMmLKI/AAAAAAAABFo/lqp9pGZk8Ww/s1600/t104.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_JyTNv09_PZc/TU8JhVMmLKI/AAAAAAAABFo/lqp9pGZk8Ww/s320/t104.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5570681732310903970" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" >Red Trees</span><br />Original 18" x 24" x 0.75" painting<br />Golden, Liquitex, and Chroma acrylics on gallery wrapped canvas<br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8142845924305941722-6266628147992039409?l=pattyabaker.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Patty Bakerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12147293478574099353noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8142845924305941722.post-25614462304221991752011-02-05T11:45:00.000-05:002011-02-05T11:54:42.218-05:00<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_JyTNv09_PZc/TU2AX3DhccI/AAAAAAAABFg/XFMo9ys5owQ/s1600/s104.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 210px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_JyTNv09_PZc/TU2AX3DhccI/AAAAAAAABFg/XFMo9ys5owQ/s320/s104.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5570249461531242946" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" >Riverbend in Autumn</span><br />Original 24" x 36" x 0.75" painting<br />Golden, Liquitex, and Chroma acrylics on gallery wrapped canvas<br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8142845924305941722-2561446230422199175?l=pattyabaker.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Patty Bakerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12147293478574099353noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8142845924305941722.post-65439926513194328352011-02-01T20:45:00.000-05:002011-02-01T20:53:52.776-05:00<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_JyTNv09_PZc/TUi4qvdEaVI/AAAAAAAABFM/o5Tlp404qAI/s1600/q104.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 241px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_JyTNv09_PZc/TUi4qvdEaVI/AAAAAAAABFM/o5Tlp404qAI/s320/q104.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5568903983676025170" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" >Abstract Red Tree</span><br />Original 18" x 24" x 0.75" painting<br />Golden, Liquitex, and Chroma Acrylics on gallery wrapped canvas<br /><br /><hr /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_JyTNv09_PZc/TUi4lPmwtOI/AAAAAAAABFE/8uhnndPQQZg/s1600/r104.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 244px; height: 320px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_JyTNv09_PZc/TUi4lPmwtOI/AAAAAAAABFE/8uhnndPQQZg/s320/r104.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5568903889227396322" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" >Catskill Autumn</span><br />Original 18" x 24" x 0.75" painting<br />Golden, Liquitex, and Chroma acrylics on gallery wrapped canvas<br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8142845924305941722-6543992651319432835?l=pattyabaker.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Patty Bakerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12147293478574099353noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8142845924305941722.post-23039006764319880772011-01-31T23:45:00.002-05:002011-01-31T23:51:38.860-05:00<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_JyTNv09_PZc/TUeRAejwvvI/AAAAAAAABE8/4_Y4qocnwQA/s1600/p104.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 249px; height: 320px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_JyTNv09_PZc/TUeRAejwvvI/AAAAAAAABE8/4_Y4qocnwQA/s320/p104.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5568578901655994098" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" >Path to Kaaterskill Falls</span><br />Original 24" x 30" x 0.75" painting<br />Golden, Liquitex, and Chroma acrylics on gallery wrapped canvas<br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8142845924305941722-2303900676431988077?l=pattyabaker.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Patty Bakerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12147293478574099353noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8142845924305941722.post-53002679161226919932011-01-27T22:00:00.001-05:002011-01-27T22:06:41.417-05:00<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_JyTNv09_PZc/TUIxkxYQIMI/AAAAAAAABE0/X8pIgHMGJn0/s1600/i104.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 316px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_JyTNv09_PZc/TUIxkxYQIMI/AAAAAAAABE0/X8pIgHMGJn0/s320/i104.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5567066597183463618" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" >Poppies on Blue</span><br />Original 10" x 10" x 0.75" painting<br />Golden, Liquitex, and Chroma acrylics on gallery wrapped canvas<br /><br /><hr /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_JyTNv09_PZc/TUIxeBaXYtI/AAAAAAAABEs/fpD4ugnSUNY/s1600/m104.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 318px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_JyTNv09_PZc/TUIxeBaXYtI/AAAAAAAABEs/fpD4ugnSUNY/s320/m104.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5567066481228210898" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" >Riverbend in Autumn</span><br />Original 10" x 10" x 0.75" painting<br />Golden, Liquitex, and Chroma acrylics on gallery wrapped canvas<br /><br /><hr /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_JyTNv09_PZc/TUIxVdjExLI/AAAAAAAABEk/2szogOcLk2Q/s1600/h104.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 319px; height: 320px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_JyTNv09_PZc/TUIxVdjExLI/AAAAAAAABEk/2szogOcLk2Q/s320/h104.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5567066334162109618" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" >Poppies on Yellow</span><br />Original 10" x 10" x 0.75" painting<br />Golden, Liquitex, and Chroma acrylics on gallery wrapped canvas<br /><br /><hr /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_JyTNv09_PZc/TUIxLVbrjRI/AAAAAAAABEc/YrWvIYV4V4M/s1600/g104.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 319px; height: 320px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_JyTNv09_PZc/TUIxLVbrjRI/AAAAAAAABEc/YrWvIYV4V4M/s320/g104.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5567066160184921362" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" >Abstract Poppies</span><br />Original 10" x 10" x 0.75" painting<br />Golden, Liquitex, and Chroma acrylics on gallery wrapped canvas<br /><br /><hr /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_JyTNv09_PZc/TUIxCfnwpDI/AAAAAAAABEU/6Si6_6BzCEY/s1600/k104.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 318px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_JyTNv09_PZc/TUIxCfnwpDI/AAAAAAAABEU/6Si6_6BzCEY/s320/k104.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5567066008301118514" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" >Autumn Field at Sunset</span><br />Original 10" x 10" x 0.75" painting<br />Golden, Liquitex, and Chroma acrylics on gallery wrapped canvas<br /><br /><hr /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_JyTNv09_PZc/TUIvxjCCIlI/AAAAAAAABEM/ao7lVAKK8JM/s1600/e104.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 320px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_JyTNv09_PZc/TUIvxjCCIlI/AAAAAAAABEM/ao7lVAKK8JM/s320/e104.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5567064617647219282" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" >Red Poppies</span><br />Original 10" x 10" x 0.75" painting<br />Golden, Liquitex, and Chroma acrylics on gallery wrapped canvas<br /><br /><hr /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_JyTNv09_PZc/TUIvfQifUsI/AAAAAAAABEE/Tsj9uFGayG4/s1600/f104.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 319px; height: 320px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_JyTNv09_PZc/TUIvfQifUsI/AAAAAAAABEE/Tsj9uFGayG4/s320/f104.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5567064303445430978" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" >Purple Daisies</span><br />Original 10" x 10" x 0.75" painting<br />Golden, Liquitex, and Chroma acrylics on gallery wrapped canvas<br /><br /><hr /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_JyTNv09_PZc/TUIvTA9J_GI/AAAAAAAABD8/Ds8uU1uFs_M/s1600/d104.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 320px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_JyTNv09_PZc/TUIvTA9J_GI/AAAAAAAABD8/Ds8uU1uFs_M/s320/d104.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5567064093103881314" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" >Dandelion Gone to Seed</span><br />Original 10" x 10" x 0.75" painting<br />Golden, Liquitex, and Chroma acrylics on gallery wrapped canvas<br /><br /><hr /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_JyTNv09_PZc/TUIu07cEq-I/AAAAAAAABD0/ymjdtgj6GIM/s1600/b104.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 313px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_JyTNv09_PZc/TUIu07cEq-I/AAAAAAAABD0/ymjdtgj6GIM/s320/b104.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5567063576226868194" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" >Autumn Field at Sunrise</span><br />Original 10" x 10" x 0.75" painting<br />Golden, Liquitex, and Chroma acrylics on gallery wrapped canvas<br /></div><br /><br />I've painted several new small format paintings on 10" x 10" canvases. Visit my <a href="http://www.pattyabaker.com/portfolio/new_paintings.htm">web site</a> or one of my sales venues to purchase. Buy one at full price and purchase additional small format paintings for $10 off!<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8142845924305941722-5300267916122691993?l=pattyabaker.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Patty Bakerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12147293478574099353noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8142845924305941722.post-7462686019166153462011-01-27T21:45:00.002-05:002011-01-27T21:47:58.259-05:00<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_JyTNv09_PZc/TUIt_A0QRRI/AAAAAAAABDs/_ynTpu1rJSU/s1600/o104.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 210px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_JyTNv09_PZc/TUIt_A0QRRI/AAAAAAAABDs/_ynTpu1rJSU/s320/o104.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5567062649957532946" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" >Red Trees</span><br />Original 24" x 36" x 0.75" painting<br />Golden, Liquitex, and Chroma acrylics on gallery-wrapped canvas<br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8142845924305941722-746268601916615346?l=pattyabaker.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Patty Bakerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12147293478574099353noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8142845924305941722.post-1174312433515664252011-01-16T12:00:00.001-05:002011-01-16T12:13:47.257-05:00<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_JyTNv09_PZc/TTMm6CAQ7bI/AAAAAAAABDk/1h9FNdjdxjw/s1600/y103all.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 145px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_JyTNv09_PZc/TTMm6CAQ7bI/AAAAAAAABDk/1h9FNdjdxjw/s320/y103all.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5562832743144943026" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" >Autumn Sunrise</span><br />Original 54" x 24" x 0.75" painting<br />Three 18" x 24" canvases<br />Golden, Liquitex, and Chroma acrylics on gallery wrapped canvas<br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8142845924305941722-117431243351566425?l=pattyabaker.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Patty Bakerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12147293478574099353noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8142845924305941722.post-52644940585126130972011-01-14T20:30:00.001-05:002011-01-14T20:42:06.057-05:00<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_JyTNv09_PZc/TTD6yYAvoHI/AAAAAAAABDc/LPUsNZAXRIQ/s1600/x103.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 212px; height: 320px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_JyTNv09_PZc/TTD6yYAvoHI/AAAAAAAABDc/LPUsNZAXRIQ/s320/x103.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5562221283148537970" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" >Wild at Heart</span><br />Original 24" x 36" x 0.75" painting<br />Golden, Liquitex, and Chroma acrylics on gallery wrapped canvas<br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8142845924305941722-5264494058512613097?l=pattyabaker.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Patty Bakerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12147293478574099353noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8142845924305941722.post-90987604193404492422011-01-04T23:00:00.003-05:002011-01-04T23:02:51.249-05:00<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_JyTNv09_PZc/TSPtI9D_i3I/AAAAAAAABDU/VdgeKN3P-WU/s1600/w103.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 212px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_JyTNv09_PZc/TSPtI9D_i3I/AAAAAAAABDU/VdgeKN3P-WU/s320/w103.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5558547103191370610" border="0" /></a><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" >Autumn Path</span><br />Original 24" x 36" x 0.75" painting<br />Golden, Liquitex, and Chroma acrylics on gallery wrapped canvas<br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8142845924305941722-9098760419340449242?l=pattyabaker.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Patty Bakerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12147293478574099353noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8142845924305941722.post-87149686841275262392011-01-04T08:15:00.001-05:002011-01-04T08:23:02.960-05:00<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_JyTNv09_PZc/TSMe7QESFVI/AAAAAAAABDM/W-K0jT_IqKw/s1600/v103.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 242px; height: 320px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_JyTNv09_PZc/TSMe7QESFVI/AAAAAAAABDM/W-K0jT_IqKw/s320/v103.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5558320368379368786" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" >Summer Tulips</span><br />Original 18" x 24" x 0.75" painting<br />Golden, Liquitex, and Chroma acrylics on gallery wrapped canvas<br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8142845924305941722-8714968684127526239?l=pattyabaker.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Patty Bakerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12147293478574099353noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8142845924305941722.post-47655886331667085382010-12-29T21:15:00.000-05:002010-12-29T21:28:06.445-05:00<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_JyTNv09_PZc/TRvtQrUUlzI/AAAAAAAABDE/tsbibbiRh6A/s1600/u103all.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 142px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_JyTNv09_PZc/TRvtQrUUlzI/AAAAAAAABDE/tsbibbiRh6A/s320/u103all.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5556295436053288754" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" >Winter Sunrise</span><br />Original 54" x 24" x 0.75" painting<br />Three 18" x 24" canvases<br />Golden, Liquitex, and Chroma acrylics on gallery wrapped canvas<br /><br /><hr /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_JyTNv09_PZc/TRvtLWbqfFI/AAAAAAAABC8/RJJiUokR6W0/s1600/t103.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 239px; height: 320px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_JyTNv09_PZc/TRvtLWbqfFI/AAAAAAAABC8/RJJiUokR6W0/s320/t103.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5556295344547593298" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" >Still Life with Purple Daisies</span><br />Original 18" x 24" x 0.75" painting<br />Golden, Liquitex, and Chroma acrylics on gallery wrapped canvas<br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8142845924305941722-4765588633166708538?l=pattyabaker.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Patty Bakerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12147293478574099353noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8142845924305941722.post-14214700390734325382010-12-20T22:00:00.000-05:002010-12-21T00:06:38.192-05:00<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_JyTNv09_PZc/TRA1gPdSrCI/AAAAAAAABCw/V-95YWuQSI8/s1600/s103.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_JyTNv09_PZc/TRA1gPdSrCI/AAAAAAAABCw/V-95YWuQSI8/s320/s103.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5552997168569297954" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" >Red Trees</span><br />Original 24" x 36" x 0.75" painting<br />Golden, Liquitex, and Chroma acrylics on gallery wrapped canvas<br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8142845924305941722-1421470039073432538?l=pattyabaker.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Patty Bakerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12147293478574099353noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8142845924305941722.post-58478949822290000072010-12-15T12:30:00.000-05:002010-12-15T12:38:09.036-05:00<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_JyTNv09_PZc/TQj8dux-QZI/AAAAAAAABCo/87-HSOSWmHU/s1600/r103all.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 142px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_JyTNv09_PZc/TQj8dux-QZI/AAAAAAAABCo/87-HSOSWmHU/s320/r103all.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5550964128438174098" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" >Autumn Sunrise</span><br />Original 54" x 24" x 0.75" painting<br />Three 18" x 24" canvases<br />Golden, Liquitex, and Chroma acrylics on gallery wrapped canvas<br /><br /><hr /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_JyTNv09_PZc/TQj8TZuNBvI/AAAAAAAABCg/dhCyda7M1_w/s1600/q103.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 238px; height: 320px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_JyTNv09_PZc/TQj8TZuNBvI/AAAAAAAABCg/dhCyda7M1_w/s320/q103.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5550963950986528498" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" >Abstract Red Poppies</span><br />Original 18" x 24" x 0.75" painting<br />Golden, Liquitex, and Chroma acrylics on gallery wrapped canvas<br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8142845924305941722-5847894982229000007?l=pattyabaker.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Patty Bakerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12147293478574099353noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8142845924305941722.post-32177397184284852912010-12-12T18:00:00.000-05:002010-12-12T18:09:53.385-05:00My patron provided photos to paint from for these commissions. However, the photos are copyrighted, so I can't post them here without the photographer's permission.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_JyTNv09_PZc/TQVU1kXksUI/AAAAAAAABCI/Q47rK9UVNdQ/s1600/kellybeachchair.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 255px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_JyTNv09_PZc/TQVU1kXksUI/AAAAAAAABCI/Q47rK9UVNdQ/s320/kellybeachchair.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5549935395076354370" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" >Beach Chair</span><br />Original 24" x 30" x 0.75" painting<br />Golden, Liquitex, and Chroma acrylics on gallery wrapped canvas<br /><br /><hr /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_JyTNv09_PZc/TQVVTg75NYI/AAAAAAAABCQ/r0xZam8ZOow/s1600/kellyboats.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 249px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_JyTNv09_PZc/TQVVTg75NYI/AAAAAAAABCQ/r0xZam8ZOow/s320/kellyboats.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5549935909551027586" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" >Boats (in progress)</span><br />Original 24" x 30" x 0.75" painting<br />Golden, Liquitex, and Chroma acrylics on gallery wrapped canvas<br /><br /><hr /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_JyTNv09_PZc/TQVVpVx4kCI/AAAAAAAABCY/7za-9IRfDmE/s1600/boats.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 254px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_JyTNv09_PZc/TQVVpVx4kCI/AAAAAAAABCY/7za-9IRfDmE/s320/boats.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5549936284513374242" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" >Boats (completed, pending patron approval)</span><br />Original 24" x 30" x 0.75" painting<br />Golden, Liquitex, and Chroma acrylics on gallery wrapped canvas<br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8142845924305941722-3217739718428485291?l=pattyabaker.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Patty Bakerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12147293478574099353noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8142845924305941722.post-80175482630217920542010-12-12T17:55:00.001-05:002010-12-15T12:39:22.860-05:00My patron's interior designer sent me a link to photos of my work hung in our client's home. If you click the link to the <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/49079614@N08/show/">flickr slide show</a> you can see my work hung in my patron's lovely home (the first three photos in the slide show)!<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Credits:</span><br /><br />Photographer: <a href="http://www.phillehmann.com/">Phillip Lehmann</a><br />Designer: <a href="http://www.ehdany.com/">Elizabeth Holmes</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8142845924305941722-8017548263021792054?l=pattyabaker.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Patty Bakerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12147293478574099353noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8142845924305941722.post-58035855943105365062010-11-16T21:15:00.000-05:002010-11-16T21:15:39.747-05:00<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_JyTNv09_PZc/TOM6WiRfYVI/AAAAAAAABCA/t8H00cq_uDw/s1600/l103.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 254px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_JyTNv09_PZc/TOM6WiRfYVI/AAAAAAAABCA/t8H00cq_uDw/s320/l103.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5540336125427540306" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" >Cows and Autumn Fields</span><br />Original 16" x 20" painting<br />Golden, Liquitex, and Chroma acrylics on gallery wrapped canvas<br /><br /><hr /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_JyTNv09_PZc/TOM6RokGNWI/AAAAAAAABB4/FTEIYmniedg/s1600/k103.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 258px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_JyTNv09_PZc/TOM6RokGNWI/AAAAAAAABB4/FTEIYmniedg/s320/k103.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5540336041216849250" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" >Autumn Sunrise</span><br />Original 24" x 30" painting<br />Golden, Liquitex, and Chroma acrylics on gallery wrapped canvas<br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8142845924305941722-5803585594310536506?l=pattyabaker.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Patty Bakerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12147293478574099353noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8142845924305941722.post-24871359573772634182010-11-13T17:20:00.000-05:002010-11-13T17:28:12.560-05:00<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_JyTNv09_PZc/TN8QdTmXG5I/AAAAAAAABBw/UOx7bqW-sRE/s1600/i103.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 210px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_JyTNv09_PZc/TN8QdTmXG5I/AAAAAAAABBw/UOx7bqW-sRE/s320/i103.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5539164162352421778" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" >Looking North Towards the St. Lawrence<br />from Chippewa Bay</span><br />Original 24" x 36" painting<br />Golden, Liquitex, and Chroma acrylics on gallery wrapped canvas<br /><br /><hr /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_JyTNv09_PZc/TN8QXfedyeI/AAAAAAAABBo/5RFIm-w-8_g/s1600/j103.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 213px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_JyTNv09_PZc/TN8QXfedyeI/AAAAAAAABBo/5RFIm-w-8_g/s320/j103.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5539164062461315554" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" >Abstract Poppies</span><br />Original 24" x 36" painting<br />Golden, Liquitex and Chroma acrylics on gallery-wrapped canvas<br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8142845924305941722-2487135957377263418?l=pattyabaker.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Patty Bakerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12147293478574099353noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8142845924305941722.post-26625680721242445172010-10-26T08:30:00.001-04:002010-10-26T08:30:08.563-04:00<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_JyTNv09_PZc/TMbJI3i-YTI/AAAAAAAABBg/KCQZ1aMnumw/s1600/h103.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 250px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_JyTNv09_PZc/TMbJI3i-YTI/AAAAAAAABBg/KCQZ1aMnumw/s320/h103.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5532330346458014002" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" >Autumn Fields at Dawn</span><br />Original 22" x 28" painting<br />Golden, Liquitex, and Chroma acrylics on gallery wrapped canvas<br /><br /><hr /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_JyTNv09_PZc/TMbJDNu3hiI/AAAAAAAABBY/w5Ty29DJpqY/s1600/g103.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 250px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_JyTNv09_PZc/TMbJDNu3hiI/AAAAAAAABBY/w5Ty29DJpqY/s320/g103.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5532330249334261282" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" >Tall Tree and Mountains</span><br />Original 22" x 28" painting<br />Golden, Liquitex, and Chroma acrylics on gallery wrapped canvas<br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8142845924305941722-2662568072124244517?l=pattyabaker.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Patty Bakerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12147293478574099353noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8142845924305941722.post-66792099708881811842010-10-23T15:30:00.000-04:002010-10-23T15:34:17.471-04:00Here's the most recent photo of the Cape Neddick, Maine commission.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_JyTNv09_PZc/TMM4LWH5PvI/AAAAAAAABBQ/2wYAUO7FP6c/s1600/cape.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 158px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_JyTNv09_PZc/TMM4LWH5PvI/AAAAAAAABBQ/2wYAUO7FP6c/s320/cape.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5531326534909509362" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" >Cape Neddick, Maine</span><br />Original 24" x 48" painting<br />Golden, Liquitex, and Chroma acrylics on gallery wrapped canvas<br /><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8142845924305941722-6679209970888181184?l=pattyabaker.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Patty Bakerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12147293478574099353noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8142845924305941722.post-58832865300186309352010-10-18T16:30:00.001-04:002010-10-18T16:31:55.532-04:00Recently, a patron asked me to paint a commission from their photo of Cape Neddick in Maine. Included below are my patron's original photo and two photos of the painting in progress. I'll post a photo the completed painting soon.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_JyTNv09_PZc/TLs8J7OtrOI/AAAAAAAABBI/hhEMYWh1Df8/s1600/capeneddick+sketch"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_JyTNv09_PZc/TLs8J7OtrOI/AAAAAAAABBI/hhEMYWh1Df8/s320/capeneddick+sketch" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5529079108743310562" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" >Cape Neddick, Maine</span><br />Original Photo<br /><br /><hr /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_JyTNv09_PZc/TLs8CWumCDI/AAAAAAAABBA/V6Gvj5Pa73E/s1600/capeneddick1.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 158px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_JyTNv09_PZc/TLs8CWumCDI/AAAAAAAABBA/V6Gvj5Pa73E/s320/capeneddick1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5529078978685831218" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" >Cape Neddick, Maine</span><br />Original 24" x 48" painting (in progress)<br />Golden, Liquitex, and Chroma acrylics on gallery-wrapped canvas<br /><br /><hr /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_JyTNv09_PZc/TLs79Lq3zxI/AAAAAAAABA4/CUeXSkhCEs8/s1600/capeneddick2.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 158px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_JyTNv09_PZc/TLs79Lq3zxI/AAAAAAAABA4/CUeXSkhCEs8/s320/capeneddick2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5529078889818083090" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" >Cape Neddick, Maine</span><br />Original 24" x 48" painting (still in progress)<br />Golden, Liquitex, and Chroma acrylics on gallery-wrapped canvas<br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8142845924305941722-5883286530018630935?l=pattyabaker.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Patty Bakerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12147293478574099353noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8142845924305941722.post-28794871259479686272010-10-17T13:45:00.001-04:002010-10-17T14:16:04.115-04:00<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_JyTNv09_PZc/TLs55BDm1mI/AAAAAAAABAw/xDY1fQTqLDs/s1600/f103all.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 138px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_JyTNv09_PZc/TLs55BDm1mI/AAAAAAAABAw/xDY1fQTqLDs/s320/f103all.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5529076619226306146" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" >Abstract Poppies on Yellow</span><br />Original 66" x 28" painting<br />Three 22" x 28" canvases<br />Golden, Liquitex, and Chroma acrylics on gallery-wrapped canvas<br /><br /><hr /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_JyTNv09_PZc/TLs5zfawj0I/AAAAAAAABAo/1wlM4EuHJmE/s1600/e103.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 254px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_JyTNv09_PZc/TLs5zfawj0I/AAAAAAAABAo/1wlM4EuHJmE/s320/e103.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5529076524297260866" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" >Red Trees</span><br />Original 24" x 30" painting<br />Golden, Liquitex, and Chroma acrylics on gallery-wrapped canvas<br /><br /><hr /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_JyTNv09_PZc/TLs5tRyADJI/AAAAAAAABAg/qv_RQkWOByM/s1600/d103.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 210px; height: 320px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_JyTNv09_PZc/TLs5tRyADJI/AAAAAAAABAg/qv_RQkWOByM/s320/d103.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5529076417557433490" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" >Abstract Poppies on Blue</span><br />Original 24" x 36" painting<br />Golden, Liquitex, and Chroma acrylics on gallery-wrapped canvas<br /><br /><hr /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_JyTNv09_PZc/TLs5n3ZDJsI/AAAAAAAABAY/K0nDKRjRTWs/s1600/c103.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 213px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_JyTNv09_PZc/TLs5n3ZDJsI/AAAAAAAABAY/K0nDKRjRTWs/s320/c103.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5529076324574111426" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" >Utah Sunrise</span><br />Original 24" x 36" painting<br />Golden, Liquitex, and Chroma acrylics on gallery-wrapped canvas<br /><br /><hr /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_JyTNv09_PZc/TLs5iwxdMNI/AAAAAAAABAQ/WXoOHvtEdto/s1600/a103.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 238px; height: 320px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_JyTNv09_PZc/TLs5iwxdMNI/AAAAAAAABAQ/WXoOHvtEdto/s320/a103.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5529076236898087122" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" >Autumn Path</span><br />Original 18" x 24" painting<br />Golden, Liquitex, and Chroma acrylics on gallery-wrapped canvas<br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8142845924305941722-2879487125947968627?l=pattyabaker.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Patty Bakerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12147293478574099353noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8142845924305941722.post-17692912454575111102010-08-07T14:00:00.001-04:002010-08-07T14:05:01.999-04:00<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_JyTNv09_PZc/TF2fUajMnqI/AAAAAAAABAA/xjhsRkS8bCY/s1600/x102all.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_JyTNv09_PZc/TF2fUajMnqI/AAAAAAAABAA/xjhsRkS8bCY/s320/x102all.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5502729492789763746" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" >Autumn Aspens</span><br />Original 48" x 36" Painting<br />Two 24" x 36" canvases<br />Golden, Liquitex, and Chroma acrylics on gallery wrapped canvas<br /><br /><hr /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_JyTNv09_PZc/TF2fN6cySSI/AAAAAAAAA_4/-1N9MXjnGIU/s1600/w102all.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 134px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_JyTNv09_PZc/TF2fN6cySSI/AAAAAAAAA_4/-1N9MXjnGIU/s320/w102all.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5502729381093722402" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" >Abstract Poppies on Yellow</span><br />Original 72" x 30" Painting<br />Three 24" x 30" canvases<br />Golden, Liquitex, and Chroma acrylics on gallery wrapped canvas<br /><br /><hr /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_JyTNv09_PZc/TF2fIP4hOQI/AAAAAAAAA_w/LutCX434ZI8/s1600/v102.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 234px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_JyTNv09_PZc/TF2fIP4hOQI/AAAAAAAAA_w/LutCX434ZI8/s320/v102.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5502729283767974146" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" >Still Life with Roses and Checkered Cloth</span><br />Original 18" x 24" painting<br />Golden, Liquitex, and Chroma acrylics on gallery wrapped canvas<br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8142845924305941722-1769291245457511110?l=pattyabaker.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Patty Bakerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12147293478574099353noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8142845924305941722.post-75618558050165546932010-07-21T08:55:00.006-04:002010-07-21T09:02:07.110-04:00<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_JyTNv09_PZc/TEbuuKaoRzI/AAAAAAAAA_o/gFpuUR5etAw/s1600/floral-7.19.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 251px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_JyTNv09_PZc/TEbuuKaoRzI/AAAAAAAAA_o/gFpuUR5etAw/s320/floral-7.19.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5496342872089708338" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" >Birthday Bouquet</span><br />Original 16" x 20" painting<br />Golden, Liquitex, and Chroma acrylics on gallery wrapped canvas<br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;">A companion painting requested by my patron for his wife's birthday to compliment another of my paintings he'd previously bought for her.<br /></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8142845924305941722-7561855805016554693?l=pattyabaker.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Patty Bakerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12147293478574099353noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8142845924305941722.post-39615769214637740662010-07-21T08:45:00.002-04:002010-07-21T08:59:09.423-04:00<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_JyTNv09_PZc/TEbtG71NT1I/AAAAAAAAA_g/17fnI7n7yzE/s1600/u102all.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 162px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_JyTNv09_PZc/TEbtG71NT1I/AAAAAAAAA_g/17fnI7n7yzE/s320/u102all.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5496341098648129362" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" >Abstract Poppies on Blue</span><br />Original 72" x 36" painting<br />Three 24" x 36" canvases<br />Golden, Liquitex, and Chroma acrylics on gallery wrapped canvas<br /></div><br /><hr /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_JyTNv09_PZc/TEbtAzxgU8I/AAAAAAAAA_Y/6I-Bs7nWaWU/s1600/s102.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 235px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_JyTNv09_PZc/TEbtAzxgU8I/AAAAAAAAA_Y/6I-Bs7nWaWU/s320/s102.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5496340993405899714" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" >St. Lawrence River Looking Towards Canada from Jacques Cartier Park</span><br />Original 18" x 24" painting<br />Golden, Liquitex, and Chroma acrylics on gallery wrapped canvas<br /><br /><hr /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_JyTNv09_PZc/TEbs5AsEOUI/AAAAAAAAA_Q/B_NYrTY4fXw/s1600/t102.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 238px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_JyTNv09_PZc/TEbs5AsEOUI/AAAAAAAAA_Q/B_NYrTY4fXw/s320/t102.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5496340859433793858" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" >Riverbend at Sunset</span><br />Original 18" x 24" painting<br />Golden, Liquitex, and Chroma acrylics on gallery-wrapped canvas<br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8142845924305941722-3961576921463774066?l=pattyabaker.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Patty Bakerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12147293478574099353noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8142845924305941722.post-58843266772798438012010-07-10T12:10:00.002-04:002010-07-11T12:14:59.025-04:00<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_JyTNv09_PZc/TDntSq1GBsI/AAAAAAAAA_I/oM8ALwao_WU/s1600/r102all.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 135px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_JyTNv09_PZc/TDntSq1GBsI/AAAAAAAAA_I/oM8ALwao_WU/s320/r102all.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5492682125545440962" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" >Autumn Sunrise</span><br />Original 48" x 20" painting<br />Three 16" x 20" canvases<br />Golden, Liquitex, and Chroma acrylics on gallery wrapped canvas<br /><br /><hr /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_JyTNv09_PZc/TDntMoXU75I/AAAAAAAAA_A/LUphUSkXhJk/s1600/q102.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 242px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_JyTNv09_PZc/TDntMoXU75I/AAAAAAAAA_A/LUphUSkXhJk/s320/q102.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5492682021804502930" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" >Grazing Sheep at Sunset</span><br />Original 18" x 24" painting<br />Golden, Liquitex, and Chroma acrylics on gallery wrapped canvas<br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8142845924305941722-5884326677279843801?l=pattyabaker.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Patty Bakerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12147293478574099353noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8142845924305941722.post-52207146962877617772010-07-06T12:05:00.001-04:002010-07-11T12:15:12.724-04:00<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_JyTNv09_PZc/TDnsaGFt16I/AAAAAAAAA-4/vZAMo1CyT5c/s1600/n102.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 241px; height: 320px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_JyTNv09_PZc/TDnsaGFt16I/AAAAAAAAA-4/vZAMo1CyT5c/s320/n102.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5492681153610373026" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" >Poppies on Blue</span><br />Original 18" x 24" painting<br />Golden, Liquitex, and Chroma acrylics on gallery wrapped canvas<br /><br /><hr /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_JyTNv09_PZc/TDnsVV1ifGI/AAAAAAAAA-w/7TPpxFa6OOA/s1600/p102.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 239px; height: 320px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_JyTNv09_PZc/TDnsVV1ifGI/AAAAAAAAA-w/7TPpxFa6OOA/s320/p102.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5492681071938141282" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" >Autumn Path</span><br />Original 18" x 24" painting<br />Golden, Liquitex, and Chroma acrylics on gallery wrapped canvas<br /><br /><hr /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_JyTNv09_PZc/TDnsQTVZTjI/AAAAAAAAA-o/n68CIcVg1uc/s1600/o102.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 238px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_JyTNv09_PZc/TDnsQTVZTjI/AAAAAAAAA-o/n68CIcVg1uc/s320/o102.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5492680985367105074" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" >Poppies on Yellow</span><br />Original 18" x 24" painting<br />Golden, Liquitex, and Chroma acrylics on gallery wrapped canvas<br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8142845924305941722-5220714696287761777?l=pattyabaker.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Patty Bakerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12147293478574099353noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8142845924305941722.post-50664613007020305792010-06-30T11:30:00.002-04:002010-07-11T12:05:16.125-04:00<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_JyTNv09_PZc/TDnqOHp8QiI/AAAAAAAAA-Y/foTdZvysHfU/s1600/i102.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 238px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_JyTNv09_PZc/TDnqOHp8QiI/AAAAAAAAA-Y/foTdZvysHfU/s320/i102.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5492678748849062434" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" >Blustery Day II</span><br />Original 18" x 24" painting<br />Golden, Liquitex, and Chroma acrylics on gallery-wrapped canvas<br /><br /><hr /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_JyTNv09_PZc/TDnqHmTzpAI/AAAAAAAAA-Q/ySuM11VowKE/s1600/j102.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 255px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_JyTNv09_PZc/TDnqHmTzpAI/AAAAAAAAA-Q/ySuM11VowKE/s320/j102.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5492678636818637826" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" >Summer Daisies</span><br />Original 16" x 20" painting<br />Golden, Liquitex, and Chroma acrylics on gallery wrapped canvas<br /><br /><hr /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_JyTNv09_PZc/TDnqB3cmzJI/AAAAAAAAA-I/mgi3ajjTtgc/s1600/k102.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 104px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_JyTNv09_PZc/TDnqB3cmzJI/AAAAAAAAA-I/mgi3ajjTtgc/s320/k102.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5492678538339732626" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" >Rocky Mountain Meadow III</span><br />Original 12" x 36" painting<br />Golden, Liquitex, and Chroma acrylics on gallery wrapped canvas<br /><br /><hr /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_JyTNv09_PZc/TDnpvupLsdI/AAAAAAAAA94/yIk77LJlFt0/s1600/l102.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 239px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_JyTNv09_PZc/TDnpvupLsdI/AAAAAAAAA94/yIk77LJlFt0/s320/l102.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5492678226738917842" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" >Fresh Tomatoes and Checkered Cloth</span><br />Original 18" x 24" painting<br />Golden, Liquitex, and Chroma acrylics on gallery wrapped canvas<br /><br /><hr /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_JyTNv09_PZc/TDnpp8Cr1SI/AAAAAAAAA9w/3WOlSkOe8e4/s1600/m102.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 237px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_JyTNv09_PZc/TDnpp8Cr1SI/AAAAAAAAA9w/3WOlSkOe8e4/s320/m102.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5492678127256327458" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" >Oriental Blossoms XIV</span><br />Original 18" x 24" painting<br />Golden, Liquitex, and Chroma acrylics on gallery-wrapped canvas<br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8142845924305941722-5066461300702030579?l=pattyabaker.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Patty Bakerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12147293478574099353noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8142845924305941722.post-25988991549540009062010-06-22T11:30:00.000-04:002010-07-11T11:53:34.868-04:00<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_JyTNv09_PZc/TDnoHUpJtgI/AAAAAAAAA9Y/SlcTN-Itjhs/s1600/g102.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 253px; height: 320px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_JyTNv09_PZc/TDnoHUpJtgI/AAAAAAAAA9Y/SlcTN-Itjhs/s320/g102.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5492676433053070850" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" >Still Life with Roses and Striped Cloth</span><br />Original 16" x 20" painting<br />Golden, Liquitex, and Chroma acrylics on gallery-wrapped canvas<br /><br /><hr /><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_JyTNv09_PZc/TDnoUXhEfoI/AAAAAAAAA9g/-cM5VKAY0HA/s1600/h102.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 241px; height: 320px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_JyTNv09_PZc/TDnoUXhEfoI/AAAAAAAAA9g/-cM5VKAY0HA/s320/h102.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5492676657162780290" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" >Autumn Aspens</span><br />Original 18" x 24" painting<br />Golden, Liquitex, and Chroma acrylics on gallery-wrapped canvas<br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8142845924305941722-2598899154954000906?l=pattyabaker.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Patty Bakerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12147293478574099353noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8142845924305941722.post-57332439792983411352010-05-24T19:20:00.000-04:002010-05-24T19:27:33.396-04:00<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_JyTNv09_PZc/S_sKskYNFVI/AAAAAAAAA9Q/aRIQdP7S9ps/s1600/e102.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 256px; height: 320px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_JyTNv09_PZc/S_sKskYNFVI/AAAAAAAAA9Q/aRIQdP7S9ps/s320/e102.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5474981532794688850" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" >Still Life with Lilacs and Striped Cloth</span><br />Original 16" x 20" x 0.75" acrylic painting<br />Golden, Liquitex, and Chroma acrylics on gallery-wrapped canvas<br /><br /><hr /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_JyTNv09_PZc/S_sKht59_UI/AAAAAAAAA9I/dlpq3rMmowk/s1600/martha+still+life.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 255px; height: 320px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_JyTNv09_PZc/S_sKht59_UI/AAAAAAAAA9I/dlpq3rMmowk/s320/martha+still+life.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5474981346373664066" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" >Still Life with Roses and Checkered Cloth (Commission)</span><br />Original 24" x 30" x 0.75" acrylic painting<br />Golden, Liquitex, and Chroma acrylics on gallery-wrapped canvas<br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8142845924305941722-5733243979298341135?l=pattyabaker.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Patty Bakerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12147293478574099353noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8142845924305941722.post-25533999519325666622010-05-15T13:00:00.004-04:002010-05-15T13:05:49.614-04:00<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_JyTNv09_PZc/S-7TnNIiucI/AAAAAAAAA84/AS-KO1WDmc4/s1600/mawmaw2.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 238px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_JyTNv09_PZc/S-7TnNIiucI/AAAAAAAAA84/AS-KO1WDmc4/s320/mawmaw2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5471543267795581378" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" >Family Home Commission (updated)</span><br />Original Acrylic Painting<br />Golden, Liquitex, and Chroma acrylics on gallery-wrapped canvas<br /><br /><hr /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_JyTNv09_PZc/S-7T5jM3BAI/AAAAAAAAA9A/g0dcIuBopgg/s1600/d102.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 241px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_JyTNv09_PZc/S-7T5jM3BAI/AAAAAAAAA9A/g0dcIuBopgg/s320/d102.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5471543582956913666" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" >Abstract Spring Floral VIII</span><br />Original 30" x 40" x 0.75" acrylic painting<br />Golden, Liquitex, and Chroma acrylics on gallery-wrapped canvas<br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8142845924305941722-2553399951932566662?l=pattyabaker.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Patty Bakerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12147293478574099353noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8142845924305941722.post-3345206784340203512010-05-07T19:00:00.000-04:002010-05-07T19:00:21.218-04:00<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_JyTNv09_PZc/S-SbQZKPk3I/AAAAAAAAA8w/3rZDc7OST4A/s1600/mawmaw1.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 236px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_JyTNv09_PZc/S-SbQZKPk3I/AAAAAAAAA8w/3rZDc7OST4A/s320/mawmaw1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5468666553468687218" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" >Family Home</span><br />Original Acrylic Painting<br />Golden, Liquitex, and Chroma acrylics on gallery-wrapped canvas<br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8142845924305941722-334520678434020351?l=pattyabaker.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Patty Bakerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12147293478574099353noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8142845924305941722.post-90245864278926272842010-05-07T18:50:00.001-04:002010-05-07T19:00:51.781-04:00<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_JyTNv09_PZc/S-SaYNas-FI/AAAAAAAAA8o/5s_DFRS6Nd4/s1600/c102.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_JyTNv09_PZc/S-SaYNas-FI/AAAAAAAAA8o/5s_DFRS6Nd4/s320/c102.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5468665588243822674" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" >Utah Sunrise</span><br />Original 24" x 36" x 0.75" painting<br />Golden, Liquitex, and Chroma acrylics on gallery-wrapped canvas<br /><br /><hr /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_JyTNv09_PZc/S-SaTynfToI/AAAAAAAAA8g/HLT416WTO1g/s1600/b102all.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 134px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_JyTNv09_PZc/S-SaTynfToI/AAAAAAAAA8g/HLT416WTO1g/s320/b102all.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5468665512330219138" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" >Abstract Spring Floral</span><br />Original 48" x 20" x 0.75" painting<br />Three 16" x 20" canvases<br />Golden, Liquitex, and Chroma acrylics on gallery-wrapped canvas<br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8142845924305941722-9024586427892627284?l=pattyabaker.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Patty Bakerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12147293478574099353noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8142845924305941722.post-21624757842562239852010-05-04T09:45:00.000-04:002010-05-04T09:55:49.124-04:00<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_JyTNv09_PZc/S-AnFX1LtWI/AAAAAAAAA8Y/PmNotW1O_Tg/s1600/mawmaw.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 244px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_JyTNv09_PZc/S-AnFX1LtWI/AAAAAAAAA8Y/PmNotW1O_Tg/s320/mawmaw.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5467412920877692258" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" >Family Home</span><br />Original Acrylic Painting<br />Golden, Liquitex, and Chroma acrylics on gallery-wrapped canvas<br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8142845924305941722-2162475784256223985?l=pattyabaker.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Patty Bakerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12147293478574099353noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8142845924305941722.post-69618891045269927472010-05-01T10:00:00.001-04:002010-05-04T09:53:14.754-04:00<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_JyTNv09_PZc/S-AlrS9D-sI/AAAAAAAAA8Q/zF6wY7uw2g4/s1600/deniseaspens2.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 213px; height: 320px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_JyTNv09_PZc/S-AlrS9D-sI/AAAAAAAAA8Q/zF6wY7uw2g4/s320/deniseaspens2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5467411373380336322" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" >Autumn Aspens</span><br />Original Acrylic Painting<br />Golden, Liquitex, and Chroma acrylics on gallery-wrapped canvas<br /><hr /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_JyTNv09_PZc/S-Alk2QvsMI/AAAAAAAAA8I/ppzuNYfw5K4/s1600/deniselavendar.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 239px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_JyTNv09_PZc/S-Alk2QvsMI/AAAAAAAAA8I/ppzuNYfw5K4/s320/deniselavendar.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5467411262599049410" border="0" /></a><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" >Provence Lavender</span><br />Original Acrylic Painting<br />Golden, Liquitex, and Chroma acrylics on gallery-wrapped canvas<br /><hr /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_JyTNv09_PZc/S-AlfKpcknI/AAAAAAAAA8A/B0_LxR1qRhY/s1600/denisecow.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 319px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_JyTNv09_PZc/S-AlfKpcknI/AAAAAAAAA8A/B0_LxR1qRhY/s320/denisecow.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5467411164992148082" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" >Lone Cow</span><br />Original Acrylic Painting<br />Golden, Liquitex, and Chroma acrylics on gallery-wrapped canvas<br /><hr /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_JyTNv09_PZc/S-AlYKl4IuI/AAAAAAAAA74/QWAHcviNQGc/s1600/deniseaspens.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 136px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_JyTNv09_PZc/S-AlYKl4IuI/AAAAAAAAA74/QWAHcviNQGc/s320/deniseaspens.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5467411044718093026" border="0" /></a><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" >Autumn Aspens Triptych</span><br />Original Acrylic Painting<br />Golden, Liquitex, and Chroma acrylics on gallery-wrapped canvas<br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8142845924305941722-6961889104526992747?l=pattyabaker.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Patty Bakerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12147293478574099353noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8142845924305941722.post-56430200743383316972010-04-24T13:00:00.002-04:002010-04-24T13:05:18.948-04:00<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_JyTNv09_PZc/S9Mi2Y70rPI/AAAAAAAAA7w/-xd3ntgaDds/s1600/a102.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 254px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_JyTNv09_PZc/S9Mi2Y70rPI/AAAAAAAAA7w/-xd3ntgaDds/s320/a102.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5463749090732190962" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" >Purple Poppies on Red IV</span><br />Original 16" x 20" x 0.75" painting<br />Golden, Liquitex, and Chroma acrylics on gallery-wrapped canvas<br /></div><br />I hope you enjoy the latest edition in my <span style="font-style: italic;">Purple Poppies on Red</span> series of floral paintings.<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Quote of the Day</span><br /><br />"When you begin to touch your heart or let your heart be touched, you begin to discover that it's bottomless, that it doesn't have any resolution, that this heart is huge, vast, and limitless. You begin to discover how much warmth and gentleness is there, as well as how much space."<br /><br />-- Pema Chodron<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8142845924305941722-5643020074338331697?l=pattyabaker.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Patty Bakerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12147293478574099353noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8142845924305941722.post-87863392538376903482010-04-22T11:30:00.002-04:002010-04-24T13:02:37.280-04:00<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_JyTNv09_PZc/S9Bqp0htY7I/AAAAAAAAA7o/DiFvAB6JaDE/s1600/art1.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_JyTNv09_PZc/S9Bqp0htY7I/AAAAAAAAA7o/DiFvAB6JaDE/s320/art1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5462983614707622834" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" >Red Poppies on Blue</span><br />Original 30" x 40" x 0.75" painting<br />Golden, Liquitex, and Chroma acrylics on gallery-wrapped canvas<br /></div><br /><hr /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_JyTNv09_PZc/S9Bqg8MiiyI/AAAAAAAAA7Y/HzXk0ky6DIE/s1600/art3.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 241px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_JyTNv09_PZc/S9Bqg8MiiyI/AAAAAAAAA7Y/HzXk0ky6DIE/s320/art3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5462983462147492642" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" >Yellow Tulips on Blue Sky</span><br />Original 30" x 40" x 0.75" painting<br />Golden, Liquitex, and Chroma acrylics on gallery-wrapped canvas<br /><br /><hr /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_JyTNv09_PZc/S9Bqle43BbI/AAAAAAAAA7g/-_izdXwoXFE/s1600/art2.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 245px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_JyTNv09_PZc/S9Bqle43BbI/AAAAAAAAA7g/-_izdXwoXFE/s320/art2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5462983540179666354" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" >Abstract Poppies on Yellow</span><br />Original 30" x 40" x 0.75" painting<br />Golden, Liquitex, and Chroma acrylics on gallery-wrapped canvas<br /><br /><hr /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_JyTNv09_PZc/S9Bqcen2IfI/AAAAAAAAA7Q/KRkoO2V9-kk/s1600/redpoppies.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 238px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_JyTNv09_PZc/S9Bqcen2IfI/AAAAAAAAA7Q/KRkoO2V9-kk/s320/redpoppies.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5462983385489482226" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" >Red Poppies</span><br />Original 18" x 24" x 0.75" painting<br />Golden, Liquitex, and Chroma acrylics on gallery-wrapped canvas<br /><br /><hr /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_JyTNv09_PZc/S9BqWl0EyMI/AAAAAAAAA7I/25kNrHaEZps/s1600/yellowpoppies.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 242px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_JyTNv09_PZc/S9BqWl0EyMI/AAAAAAAAA7I/25kNrHaEZps/s320/yellowpoppies.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5462983284340607170" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" >Abstract Floral</span><br />Original 30" x 40" x 0.75" painting<br />Golden, Liquitex, and Chroma acrylics on gallery-wrapped canvas<br /><br /><hr /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_JyTNv09_PZc/S9BqRrmetuI/AAAAAAAAA7A/t365OZ94tMc/s1600/sunrise.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 256px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_JyTNv09_PZc/S9BqRrmetuI/AAAAAAAAA7A/t365OZ94tMc/s320/sunrise.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5462983199994853090" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" >Sunrise on Montauk Point</span><br />Original 24" x 30" x 0.75" painting<br />Golden, Liquitex, and Chroma acrylics on gallery-wrapped canvas<br /><br /><hr /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_JyTNv09_PZc/S9BqEZfXOuI/AAAAAAAAA6w/_VG4Y-ZzKMY/s1600/poppies1a.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 211px; height: 320px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_JyTNv09_PZc/S9BqEZfXOuI/AAAAAAAAA6w/_VG4Y-ZzKMY/s320/poppies1a.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5462982971794864866" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" >Abstract Red Poppies</span><br />Original 16" x 24" x 0.75" painting<br />Golden, Liquitex, and Chroma acrylics on gallery-wrapped canvas<br /><br /><hr /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_JyTNv09_PZc/S9BqLou0lTI/AAAAAAAAA64/SVciuuIqodg/s1600/maria.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_JyTNv09_PZc/S9BqLou0lTI/AAAAAAAAA64/SVciuuIqodg/s320/maria.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5462983096145319218" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" >Pink Blossoms and Spring Meadow</span><br />Original 30" x 40" x 0.75" painting<br />Golden, Liquitex, and Chroma acrylics on gallery-wrapped canvas<br /><br /><hr /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_JyTNv09_PZc/S9Bp85rdB3I/AAAAAAAAA6o/mxwx2MziGFo/s1600/poppies2.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 210px; height: 320px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_JyTNv09_PZc/S9Bp85rdB3I/AAAAAAAAA6o/mxwx2MziGFo/s320/poppies2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5462982842996557682" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" >Abstract Red Poppies II</span><br />Original 16" x 24" x 0.75" painting<br />Golden, Liquitex, and Chroma acrylics on gallery-wrapped canvas<br /><div style="text-align: left;"><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Quote of the Day</span><br />"We don't see things as they are, we see them as we are."<br /><br />-- Anais Nin<br /></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8142845924305941722-8786339253837690348?l=pattyabaker.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Patty Bakerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12147293478574099353noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8142845924305941722.post-60604469084049468962010-03-08T18:00:00.000-05:002010-03-08T18:09:44.860-05:00<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_JyTNv09_PZc/S5WCe0USqVI/AAAAAAAAA6g/1ueifHG6ajc/s1600-h/s101.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 237px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_JyTNv09_PZc/S5WCe0USqVI/AAAAAAAAA6g/1ueifHG6ajc/s320/s101.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5446402790325922130" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" >Abstract Pink Blossoms</span><br />Original 18" x 24" x 0.75" painting<br />Golden, Liquitex, and Chroma acrylics on gallery-wrapped canvas<br /><br /><hr /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_JyTNv09_PZc/S5WCWi8waTI/AAAAAAAAA6Y/wnFq-jRlOqE/s1600-h/r101.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 211px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_JyTNv09_PZc/S5WCWi8waTI/AAAAAAAAA6Y/wnFq-jRlOqE/s320/r101.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5446402648224852274" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" >Oriental Blossoms</span><br />Original 24" x 36" x 0.75" painting<br />Golden, Liquitex, and Chroma acrylics on gallery-wrapped canvas<br /><div style="text-align: left;"><br />These are my most recent paintings depicting springtime blossoms. I'm anxious for spring to arrive and for the earth to bloom again.<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Quote of the Day</span><br />"Nobody can go back and start a new beginning, but anyone can start today and make a new ending."<br /><br />Maria Robinson<br /></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8142845924305941722-6060446908404946896?l=pattyabaker.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Patty Bakerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12147293478574099353noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8142845924305941722.post-81585731837657087322010-02-17T09:30:00.000-05:002010-02-17T09:37:03.041-05:00<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_JyTNv09_PZc/S3v7fNDHUpI/AAAAAAAAA54/FBaEEJkFYyo/s1600-h/m101.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 241px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_JyTNv09_PZc/S3v7fNDHUpI/AAAAAAAAA54/FBaEEJkFYyo/s320/m101.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5439217488477246098" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" >Abstract Cherry Tree</span><br />Original 18" x 24" x 0.75" painting<br />Golden, Liquitex, and Chroma acrylics on gallery-wrapped canvas<br /><br /><hr /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_JyTNv09_PZc/S3v8AuuckZI/AAAAAAAAA6Q/KfRVTc4OYz8/s1600-h/doris.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_JyTNv09_PZc/S3v8AuuckZI/AAAAAAAAA6Q/KfRVTc4OYz8/s320/doris.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5439218064453046674" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" >Springtime Daisies (Commission)</span><br />Original 24" x 36" x 0.75" painting<br />Golden, Liquitex, and Chroma acrylics on gallery-wrapped canvas<br /><br /><hr /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_JyTNv09_PZc/S3v7sEep-uI/AAAAAAAAA6A/YQ05cK_A3ko/s1600-h/n101.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 255px; height: 320px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_JyTNv09_PZc/S3v7sEep-uI/AAAAAAAAA6A/YQ05cK_A3ko/s320/n101.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5439217709515143906" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" >Still Life with Daisy Bouquet and Red Vase VIII</span><br />Original 8" x 10" x 0.75" painting<br />Golden, Liquitex, and Chroma acrylics on gallery-wrapped canvas<br /><br /><hr /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_JyTNv09_PZc/S3v71mMO-ZI/AAAAAAAAA6I/DZjAUQGUteA/s1600-h/l101.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 242px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_JyTNv09_PZc/S3v71mMO-ZI/AAAAAAAAA6I/DZjAUQGUteA/s320/l101.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5439217873183504786" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" >Abstract Crabapple Tree II</span><br />Original 18" x 24" x 0.75" painting<br />Golden, Liquitex, and Chroma acrylics on gallery-wrapped canvas<br /><div style="text-align: left;"><br />My newest paintings include a new composition - <span style="font-style: italic;">Abstract Cherry Tree</span>, as well as new editions of some of my signature compositions.<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Quote of the Day</span><br />"If a thing loves, it is infinite."<br /><br />William Blake<br /></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8142845924305941722-8158573183765708732?l=pattyabaker.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Patty Bakerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12147293478574099353noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8142845924305941722.post-39770370167768613982010-02-13T11:45:00.001-05:002010-02-13T11:45:52.437-05:00<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_JyTNv09_PZc/S3bVMQi31nI/AAAAAAAAA5w/rAaI599X89c/s1600-h/i101.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 255px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_JyTNv09_PZc/S3bVMQi31nI/AAAAAAAAA5w/rAaI599X89c/s320/i101.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5437768006672832114" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" >Winter Park, Colorado</span><br />Original 16" x 20" x 0.75" painting<br />Golden, Liquitex, and Chroma acrylics on gallery-wrapped canvas<br /><br /><hr /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_JyTNv09_PZc/S3bVHXZpNkI/AAAAAAAAA5o/X5fCUt3Wooo/s1600-h/j101.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 241px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_JyTNv09_PZc/S3bVHXZpNkI/AAAAAAAAA5o/X5fCUt3Wooo/s320/j101.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5437767922613827138" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" >Springtime Daisies III</span><br />Original 18" x 24" x 0.75" painting<br />Golden, Liquitex, and Chroma acrylics on gallery-wrapped canvas<br /><br /><hr /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_JyTNv09_PZc/S3bVB5W1RdI/AAAAAAAAA5g/peEc7og5OGI/s1600-h/k101.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 257px; height: 320px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_JyTNv09_PZc/S3bVB5W1RdI/AAAAAAAAA5g/peEc7og5OGI/s320/k101.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5437767828649625042" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" >Autumn Aspens IX</span><br />Original 24" x 30" x 0.75" painting<br />Golden, Liquitex, and Chroma acrylics on gallery-wrapped canvas<br /></div><br />My newest work includes two of my signature compositions - <span style="font-style: italic;">Springtime Daisies</span> and <span style="font-style: italic;">Autumn Aspens</span>, as well as a new composition - <span style="font-style: italic;">Winter Park, Colorado</span>.<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Quote of the Day</span><br />"The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source of all true art and science."<br /><br />Albert Einstein<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8142845924305941722-3977037016776861398?l=pattyabaker.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Patty Bakerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12147293478574099353noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8142845924305941722.post-29093011064981916752010-02-11T16:00:00.000-05:002010-02-11T16:17:30.807-05:00<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_JyTNv09_PZc/S3Ru7wIYKvI/AAAAAAAAA5Y/A2E9VCgMlcI/s1600-h/kimberlee.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 242px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_JyTNv09_PZc/S3Ru7wIYKvI/AAAAAAAAA5Y/A2E9VCgMlcI/s320/kimberlee.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5437092622954408690" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" >Red Trees (Commission)</span><br />48" x 36" x 0.75" painting<br />Two 24" x 36" canvases<br />Golden, Liquitex, and Chroma acrylics on gallery-wrapped canvas<br /><br /><hr /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_JyTNv09_PZc/S3Ru2uBBNNI/AAAAAAAAA5Q/1IoEgue2knA/s1600-h/poppiesonblue.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 226px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_JyTNv09_PZc/S3Ru2uBBNNI/AAAAAAAAA5Q/1IoEgue2knA/s320/poppiesonblue.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5437092536487326930" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" >Red Poppies on Blue (Commission)</span><br />Original 4" x 6" x 0.75" painting<br />Golden, Liquitex, and Chroma acrylics on gallery-wrapped canvas<br /><br /><hr /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_JyTNv09_PZc/S3RuyhZFZUI/AAAAAAAAA5I/l-xOTO2V7SQ/s1600-h/molly.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 202px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_JyTNv09_PZc/S3RuyhZFZUI/AAAAAAAAA5I/l-xOTO2V7SQ/s320/molly.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5437092464379127106" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" >Abstract Spring Floral (Commission)</span><br />Original 48" x 30" x 0.75" painting<br />Two 24" x 30" canvases<br />Golden, Liquitex, and Chroma acrylics on gallery-wrapped canvas<br /><br /><hr /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_JyTNv09_PZc/S3RuRuZaiAI/AAAAAAAAA5A/qBKA7NkUlso/s1600-h/h101.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 258px; height: 320px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_JyTNv09_PZc/S3RuRuZaiAI/AAAAAAAAA5A/qBKA7NkUlso/s320/h101.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5437091900934490114" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" >Still Life with Daisy Bouquet and Red Vase VII</span><br />Original 16" x 20" x 0.75" painting<br />Golden, Liquitex, and Chroma acrylics on gallery-wrapped canvas<br /><br /><hr /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_JyTNv09_PZc/S3RuLqdKiYI/AAAAAAAAA44/WcxNxaeNhBc/s1600-h/g101.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 239px; height: 320px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_JyTNv09_PZc/S3RuLqdKiYI/AAAAAAAAA44/WcxNxaeNhBc/s320/g101.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5437091796797262210" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" >Small Town in Fauve with Cows and Sheep</span><br />Original 18" x 24" x 0.75" painting<br />Golden, Liquitex, and Chroma acrylics on gallery-wrapped canvas<br /></div><br />This week's work includes new commissions as well as two new paintings I'm selling on my sales venues. All are based upon my signature landscape, still life, and floral compositions.<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Quote of the Day</span><br />"The pain passes, but the beauty remains."<br /><br />Pierre Auguste Renoir<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8142845924305941722-2909301106498191675?l=pattyabaker.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Patty Bakerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12147293478574099353noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8142845924305941722.post-53818511038559609372010-02-04T17:30:00.001-05:002010-02-04T17:33:55.949-05:00<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_JyTNv09_PZc/S2tLD4kuqjI/AAAAAAAAA4w/Ezz64okk6GU/s1600-h/d101.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 257px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_JyTNv09_PZc/S2tLD4kuqjI/AAAAAAAAA4w/Ezz64okk6GU/s320/d101.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5434519905450764850" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" >In Flight</span><br />Original 16" x 20" x 0.75" painting<br />Golden, Liquitex, and Chroma acrylics on gallery-wrapped canvas<br /><br /><hr /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_JyTNv09_PZc/S2tJ6m2sM0I/AAAAAAAAA4o/_ttWJPGPOx4/s1600-h/amy3.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_JyTNv09_PZc/S2tJ6m2sM0I/AAAAAAAAA4o/_ttWJPGPOx4/s320/amy3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5434518646563812162" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" >Rocky Mountain Sunset (Commission)</span><br />Original 24" x 36" x 0.75" painting<br />Golden, Liquitex, and Chroma acrylics on gallery-wrapped canvas<br /><br /><hr /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_JyTNv09_PZc/S2sCUOPvQqI/AAAAAAAAA4g/eTSWvUmwBjQ/s1600-h/faye.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 255px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_JyTNv09_PZc/S2sCUOPvQqI/AAAAAAAAA4g/eTSWvUmwBjQ/s320/faye.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5434439921797382818" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" >Abstract Crabapple Tree (Commission)</span><br />Original 24" x 30" x 0.75" painting<br />Golden, Liquitex, and Chroma acrylics on gallery-wrapped canvas<br /></div><br />My newest paintings include a new landscape composition entitled <span style="font-style: italic;">In Flight</span>, and commissions of my <span style="font-style: italic;">Abstract Crabapple Tree</span> and <span style="font-style: italic;">Rocky Mountain Sunset</span> compositions.<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Quote of the Day</span><br />"Not until we are lost do we begin to understand ourselves."<br /><br />Henry David Thoreau<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8142845924305941722-5381851103855960937?l=pattyabaker.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Patty Bakerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12147293478574099353noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8142845924305941722.post-31957670685480752952010-02-02T17:00:00.001-05:002010-02-04T17:26:36.721-05:00<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_JyTNv09_PZc/S2ig0_GsCzI/AAAAAAAAA4Y/ftgPABKFUa4/s1600-h/amy2.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_JyTNv09_PZc/S2ig0_GsCzI/AAAAAAAAA4Y/ftgPABKFUa4/s320/amy2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5433769782575631154" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" >Quaking Aspens and Colorado Peaks</span><br />Original 18" x 24" x 0.75" painting<br />Golden, Liquitex, and Chroma acrylics on gallery-wrapped canvas<br /><br /><hr /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_JyTNv09_PZc/S2iguYSA0fI/AAAAAAAAA4Q/Iyww84u1ZhM/s1600-h/amy1.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_JyTNv09_PZc/S2iguYSA0fI/AAAAAAAAA4Q/Iyww84u1ZhM/s320/amy1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5433769669074932210" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" >Raoul's Garden<br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;">Original 24" x 36" x 0.75" painting<br />Golden, Liquitex, and Chroma acrylics on gallery-wrapped canvas<br /><br /></div>These paintings are commissions requested from a patron from two of my signature compositions.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8142845924305941722-3195767068548075295?l=pattyabaker.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Patty Bakerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12147293478574099353noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8142845924305941722.post-47114303076939993432010-02-02T10:25:00.002-05:002010-02-04T17:37:27.161-05:00<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_JyTNv09_PZc/S2g__esBs8I/AAAAAAAAA4I/nwTFSzxdBiw/s1600-h/b101.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 254px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_JyTNv09_PZc/S2g__esBs8I/AAAAAAAAA4I/nwTFSzxdBiw/s320/b101.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5433663310224536514" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" >Winter Sunrise</span><br />Original 16" x 24" x 0.75" painting<br />Golden, Liquitex, and Chroma acrylics on gallery-wrapped canvas<br /></div><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Winter Sunrise</span>, my newest composition, will be featured at the Heart of Winter show at the Alexandria Bay Library in Alexandria Bay, New York.<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Quote of the Day</span><br />"Be kind whenever possible. It is always possible."<br /><br />The Dalai Lama<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8142845924305941722-4711430307693999343?l=pattyabaker.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Patty Bakerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12147293478574099353noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8142845924305941722.post-1693936657267330042010-01-27T14:40:00.001-05:002010-01-27T15:50:59.298-05:00<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_JyTNv09_PZc/S2CnJfWJbKI/AAAAAAAAA4A/eT4-EWOIRT8/s1600-h/loes1-27-2010.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 241px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_JyTNv09_PZc/S2CnJfWJbKI/AAAAAAAAA4A/eT4-EWOIRT8/s320/loes1-27-2010.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5431524932083870882" border="0" /></a><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" >Italian Village Commission</span><br /></div><br />Here's the latest update of my patron's Italian villa commission, including some additional trees and pink flowers that bloom in late summer.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8142845924305941722-169393665726733004?l=pattyabaker.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Patty Bakerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12147293478574099353noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8142845924305941722.post-6704052002515091882010-01-27T14:30:00.000-05:002010-01-27T14:36:30.833-05:00<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_JyTNv09_PZc/S2CUMIScP7I/AAAAAAAAA3w/Lo23qyIGu8k/s1600-h/a101.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 256px; height: 320px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_JyTNv09_PZc/S2CUMIScP7I/AAAAAAAAA3w/Lo23qyIGu8k/s320/a101.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5431504086712991666" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" >Purple Poppies on Red III</span><br />Original 16" x 20" x 0.75" painting<br />Golden, Liquitex, and Chroma acrylics on gallery-wrapped canvas<br /><br /><hr /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_JyTNv09_PZc/S2CUHqWNkOI/AAAAAAAAA3o/vqpBYQJlgRk/s1600-h/z100.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 255px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_JyTNv09_PZc/S2CUHqWNkOI/AAAAAAAAA3o/vqpBYQJlgRk/s320/z100.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5431504009956266210" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" >Red Poppies on Blue II</span><br />Original 16" x 20" x 0.75" painting<br />Golden, Liquitex, and Chroma acrylics on gallery-wrapped canvas<br /></div><br />These paintings are the newest editions in my <span style="font-style: italic;">Poppies</span> series. Both compositions have been very popular among my patrons.<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Quote of the Day</span><br />"Experience is not what happens to you - it's how you interpret what happens to you."<br /><br />Aldous Huxley<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8142845924305941722-670405200251509188?l=pattyabaker.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Patty Bakerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12147293478574099353noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8142845924305941722.post-577143605993615132010-01-26T18:30:00.000-05:002010-01-26T18:33:34.303-05:00<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_JyTNv09_PZc/S1969qGTcyI/AAAAAAAAA3g/YxB8wSNlIJU/s1600-h/loes1-26-10.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 239px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_JyTNv09_PZc/S1969qGTcyI/AAAAAAAAA3g/YxB8wSNlIJU/s320/loes1-26-10.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5431194875323446050" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" >Italian Villa Commission</span><br /></div><br />Here's today's progress photo of my patron's Italian villa commissioned painting. This iteration has more light and detail.<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Quote of the Day</span><br />"It takes courage to grow up and become who you really are."<br /><br />e.e. cummings<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8142845924305941722-57714360599361513?l=pattyabaker.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Patty Bakerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12147293478574099353noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8142845924305941722.post-21833767488428092222010-01-25T21:25:00.001-05:002010-01-25T23:29:45.454-05:00<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_JyTNv09_PZc/S14bSiszJuI/AAAAAAAAA3Y/xkH5FUXpCH0/s1600-h/loes1-25-10.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 241px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_JyTNv09_PZc/S14bSiszJuI/AAAAAAAAA3Y/xkH5FUXpCH0/s320/loes1-25-10.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5430808206021699298" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" >Italian Villa Commission</span><br /></div><br />Here's the latest progress photo of the Italian villa commission with added light and requested changes from my patron.<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Quote of the Day</span><br />"Tenderness and kindness are not signs of weakness and despair but manifestations of strength and resolution."<br /><br />Kahlil Gibran<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8142845924305941722-2183376748842809222?l=pattyabaker.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Patty Bakerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12147293478574099353noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8142845924305941722.post-61716748850627006382010-01-22T16:25:00.001-05:002010-01-22T16:25:35.939-05:00<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_JyTNv09_PZc/S1oWnLyQq-I/AAAAAAAAA3Q/VDRJ_BjNC8M/s1600-h/loes1-22.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 239px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_JyTNv09_PZc/S1oWnLyQq-I/AAAAAAAAA3Q/VDRJ_BjNC8M/s320/loes1-22.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5429677163182861282" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" >Italian Villa Commission</span><br /></div><br />Here's a progress photo of the Italian village commission I've been working on. I'm beginning to flesh out more of the details, but still need to add light and shadow. Also depicted are my patron's two children which she asked me to include.<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Quote of the Day</span><br />"Happiness is not a matter of intensity but of balance, order, rhythm and harmony."<br /><br />Thomas Merton<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8142845924305941722-6171674885062700638?l=pattyabaker.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Patty Bakerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12147293478574099353noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8142845924305941722.post-90715027151888205722010-01-21T19:40:00.000-05:002010-01-21T19:46:03.256-05:00<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_JyTNv09_PZc/S1j00h4LX-I/AAAAAAAAA3I/6F1oCR6l9rE/s1600-h/artwall.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 130px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_JyTNv09_PZc/S1j00h4LX-I/AAAAAAAAA3I/6F1oCR6l9rE/s320/artwall.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5429358534079504354" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">My work on the art wall, Barnes &amp; Noble</span></span><br /></div><br />For those of you in the Denver area you can see an exhibit of my work at the Denver West Barnes &amp; Noble store. The "art wall" is located by the coffee shop. My paintings will be on display there through February 15.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8142845924305941722-9071502715188820572?l=pattyabaker.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Patty Bakerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12147293478574099353noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8142845924305941722.post-18845586937746784232010-01-21T19:30:00.000-05:002010-01-21T19:33:13.214-05:00<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_JyTNv09_PZc/S1jwfduAlsI/AAAAAAAAA3A/PBXpJlW0Ma8/s1600-h/y100.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 254px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_JyTNv09_PZc/S1jwfduAlsI/AAAAAAAAA3A/PBXpJlW0Ma8/s320/y100.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5429353774139348674" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" >Wild at Heart</span><br />Original 16" x 20" x 0.75" painting<br />Golden, Liquitex, and Chroma acrylics on gallery-wrapped canvas<br /><br /><hr /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_JyTNv09_PZc/S1jwaLJBhDI/AAAAAAAAA24/NsUqCK4GWsg/s1600-h/x100.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 238px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_JyTNv09_PZc/S1jwaLJBhDI/AAAAAAAAA24/NsUqCK4GWsg/s320/x100.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5429353683253036082" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" >Mountains and Prairie Sky</span><br />Original 18" x 24" x 0.75" painting<br />Golden, Liquitex, and Chroma acrylics on gallery-wrapped canvas<br /></div><br />Today's work includes a new floral piece entitled <span style="font-style: italic;">Wild at Heart</span>, which is a variation on my signature <span style="font-style: italic;">Abstract Poppies</span> composition. The other new painting, <span style="font-style: italic;">Mountains and Prairie Sky</span>, is a variation on a few different compositions I've done over the years depicting the juxtaposition of mountains, prairie, and big skies.<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Quote of the Day</span><br />"Educating the mind without educating the heart is no education at all."<br /><br />Aristotle<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8142845924305941722-1884558693774678423?l=pattyabaker.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Patty Bakerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12147293478574099353noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8142845924305941722.post-5868538071628562652010-01-19T18:00:00.000-05:002010-01-19T18:00:09.906-05:00<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_JyTNv09_PZc/S1Y5CkivWuI/AAAAAAAAA2w/bKLhInbX1GI/s1600-h/w100.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 238px; height: 320px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_JyTNv09_PZc/S1Y5CkivWuI/AAAAAAAAA2w/bKLhInbX1GI/s320/w100.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5428589117173619426" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" >Tall Red Trees XI</span><br />Original 18" x 24" x 0.75" painting<br />Golden, Liquitex, and Chroma acrylics on gallery-wrapped canvas<br /></div><br />Today's work for my sales venues includes the newest edition in my popular Tall Red Trees series.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8142845924305941722-586853807162856265?l=pattyabaker.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Patty Bakerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12147293478574099353noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8142845924305941722.post-80910797887578894622010-01-19T10:00:00.000-05:002010-01-19T10:09:38.567-05:00<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_JyTNv09_PZc/S1XHtClCfUI/AAAAAAAAA2g/NI1k_D_9aMg/s1600-h/loes1.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 233px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_JyTNv09_PZc/S1XHtClCfUI/AAAAAAAAA2g/NI1k_D_9aMg/s320/loes1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5428464502465264962" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" >Italian Villa - Sketch on Canvas</span><br /><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_JyTNv09_PZc/S1XHzddm2aI/AAAAAAAAA2o/0ySljSydHUk/s1600-h/loes2.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_JyTNv09_PZc/S1XHzddm2aI/AAAAAAAAA2o/0ySljSydHUk/s320/loes2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5428464612761065890" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" >Italian Villa - Painting in Progress</span><br /></div><br />These photos depict the process I'm using to paint the Italian Villa commission discussed in yesterday's post. The first one is the sketch on canvas. I put down a warm sienna wash first. The second has color roughed in. I will be using warm Mediterranean colors. As I put the color down I try to develop areas in the background and the foreground equally - i.e. the sky and tree. Rather than paint the tree on top of the sky, I try to develop them together.<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Quote of the Day</span><br />"Life is a process. We are a process. The universe is a process."<br /><br />Anne Wilson Schaef<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8142845924305941722-8091079788757889462?l=pattyabaker.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Patty Bakerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12147293478574099353noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8142845924305941722.post-8244413050299938952010-01-18T09:30:00.002-05:002010-01-18T09:36:02.917-05:00<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_JyTNv09_PZc/S1Rt8Jsj8yI/AAAAAAAAA2I/L-ZHEB8_qhw/s1600-h/loessketch.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 246px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_JyTNv09_PZc/S1Rt8Jsj8yI/AAAAAAAAA2I/L-ZHEB8_qhw/s320/loessketch.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5428084331050693410" border="0" /></a><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" >Study for New Commission</span><br /><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_JyTNv09_PZc/S1RuWWU6NuI/AAAAAAAAA2Q/tQtSArbDutM/s1600-h/DSC00372s.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_JyTNv09_PZc/S1RuWWU6NuI/AAAAAAAAA2Q/tQtSArbDutM/s200/DSC00372s.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5428084781117748962" border="0" /></a><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><br /><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_JyTNv09_PZc/S1RuoEwpJXI/AAAAAAAAA2Y/aJjKUkx9Bog/s1600-h/DSCN2905.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_JyTNv09_PZc/S1RuoEwpJXI/AAAAAAAAA2Y/aJjKUkx9Bog/s200/DSCN2905.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5428085085639878002" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Photos of the Family Villa, Coccolia, Italy</span></span><br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;">This study is for my patron - a long-time customer - who's bought several of my paintings. My work hangs in her home in Denver, her aunt's house in Spain, and her parents' home in Belgium. She asked me to paint a composition of her husband's family home in Coccolia, Italy based on photos she'd sent. I provided a sketch of the composition for her approval before I put paint to canvas.<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Quote of the Day</span><br />"If you look deeply into the palm of your hand, you will see your parents and all generations of your ancestors. All of them are alive in this moment. Each is present in your body. You are the continuation of each of these people."<br /><br />Thich Nhat Hanh<br /></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8142845924305941722-824441305029993895?l=pattyabaker.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Patty Bakerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12147293478574099353noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8142845924305941722.post-35936602456520534732010-01-14T18:15:00.000-05:002010-01-14T18:24:34.722-05:00<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_JyTNv09_PZc/S0-lQzXunxI/AAAAAAAAA14/BhgvqMEc5gk/s1600-h/v100.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 212px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_JyTNv09_PZc/S0-lQzXunxI/AAAAAAAAA14/BhgvqMEc5gk/s320/v100.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5426737784090959634" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" >Field of Poppies</span><br />Original 24" x 36" x 0.75" painting<br />Golden, Liquitex, and Chroma acrylics on gallery-wrapped canvas<br /><br /><hr /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_JyTNv09_PZc/S0-lap3A4UI/AAAAAAAAA2A/DWQOje9ToBw/s1600-h/martha.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 239px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_JyTNv09_PZc/S0-lap3A4UI/AAAAAAAAA2A/DWQOje9ToBw/s320/martha.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5426737953336516930" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" >Fruit Stand (Commission)</span><br />Original 30" x 40" x 0.75" painting<br />Golden, Liquitex, and Chroma acrylics on gallery-wrapped canvas<br /><div style="text-align: left;"><br />My newest work includes a landscape composition entitled <span style="font-style: italic;">Field of Poppies</span>, as well as a commission from a composition I created several years ago entitled <span style="font-style: italic;">Fruit Stand</span>. The commission was for a patron from Austin who has bought many of my paintings - so many, in fact, that she has run out of wall space in her home in which to hang them.<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Quote of the Day</span><br />"It is not the strongest of the species that survive, nor the most intelligent, but the one most responsive to change."<br /><br />Charles Darwin<br /></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8142845924305941722-3593660245652053473?l=pattyabaker.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Patty Bakerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12147293478574099353noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8142845924305941722.post-80167748363616748712010-01-08T13:45:00.004-05:002010-01-08T13:52:03.266-05:00<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_JyTNv09_PZc/S0d9ZSQYRgI/AAAAAAAAA1w/adjfHwVzBrE/s1600-h/michelle.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 320px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_JyTNv09_PZc/S0d9ZSQYRgI/AAAAAAAAA1w/adjfHwVzBrE/s320/michelle.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5424442149541791234" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" >Fauve Farm Commission</span><br />Original 40" x 40" x 0.75" painting<br />Golden, Liquitex, and Chroma acrylics on gallery-wrapped canvas<br /></div><br />My patron requested a 40" square edition of my <span style="font-style: italic;">Fauve Farm</span> composition, which is always a pleasure for me to paint.<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Quote of the Day</span><br />"Participate joyfully in the sorrows of the world. We cannot cure the world of sorrows, but we can choose to live in joy."<br /><br />Joseph Campbell<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8142845924305941722-8016774836361674871?l=pattyabaker.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Patty Bakerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12147293478574099353noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8142845924305941722.post-59257396031397080912010-01-05T18:00:00.000-05:002010-01-05T18:10:40.404-05:00<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_JyTNv09_PZc/S0PGNJtUHwI/AAAAAAAAA1o/In5WLQiuL4I/s1600-h/kelly3.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 120px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_JyTNv09_PZc/S0PGNJtUHwI/AAAAAAAAA1o/In5WLQiuL4I/s320/kelly3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5423396305530789634" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" >Abstract Poppies on Yellow (Commission)</span><br />80" x 30" x 0.75" painting<br />Two 30" x 40" canvases<br />Golden, Liquitex, and Chroma acrylics on gallery-wrapped canvas<br /><br /><hr /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_JyTNv09_PZc/S0ND1bbX92I/AAAAAAAAA1g/UZObyCdlB_U/s1600-h/t100all.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 201px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_JyTNv09_PZc/S0ND1bbX92I/AAAAAAAAA1g/UZObyCdlB_U/s320/t100all.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5423252961458911074" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" >Autumn Aspens VIII</span><br />Original 32" x 20" x 0.75" painting<br />Two 16" x 20" canvases<br />Golden, Liquitex, and Chroma acrylics on gallery-wrapped canvases<br /></div><br /><hr /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_JyTNv09_PZc/S0NDv5X1UHI/AAAAAAAAA1Y/xhOtW5KzGys/s1600-h/u100.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 237px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_JyTNv09_PZc/S0NDv5X1UHI/AAAAAAAAA1Y/xhOtW5KzGys/s320/u100.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5423252866417905778" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" >Purple Poppies on Red II</span><br />Original 18" x 24" x 0.75" painting<br />Golden, Liquitex, and Chroma acrylics on gallery-wrapped canvas<br /></div><br />My newest work includes a large diptych commission from my <span style="font-style: italic;">Abstract Poppies on Yellow</span> series, as well as the newest editions from my <span style="font-style: italic;">Autumn Aspens</span> and the <span style="font-style: italic;">Purple Poppies </span>series.<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Quote of the Day</span><br />"We must make the choices that enable us to fulfill the deepest capacities of our real selves."<br /><br />Thomas Merton<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8142845924305941722-5925739603139708091?l=pattyabaker.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Patty Bakerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12147293478574099353noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8142845924305941722.post-14157881861013423952010-01-02T18:30:00.000-05:002010-01-02T18:31:45.211-05:00<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_JyTNv09_PZc/Sz_WRIF-qyI/AAAAAAAAA1Q/WWVwzci-p20/s1600-h/s100.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_JyTNv09_PZc/Sz_WRIF-qyI/AAAAAAAAA1Q/WWVwzci-p20/s320/s100.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5422288066096048930" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" >Autumn Path XXVI</span><br />Original 24" x 36" x 0.75" painting<br />Golden, Liquitex, and Chroma acrylics on gallery-wrapped canvas<br /></div><br />My first painting of 2010 is the latest edition of my signature composition <span style="font-style: italic;">Autumn Path</span>. For those patrons who reside in the Denver area I will be having a show at the Denver West Barnes &amp; Noble starting late next week. I'll post an announcement here on the FAB (Fine Art Blog) and on my web site after my paintings are up!<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Quote of the Day</span><br />"If there is love, there is hope to have real families, real brotherhood, real equanimity, real peace. If the love within your mind is lost, if you continue to see other beings as enemies, then no matter how much knowledge or education you have, no matter how much material progress is made, only suffering and confusion will ensue."<br /><br />H.H. the Dalai Lama<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8142845924305941722-1415788186101342395?l=pattyabaker.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Patty Bakerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12147293478574099353noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8142845924305941722.post-61916862217475413622009-12-31T17:00:00.001-05:002010-01-02T18:32:43.759-05:00<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_JyTNv09_PZc/Sz0XRXXjC5I/AAAAAAAAA1I/2vyBYI4kpnw/s1600-h/christy.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 317px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_JyTNv09_PZc/Sz0XRXXjC5I/AAAAAAAAA1I/2vyBYI4kpnw/s320/christy.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5421515113521941394" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" >Mountain Landscape with Cabin and Mule</span><br />Original 24" x 24" x 0.75" painting<br />Golden, Liquitex, and Chroma acrylics on gallery-wrapped canvas<br /><br /></div>My patron requested this commission from a photo of her Dad's property, and requested that I include his cabin and mule.<br /><br />The holiday season was crazy busy for me--lots of commission work that my patrons gave as gifts. I hope that all of my readers and patrons have a safe, happy, and prosperous new year!<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Quote of the Day</span><br />"When I let go of what I am, I become what I might be."<br /><br />Lao Tzu<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8142845924305941722-6191686221747541362?l=pattyabaker.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Patty Bakerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12147293478574099353noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8142845924305941722.post-21646013853937672752009-12-12T11:30:00.000-05:002009-12-12T11:49:20.330-05:00<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_JyTNv09_PZc/SyPH7dUHFQI/AAAAAAAAA1A/LiU_G1VfT0A/s1600-h/cindy1.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_JyTNv09_PZc/SyPH7dUHFQI/AAAAAAAAA1A/LiU_G1VfT0A/s320/cindy1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5414391001324655874" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" >Fauve Farm</span><br />Original 30" x 40" x 0.75" painting<br />Golden, Liquitex, and Chroma acrylics on gallery-wrapped canvas<br /><br /><hr /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_JyTNv09_PZc/SyPH1uTfHMI/AAAAAAAAA04/OAOzd0S7a4Y/s1600-h/aimee.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 254px; height: 320px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_JyTNv09_PZc/SyPH1uTfHMI/AAAAAAAAA04/OAOzd0S7a4Y/s320/aimee.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5414390902806224066" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" >Asparagus</span><br />Original 16" x 20" x 0.75" painting<br />Golden, Liquitex, and Chroma acrylics on gallery-wrapped canvas<br /><div style="text-align: left;"><br />These paintings are commissions I recently completed for my patrons. Many of my commission orders are selected from compositions from <a href="http://pattyabaker.com/index.htm#ap">my web site portfolio</a>.<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Quote of the Day</span><br />"If our love is only a will to possess, it is not love."<br /><br />Thich Nhat Hanh<br /></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8142845924305941722-2164601385393767275?l=pattyabaker.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Patty Bakerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12147293478574099353noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8142845924305941722.post-6107824473730226392009-12-08T13:00:00.002-05:002009-12-08T13:15:40.150-05:00<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_JyTNv09_PZc/Sx6TPW8568I/AAAAAAAAA0w/EpFJX02alcs/s1600-h/angela2.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 241px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_JyTNv09_PZc/Sx6TPW8568I/AAAAAAAAA0w/EpFJX02alcs/s320/angela2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5412925694214269890" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" >Family Portrait</span><br />Original 30" x 40" x 0.75" painting<br />Golden, Liquitex, and Chroma acrylics on gallery-wrapped canvas<br /></div><br />My patron requested a commission of her, her partner, and their two Cocker Spaniels - Bailey and Aiko.<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Quote of the Day</span><br /><br />"We tend to forget that happiness doesn't come as a result of getting something we don't have, but rather of recognizing and appreciating what we do have."<br /><br />Frederick Keonig<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8142845924305941722-610782447373022639?l=pattyabaker.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Patty Bakerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12147293478574099353noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8142845924305941722.post-51439383311593920522009-12-01T20:25:00.008-05:002009-12-01T20:35:43.402-05:00<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_JyTNv09_PZc/SxXCrvVKkBI/AAAAAAAAA0o/j7Al1UBbhZk/s1600/o100.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_JyTNv09_PZc/SxXCrvVKkBI/AAAAAAAAA0o/j7Al1UBbhZk/s320/o100.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5410444584050921490" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" >Apple Still Life</span><br />Original 4" x 6" x 0.75" painting<br />Golden, Liquitex, and Chroma acrylics on gallery wrapped canvas<br /><br /><hr /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_JyTNv09_PZc/SxXCnQxHJJI/AAAAAAAAA0g/dpP4dih2opk/s1600/n100.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 208px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_JyTNv09_PZc/SxXCnQxHJJI/AAAAAAAAA0g/dpP4dih2opk/s320/n100.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5410444507127162002" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" >Still Life with Lemons</span><br />Original 4" x 6" x 0.75" painting<br />Golden, Liquitex, and Chroma acrylics on gallery wrapped canvas<br /><br /><hr /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_JyTNv09_PZc/SxXCh4nKkFI/AAAAAAAAA0Y/z2CS9XKjUP0/s1600/m100.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_JyTNv09_PZc/SxXCh4nKkFI/AAAAAAAAA0Y/z2CS9XKjUP0/s320/m100.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5410444414743646290" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" >Pear Still Life</span><br />Original 4" x 6" x 0.75" painting<br />Golden, Liquitex, and Chroma acrylics on gallery wrapped canvas<br /><br /><hr /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_JyTNv09_PZc/SxXCXZDnGWI/AAAAAAAAA0I/jhJpFlLeYtQ/s1600/l100.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 250px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_JyTNv09_PZc/SxXCXZDnGWI/AAAAAAAAA0I/jhJpFlLeYtQ/s320/l100.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5410444234474330466" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" >Peach Still Life</span><br />Original 4" x 5" x 0.75" painting<br />Golden, Liquitex, and Chroma acrylics on gallery wrapped canvas<br /><br /><hr /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_JyTNv09_PZc/SxXCTENBBCI/AAAAAAAAA0A/Zi45orEZN90/s1600/k100all.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 130px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_JyTNv09_PZc/SxXCTENBBCI/AAAAAAAAA0A/Zi45orEZN90/s320/k100all.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5410444160157156386" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" >Autumn Moonrise XII</span><br />Original 24" x 10" x 0.75" painting<br />Three 8" x 10" paintings<br />Golden, Liquitex, and Chroma acrylics on gallery-wrapped canvas<br /><br /><hr /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_JyTNv09_PZc/SxXCN2STA3I/AAAAAAAAAz4/UOenrj-CsrA/s1600/j100.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 254px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_JyTNv09_PZc/SxXCN2STA3I/AAAAAAAAAz4/UOenrj-CsrA/s320/j100.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5410444070521865074" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" >Autumn Sunrise X</span><br />Original 8" x 10" x 0.75" painting<br />Golden, Liquitex, and Chroma acrylics on gallery-wrapped canvas<br /></div><br />My newest work includes several small paintings that are perfect for gift-giving during the holiday season.<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Quote of the Day</span><br />"Peace is its own reward."<br /><br />Mahatma Gandhi<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8142845924305941722-5143938331159392052?l=pattyabaker.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Patty Bakerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12147293478574099353noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8142845924305941722.post-48707170118851530292009-11-24T14:30:00.000-05:002009-11-24T14:36:01.387-05:00<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_JyTNv09_PZc/Sww1LnKJA2I/AAAAAAAAAzw/Z6u87hqidr8/s1600/i100all.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 133px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_JyTNv09_PZc/Sww1LnKJA2I/AAAAAAAAAzw/Z6u87hqidr8/s320/i100all.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5407755726171472738" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" >Autumn Moonrise XI</span><br />Original 48" x 20" x 0.75" painting<br />Three 16" x 20" canvases<br />Golden, Liquitex, and Chroma acrylics on gallery-wrapped canvas<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><hr /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_JyTNv09_PZc/Swv7hG55YmI/AAAAAAAAAzo/rJKwYjgZ9E4/s1600/h100all.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 137px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_JyTNv09_PZc/Swv7hG55YmI/AAAAAAAAAzo/rJKwYjgZ9E4/s320/h100all.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5407692323796116066" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" >Tall Red Trees X</span><br />Original 48" x 20" x 0.75" painting<br />Three 16" x 20" canvases<br />Golden, Liquitex, and Chroma acrylics on gallery-wrapped canvas<br /><br /><hr /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_JyTNv09_PZc/Swv7ZegaZAI/AAAAAAAAAzg/UAZXino5qNI/s1600/duncanolana.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 235px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_JyTNv09_PZc/Swv7ZegaZAI/AAAAAAAAAzg/UAZXino5qNI/s320/duncanolana.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5407692192692724738" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" >View of the Hudson River from Olana at Sunset (Commission)</span><br />Original 30" x 40" x 0.75" painting<br />Golden, Liquitex, and Chroma acrylics on gallery-wrapped canvas<br /></div><br />My newest work includes new editions of my popular <span style="font-style: italic;">Autumn Moonrise</span> and <span style="font-style: italic;">Tall Red Trees</span> compositions, and a commission of my composition <span style="font-style: italic;">View of the Hudson River from Olana at Sunset</span> for my friends at <a href="http://www.thecroffhouse.com/">The Croff House Bed and Breakfast</a> in Hudson, New York.<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Quote of the Day</span><br />"You are like a candle. Imagine you are sending light out all around you. All your words, thoughts and actions are going in many directions. If you say something kind, your kind words go in many directions, and you yourself go with them. We are ...transforming and continuing in a different form at every moment."<br /><br />Thich Nhat Hanh<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8142845924305941722-4870717011885153029?l=pattyabaker.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Patty Bakerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12147293478574099353noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8142845924305941722.post-42652098451932677852009-11-19T13:00:00.000-05:002009-11-19T13:06:59.797-05:00<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_JyTNv09_PZc/SwWE2m4_75I/AAAAAAAAAzY/HxrrRJY8vJA/s1600/g100.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 210px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_JyTNv09_PZc/SwWE2m4_75I/AAAAAAAAAzY/HxrrRJY8vJA/s320/g100.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5405873001415569298" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" >Red Grass and Prairie Sky</span><br />Original 24" x 36" x 0.75" painting<br />Golden, Liquitex, and Chroma acrylics on gallery-wrapped canvas<br /><br /><hr /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_JyTNv09_PZc/SwWEyotvalI/AAAAAAAAAzQ/CKk2qHm7GQc/s1600/f100.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 254px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_JyTNv09_PZc/SwWEyotvalI/AAAAAAAAAzQ/CKk2qHm7GQc/s320/f100.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5405872933185743442" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" >Abstract Cattails III</span><br />Original 16" x 20" x 0.75" painting<br />Golden, Liquitex, and Chroma acrylics on gallery-wrapped canvas<br /><br /><hr /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_JyTNv09_PZc/SwWEsi6FrPI/AAAAAAAAAzI/C5l8XE85ROI/s1600/e100.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 238px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_JyTNv09_PZc/SwWEsi6FrPI/AAAAAAAAAzI/C5l8XE85ROI/s320/e100.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5405872828547706098" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" >Abstract Poppies on Yellow III</span><br />Original 18" x 24" x 0.75" painting<br />Golden, Liquitex, and Chroma acrylics on gallery-wrapped canvas<br /></div><br />These are my newest editions from the <span style="font-style: italic;">Prairie Sky</span>, <span style="font-style: italic;">Abstract Cattails</span>, and <span style="font-style: italic;">Abstract Poppies </span>series. These paintings have been very popular with my patrons.<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Quote of the Day</span><br />"It isn't the mountain ahead that wears you out - it's the grain of sand in your shoe."<br /><br />Robert Service<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8142845924305941722-4265209845193267785?l=pattyabaker.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Patty Bakerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12147293478574099353noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8142845924305941722.post-30154858774639928062009-11-18T19:35:00.005-05:002009-11-18T19:53:41.683-05:00<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_JyTNv09_PZc/SwSTbq2PhAI/AAAAAAAAAzA/pIDpaufN09I/s1600/sydney.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 254px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_JyTNv09_PZc/SwSTbq2PhAI/AAAAAAAAAzA/pIDpaufN09I/s320/sydney.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5405607556318987266" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" >Western Slope Canyon, Colorado</span><br />Original 16" x 20" x 0.75" painting<br />Golden, Liquitex, and Chroma acrylics on gallery-wrapped canvas<br /><br /><hr /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_JyTNv09_PZc/SwSTWbKKXtI/AAAAAAAAAy4/kXJ-zsQ8jkk/s1600/a2.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 258px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_JyTNv09_PZc/SwSTWbKKXtI/AAAAAAAAAy4/kXJ-zsQ8jkk/s320/a2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5405607466208222930" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" >Autumn Moonrise</span><br />Original 24" x 30" x 0.75" painting<br />Golden, Liquitex, and Chroma acrylics on gallery-wrapped canvas<br /><br /><hr /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_JyTNv09_PZc/SwSTRVmKdmI/AAAAAAAAAyw/u7cwr04wbz0/s1600/a1.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 253px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_JyTNv09_PZc/SwSTRVmKdmI/AAAAAAAAAyw/u7cwr04wbz0/s320/a1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5405607378815710818" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" >Autumn Cottage with Cattails</span><br />Original 24" x 30" x 0.75" painting<br />Golden, Liquitex, and Chroma acrylics on gallery-wrapped canvas<br /><br /><hr /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_JyTNv09_PZc/SwSTKq6sN7I/AAAAAAAAAyo/xZ15mwyaRXw/s1600/patti.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 258px; height: 320px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_JyTNv09_PZc/SwSTKq6sN7I/AAAAAAAAAyo/xZ15mwyaRXw/s320/patti.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5405607264279869362" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" >The Gathering</span><br />Original 24" x 30" x 0.75" painting<br />Golden, Liquitex, and Chroma acrylics on gallery-wrapped canvas<br /></div><br />These pieces are all recent commissions I've done for my patrons.<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Quote of the Day</span><br />"Life will give you whatever experience is most helpful for the evolution of your consciousness. How do you know this is the experience you need? Because this is the experience you are having at this moment."<br /><br />Eckhart Tolle<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8142845924305941722-3015485877463992806?l=pattyabaker.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Patty Bakerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12147293478574099353noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8142845924305941722.post-60305911529905495522009-11-10T16:00:00.002-05:002009-11-11T18:07:19.398-05:00<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_JyTNv09_PZc/SvnOJHCgVXI/AAAAAAAAAyY/9iDsBGSq64s/s1600-h/a100.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 238px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_JyTNv09_PZc/SvnOJHCgVXI/AAAAAAAAAyY/9iDsBGSq64s/s320/a100.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5402575883911320946" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" >Autumn Path Near the St. Lawrence</span><br />Original 18" x 24" x 0.75" painting<br />Golden, Liquitex, and Chroma acrylics on gallery-wrapped canvas<br /><br /><hr /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_JyTNv09_PZc/SvnOM4xGzVI/AAAAAAAAAyg/IQTHrucjGv0/s1600-h/b100.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 241px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_JyTNv09_PZc/SvnOM4xGzVI/AAAAAAAAAyg/IQTHrucjGv0/s320/b100.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5402575948799724882" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" >Small Town in Fauve IX with Cows</span><br />Original 18" x 24" x 0.75" painting<br />Golden, Liquitex, and Chroma acrylics on gallery-wrapped canvas<br /></div><br />My newest work includes two paintings based on previous editions of my <span style="font-style: italic;">Autumn Path</span> and <span style="font-style: italic;">Small Town in Fauve</span> series. I have commissions that I will share with my readers in the next day or so.<br /><br />Thanks to the men and women in our nation's armed forces for their service on this Veteran's Day.<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Quote of the Day</span><br />"According to the Buddha's teachings, the most basic condition for happiness is freedom. Here we do not mean political freedom, but freedom from the mental formations of anger, despair, jealousy and delusion. These mental formations are described by the Buddha as poisons. As long as these poisons are still in our heart, happiness can not be possible."<br /><br />Thich Nhat Hanh<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8142845924305941722-6030591152990549552?l=pattyabaker.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Patty Bakerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12147293478574099353noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8142845924305941722.post-32683492433430356172009-11-09T15:30:00.000-05:002009-11-09T17:38:40.700-05:00<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_JyTNv09_PZc/Svh4XYZjj7I/AAAAAAAAAyQ/ebvJPGM7dmc/s1600-h/z99all.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 134px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_JyTNv09_PZc/Svh4XYZjj7I/AAAAAAAAAyQ/ebvJPGM7dmc/s320/z99all.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5402200096112873394" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" >Autumn Sunrise VIII</span><br />Original 48" x 20" x 0.75" painting<br />Three 16" x 20" canvases<br />Golden, Liquitex, and Chroma acrylics on gallery-wrapped canvas<br /><br /><hr /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_JyTNv09_PZc/Svh4SPXDBEI/AAAAAAAAAyI/IMb0HycGlyg/s1600-h/y99.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_JyTNv09_PZc/Svh4SPXDBEI/AAAAAAAAAyI/IMb0HycGlyg/s320/y99.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5402200007787086914" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" >Purple Poppies on Red</span><br />Original 24" x 36" x 0.75" painting<br />Golden, Liquitex, and Chroma acrylics on gallery-wrapped canvas<br /></div><br />My newest work features new editions of some of my popular and best-selling compositions. I've also recently picked up a lot of new commission work, and had a burst in sales over the past 10 days or so. Are we really in an economic recovery? Check back in a few weeks and I'll let you know what I think.<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Quote of the Day</span><br />"Compassion brings us to a stop, and for a moment we rise above ourselves."<br /><br />Mason Cooley<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8142845924305941722-3268349243343035617?l=pattyabaker.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Patty Bakerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12147293478574099353noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8142845924305941722.post-51814017086585444322009-11-06T12:00:00.000-05:002009-11-06T12:14:57.398-05:00<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_JyTNv09_PZc/SvRYUajVCCI/AAAAAAAAAyA/YyoBphokezA/s1600-h/x99all.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 138px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_JyTNv09_PZc/SvRYUajVCCI/AAAAAAAAAyA/YyoBphokezA/s320/x99all.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5401038960872196130" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" >Flowers on Blue Sky</span><br />Original 66" x 28" x 0.75" painting<br />Three 22" x 28" canvases<br />Golden, Liquitex, and Chroma acrylics on gallery-wrapped canvas<br /></div><br />This painting is the newest in my abstract floral series of paintings. My abstract floral triptychs are a pleasure to paint and are popular among my patrons.<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Quote of the Day</span><br />"Happiness cannot be traveled to, owned, earned, worn or consumed. Happiness is the spiritual experience of living every minute with love, grace and gratitude."<br /><br />Denis Waitley<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8142845924305941722-5181401708658544432?l=pattyabaker.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Patty Bakerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12147293478574099353noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8142845924305941722.post-30183333042823206922009-11-03T19:30:00.002-05:002009-11-06T12:15:22.501-05:00<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_JyTNv09_PZc/SvDJv4_DdSI/AAAAAAAAAx4/g6JdYbgxSlo/s1600-h/w99.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 256px; height: 320px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_JyTNv09_PZc/SvDJv4_DdSI/AAAAAAAAAx4/g6JdYbgxSlo/s320/w99.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5400037777805112610" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" >Autumn Yellow Forest</span><br />Original 24" x 30" x 0.75" painting<br />Golden, Liquitex, and Chroma acrylics on gallery-wrapped canvas<br /><br /><hr /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_JyTNv09_PZc/SvDJpU4Ty7I/AAAAAAAAAxw/8geZRtZg3eE/s1600-h/v99.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 253px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_JyTNv09_PZc/SvDJpU4Ty7I/AAAAAAAAAxw/8geZRtZg3eE/s320/v99.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5400037665033931698" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" >Sunset on the Hudson River, Looking from Olana</span><br />Original 24" x 30" x 0.75" painting<br />Golden, Liquitex, and Chroma acrylics on gallery-wrapped canvas<br /><br /><hr /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_JyTNv09_PZc/SvDJjjYgfCI/AAAAAAAAAxo/TtzdQUIgWaY/s1600-h/u99.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_JyTNv09_PZc/SvDJjjYgfCI/AAAAAAAAAxo/TtzdQUIgWaY/s320/u99.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5400037565847862306" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" >Mountains Beyond the Quaking Aspens</span><br />Original 24" x 36" x 0.75" painting<br />Golden, Liquitex, and Chroma acrylics on gallery-wrapped canvas<br /><br /><hr /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_JyTNv09_PZc/SvDJd1XqgtI/AAAAAAAAAxg/5_n9pa69f98/s1600-h/t99all.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 144px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_JyTNv09_PZc/SvDJd1XqgtI/AAAAAAAAAxg/5_n9pa69f98/s320/t99all.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5400037467596948178" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" >Autumn Moonrise X</span><br />Original 54" x 24" x 0.75" painting<br />Three 18" x 24" canvases<br />Golden, Liquitex, and Chroma acrylics on gallery-wrapped canvases<br /><div style="text-align: left;"><br />Busy week completing some commissions, getting new commission orders, and painting for my sales venues. These paintings are variations on and new editions of some of my signature compositions and reflect the beauty of the autumn season as the leaves start to dwindle on the trees.<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Quote of the Day</span><br />"Waking up this morning I smile.<br />Twenty-four brand new hours are before me.<br />I vow to live fully in each moment<br />and to look at all beings with eyes of compassion."<br /><br />Thich Nhat Hanh<br /></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8142845924305941722-3018333304282320692?l=pattyabaker.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Patty Bakerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12147293478574099353noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8142845924305941722.post-43528010676679290332009-10-28T14:45:00.003-04:002009-10-28T14:55:52.291-04:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_JyTNv09_PZc/SuiQ7ceyp4I/AAAAAAAAAxY/48rUUyu4sVM/s1600-h/s99all.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_JyTNv09_PZc/SuiQ7ceyp4I/AAAAAAAAAxY/48rUUyu4sVM/s400/s99all.jpg" /></a><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Autumn Grove and Snowy Peaks II<br /></span></span></i>Original 72" x 30" x 0.75" painting<br />Golden, Liquitex, and Chroma acrylics on gallery-wrapped canvas<br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">This is the newest edition of the <i>Autumn Grove and Snowy Peaks</i> composition. This painting sold fairly quickly on one of my sales venues, and was fun to paint, so I decided to paint another. Autumn is my favorite season of the year, and my favorite to paint as well.<br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i>Quote of the Day</i><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">"No one saves us but ourselves. No one can and no one may. We ourselves must walk the path." --Buddha<br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8142845924305941722-4352801067667929033?l=pattyabaker.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Patty Bakerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12147293478574099353noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8142845924305941722.post-11940896327658263722009-10-25T18:00:00.001-04:002009-10-25T18:04:31.350-04:00<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_JyTNv09_PZc/SuTIBwahMcI/AAAAAAAAAxQ/vsLlAe_x1HM/s1600-h/p99all.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 143px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_JyTNv09_PZc/SuTIBwahMcI/AAAAAAAAAxQ/vsLlAe_x1HM/s320/p99all.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5396658185998250434" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" >Abstract Spring Floral IV</span><br />Original 54" x 24" x 0.75" painting<br />Three 18" x 24" canvases<br />Golden, Liquitex, and Chroma acrylics on gallery-wrapped canvas<br /><br /><hr /><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_JyTNv09_PZc/SuTH8NFnpXI/AAAAAAAAAxI/wAmLHTvuB9g/s1600-h/q99.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 256px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_JyTNv09_PZc/SuTH8NFnpXI/AAAAAAAAAxI/wAmLHTvuB9g/s320/q99.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5396658090616006002" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" >Springtime Daisies II</span><br />Original 24" x 30" x 0.75" painting<br />Golden, Liquitex, and Chroma acrylics on gallery-wrapped canvas<br /><br /><hr /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_JyTNv09_PZc/SuTH2a96uxI/AAAAAAAAAxA/yKfSxu8TPgs/s1600-h/r99all.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 138px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_JyTNv09_PZc/SuTH2a96uxI/AAAAAAAAAxA/yKfSxu8TPgs/s320/r99all.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5396657991262583570" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" >Tall Red Trees IX</span><br />Original 66" x 28" x 0.75" painting<br />Three 22" x 28" canvases<br />Golden, Liquitex, and Chroma acrylics on gallery-wrapped canvas<br /></div><br />My recent work includes new editions of three of my popular, signature compositions.<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Quote of the Day</span><br />"You don't get to choose how you're going to die. Or when. You can only decide how you're going to live. Now." --Joan Baez<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8142845924305941722-1194089632765826372?l=pattyabaker.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Patty Bakerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12147293478574099353noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8142845924305941722.post-7636597282611347422009-10-23T11:15:00.000-04:002009-10-23T11:28:24.761-04:00<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_JyTNv09_PZc/SuHHmkbx2GI/AAAAAAAAAw4/0VQ2n_WnUSE/s1600-h/daisies.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 238px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_JyTNv09_PZc/SuHHmkbx2GI/AAAAAAAAAw4/0VQ2n_WnUSE/s320/daisies.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5395813293995710562" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" >Springtime Daisies (Commission)</span><br />Original 30" x 40" x 0.75" painting<br />Golden, Liquitex, and Chroma acrylics on gallery-wrapped canvas<br /></div><br />My patron requested a large edition of my <span style="font-style: italic;">Springtime Daisies</span> composition. She has bought several of my paintings, and I was quite happy to add another one to her collection.<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Quote of the Day</span><br />"When you say, I enjoy doing this or that, it is really a misperception. It makes it appear that the joy comes from what you do, but that is not the case. Joy does not come from what you do, it flows into what you do and thus into this world from deep within you. The misperception that joy comes from what you do is normal, and it is also dangerous, because it creates the belief that joy is something that can be derived from something else, such as an activity or thing. You then look to the world to bring you joy, happiness. But it cannot do that. This is why many people live in constant frustration. The world is not giving them what they think they need." --Eckhart Tolle<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8142845924305941722-763659728261134742?l=pattyabaker.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Patty Bakerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12147293478574099353noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8142845924305941722.post-88290455398771922052009-10-21T18:15:00.003-04:002009-10-21T18:27:22.977-04:00<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_JyTNv09_PZc/St-IIMbGmfI/AAAAAAAAAww/pTrWh_lN2pU/s1600-h/m99.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_JyTNv09_PZc/St-IIMbGmfI/AAAAAAAAAww/pTrWh_lN2pU/s320/m99.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5395180552968378866" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" >Autumn Path XXV</span><br />Original 24" x 36" x 0.75" painting<br />Golden, Liquitex, and Chroma acrylics on gallery-wrapped canvas<br /><br /></div>Today's painting is the latest in my popular <span style="font-style: italic;">Autumn Path</span> series. This line is one of my signature compositions, and has a big following among my patrons.<br /><br />I spent part of my morning on Monday rounding up a little of feral kittens that live under the house next door for spay and neuter. Ferals often have a short and brutal life in the elements and trying to find adequate food. A reminder to all: please spay and neuter your pets!<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Quote of the Day</span><br />"Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring, all of which have the potential to turn a life around." --Leo Buscaglia<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8142845924305941722-8829045539877192205?l=pattyabaker.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Patty Bakerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12147293478574099353noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8142845924305941722.post-65934661398272797552009-10-17T09:00:00.000-04:002009-10-17T09:08:04.386-04:00<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_JyTNv09_PZc/Stm9K7hIyxI/AAAAAAAAAwo/neJtp-NTjGI/s1600-h/carolredo.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 241px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_JyTNv09_PZc/Stm9K7hIyxI/AAAAAAAAAwo/neJtp-NTjGI/s320/carolredo.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5393550024225901330" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" >Family Portrait (Commission)</span><br />Original 30" x 40" x 0.75" painting<br />Golden, Liquitex, and Chroma acrylics on gallery-wrapped canvas<br /></div><br />My patron contacted me to paint a commission of her, her husband, and their three Borzoi from photos she provided. This was a fun and challenging portrait to paint! I'm pleased to report that she was very happy with the composition.<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Quote of the Day</span><br />"What is needed, rather than running away or controlling or suppressing or any other resistance, is understanding fear; that means, watch it, learn about it, come directly into contact with it. We are to learn about fear, not how to escape from it." --J. Krishnamurti<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8142845924305941722-6593466139827279755?l=pattyabaker.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Patty Bakerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12147293478574099353noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8142845924305941722.post-132978066371216082009-10-16T23:30:00.000-04:002009-10-16T23:31:06.666-04:00<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_JyTNv09_PZc/Stk0wiEqu7I/AAAAAAAAAwg/H7GW--GFWok/s1600-h/l99.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 239px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_JyTNv09_PZc/Stk0wiEqu7I/AAAAAAAAAwg/H7GW--GFWok/s320/l99.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5393400037137628082" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" >Autumn Path XXIV</span><br />Original 18" x 24" x 0.75" painting<br />Golden, Liquitex, and Chroma acrylics on gallery-wrapped canvas<br /><br /><hr /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_JyTNv09_PZc/Stk0qrG0KcI/AAAAAAAAAwY/-L4vYNMhgRM/s1600-h/k99all.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 134px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_JyTNv09_PZc/Stk0qrG0KcI/AAAAAAAAAwY/-L4vYNMhgRM/s320/k99all.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5393399936483338690" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" >Autumn Grove and Snowy Peaks</span><br />Original 48" x 20" x 0.75" painting<br />Three 16" x 20" canvases<br />Golden, Liquitex, and Chroma acrylics on gallery-wrapped canvas<br /><br /><hr /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_JyTNv09_PZc/Stk0ke3bxlI/AAAAAAAAAwQ/4mg5uFez1-Q/s1600-h/j99.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 238px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_JyTNv09_PZc/Stk0ke3bxlI/AAAAAAAAAwQ/4mg5uFez1-Q/s320/j99.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5393399830118385234" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" >Path Through Autumn Birch Grove</span><br />Original 18" x 24" x 0.75" painting<br />Golden, Liquitex, and Chroma acrylics on gallery-wrapped canvas<br /><br /><hr /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_JyTNv09_PZc/Stk0en4VJmI/AAAAAAAAAwI/QStS1iyHdEw/s1600-h/i99all.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 142px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_JyTNv09_PZc/Stk0en4VJmI/AAAAAAAAAwI/QStS1iyHdEw/s320/i99all.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5393399729458849378" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" >Tall Red Trees VIII</span><br />Original 54" x 24" x 0.75" painting<br />Three 18" x 24" canvases<br />Golden, Liquitex, and Chroma acrylics on gallery-wrapped canvas<br /><br /><hr /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_JyTNv09_PZc/Stk0Y_OQRgI/AAAAAAAAAwA/9C40IFYYECA/s1600-h/h99.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 254px; height: 320px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_JyTNv09_PZc/Stk0Y_OQRgI/AAAAAAAAAwA/9C40IFYYECA/s320/h99.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5393399632645604866" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" >Still Life with Daisy Bouquet VI</span><br />Original 24" x 30" x 0.75" painting<br />Golden, Liquitex, and Chroma acrylics on gallery-wrapped canvas<br /></div><br />Doing a little catch-up on the FAB. I've painted several autumn compositions this week--new compositions as well as new editions of some of my signature compositions. <span style="font-style: italic;">Daisy Bouquet</span> as well as some of my giclees are attracting a lot of attention, and have been featured in several Etsy Treasuries this week.<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Quote of the Day</span><br />"If a culture treats a particular illness with compassion and enlightened understanding, then sickness can be seen as a challenge, as a healing crisis and opportunity. Being sick is then not a condemnation or a moral judgement, but a movement in a larger process of healing and restoration. When sickness is viewed positively and in supportive terms, then illness has a much better chance to heal, with the concomitant result that the entire person may grow and be enriched in the process." --Ken Wilber<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8142845924305941722-13297806637121608?l=pattyabaker.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Patty Bakerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12147293478574099353noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8142845924305941722.post-50938824141607710502009-10-13T09:30:00.001-04:002009-10-13T09:30:10.929-04:00<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_JyTNv09_PZc/StR-s2At-YI/AAAAAAAAAv4/I8U35VYS7w8/s1600-h/jessica1.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 255px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_JyTNv09_PZc/StR-s2At-YI/AAAAAAAAAv4/I8U35VYS7w8/s320/jessica1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5392073962747197826" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" >Winter on Sawkill Creek</span><br />Original 24" x 30" x 0.75" painting<br />Golden, Liquitex, and Chroma acrylics on gallery-wrapped canvas<br /><br /><hr /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_JyTNv09_PZc/StR-oZ08bjI/AAAAAAAAAvw/snr5oNGu1-o/s1600-h/jessica2.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 257px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_JyTNv09_PZc/StR-oZ08bjI/AAAAAAAAAvw/snr5oNGu1-o/s320/jessica2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5392073886462144050" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" >Autumn Reflections</span><br />Original 24" x 30" x 0.75" painting<br />Golden, Liquitex, and Chroma acrylics on gallery-wrapped canvas<br /></div><br />These paintings are recent commissions from some of my signature compositions. <span style="font-style: italic;">Winter on Sawkill Creek</span> is a composition I created fairly early in my full-time painting career. <span style="font-style: italic;">Autumn Reflections</span> is a composition that I've recently painted as a new edition.<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Quote of the Day</span><br />"Assertiveness is the ability to express your thoughts, feelings, beliefs, and desires in direct, honest, appropriate ways that do not violate the rights, needs, and self-esteem of another person." --Dr. Henry A. Virkler<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8142845924305941722-5093882414160771050?l=pattyabaker.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Patty Bakerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12147293478574099353noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8142845924305941722.post-83503117720170064442009-10-10T15:15:00.004-04:002009-10-10T15:23:05.340-04:00<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_JyTNv09_PZc/StDdqJ8GAwI/AAAAAAAAAvo/R86kZ7RO4RE/s1600-h/cats1.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 256px; height: 320px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_JyTNv09_PZc/StDdqJ8GAwI/AAAAAAAAAvo/R86kZ7RO4RE/s320/cats1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5391052470254699266" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" >Persian Cat Portrait</span><br />Original 16 " x 20" x 0.75" painting<br />Golden, Liquitex, and Chroma acrylics on gallery-wrapped canvas<br /></div><br />A patron who's bought several of my paintings asked me to paint a portrait of her three Persian cats. This piece was a lot of fun to paint, and the original photos of the kitties were darling! What characters they must be!<br /><br />A kind reminder to all: please spay and neuter your pets.<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Quote of the Day</span><br />"Only the development of compassion and understanding for others can bring us the tranquility and happiness we all seek." --His Holiness the Dalai Lama<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8142845924305941722-8350311772017006444?l=pattyabaker.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Patty Bakerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12147293478574099353noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8142845924305941722.post-56308043125518560572009-10-08T19:50:00.001-04:002009-10-08T19:55:02.433-04:00<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_JyTNv09_PZc/Ss57CbhZYEI/AAAAAAAAAvg/Yw1OxTDA_Vo/s1600-h/g99.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 255px; height: 320px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_JyTNv09_PZc/Ss57CbhZYEI/AAAAAAAAAvg/Yw1OxTDA_Vo/s320/g99.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5390381085686849602" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" >Grazing Cows</span><br />Original 24" x 30" x 0.75" painting<br />Golden, Liquitex, and Chroma acrylics on gallery-wrapped canvas<br /><br /><hr /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_JyTNv09_PZc/Ss34r7F5h0I/AAAAAAAAAvY/n_9gfNDy-E4/s1600-h/f99.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 257px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_JyTNv09_PZc/Ss34r7F5h0I/AAAAAAAAAvY/n_9gfNDy-E4/s320/f99.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5390237762512848706" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" >The Gathering III</span><br />Original 24" x 30" x 0.75" painting<br />Golden, Liquitex, and Chroma acrylics on gallery-wrapped canvas<br /><br /><hr /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_JyTNv09_PZc/Ss34mIU528I/AAAAAAAAAvQ/JZKabsCfUDY/s1600-h/e99.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 212px; height: 320px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_JyTNv09_PZc/Ss34mIU528I/AAAAAAAAAvQ/JZKabsCfUDY/s320/e99.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5390237662986230722" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" >Utah Sunrise - Manti La Sal National Forest X</span><br />Original 24" x 36" x 0.75" painting<br />Golden, Liquitex, and Chroma acrylics on gallery-wrapped canvas<br /><br /><hr /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_JyTNv09_PZc/Ss34gEroWPI/AAAAAAAAAvI/w4cxWCTFYkk/s1600-h/d99.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 212px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_JyTNv09_PZc/Ss34gEroWPI/AAAAAAAAAvI/w4cxWCTFYkk/s320/d99.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5390237558928595186" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" >Looking North Across the St. Lawrence River</span><br />Original 24" x 36" x 0.75" painting<br />Golden, Liquitex, and Chroma acrylics on gallery-wrapped canvas<br /><br /><hr /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_JyTNv09_PZc/Ss34bWwoCnI/AAAAAAAAAvA/kG0GHnzEN2Q/s1600-h/c99.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 256px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_JyTNv09_PZc/Ss34bWwoCnI/AAAAAAAAAvA/kG0GHnzEN2Q/s320/c99.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5390237477882038898" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" >Springtime Poppies</span><br />Original 24" x 30" x 0.75" painting<br />Golden, Liquitex, and Chroma acrylics on gallery-wrapped canvas<br /></div><br />My recent work includes three new compositions, and new editions of two of my signature compositions. <span style="font-style: italic;">Grazing Cows</span>, <span style="font-style: italic;">Springtime Poppies</span> and <span style="font-style: italic;">Looking North Across the St. Lawrence River</span> are new compositions. <span style="font-style: italic;">Cows</span> is my latest autumn landscape. <span style="font-style: italic;">Poppies</span> is the newest edition in the Springtime series of paintings. <span style="font-style: italic;">Looking North </span>captures the stunning view across the river to Canada from my new home in Northern New York.<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Utah Sunrise</span> captures the beauty of early morning in Eastern Utah's Manti La Sal National Forest. <span style="font-style: italic;">The Gathering</span> is technically a new composition in the series depicting rich landscapes and our avian friends who inhabit them.<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Quote of the Day</span><br />"...Death is part of life; there is nothing strange about it; sooner or later we all have to pass through that gate. At that time, whether or not there is a after life, it is very valuable to have peace of mind. How can we achieve peace of mind at such a moment? It is possible only if we have some experience of ourselves that will provide inner strength, because no one can provide this for us--no deities, no gurus, and no friends. This is why the Buddha says you must be your own master." --His Holiness the Dalai Lama<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8142845924305941722-5630804312551856057?l=pattyabaker.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Patty Bakerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12147293478574099353noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8142845924305941722.post-22683265546122318592009-10-03T18:15:00.002-04:002009-10-03T18:36:19.556-04:00<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_JyTNv09_PZc/SsfOL6wM-rI/AAAAAAAAAu4/PMTVWMhwUk8/s1600-h/carol1.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 238px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_JyTNv09_PZc/SsfOL6wM-rI/AAAAAAAAAu4/PMTVWMhwUk8/s320/carol1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5388502183317404338" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" >Family Portrait (Commission)</span><br />Original 30" x 40" x 0.75" painting<br />Golden, Liquitex, and Chroma acrylics on gallery-wrapped canvas<br /><br /><hr /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_JyTNv09_PZc/SsfM7p7HnLI/AAAAAAAAAuw/IL-uuB3OHWE/s1600-h/b99.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 239px; height: 320px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_JyTNv09_PZc/SsfM7p7HnLI/AAAAAAAAAuw/IL-uuB3OHWE/s320/b99.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5388500804410252466" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" >Still Life with Checkered Cloth XI</span><br />Original 12" x 16" x 0.75" painting<br />Golden, Liquitex, and Chroma acrylics on gallery-wrapped canvas<br /><br /><hr /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_JyTNv09_PZc/SsfM3Y2BpWI/AAAAAAAAAuo/ngeaUtlltFs/s1600-h/a99.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 239px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_JyTNv09_PZc/SsfM3Y2BpWI/AAAAAAAAAuo/ngeaUtlltFs/s320/a99.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5388500731106010466" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" >Autumn Reflections III</span><br />Original 12" x 16" x 0.75" painting<br />Golden, Liquitex, and Chroma acrylics on gallery-wrapped canvas<br /><br /><hr /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_JyTNv09_PZc/SsfMzHBLEjI/AAAAAAAAAug/H1dmbvZvyc4/s1600-h/z98.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 239px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_JyTNv09_PZc/SsfMzHBLEjI/AAAAAAAAAug/H1dmbvZvyc4/s320/z98.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5388500657601450546" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" >Still Life with Roses and Fruit</span><br />Original 12" x 16" x 0.75" painting<br />Golden, Liquitex, and Chroma acrylics on gallery-wrapped canvas<br /></div><br />Today's work includes two new still life paintings, one from my popular <span style="font-style: italic;">Still Life with Checkered Cloth</span> series, and a new edition of <span style="font-style: italic;">Autumn Reflections</span>. These are on smaller canvases, attractively priced for gifts or for your own personal indulgence.<br /><br />In addition, I just finished a commission for a patron who wanted a portrait of her husband, her dogs, and herself. This painting was created using photos of the subjects, painted in a setting of my creation.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8142845924305941722-2268326554612231859?l=pattyabaker.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Patty Bakerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12147293478574099353noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8142845924305941722.post-22774978027490801772009-10-03T17:30:00.007-04:002009-10-04T10:13:20.943-04:00<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_JyTNv09_PZc/SsfEDipSX4I/AAAAAAAAAuY/Pjh0poyDPxc/s1600-h/Still+Life+with+Red+Wall+IMG-334372.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 257px; height: 320px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_JyTNv09_PZc/SsfEDipSX4I/AAAAAAAAAuY/Pjh0poyDPxc/s320/Still+Life+with+Red+Wall+IMG-334372.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5388491044290715522" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" >Still Life with Red Wall</span><br />8" x 10" giclee print<br /><br /><hr /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_JyTNv09_PZc/SsfD_2f1eHI/AAAAAAAAAuQ/BRA0_nZDbKg/s1600-h/poppies+on+yellow+II.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 255px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_JyTNv09_PZc/SsfD_2f1eHI/AAAAAAAAAuQ/BRA0_nZDbKg/s320/poppies+on+yellow+II.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5388490980900305010" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" >Poppies on Yellow II</span><br />8" x 10" giclee print<br /><br /><hr /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_JyTNv09_PZc/Sse_PxK1Z9I/AAAAAAAAAuI/IXFCXiJ6Bn0/s1600-h/Fauve+Village+IMG-334152.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 211px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_JyTNv09_PZc/Sse_PxK1Z9I/AAAAAAAAAuI/IXFCXiJ6Bn0/s320/Fauve+Village+IMG-334152.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5388485756789811154" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" >Fauve Village</span><br />8" x 10" giclee print<br /><br /><hr /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_JyTNv09_PZc/Sse_LJGu3GI/AAAAAAAAAuA/PbQQ0yw803Q/s1600-h/Prairie+Sunset+IMG-325546.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_JyTNv09_PZc/Sse_LJGu3GI/AAAAAAAAAuA/PbQQ0yw803Q/s320/Prairie+Sunset+IMG-325546.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5388485677315710050" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" >Prairie Sunset</span><br />8" x 10" giclee print<br /><br /><hr /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_JyTNv09_PZc/Sse_FcmKQ7I/AAAAAAAAAt4/Ca7Vi6KWhDs/s1600-h/New+Mexico+Sunset+IMG-303553.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 258px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_JyTNv09_PZc/Sse_FcmKQ7I/AAAAAAAAAt4/Ca7Vi6KWhDs/s320/New+Mexico+Sunset+IMG-303553.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5388485579468587954" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" >New Mexico Sunset</span><br />8" x 10" giclee print<br /><br /><hr /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_JyTNv09_PZc/Sse--45NokI/AAAAAAAAAtw/HW_gz14zPuU/s1600-h/Catskill+Autumn+IMG-325547.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_JyTNv09_PZc/Sse--45NokI/AAAAAAAAAtw/HW_gz14zPuU/s320/Catskill+Autumn+IMG-325547.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5388485466805609026" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" >Catskill Autumn</span><br />8" x 10" giclee print<br /></div><br />I am now offering giclee reproductions of my work as 8" x10" giclee prints! I've had several requests from patrons to offer giclees, and I'm pleased to announce the introduction of my new line of prints. These are high resolution, archival quality prints, printed on premium satin finish photo paper with genuine Epson inks, rated to last up to 92 years.<br /><br />My line of 8" x 10" giclee prints are attractively priced at $24.95 with free shipping in the continental US. Go to <a href="http://pattyabaker.com/portfolio/giclees.htm">my web site</a> or <a href="http://pattyabaker.etsy.com/">my Etsy shop</a> (<a href="http://pattyabaker.etsy.com/">pattyabaker.etsy.com</a>) to view the full line of prints available.<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Quote of the Day</span><br />"We think that by protecting ourselves from suffering that we are being kind to ourselves. The truth is, we only become more fearful, more hardened, and more alienated. We experience ourselves as being separate from the whole. This separateness becomes like a prison for us, a prison that restricts us to our personal hopes and fears and to caring only for the people nearest to us. Curiously enough, if we primarily try to shield ourselves from discomfort, we suffer. Yet when we don't close off and we let our hearts break, we discover our kinship with all beings. His Holiness the Dalai Lama describes two kinds of selfish people: the unwise and the wise. Unwise selfish people think only of themselves, and the result is confusion and pain. Wise selfish people know that the best thing they can do for themselves is to be there for others. As a result, they experience joy."<br /><br />"The greatest obstacle to connecting with our joy is resentment."<br /><br />"Resentment, bitterness, holding a grudge prevent us from seeing and hearing and tasting and delighting."<br /><br />"Thich Nhat Hanh, in his <span style="font-style: italic;">Guide to Walking Meditation</span>, begins by talking about how everyone carries around this burden, and if you want to put it off, if you want to lay it down, you <span style="font-style: italic;">can</span> do it. You <span style="font-style: italic;">can</span> connect with the joy in your heart."<br /><br />"Acknowledging the preciousness of each day is a good way to live, a good way to reconnect with our basic joy."<br /><br />--Pema Chodron<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8142845924305941722-2277497802749080177?l=pattyabaker.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Patty Bakerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12147293478574099353noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8142845924305941722.post-73032913499041310782009-10-01T00:30:00.001-04:002009-10-01T00:36:43.709-04:00<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_JyTNv09_PZc/SsQoz4NMqXI/AAAAAAAAAto/Mb1VvIvZEWk/s1600-h/x98.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 254px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_JyTNv09_PZc/SsQoz4NMqXI/AAAAAAAAAto/Mb1VvIvZEWk/s320/x98.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5387475925968136562" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" >Young America Road VI</span><br />Original 24" x 30" x 0.75" painting<br />Golden, Liquitex, and Chroma acrylics on gallery-wrapped canvas<br /><br /><hr /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_JyTNv09_PZc/SsQovAK60eI/AAAAAAAAAtg/2m67AKN9BWE/s1600-h/y98.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 255px; height: 320px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_JyTNv09_PZc/SsQovAK60eI/AAAAAAAAAtg/2m67AKN9BWE/s320/y98.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5387475842206716386" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" >Still Life with Blue Vase VI</span><br />Original 16" x 20" x 0.75" painting<br />Golden, Liquitex, and Chroma acrylics on gallery-wrapped canvas<br /></div><br />Today's work includes a new edition of <span style="font-style: italic;">Young America Road</span>, a popular composition and one that I started with over six years ago when I began to paint as my day job. <span style="font-style: italic;">Still Life with Blue Vase</span> is a composition that has also done well in the past. Both are a joy to paint.<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Quote of the Day</span><br />"To relate to others compassionately is a challenge. Really communicating to the heart and being there for someone else--our child, spouse, parent, client, patient, or the homeless woman on the street--means not shutting down on that person, first of all, not shutting down on ourselves. This means allowing ourselves to feel what we feel and not pushing it away. It means accepting every aspect of ourselves, even the parts we don't like.<br /><br />To do this requires openness, which in Buddhism is sometimes called emptiness--not fixating or holding on to anything. Only in an open, nonjudgmental space can we acknowledge what we are feeling. Only in an open space where we're not all caught up in our own version of reality can we see and hear and feel who others really are, which allows us to be with them and communicate with them properly." --Pema Chodron<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8142845924305941722-7303291349904131078?l=pattyabaker.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Patty Bakerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12147293478574099353noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8142845924305941722.post-24672725921707515912009-09-28T22:45:00.001-04:002009-09-28T22:46:06.041-04:00<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_JyTNv09_PZc/SsFw1EE11CI/AAAAAAAAAtY/sl_uXTUSZiI/s1600-h/t98.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 254px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_JyTNv09_PZc/SsFw1EE11CI/AAAAAAAAAtY/sl_uXTUSZiI/s320/t98.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5386710686241248290" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" >Abstract Poppies on Yellow</span><br />Original 16" x 20" x 0.75" painting<br />Golden, Liquitex, and Chroma acrylics on gallery-wrapped canvas<br /><br /><hr /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_JyTNv09_PZc/SsFwxJBdI3I/AAAAAAAAAtQ/ygRb3Pvjmeo/s1600-h/u98.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 254px; height: 320px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_JyTNv09_PZc/SsFwxJBdI3I/AAAAAAAAAtQ/ygRb3Pvjmeo/s320/u98.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5386710618849747826" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" >Abstract Cattails II</span><br />Original 16" x 20" x 0.75" painting<br />Golden, Liquitex, and Chroma acrylics on gallery-wrapped canvas<br /><br /><hr /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_JyTNv09_PZc/SsFws75n5II/AAAAAAAAAtI/kxMLhuJpgA4/s1600-h/v98.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 254px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_JyTNv09_PZc/SsFws75n5II/AAAAAAAAAtI/kxMLhuJpgA4/s320/v98.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5386710546607760514" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" >Abstract Poppies XII</span><br />Original 16" x 20" x 0.75" painting<br />Golden, Liquitex, and Chroma acrylics on gallery-wrapped canvas<br /><br /><hr /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_JyTNv09_PZc/SsFwkeNfwjI/AAAAAAAAAtA/mZ1eDnOhsVs/s1600-h/w98.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 255px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_JyTNv09_PZc/SsFwkeNfwjI/AAAAAAAAAtA/mZ1eDnOhsVs/s320/w98.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5386710401199096370" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" >Apple Tree with Pink Blossoms IV</span><br />Original 16" x 20" x 0.75" painting<br />Golden, Liquitex, and Chroma acrylics on gallery-wrapped canvas<br /></div><br />My most recent paintings include new editions of several of my popular compositions. These are all 16" x 20" paintings and are attractively priced for patrons on a budget who want to indulge themselves with a new painting, or are seeking a gift for friends or family. I am working on two portrait commissions as well that have been a lot of fun to paint. I'll post photos of those soon.<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Quote of the Day</span><br />"Once there was a young warrior. Her teacher told her that she had to do battle with fear. She didn't want to do that. It seemed too aggressive; it was scary; it seemed unfriendly. But the teacher said she had to do it and gave her instructions for the battle. The day arrived. The student warrior stood on one side, and fear stood on the other. The warrior was feeling very small, and fear was looking big and wrathful. The both had their weapons.<br /><br />The young warrior roused herself and went toward fear, prostrated three times, and asked, 'May I have permission to go into battle with you?' Fear said, 'Thank you for showing me so much respect that you ask permission.' Then the young warrior said, 'How can I defeat you?' Fear replied, 'My weapons are that I talk fast, and I get very close to your face. Then you get completely unnerved, and you do whatever I say. If you don't do what I tell you, I have no power. You can listen to me, and you can have respect for me. You can even be convinced by me. But if you don't do what I say, I have no power.' In that way, the student warrior learned how to defeat fear.<br /><br />This is how it actually works. There has to be some kind of respect for the jitters, some understanding of how our emotions have the power to run us around in circles. That understanding helps us discover how we increase our pain, how we increase our confusion, how we cause harm to ourselves. Because we have basic goodness, basic wisdom, basic intelligence, we can stop harming ourselves and harming others. Because of mindfulness, we see things when they arise. Because of our understanding, we don't buy into the chain reaction that makes things grow from minute to expansive.<br /><br />We leave things minute. They stay tiny... It all comes through learning to pause a moment, learning not to just impulsively do the same thing again and again... The result is we cease to cause harm." --Pema Chodron<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8142845924305941722-2467272592170751591?l=pattyabaker.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Patty Bakerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12147293478574099353noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8142845924305941722.post-92127410618903623792009-09-24T22:45:00.001-04:002009-09-25T14:43:02.496-04:00<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_JyTNv09_PZc/SrwsQRx5UuI/AAAAAAAAAsw/1LvT0R4w_is/s1600-h/q98.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 254px; height: 320px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_JyTNv09_PZc/SrwsQRx5UuI/AAAAAAAAAsw/1LvT0R4w_is/s320/q98.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5385227912590480098" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" >Still Life with Roses IX</span><br />Original 16" x 20" x 0.75" painting<br />Golden, Liquitex, and Chroma acrylics on gallery-wrapped canvas<br /><br /><hr /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_JyTNv09_PZc/SrwsLmtURoI/AAAAAAAAAso/N_84fjbM0Ts/s1600-h/p98.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 239px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_JyTNv09_PZc/SrwsLmtURoI/AAAAAAAAAso/N_84fjbM0Ts/s320/p98.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5385227832309073538" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" >Poppies on Yellow IX</span><br />Original 12" x 16" x 0.75" painting<br />Golden, Liquitex, and Chroma acrylics on gallery-wrapped canvas<br /><br /><hr /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_JyTNv09_PZc/SrwsGqQzyCI/AAAAAAAAAsg/rPd_WzlcJb4/s1600-h/r98.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 256px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_JyTNv09_PZc/SrwsGqQzyCI/AAAAAAAAAsg/rPd_WzlcJb4/s320/r98.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5385227747363899426" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" >The Gathering II</span><br />Original 16" x 20" x 0.75" painting<br />Golden, Liquitex, and Chroma acrylics on gallery-wrapped canvas<br /><br /><hr /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_JyTNv09_PZc/SrwsCNvrzJI/AAAAAAAAAsY/I70KSJ1psMw/s1600-h/s98.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 241px; height: 320px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_JyTNv09_PZc/SrwsCNvrzJI/AAAAAAAAAsY/I70KSJ1psMw/s320/s98.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5385227670989294738" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" >Still Life with Checkered Cloth VI</span><br />Original 12" x 16" x 0.75" painting<br />Golden, Liquitex, and Chroma acrylics on gallery-wrapped canvas<br /></div><br />My newest work includes new editions of several compositions, including two new still life paintings, a new edition of <span style="font-style: italic;">Poppies on Yellow</span>, and variation on <span style="font-style: italic;">The Gathering</span> composition.<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Quotes of the Day</span><br />"When you become good at the art of letting sufferings go, then you'll come to realize what you were dragging around with you. And for that, no one else other than you was responsible." --Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh<br /><br />"Bitterness is a poison that snuffs out the light of our souls, hardening us to life's pleasures and joys by keeping us focused only on what is wrong... I'm determined not to sink into bitterness again. While there are plenty of things in life to be justifiably annoyed, angry, or hurt at, that doesn't mean that I should completely ignore all this is beautiful, good, and touching. I want my soul to shine with an overflowing of love, and practicing gratitude is one of the best ways I know to do it.<br /><br />Gratitude is an inner light that we can use to illumine our souls. The more we are thankful, the more light we experience and the more we shine forth into the world." --M.J. Ryan<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8142845924305941722-9212741061890362379?l=pattyabaker.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Patty Bakerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12147293478574099353noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8142845924305941722.post-39483484371264018422009-09-20T20:00:00.002-04:002009-09-26T13:10:21.581-04:00<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_JyTNv09_PZc/Sr5K8bbU-1I/AAAAAAAAAs4/_E7J1294nzE/s1600-h/o98.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 213px; height: 320px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_JyTNv09_PZc/Sr5K8bbU-1I/AAAAAAAAAs4/_E7J1294nzE/s320/o98.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5385824606396676946" border="0" /></a><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" >Abstract Poppies X</span><br />Original 24" x 36" x 0.75" painting<br />Golden, Liquitex, and Chroma acrylics on gallery-wrapped canvas<br /><br /><hr /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_JyTNv09_PZc/Sra8UScbm2I/AAAAAAAAAsI/qgEtwjB6OYM/s1600-h/n98all.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 161px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_JyTNv09_PZc/Sra8UScbm2I/AAAAAAAAAsI/qgEtwjB6OYM/s320/n98all.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5383697461302500194" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" >Autumn Moonrise IX</span><br />Original 72" x 36" x 0.75" painting<br />Golden, Liquitex, and Chroma acrylics on gallery-wrapped canvas<br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;">Today's work includes two new editions of popular compositions: <span style="font-style: italic;">Abstract Poppies</span> and <span style="font-style: italic;">Autumn Moonrise</span>. My patrons love these compositions. I've painted several commissions of both, and the new editions always sell. My greatest wish is that my work inspires the people who hang it on their walls to enjoy the beauty that is this life.<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Quote of the Day</span><br />"When you are fully present with everyone you meet, you relinquish the conceptual identity you made for them — your interpretation of who they are and what they did in the past — and are able to interact without the egoic movements of desire and fear. Attention, which is alert stillness, is the key. How wonderful to go beyond wanting and fearing in your relationships. Love does not want or fear anything." --Eckhart Tolle<br /></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8142845924305941722-3948348437126401842?l=pattyabaker.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Patty Bakerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12147293478574099353noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8142845924305941722.post-35396406496880067622009-09-19T14:45:00.002-04:002009-09-20T19:35:04.282-04:00<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_JyTNv09_PZc/Sra7m64QcSI/AAAAAAAAAsA/tkbGzq6qud4/s1600-h/galos.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 159px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_JyTNv09_PZc/Sra7m64QcSI/AAAAAAAAAsA/tkbGzq6qud4/s320/galos.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5383696681882644770" border="0" /></a><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" >Red Trees (Commission)</span><br />Original 72" x 36" x 0.75" painting<br />Three 24" x 36" canvases<br />Golden, Liquitex, and Chroma acrylics on gallery-wrapped canvas<br /><br /><hr /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_JyTNv09_PZc/SrUmGs_k6lI/AAAAAAAAAr4/n4UL2n2W7Iw/s1600-h/nicole2.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 132px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_JyTNv09_PZc/SrUmGs_k6lI/AAAAAAAAAr4/n4UL2n2W7Iw/s320/nicole2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5383250826190187090" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" >Autumn Aspens (Commission)</span><br />Original 72" x 30" x 0.75" painting<br />Three 24" x 30" canvases<br />Golden, Liquitex, and Chroma acrylics on gallery-wrapped canvas<br /></div><br />This week's work included a commission for a patron in Colorado who wanted some of my work to decorate her office. These paintings are based on two of my popular compositions, <span style="font-style: italic;">Autumn Aspens</span> and <span style="font-style: italic;">Autumn Moonrise </span><span>(photo coming soon)</span>.<br /><br />The other commission is for a patron visiting the U.S. from Argentina. She selected my <span style="font-style: italic;">Red Trees</span> composition.<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Quotes of the Day</span><br />"You're never so full of yourself as when you're in pain... Happiness releases you from self. It is suffering and pain and misery and depression that tie you to the self."<br /><br />"Put this program into action, a thousand times: (a) identify the negative feelings in you; (b) understand that they are in you, not in the world, not in external reality; (c) do not see them as an essential part of 'I'; these things come and go (don't identify with them); (d) understand that when you change, everything changes."<br /><br />--Anthony de Mello<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8142845924305941722-3539640649688006762?l=pattyabaker.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Patty Bakerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12147293478574099353noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8142845924305941722.post-86648873275611596362009-09-17T10:30:00.001-04:002009-09-17T20:09:03.160-04:00<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_JyTNv09_PZc/SrJCkBSnOkI/AAAAAAAAArg/1GpytvJ9J9c/s1600-h/m98.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 252px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_JyTNv09_PZc/SrJCkBSnOkI/AAAAAAAAArg/1GpytvJ9J9c/s320/m98.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5382437691250391618" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" >Foliage in Bloom</span><br />Original 16" x 20" x 0.75" painting<br />Golden, Liquitex, and Chroma acrylics on gallery-wrapped canvas<br /><br /><hr /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_JyTNv09_PZc/SrJCfvadeaI/AAAAAAAAArY/cyFeiTyvRNM/s1600-h/l98.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 241px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_JyTNv09_PZc/SrJCfvadeaI/AAAAAAAAArY/cyFeiTyvRNM/s320/l98.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5382437617731991970" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" >Trees and Early Morning Light</span><br />Original 18" x 24" x 0.75" painting<br />Golden, Liquitex, and Chroma acrylics on gallery-wrapped canvas<br /><br /><hr /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_JyTNv09_PZc/SrJCbIcBmgI/AAAAAAAAArQ/20MmNgz2OZQ/s1600-h/k98.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 238px; height: 320px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_JyTNv09_PZc/SrJCbIcBmgI/AAAAAAAAArQ/20MmNgz2OZQ/s320/k98.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5382437538550094338" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" >Abstract Cattails</span><br />Original 30" x 40" x 0.75" painting<br />Golden, Liquitex, and Chroma acrylics on gallery wrapped canvas<br /></div><br />My new work so far this week includes these three new compositions. I'm returning to a more impressionistic style in some of my work, as noted in <span style="font-style: italic;">Foliage in Bloom</span>. The cool autumn air and the seasonal changes are so refreshing and inspiring to me. They renew my spirit and inspire hope and gratitude for all that is beautiful in this life.<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Quote of the Day</span><br />"Mindfulness is the aware, balanced acceptance of the present experience. It isn't more complicated that that. It is opening to or receiving the present moment, pleasant or unpleasant, just as it is, without either clinging to it or rejecting it." --Sylvia Boorstein<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8142845924305941722-8664887327561159636?l=pattyabaker.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Patty Bakerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12147293478574099353noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8142845924305941722.post-84606274895137564152009-09-14T00:30:00.001-04:002009-09-14T00:32:17.229-04:00<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_JyTNv09_PZc/Sq3D74lA49I/AAAAAAAAArI/nyTdvabX-Gk/s1600-h/h98.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 251px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_JyTNv09_PZc/Sq3D74lA49I/AAAAAAAAArI/nyTdvabX-Gk/s320/h98.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5381172563344942034" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" >Cow in Autumn Pasture</span><br />Original 16" x 20" x 0.75" painting<br />Golden, Liquitex, and Chroma acrylics on gallery-wrapped canvas<br /><br /><hr /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_JyTNv09_PZc/Sq3DwjDA_qI/AAAAAAAAAq4/7M6NbvsgCcM/s1600-h/i98.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 254px; height: 320px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_JyTNv09_PZc/Sq3DwjDA_qI/AAAAAAAAAq4/7M6NbvsgCcM/s320/i98.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5381172368586636962" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" >Still Life with Gerber Daisies IV</span><br />Original 16" x 20" x 0.75" painting<br />Golden, Liquitex, and Chroma acrylics on gallery-wrapped canvas<br /><br /><hr /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_JyTNv09_PZc/Sq3DsWx0k4I/AAAAAAAAAqw/HIzIcYiAMVs/s1600-h/j98.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 210px; height: 320px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_JyTNv09_PZc/Sq3DsWx0k4I/AAAAAAAAAqw/HIzIcYiAMVs/s320/j98.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5381172296573817730" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" >Aspens in Late Day Light</span><br />Original 24" x 36" x 0.75" painting<br />Golden, Liquitex, and Chroma acrylics on gallery-wrapped canvas<br /></div><br />Today's work includes all new compositions. <span style="font-style: italic;">Cow in Autumn Meadow</span> was inspired by the rich autumn pastoral scenes of my native rural New York and my 20+ year home in Colorado. <span style="font-style: italic;">Still Life with Gerber Daisies IV</span> is a new still life composition depicting the rich colors of one of my favorite flowers. <span style="font-style: italic;">Aspens in Late Day Light</span> depicts the transitional season between late summer and early autumn in Colorado, just before the leaves begin to change into their beautiful fall colors.<br /><br />The crisp morning air of autumn is upon us, and I'm thrilled that we're moving into my favorite season of the year.<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Quote of the Day</span><br />"The choice you face constantly is whether you are taking your wounds to your head or your heart. In your head you can analyze them, find their causes and consequences, and coin words to speak and write about them. But no final healing is likely to come from that source. You need to let your wounds go down to your heart. Then you can live through them and discover that they will not destroy you. Your heart is greater than your wounds." --Henri Nouwen<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8142845924305941722-8460627489513756415?l=pattyabaker.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Patty Bakerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12147293478574099353noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8142845924305941722.post-37053701989376897332009-09-11T23:30:00.001-04:002009-09-12T10:42:10.681-04:00<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_JyTNv09_PZc/SquwUbCE1jI/AAAAAAAAAqY/6gopdiRDT64/s1600-h/e98.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 212px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_JyTNv09_PZc/SquwUbCE1jI/AAAAAAAAAqY/6gopdiRDT64/s320/e98.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5380588044724524594" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" >Abstract Pear Tree</span><br />Original 24" x 36" x 0.75" painting<br />Golden, Liquitex, and Chroma acrylics on gallery-wrapped canvas<br /><br /><hr /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_JyTNv09_PZc/SquwZD4kfAI/AAAAAAAAAqg/3qSWyW8yRm8/s1600-h/f98.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 255px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_JyTNv09_PZc/SquwZD4kfAI/AAAAAAAAAqg/3qSWyW8yRm8/s320/f98.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5380588124409986050" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" >Apple Tree</span><br />Original 24" x 30" x 0.75" painting<br />Golden, Liquitex, and Chroma acrylics on gallery-wrapped canvas<br /><br /><hr /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_JyTNv09_PZc/SquwhqIg7LI/AAAAAAAAAqo/K2pz1HKZM8U/s1600-h/g98.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 211px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_JyTNv09_PZc/SquwhqIg7LI/AAAAAAAAAqo/K2pz1HKZM8U/s320/g98.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5380588272116362418" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" >Tulips Against Blue Sky</span><br />Original 24" x 36" x 0.75" painting<br />Golden, Liquitex, and Chroma acrylics on gallery-wrapped canvas<br /></div><br />Today's work includes two new landscape and a floral composition. <span style="font-style: italic;">Abstract Pear Tree</span> is a variation on some of my previous abstract tree compositions, as is the <span style="font-style: italic;">Apple Tree</span> piece. <span style="font-style: italic;">Tulips</span> is a variation on my popular <span style="font-style: italic;">Tulips in Midday Sun</span> composition, which was recently bought by a couple in Atlanta as a commission.<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Quote of the Day</span><br />"Inner peace can be reached only when we practice forgiveness. Forgiveness is letting go of the past." --Gerald Jampolsky<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8142845924305941722-3705370198937689733?l=pattyabaker.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Patty Bakerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12147293478574099353noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8142845924305941722.post-64004381770324434642009-09-10T23:15:00.001-04:002009-09-11T11:23:55.313-04:00<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_JyTNv09_PZc/SqpmvDhUpiI/AAAAAAAAAqQ/r5g08EtYA0Q/s1600-h/d98.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_JyTNv09_PZc/SqpmvDhUpiI/AAAAAAAAAqQ/r5g08EtYA0Q/s320/d98.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5380225663432435234" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" >Autumn Cottage with Cattails</span><br />Original 24" x 36" x 0.75" painting<br />Golden, Liquitex, and Chroma acrylics on gallery-wrapped canvas<br /><br /><hr /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_JyTNv09_PZc/SqpmqPu7deI/AAAAAAAAAqI/VnsJ7NI2VHM/s1600-h/c98.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_JyTNv09_PZc/SqpmqPu7deI/AAAAAAAAAqI/VnsJ7NI2VHM/s320/c98.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5380225580811384290" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" >Autumn Moonrise VIII</span><br />Original 24" x 36" x 0.75" painting<br />Golden, Liquitex, and Chroma acrylics on gallery-wrapped canvas<br /></div><br />Today's work included a new composition: <span style="font-style: italic;">Autumn Cottage with Cattails</span>, and the newest edition in the <span style="font-style: italic;">Autumn Moonrise</span> series. I have recently relocated to Morristown, New York, in the North Country along the St. Lawrence River. The setting for <span style="font-style: italic;">Autumn Cottage</span> is the view from my new deck!<br /><br />Today's is my baby's 14th birthday! Happy Birthday Emily!!!<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Quote of the Day</span><br />"The more you care, the stronger you can be." --Jim Rohn<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8142845924305941722-6400438177032443464?l=pattyabaker.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Patty Bakerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12147293478574099353noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8142845924305941722.post-76747532339006713632009-09-07T21:00:00.002-04:002009-09-07T21:15:48.137-04:00<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_JyTNv09_PZc/SqWqkYDR1GI/AAAAAAAAAqA/MX6rMm0B9dg/s1600-h/b98.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_JyTNv09_PZc/SqWqkYDR1GI/AAAAAAAAAqA/MX6rMm0B9dg/s320/b98.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5378892871872140386" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" >Rocky Mountain Sunset IV</span><br />Original 24" x 36" x 0.75" painting<br />Golden, Liquitex, and Chroma acrylics on gallery-wrapped canvas<br /><br /><hr /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_JyTNv09_PZc/SqWoVm9l80I/AAAAAAAAAp4/itNau0Hq8rc/s1600-h/v97all.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 133px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_JyTNv09_PZc/SqWoVm9l80I/AAAAAAAAAp4/itNau0Hq8rc/s320/v97all.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5378890419153531714" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" >Oriental Blossoms XVII</span><br />Original 48" x 20" x 0.75" painting<br />Three 16" x 20" canvases<br />Golden, Liquitex, and Chroma acrylics on gallery-wrapped canvas<br /><br /><hr /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_JyTNv09_PZc/SqWoMIHhDjI/AAAAAAAAApw/fHPb_-XM1ts/s1600-h/w97.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 218px; height: 320px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_JyTNv09_PZc/SqWoMIHhDjI/AAAAAAAAApw/fHPb_-XM1ts/s320/w97.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5378890256254832178" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" >Autumn Path XXIII</span><br />Original 24" x 36" x 0.75" painting<br />Golden, Liquitex, and Chroma acrylics on gallery-wrapped canvas<br /><br /><hr /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_JyTNv09_PZc/SqWoH7EFcSI/AAAAAAAAApo/EUpbAaoiakU/s1600-h/x97.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 256px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_JyTNv09_PZc/SqWoH7EFcSI/AAAAAAAAApo/EUpbAaoiakU/s320/x97.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5378890184031301922" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" >Autumn Aspens VII</span><br />Original 24" x 30" painting<br />Golden, Liquitex, and Chroma acrylics on gallery-wrapped canvas<br /><br /><hr /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_JyTNv09_PZc/SqWoC-A4g8I/AAAAAAAAApg/0foOMbfGTJc/s1600-h/y97.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 254px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_JyTNv09_PZc/SqWoC-A4g8I/AAAAAAAAApg/0foOMbfGTJc/s320/y97.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5378890098923832258" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" >Poppies on Blue Sky XIII</span><br />Original 24" x 30" x 0.75" painting<br />Golden, Liquitex, and Chroma acrylics on gallery-wrapped canvas<br /><br /><hr /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_JyTNv09_PZc/SqWn5MvHpuI/AAAAAAAAApY/_kZNqmdBtMg/s1600-h/z97.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 258px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_JyTNv09_PZc/SqWn5MvHpuI/AAAAAAAAApY/_kZNqmdBtMg/s320/z97.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5378889931077166818" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" >Early Summer Sunrise II</span><br />Original 16" x 20" x 0.75" painting<br />Golden, Liquitex, and Chroma acrylics on gallery-wrapped canvas<br /><br /><hr /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_JyTNv09_PZc/SqWnz5DGwhI/AAAAAAAAApQ/qBMxtrUTnks/s1600-h/a98.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 254px; height: 320px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_JyTNv09_PZc/SqWnz5DGwhI/AAAAAAAAApQ/qBMxtrUTnks/s320/a98.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5378889839892939282" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" >Still Life with Daisies and Red Vase V</span><br />Original 16" x 20" x 0.75" painting<br />Golden, Liquitex, and Chroma acrylics on gallery-wrapped canvas<br /></div><br />I've devoted most of the past week to painting these pieces, as well as working on commissions. These paintings are all new editions from many of my popular compositions. The Autumn paintings are inspired by the coming change of season, to which I look forward with great anticipation.<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Quote of the Day</span><br />"Even the best psychologist will tell you...that people don't really want to be cured. What they want is relief; a cure is painful." --Anthony de Mello<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8142845924305941722-7674753233900671363?l=pattyabaker.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Patty Bakerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12147293478574099353noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8142845924305941722.post-19946735653795497212009-09-06T19:30:00.000-04:002009-09-06T19:43:51.909-04:00<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_JyTNv09_PZc/SqRBoNlTZaI/AAAAAAAAApA/aRUog0R__yc/s1600-h/h28.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 212px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_JyTNv09_PZc/SqRBoNlTZaI/AAAAAAAAApA/aRUog0R__yc/s320/h28.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5378496014083909026" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" >Autumn Harvest</span><br />Original Acrylic Painting<br /></div><br />Today's post includes a painting from the archives: <span style="font-style: italic;">Autumn Harvest</span>. Fall is my favorite season of all, and a lot of my work depicts the rich colors from many places during that time of the year.<br /><br />I have several new paintings to post and list on my sales venues, which I will include here on the FAB at my nearest opportunity.<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Quote of the Day</span><br />"The most precious gift we can offer others is our presence. When mindfulness embraces those we love, they will bloom like flowers." --Thich Nhat Hanh<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8142845924305941722-1994673565379549721?l=pattyabaker.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Patty Bakerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12147293478574099353noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8142845924305941722.post-46233718759107553492009-08-29T18:15:00.002-04:002009-08-29T20:13:43.643-04:00<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_JyTNv09_PZc/SpnDnXJntsI/AAAAAAAAAo4/KgSX8BTwhhE/s1600-h/20x30.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_JyTNv09_PZc/SpnDnXJntsI/AAAAAAAAAo4/KgSX8BTwhhE/s320/20x30.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5375542711240079042" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" >Abstract Floral (Commission)</span><br />Original 20" x 30" x 0.75" painting<br />Golden, Liquitex, and Chroma acrylics on gallery-wrapped canvas<br /><br /><hr /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_JyTNv09_PZc/Spmnt0N64zI/AAAAAAAAAow/jXM8QQmROOE/s1600-h/u97all.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 134px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_JyTNv09_PZc/Spmnt0N64zI/AAAAAAAAAow/jXM8QQmROOE/s320/u97all.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5375512035796378418" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" >Autumn Aspens VI</span><br />Original 48" x 20" x 0.75" painting<br />Three 16" x 20" canvases<br />Golden, Liquitex, and Chroma acrylics on gallery-wrapped canvas<br /><br /><hr /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_JyTNv09_PZc/Spmnc0E5DbI/AAAAAAAAAoo/1_KUG3-0_q8/s1600-h/erik2.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 258px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_JyTNv09_PZc/Spmnc0E5DbI/AAAAAAAAAoo/1_KUG3-0_q8/s320/erik2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5375511743700733362" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" >Flower Garden Against a Yellow Sky (Commission)</span><br />Original 40" x 50" x 1.5" painting<br />Golden, Liquitex, and Chroma acrylics on gallery-wrapped canvas<br /></div><br />I wrapped up the week working on a commission of my <span style="font-style: italic;">Abstract Floral</span> composition, a large commission of my <span style="font-style: italic;">Flower Garden</span> composition, as well as the newest edition in the <span style="font-style: italic;">Autumn Aspens</span> series to sell on my web site. It's been an incredibly busy but rewarding week.<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Quote of the Day</span><br />"Self-reliance is the only road to true freedom, and being one's own person is its ultimate reward." --Patricia Sampson<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8142845924305941722-4623371875910755349?l=pattyabaker.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Patty Bakerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12147293478574099353noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8142845924305941722.post-32472161971106022832009-08-25T21:45:00.003-04:002009-08-25T23:06:10.314-04:00<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_JyTNv09_PZc/SpSQ7iQAVbI/AAAAAAAAAn4/Qep_bEdEXjs/s1600-h/s97.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 247px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_JyTNv09_PZc/SpSQ7iQAVbI/AAAAAAAAAn4/Qep_bEdEXjs/s320/s97.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5374079607840462258" border="0" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" >Pasture, Creek, and Stormy Sky</span><br />Original 16" x 20" x 0.75" painting<br />Golden, Liquitex, and Chroma acrylics on gallery-wrapped canvas<br /><br /><hr /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_JyTNv09_PZc/SpSQ2Wv85II/AAAAAAAAAnw/YSesbjzcbYI/s1600-h/t97.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_JyTNv09_PZc/SpSQ2Wv85II/AAAAAAAAAnw/YSesbjzcbYI/s320/t97.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5374079518853883010" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" >Twisted Apple Tree with Pink Blossoms XII</span><br />Original 30" x 40" x 0.75" painting<br />Golden, Liquitex, and Chroma acrylics on gallery-wrapped canvas<br /></div><br />Today's work includes a new composition: <span style="font-style: italic;">Pasture, Creek, and Stormy Sky</span>, as well as the newest edition in the <span style="font-style: italic;">Twisted Apple Tree with Pink Blossoms</span> series.<br /><br />One of my favorite musical ensembles is <a href="http://www.roches.com/">The Roches</a>. I've been listening to their music since the 1980s, and was listening to their music yesterday while I was painting. I decided to go to their web site, found an email address to write them, and told them how much I've enjoyed their music over the years. I also told them how much I relate to the stories told in their lyrics, having grown up in a large Catholic family on Long Island.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_JyTNv09_PZc/SpSS8ucfV5I/AAAAAAAAAoA/GKcsTIn6ys0/s1600-h/l37.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 318px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_JyTNv09_PZc/SpSS8ucfV5I/AAAAAAAAAoA/GKcsTIn6ys0/s320/l37.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5374081827317176210" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" >Lone Cow</span><br />Original Acrylic Painting<br /><br /></div>Well, to my surprise, their mother--who responds to fan email--wrote me back and gave me high praise for my work! I wrote her back and offered to create a painting for them. Again, to my surprise, Suzzy Roche checked out <a href="http://pattyabaker.com/">my web site</a> and requested a new edition of my <span style="font-style: italic;">Lone Cow</span> painting!! I can't tell you how thrilled I am that my work will hang in the home of one of my favorite musical artists!<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Quote of the Day</span><br />"Everyone is good." --The Roches<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8142845924305941722-3247216197110602283?l=pattyabaker.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Patty Bakerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12147293478574099353noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8142845924305941722.post-18706447713367996262009-08-25T00:30:00.001-04:002009-08-25T00:30:13.908-04:00<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_JyTNv09_PZc/SpNlaGUA0TI/AAAAAAAAAno/WtQFeV8CGmA/s1600-h/r97.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 256px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_JyTNv09_PZc/SpNlaGUA0TI/AAAAAAAAAno/WtQFeV8CGmA/s320/r97.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5373750279428690226" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" >Abstract Poppies X</span><br />Original 24" x 30" x 0.75" painting<br />Golden, Liquitex, and Chroma acrylics on gallery-wrapped canvas<br /><br /><hr /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_JyTNv09_PZc/SpNlSPZkNuI/AAAAAAAAAng/W1BCB_DctYQ/s1600-h/dcreek.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 253px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_JyTNv09_PZc/SpNlSPZkNuI/AAAAAAAAAng/W1BCB_DctYQ/s320/dcreek.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5373750144428947170" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" >Prairie and Pond in Late Summer (Commission)</span><br />Original 16" x 20" x 0.75" painting<br />Golden, Liquitex, and Chroma acrylics on gallery-wrapped canvas<br /><br /><hr /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_JyTNv09_PZc/SpNlNE3vA-I/AAAAAAAAAnY/O5HMBbku6uU/s1600-h/dradishes.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 244px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_JyTNv09_PZc/SpNlNE3vA-I/AAAAAAAAAnY/O5HMBbku6uU/s320/dradishes.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5373750055703348194" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" >Radishes (Commission)</span><br />Original 14" x 18" x 0.75" painting<br />Golden, Liquitex, and Chroma acrylics on gallery-wrapped canvas<br /><br /><hr /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_JyTNv09_PZc/SpNlGbTmvKI/AAAAAAAAAnQ/QJmSrvDV2-w/s1600-h/deggplant.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 241px; height: 320px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_JyTNv09_PZc/SpNlGbTmvKI/AAAAAAAAAnQ/QJmSrvDV2-w/s320/deggplant.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5373749941466741922" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" >Eggplant (Commission)</span><br />Original 14" x 18" x 0.75" painting<br />Golden, Liquitex, and Chroma acrylics on gallery-wrapped canvas<br /><br /><hr /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_JyTNv09_PZc/SpNlA6Wy2CI/AAAAAAAAAnI/3ITC6SE8KsE/s1600-h/dcarrots.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 241px; height: 320px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_JyTNv09_PZc/SpNlA6Wy2CI/AAAAAAAAAnI/3ITC6SE8KsE/s320/dcarrots.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5373749846722402338" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" >Carrots (Commission)</span><br />Original 14" x 18" x 0.75" painting<br />Golden, Liquitex, and Chroma acrylics on gallery-wrapped canvas<br /><br /><hr /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_JyTNv09_PZc/SpNk6qxeJYI/AAAAAAAAAnA/F0CeKlhDdK4/s1600-h/dasparagus.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 245px; height: 320px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_JyTNv09_PZc/SpNk6qxeJYI/AAAAAAAAAnA/F0CeKlhDdK4/s320/dasparagus.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5373749739460109698" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" >Asparagus (Commission)</span><br />Original 14" x 18" x 0.75" painting<br />Golden, Liquitex, and Chroma acrylics on gallery-wrapped canvas<br /></div><br />I finished several commissions today, and painted a new edition in the Abstract Poppies series for my sales venues. I'm finally catching up with orders after my vacation (whew!).<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Quote of the Day</span><br />"Acceptance is not submission; it is acknowledgment of the facts of a situation. Then deciding what you're going to do about it." --Kathleen Casey Thiesen<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8142845924305941722-1870644771336799626?l=pattyabaker.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Patty Bakerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12147293478574099353noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8142845924305941722.post-79573065684915729702009-08-22T20:15:00.002-04:002009-08-22T20:18:32.273-04:00<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_JyTNv09_PZc/SpCImueMSRI/AAAAAAAAAm4/niaMl77T5dI/s1600-h/poppies1.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 216px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_JyTNv09_PZc/SpCImueMSRI/AAAAAAAAAm4/niaMl77T5dI/s320/poppies1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5372944554344073490" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" >Abstract Poppies (Commission)</span><br />Original 24" x 36" x 0.75" painting<br />Golden, Liquitex, and Chroma acrylics on gallery-wrapped canvas<br /><br /><hr /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_JyTNv09_PZc/SpCIhMl7BTI/AAAAAAAAAmw/BHnUnVGBILM/s1600-h/todd3.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 210px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_JyTNv09_PZc/SpCIhMl7BTI/AAAAAAAAAmw/BHnUnVGBILM/s320/todd3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5372944459350345010" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" >Looking North on the Hudson River (Commission)</span><br />Original 24" x 36" x 0.75" painting<br />Golden, Liquitex, and Chroma acrylics on gallery-wrapped canvas<br /><br /><hr /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_JyTNv09_PZc/SpCIN8W0-AI/AAAAAAAAAmg/NtkgEI5KqPA/s1600-h/todd1.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 144px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_JyTNv09_PZc/SpCIN8W0-AI/AAAAAAAAAmg/NtkgEI5KqPA/s320/todd1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5372944128574552066" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" >Autumn Aspens (Commission)</span><br />Original 54" x 24" x 0.75" painting<br />Three 18" x 24" canvases<br />Golden, Liquitex, and Chroma acrylics on gallery-wrapped canvas<br /><br /><hr /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_JyTNv09_PZc/SpCIcWKePTI/AAAAAAAAAmo/w8Z8iYPwFjY/s1600-h/todd2.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 106px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_JyTNv09_PZc/SpCIcWKePTI/AAAAAAAAAmo/w8Z8iYPwFjY/s320/todd2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5372944376020221234" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" >Poppies on Blue Sky (Commission)</span><br />Original 84" x 24" x 0.75" painting<br />One 24" x 36" and Two 18" x 24" canvases<br />Golden, Liquitex, and Chroma acrylics on gallery-wrapped canvas<br /><br /><hr /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_JyTNv09_PZc/SpAE3oo_ZoI/AAAAAAAAAmY/eWS8ZwQKUGg/s1600-h/aspencommission.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 235px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_JyTNv09_PZc/SpAE3oo_ZoI/AAAAAAAAAmY/eWS8ZwQKUGg/s320/aspencommission.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5372799709301663362" border="0" /></a><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" >Autumn Aspens (Commission)</span><br />Original 30" x 40" x 0.75" painting<br />Golden, Liquitex, and Chroma acrylics on gallery-wrapped canvas<br /><br /><hr /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_JyTNv09_PZc/SpAEumgGr9I/AAAAAAAAAmQ/MEgwR7PhmYo/s1600-h/p97all.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 134px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_JyTNv09_PZc/SpAEumgGr9I/AAAAAAAAAmQ/MEgwR7PhmYo/s320/p97all.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5372799554108698578" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" >Red Trees IX</span><br />Original 48" x 20" x 0.75" painting<br />Three 16" x 20" canvases<br />Golden, Liquitex, and Chroma acrylics on gallery-wrapped canvas<br /></div><br />I've been painting like a mad woman since I returned from my vacation! I already had several commissions in the hopper, and received several new orders while I was away. There are literally not enough hours in the day for me to paint! However, this is a good thing, and I'm working hard to fulfill my orders--now I just need to find the time to paint new work to list on my sales venues and web site.<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Quote of the Day</span><br />"Happiness cannot be traveled to, owned, earned, worn or consumed. Happiness is the spiritual experience of living every minute with love, grace and gratitude." --Denis Waitley<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8142845924305941722-7957306568491572970?l=pattyabaker.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Patty Bakerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12147293478574099353noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8142845924305941722.post-40799410245190771112009-08-16T17:00:00.001-04:002009-08-16T17:02:11.175-04:00<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_JyTNv09_PZc/Sohx76q6CoI/AAAAAAAAAmI/bNLrAPiU1Fs/s1600-h/b41.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 238px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_JyTNv09_PZc/Sohx76q6CoI/AAAAAAAAAmI/bNLrAPiU1Fs/s320/b41.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5370667829814758018" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" >Early Morning Light Through Summer Trees</span><br />Original Acrylic Painting<br /></div><br />Today's my last day of vacation, a travel day--so not really vacation per se, but the journey is really part of the whole experience. It was great to see my family back in New York. School starts at the end of this week, so my kids will be back into their academic routine in no time. My baby starts high school this year!<br /><br />I have several commissions that came in while I was away, and a some that were already in the queue when I left! Thank you, as always, to my patrons!<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Quote of the Day</span><br />"Every day is a journey, and the journey itself is home." --Matsuo Basho<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8142845924305941722-4079941024519077111?l=pattyabaker.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Patty Bakerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12147293478574099353noreply@blogger.com