Path to Kaaterskill Falls

Path to Kaaterskill Falls
Original 24" x 30" x 0.75" painting
Golden, Liquitex, and Chroma acrylics on gallery wrapped canvas

Autumn Path

Autumn Path
Original 24" x 36" x 0.75" painting
Golden, Liquitex, and Chroma acrylics on gallery wrapped canvas

New Paintings - 7.6.10

Poppies on Blue
Original 18" x 24" painting
Golden, Liquitex, and Chroma acrylics on gallery wrapped canvas

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Autumn Path
Original 18" x 24" painting
Golden, Liquitex, and Chroma acrylics on gallery wrapped canvas

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Poppies on Yellow
Original 18" x 24" painting
Golden, Liquitex, and Chroma acrylics on gallery wrapped canvas

Autumn Path XXVI

Autumn Path XXVI
Original 24" x 36" x 0.75" painting
Golden, Liquitex, and Chroma acrylics on gallery-wrapped canvas

My first painting of 2010 is the latest edition of my signature composition Autumn Path. For those patrons who reside in the Denver area I will be having a show at the Denver West Barnes & 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!

Quote of the Day
"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."

H.H. the Dalai Lama

New Paintings 11.11.09

Autumn Path Near the St. Lawrence
Original 18" x 24" x 0.75" painting
Golden, Liquitex, and Chroma acrylics on gallery-wrapped canvas

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Small Town in Fauve IX with Cows
Original 18" x 24" x 0.75" painting
Golden, Liquitex, and Chroma acrylics on gallery-wrapped canvas

My newest work includes two paintings based on previous editions of my Autumn Path and Small Town in Fauve series. I have commissions that I will share with my readers in the next day or so.

Thanks to the men and women in our nation's armed forces for their service on this Veteran's Day.

Quote of the Day
"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."

Thich Nhat Hanh

Autumn Path XXV

Autumn Path XXV
Original 24" x 36" x 0.75" painting
Golden, Liquitex, and Chroma acrylics on gallery-wrapped canvas

Today's painting is the latest in my popular Autumn Path series. This line is one of my signature compositions, and has a big following among my patrons.

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!

Quote of the Day
"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

New Paintings 10.16.09

Autumn Path XXIV
Original 18" x 24" x 0.75" painting
Golden, Liquitex, and Chroma acrylics on gallery-wrapped canvas

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Autumn Grove and Snowy Peaks
Original 48" x 20" x 0.75" painting
Three 16" x 20" canvases
Golden, Liquitex, and Chroma acrylics on gallery-wrapped canvas

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Path Through Autumn Birch Grove
Original 18" x 24" x 0.75" painting
Golden, Liquitex, and Chroma acrylics on gallery-wrapped canvas

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Tall Red Trees VIII
Original 54" x 24" x 0.75" painting
Three 18" x 24" canvases
Golden, Liquitex, and Chroma acrylics on gallery-wrapped canvas

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Still Life with Daisy Bouquet VI
Original 24" x 30" x 0.75" painting
Golden, Liquitex, and Chroma acrylics on gallery-wrapped canvas

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. Daisy Bouquet as well as some of my giclees are attracting a lot of attention, and have been featured in several Etsy Treasuries this week.

Quote of the Day
"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

Work This Past Week

Rocky Mountain Sunset IV
Original 24" x 36" x 0.75" painting
Golden, Liquitex, and Chroma acrylics on gallery-wrapped canvas

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Oriental Blossoms XVII
Original 48" x 20" x 0.75" painting
Three 16" x 20" canvases
Golden, Liquitex, and Chroma acrylics on gallery-wrapped canvas

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Autumn Path XXIII
Original 24" x 36" x 0.75" painting
Golden, Liquitex, and Chroma acrylics on gallery-wrapped canvas

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Autumn Aspens VII
Original 24" x 30" painting
Golden, Liquitex, and Chroma acrylics on gallery-wrapped canvas

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Poppies on Blue Sky XIII
Original 24" x 30" x 0.75" painting
Golden, Liquitex, and Chroma acrylics on gallery-wrapped canvas

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Early Summer Sunrise II
Original 16" x 20" x 0.75" painting
Golden, Liquitex, and Chroma acrylics on gallery-wrapped canvas

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Still Life with Daisies and Red Vase V
Original 16" x 20" x 0.75" painting
Golden, Liquitex, and Chroma acrylics on gallery-wrapped canvas

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.

Quote of the Day
"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

The Croff House Bed and Breakfast - Hudson, NY

Interior photo of the Croff House Bed and Breakfast
Hudson, New York

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Exterior Photo of the Croff House Bed and Breakfast
Hudson, New York

Duncan Calhoun and Russell Gibson purchased this historic home in Hudson, New York in September of 2008 and spent seven months renovating the property and converting it to the Bed and Breakfast now known as The Croff House in honor of the original architect of the property G.B. Croff.

Mr. Calhoun and Mr. Gibson have honored me by purchasing several of my paintings to decorate their B&B, including the Autumn Path painting depicted in the interior photo above. You may see more photos of this lovely B&B, as well as make reservations by visiting their web site www.thecroffhouse.com.

Today's Paintings 5.13.09

Still Life with Sunflowers
Original 30" x 40" x 0.75" painting
Golden, Liquitex, and Chroma acrylics on gallery-wrapped canvas

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Spring Path II
Original 24" x 36" x 0.75" painting
Golden, Liquitex, and Chroma acrylics on gallery-wrapped canvas

Today's work includes a new still life composition and the newest edition in the Spring Path series. My husband gave me the beautiful sunflowers for Mother's Day that I used in the still life, and I wanted to paint them before they started to fade. My lovely girls gave me some orchids that I want to paint too.

Tip of the Day
Increase your exposure by optimizing your listings and web site with key words and key word phrases. Search engines catalog your web site and in some cases your listings on sales venues by the key words and key word phrases you use. The title line of your home page, as well as the first paragraph or so of text are what they generally pick up on to catalog your site, so be sure to include your name and the type of art you're selling in your title and in the initial content of your home page or blog. Sales venues such as Etsy have documentation on how your listings are cataloged by search engines. Don't miss this valuable opportunity to get the word out about what you do!

Quote of the Day
"I claim to be a simple individual liable to err like any other fellow mortal. I own, however, that I have humility enough to confess my errors and to retrace my steps." --Mahatma Gandhi

Autumn Path Commission

Autumn Path (Commission)
Original 72" x 36" x 0.75" painting
Golden, Liquitex, and Chroma acrylics on gallery-wrapped canvas

Today's post includes the completed version of the Autumn Path commission for my Canadian patron. She approved the Autumn Aspens piece, so I'm on to my next commission--a 64" x 48" version of my Flower Garden Against a Yellow Sky series, shown below.

Flower Garden Against a Yellow Sky II
Original 36" x 24" x 0.75" painting
Golden, Liquitex, and Chroma acrylics on gallery-wrapped canvas

We're expecting cool rainy weather over the weekend here in Golden, so I'm going to put on some tea, play some Joni Mitchell, Iris Dement, and Rolling Stones, and get some painting done!

Quote of the Day
"I find hope in the darkest of days, and focus in the brightest. I do not judge the universe." --Dalai Lama

Today's Paintings 4.30.09

Autumn Aspens (Commission)
Original 48" x 36 x 0.75" painting
Two 24" x 36" canvases
Golden, Liquitex, and Chroma acrylics on gallery-wrapped canvas

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Autumn Path (Commission in progress)
Original 72" x 36" x 0.75" painting
Three 24" x 36" canvases
Golden, Liquitex, and Chroma acrylics on gallery-wrapped canvas

Today's work includes new originals of two of my popular compositions from the Autumn Aspens and Autumn Path series. My patron is from Canada, found my work on one of my sales venues, and I worked with her to determine the number and size of canvases would work best in the space she wishes to hang these paintings.

My patron in New York approved the American Basin commission, so that painting is off the wall and on stretcher bars now. I have another large commission on order, and will be painting a new original based on one of my floral compositions. I'll post that one once I have some paint down.

Announcement
My workshop Selling Your Artwork Online at Jerry's Artarama in Englewood, CO is open for registration via the Jerry's web site. If you live in the Denver area or close by and wish to enroll, please visit the Jerry's web site to sign up, and visit their site or mine for more information on the topics my husband and I will be covering during the four 2-hour sessions we have set up for both May and June.

Tip of the Day
TOD is taking a short vacation and will return next week.

Quote of the Day
"Why do they always teach us that it's easy and evil to do what we want and that we need discipline to restrain ourselves? It's the hardest thing in the world - to do what we want. And it takes the greatest kind of courage. I mean, what we really want." --Ayn Rand

Today's Paintings 4/14/09

Aspen Grove in Autumn
Original 72" x 30" x 0.75" painting
Three 24" x 30" canvases
Golden, Liquitex, and Atelier acrylics on gallery-wrapped canvas

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Path to Bard Falls Commission
Original 18" x 24" x 0.75" painting
Golden, Liquitex, and Atelier acrylics

Today's work includes a new composition - Aspen Grove in Autumn - as well as a commission of the Path to Bard Falls series. Aspen Grove is a new composition in my decorative line, and was inspired by the lovely autumn scenery here in Colorado. Path to Bard Falls is a composition I've enjoyed painting since I started painting as my day job, and depicts the path to Bard Falls on Sawkill Creek, a tributary of the Hudson River. Bard Falls is on the campus of Bard College, west of Red Hook, New York where my parents live.

Tip of the Day
Customer service when selling your art online is as important as--if not more important--than selling your work in a face-to-face setting. Your feedback on a sales venue is your "report card" from previous buyers of your work, and has a direct influence on how well regarded you are within the buyer community of any sales venue. The way to get great feedback: provide great customer service.

Honor the terms of your sale. Communicate often and well with your buyers so they're in the loop on every step of the transaction--the sale, when you receive payment, when you'll ship their purchase, when you have shipped their purchase. Ship your product as quickly as possible without sacrificing quality. Buyers also like to receive a tracking number so they can monitor when they'll receive their purchase. Attention to detail is important.

Leave feedback for your buyers as well, so that other sellers have some insight into what kind of customer they are, as well as providing good will and expressing your appreciation for the buyer's purchase.

Quote of the Day
"If life wanted to hand me lemons, I'd not only make lemonade, but I'd use the zest for cookies, plant seeds for future fruit and turn the rind into compost to grow flowers, all the while giving thanks for lemons." --Bridgette Mongeon

Garden Path VII

Garden Path VII
Original 22" x 28" x 0.75" painting
Golden, Liquitex, and Atelier acrylics on gallery-wrapped canvas

The Garden Path series is a popular one among my patrons. This rendering is on a 22" x 28" canvas, and has an abundance of flowers and the blue shadows that I love to paint.

We had a glorious week weather-wise, but yesterday and today were much colder than it's been. There were some flurries even--a reminder that we're in that transition season where it can be toasty warm one day, and cold and snowy the next. The nice thing about Colorado is that if you don't like the weather you can wait five minutes (or a day) and it will change.

Path and Pink Blossoms

Path and Pink Blossoms
Original 24" x 36" x 0.75" painting
Golden, Liquitex, and Atelier acrylics on gallery-wrapped canvas

The weather here has been very spring-like the past few days--too windy for my tastes, but warm enough to break out the capris and and sandals. This painting was inspired by the cherry blossoms that will present themselves in a few weeks, and which I truly enjoy seeing every year. I love the spring here: a time of renewal, new life, and sometimes lots of heavy, wet snow!

Quote of the day: "What art offers is space - a certain breathing room for the spirit." --John Updike

Autumn Path Series

Autumn Path XXI

Original 24" x 30" x 0.75" painting
Golden and Liquitex acrylic paints on gallery-wrapped canvas

This is one of my favorite--and most popular--compositions. I love the palette in this composition, the atmospheric perspective, and the contrast of the fall foliage and blue sky.

You may find this painting, and others in my newly listed work, at the online venues in my links section on the top right of my blog.

I'm still cranking out the embellished giclees for my UK broker, but I had to take a break from the action to paint an original for today's listings. I typically have two or three new paintings to list on a daily basis, so please go to one of my sites to see my current offerings.