Happy long weekend to all my Canadian family and friends. Enjoy the cottage if you have found yourself at it. Is there good clean water yet? Does Victoria Beach have a new water plant?
Just a short blurb to give you a peek at my paintings. For those of you who did not know that I enjoy painting...you've learned a new thing today. I first started oil painting through the Leisure Guide in Elmwood (before Ben was born) and though I 'enjoyed' painting the White Shell week after week after week(my instructor had a thing for rock, water and evergreens), I found it really didn't rock my boat. After a couple of years, I gave away my easel, threw out my dried out oils, and I switched to watercolors and attended classes in Transcona as well as in Charleswood, but found them so frustrating as it is such a chemically challenging art. I eventually gave it up as I am such a linear thinker and it just wasn't working out for me. The timing was just too tricky!
So then I moved to Kauai and I bumped into Evelyn Ritter, hereafter known as Mama Evie, (http://www.evelynritter.com/) ...a super talented oil painter in portraiture. She offered to teach me in oils. For months I didn't give it a second thought and then I realized that I really liked Evelyn. One day she was transforming the nursery with a full room mural and I offered to help with some of the easier painting. She looked at my work and with a sparkle in her eye, said "Go get a canvas, turpentine, these 6 or 7 brushes and these oil colors...WE are gonna paint!" I was so excited!! Evelyn has not only become a good friend but she and her husband, Harry, have also become our island parents. Not only do I have a great instructor but I have a new mom!!
I am thrilled to tell you that my camera is back and so far working much better than I anticipated. You are in for a treat!
Here are some of the very recent fruits of my labour after giving up oils some 13 years ago!
Tropical Heliconia
Red Anthurium
Red and Green Ti Leaf
Black & White Anthurium
I have a few more paintings (not shown) on the go and at present, the B&W Heliconia still needs a bit more work but it is coming along. Mama Evie if you read this...I need your input!
Love to you all and have a great restful weekend!
7 comments:
Wow...beautful paintings, Laurie! The 'Red Anthurium' is my favourite-so realistic!
fantastic work - your skill is evident - I can see how "Mama Evie" recognized it easily.
If you were around the Peg I'd be leaning on you heavy to join Riverwood's little art group "Render". That said, you search "Render" on facebook and hang out there on the group page a bit to see what we're about.
Cheers!
Greg
it is good to see that you are getting back into it. Your first efforts all those years ago weren't bad, you just needed to find your ninche.
richard
Laurie, your paintings are beautiful.
Hey Laur,
You should be auctioning them off - do a little mortgage fundraising on your blog. Seriously.
bets
Laurie...
These paintings are FANTASTIC!!!!
WOW!
so... you know those blank walls in your new house??? i think i know what you can put on them... and if you don't like that idea... i have some blank walls and my BIG birthday is coming up in the next few months... just an idea...
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