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| Tomato Sandwich Coming Up! 6x6 Oil on gesso board This Painting is SOLD Please visit my Etsy Shop HERE This shows the progression from the original still life set up to the finished painting.The original still life is the photo at the bottom, from which the painting was done. Thank you Madeleine!! This painting is going to Sweden, so now I have gone international!! I hope you enjoy it! Please feel free to Subscribe and/or Follow near the top left column and you will receive an email to notify you whenever there is a new posting. And feel free to hit the "LIKE" button below!! Thank You!! |
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| Rocky and Missy's World 24x36 Oil on Stretched Canvas This painting is SOLD Please visit my Etsy Shop HERE   This is a commission that has been at least a couple of months in the making. It has morphed so many times in trying to get it the way I wanted it to be. My buyers, L.V. and Tamara pretty much left it up to me what to put in the painting. So this is truly an original for me. Tamara told me the colors she wanted, she said trees and a creek would be nice. So I just went with that and came up with this composition. L.V. and Tamara are having a beautiful new home built in Tennessee and will be moving in soon. I am so honored that they asked me to do a painting for their new home. I hope it will be just right for their colors and decor. They had already bought the frame they wanted so I took a photo of the painting with its new frame. I think it is perfect! There is sort of a story with the painting. L.V came up with the idea. Not too long ago, Tamara's cat Rocky died, unexpectedly. Also, Tamara's step-dad passed away recently. He had had a Lhasa Apsa, Missy, who was also recently deceased. So L.V. suggested putting the pets in the painting. You can enlarge the painting by clicking on it. If you will look at the end of the path toward the center left of the painting, you will see Rocky, the cat walking toward the cabin which is over the hillside. Beside Rocky is Missy, sitting and looking toward the cabin. I think there is some allegory here. You decide. I wanted them in the painting not as a focal point, but at the same time I feel like they are such a strong element of the painting. This really is "Rocky and Missy's World". Please feel free to Subscribe and/or Follow near the top left column and you will receive an email to notify you whenever there is a new posting. And feel free to hit the "LIKE" button below!! Thank You!! |
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| Imagine 16x20 Oil on stretched canvas This painting has been donated for an auction that will be raising money to help a family adopt two Chinese girls Please visit my Etsy Shop HERE This is a different kind of painting for me. Just a fun one. No real place. Yes, a bit surreal, I think. This painting is finished on all sides and can be hung as is, or framed if you like. |
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| Maybe I should have named my blog Janet Paden's Paintings and Photography. Spring is having a hard time coming here in Ohio. It snowed on me when I drove to Columbus two days ago. But I hope today that I can hang clothes out on the line. The daffodils are blooming, but no trees yet, although the crab apples are just aching to burst out! I am in the mood for something Springy, so I chose this photo. It is one that I took last summer when my grandson and I were out hiking. I was actually just photographing the flowers and didn't realize until later that I had captured this Bumble Bee busy at his daily work. To those of you who are fortunate enough to have Spring already, enjoy! |
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| Tomato 5x5 Oil on 1/8 inch gesso board This painting is SOLD This is my first time painting a tomato! I love tomatoes! |
