Rocky and Missy's World - COMISSIONED

Rocky and Missy's World
24x36 Oil on Stretched Canvas
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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".


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Before Planting

8x8 inch oil on canvas board 

Available for $20 plus $5 shipping

I did this painting for two reasons ( I think they call it killing two birds with one stone).  One is for the Daily Paintworks weekly challenge. Been wanting to do that for some time and can't seem to get a round tuit. The subject is "The Outside Your Window Challenge". So this is the view outside our windows on the east side of our house. This is a closeup shot, as the field between us is really a lot larger than what is shown here.  This is the corn field in Ohio that I live by. (Excue bad grammer!) Only I think that this summer it will be a soy bean field. You can see this painting at DailyPaintworks.com  under the challenges. Anyone can do this challenge, if you are interested. The second reason for this painting is for an exercise with Nel, who is doing Prompts and Critiques for me this summer, using the Zorn Palette. This palette consists of Ivory Black, Yellow Orchre, Cadmium Red Light, White, and Cobalt Blue. I just learned about this today. It makes for some interesting colors and I think too, a rather harmonious effect, as Nel said. I am not listing a sale price yet. I am still doing some work on this one. Soon though!! Just wanted you to know I AM doing something! You can let me know if you are interested.

Limes

Limes
4x4 oil on 1/8 inch gesso board
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This is the earlier Limes that I painted but with some changes to the background color. It is now a warmer and deeper color. Better, I hope. 

Red Tomatoes - SOLD

Red Tomatoes

4x4 on gesso board

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This is one of my first efforts at loosening up and painting faster. Not too bad, I think....

Memories of Cade's Cove

Memories of Cade's Cove

12x16 Oil on Stretched Canvas

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This painting was done from a lesson. This isn't a specific place, but it does remind me of Cade's Cove, one of my favorite places. If you have ever been there you know how beautiful it is. This painting was from a lesson that I did.  Although this was a learning experience, I really love this one. The stretched canvas is gallery wrapped and beautifully finished on all sides, ready to hang, with or without a frame.

Speaking of learning experiences, some of you know already that I am working on a larger, 2x3 ft. commissioned painting. The buyers are building a beautiful new home. I am spending many hours on it and so have not done any other painting lately. Some of the more recent paintings that are posted are ones that I have done within the last couple of years or so. I am not posting progress on the commissioned painting because I want the buyer to be surprised and hopefully in a good way. They have left it up to me what to do with it, except for requests for using certain colors, and trees and a creek. It is coming along and I think it will be a good one, but I want it to be as good as I am capable of doing, for these special buyers! So, when it is finished, hopefully soon, I will post it then.

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After the Rain - SOLD

After the Rain
8x10 Acrylic on stretched canvas
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This painting is on back stapled canvas. The sides are painted black so it can be hung with or without a frame.

In the Shade - SOLD

In the Shade
9x12 Oil on stretched canvas
Back stapled and finished on all sides
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I remember as a child playing under a tree whose branches would enclose me. Such a cozy feeling. Just my own little world.  If I wasn't under the tree, I was probably up in it. I still enjoy those memories when I see a tree like that. A warm fuzzy feeling. I love this painting. This was done as a painting lesson.

The Farm - SOLD

8x10 Acrylic on stretched canvas
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This is one of my acrylic paintings. I have done a few of them  recently. This painting was done for one of Nel's painting lessons.

Hazy Day - SOLD

Hazy Day
9x12 Oil on stretched canvas
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This is a more impressionistic type painting. It has some nice soft colors of lavenders and blues to compliment the orange of the tree. I did this from a painting lesson. I have a few of those. Hopefully they are helping me learn to be a better painter. I think they are!
This painting is back stapled and finished on all sides, so it is ready to hang as is, or can be framed.

Imagine - DONATED

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 
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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.

The Last Sunset - SOLD

The Last Sunset
20x28 Acrylic on gallery wrapped stretched canvas
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This painting was done for another lesson that I took. The canvas is finished on all sides and ready to hang, with or without a frame. It is gallery wrapped, which makes it a very nice finish.

The Old Fence - SOLD

The Old Fence
8x16 Acrylic on stretched canvas
Back stapled and finished on all sides
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Mending Time - SOLD

Mending Time
8x10 Oil on stretched canvasSee Message Under Blog Title for Purchase Info
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I am working on a large commission now and will be putting all of my painting time into that for a while. So I am posting some paintings that I had done before I began a blog. Doing a little catch up. I did this  for one of Nel's online painting lessons. This painting is back stapled and finished on all sides.

Wildflowers - SOLD

Wildflowers
5x7 Oil on stretched canvas
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This is a small painting on a back stapled canvas. It is finished on all sides and ready to hang, with or without a frame.

The Autumn Cove - SOLD

The Autumn Cove 
9x14 Oil on stretched canvas 
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This is one that I just finished and have been working on for a while. I have made some changes with the advice of my wonderful critics, and you know who you are! Thanks all of you! And my wonderful critics will probably have some more good critique for me and welcome!
This painting is back stapled and finished on all sides, so it can be hung with our without framing.

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Japan Challenge - SOLD

Another Hydrangea
Oil on 6"x6" gesso board

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GOOD NEWS! This painting SOLD on the Japan Challenge at the site above, for $50. Thank you Diane!! The money will all be donated to the Japan Red Cross. The Daily Paintworks has raised almost $28,000 to be donated to various Japanese Charities for the earthquake/tsunami relief. This money was all raised by the various artists donating a painting to be sold on this web site. There are still many nice paintings available, so go take a look. You can help the Japanese and and also have yourself a beautiful painting.

Busy Bumble Bee

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!

Safe Inside - SOLD

Safe Inside
12x24 Oil on stretched canvas
Side stapled, but finished on all sides
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This is a scene from Oklahoma. If you have been there during a storm, you know that they DO have lightning just like this. When my husband (then boyfriend) and I were going to school at Oklahoma Christian University, we would lie out on the open hillside in the evening and just watch the lightning show. Not too smart, huh! But it sure was amazing.

Aspen Pathway - SOLD

I added a few things to this painting, a few highlights here and there, some things that I learned from my teacher and great artist, Nel Jansen. Check her out! She is on my Favorite Blog's list!
This Painting is for Ron and Joyce, who just got a new home in Estes Park, Colorado. This is a scene very near there.
Colorado IS GOD'S COUNTRY!
8x10 Oil on stretched canvas
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Tomato - SOLD

Tomato 
5x5 Oil on 1/8 inch gesso board

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This is my first time painting a tomato! I love tomatoes!

Where I Paint

Where I paint.

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Another Hydrangea - SOLD

Another Hydrangea
Oil on 6"x6" gesso board
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This is the Japan Challenge and all proceeds from the paintings will be donated to helping the victims of Japan. I have chosen the Japan Red Cross to receive the money from this painting, should it sell. Please consider this and remember those so very unfortunate ones in Japan, and how blessed we are here.

These small paintings on the gesso board are very nice for setting on one of the small decorative table top easels. They are about 1/8th inch thick. This might be pretty sitting on someones desk to brighten it up a bit! Or an end table in your living room.

Grandmother's Hydrangea - SOLD

Grandmother's Hydrangea
Oil on 6"x6" gesso board
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I have always thought it looked so hard to paint a hydrangea and never dared to try it, until now. I recently saw a good instructional video for just that. I gave it a try and came to find out that it isn't hard at all. The leaves were the biggest challenge. Hydrangeas always remind me of my Grandmother Tisdale. She had them growing all down one side of her house in Memphis, long ago.

The Rose - SOLD

The Rose
8x10 inch oil on canvas board
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This little painting was done for the DPW (Daily Paintworks) Challenge. I have not done anything like a rose for well over 30 years.! So it needs some, uh, refining. Not quite happy with it, but I am going to leave it as it is, for now.  For information about the DPW see the below website. 

http://www.dailypaintworks.com/Challenges

Autumn by the Lake - SOLD

Autumn by the Lake
Oil on stretched canvas, 16"x20" 
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This is the finished painting.  The location of this scene is Belchertown, Massachusetts. For now, on to more things. 

Blue Bowl and Clementines

Blue Bowl and Clementines
Oil on canvas (*See below)4 1/2"x6"
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*This painting is done on a piece of canvas pad, which is artist canvas, but no support, just the flat canvas. It could be cut to a 4"x6" to fit that size frame and be a very cute painting for decorating. 1/2 inch off of the bottom would work just fine.
Just add a little color! This little painting was done using only three colors, cobalt blue, cadmium orange and white.