14x11 Oil on Stretched Canvas
Janet Paden's Paintings
Capturing the beauty around me from the ONE who made it all....
Tuesday, August 8, 2023
Thursday, June 29, 2023
Spring Storm in West Texas
Wednesday, March 15, 2023
Friday, September 16, 2022
Carl’s Barn in Spring
Carl’s Barn in Spring
11 x 14
Oil on Stretched Canvas
I haven’t painted since January. Too long. This is the barn on my daughter’s place in Tennessee. It was originally her husband’s grandparents barn and home place. I plan to do some more of this barn from a different angle and the next with a snowy winter scene. I do like painting snow! So I am anxious to get on to that. Hopefully it won’t be as long getting to it this time. This is an 11 x 14 inch, oil on stretched canvas.
Tuesday, January 25, 2022
Peace In the Valley - Not for Sale
48 x 24
Oil on Stretched Canvas
I see that it has been nearly a year since I last posted. Where has the time gone!? This is a larger painting and it did take a while, but there was too much time between sessions spent in front of the easel. This painting reminds me of Cade's Cove in Tennessee. It is such a beautiful and special place.
Wednesday, February 10, 2021
Five Mile Trail, Big Horn Mountains, Wyoming - SOLD
Monday, December 21, 2020
A Fair Day
Wednesday, July 8, 2020
Old West Texas Farm
Monday, April 27, 2020
Trees Apart
Wednesday, March 25, 2020
Friday, March 13, 2020
Wednesday, February 5, 2020
Between Rain and Rainbow
Thursday, January 30, 2020
Monday, January 20, 2020
Sunday, December 8, 2019
On the Easel
Thursday, October 24, 2019
Evolution of a Painting From Memory
Sunday, April 7, 2019
Meadow Walk
Sunday, March 3, 2019
Misty Forest With Deer Family
Tuesday, February 12, 2019
A country Road in Nebraska
A Country Road in Nebraska 30 x 24 inches Oil on Stretched Canvas This is a scene in Nebraska, somewhere south of Omaha Finished on all sides and ready to hang, with or without a frame. It will need some drying time. Contact me if you are interested in purchasing this painting. I see that I have not been on here since May of last year! I have done very little painting since then, especially since we had spent almost 7 months traveling in the western U.S. Recently I finished two paintings, the previous post and this one. I have to give credit to Mark Norling for the inspiration for this one. He is a wonderful photographer and I became acquainted with him through the FB page "God's World Through the Lens". He gave me permission to use his photo for this painting. You can see his photos on that page. It is a closed group but you can join if you are interested in photographing or viewing God's creation. |
Carrie's Place
Carrie's Place Original Oil on Stretched Canvas 20 x 16
The story - The Hopkins (My daughter and family) had me do a mural on their large dining room wall in their Ohio house, about 10 years ago! They left for a year and I never quite finished it. Before starting the big one, I did a smaller quick study. Carrie had drawn the basic picture that she wanted me to paint. So I found the small one in one of our many packed up things, and worked on it to give to Carrie for her birthday this past year. After that she wanted a few things added, little animals. So I have done that and touched up a few places. See if you can find all the little critters I added, not counting the sheep.
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Wednesday, May 9, 2018
Sunday, March 19, 2017
Snowy Cabin Sunset
Oil on Stretched Canvas 36 x 24 Inches Original Someone asked me recently what is my favorite thing to paint. Well, snow of course! And bare trees. This is a 36x24 inch oil painting on stretched canvas, started probably three years ago and pulled out of the bottom of the pile to edit and touch up. Calling it done. I think....You just never know. |
Saturday, January 7, 2017
The Protector
30 x 24
In the past I have not been an ocean painter. It all looked very daunting to
me, and still does. But now a couple of people have commissioned me to paint
this subject matter. So I guess you can say they were my first experience with
the ocean and water on a large scale. I did paint a couple of very small ocean paintings,
which are back in my blog a good ways. But painting on a large scale is
different. This one and the two commissions were on the larger scale. I guess I
did it backwards, but after the fact, I did this painting lesson from Byron
Pickering who is a wonderful artist and painter of the ocean. He is fortunate
to live on the northwest coast of the US. I might be jealous! His title for the
painting is "The Protector". Oil on Stretched Canvas It's been a long time! |
Monday, July 18, 2016
Commission for Becky
The photo below is from the first posting of this painting. It has been sitting on my easel for a couple of weeks now, staring at me. This is a good thing as it gives me time to look at the painting casually as I go through my day. I realized that I did not have a reflection of the seagull, so have added that and also did some adjusting to some areas that were bothering me. Also, this is a better photo than the one below. I THINK I am calling it finished.
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Oil on stretched canvas 40 x 30 x 2 inches Finished on all sides This is why I have not posted in a while. I have been working on this large painting and it is one that is a change from my usual subject matter, so it has been a learning experience for me. It will be sitting on my easel in line of sight in my main living area, so I will be looking at it and likely get the urge to do some tweaking on it. This was painted from a photograph. The setting is the east coast in North Carolina. |
Saturday, April 30, 2016
Purple Trees
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Purple Trees 24 x 18 Finished on all sides Acrylic on stretched canavas Available For purchase information please email me. Carrie and I went to a painting workshop together and this is the painting that we did. It is done in acrylics. I do mostly oils so this was some practice in acrylics and also a reminder of why I prefer oils. Painters will know, but if you are unaware what they say about acrylics - "The good thing about acrylics is that they dry fast. The bad thing about acrylics is that they dry fast". :-/ This painting is available at this time, as is. OR in a while I plan to "edit" it with some oils, after I finish a commission that I am working on now. |