So thankful to have sold this painting this weekend…
I remember when I painted it. I was experimenting with a couple of new colors Indian Red by Gamblin and Ice Blue by Richeson Oils.
Love the way it turned out… 🙂
Changed out some paintings in the gallery over the weekend. Next post I’ll update on that.
How many of you have been to Trader Joe’s? How many of you love Trader Joe’s flowers? This next painting is of a bouquet of flowers from Trader Joe’s… The vase belongs to my daughter Sage who absolutely loves the store and most likely bought the flowers for me. The vase and flowers combined make up the subject of this large floral painting.
Oil on canvas
24″ x 20″
$1,450.00
This painting is available at the G Gallery and Glass Studio
Does this painting brighten your day? It does mine… ❤
Flowers from the garden are such sweet treasures. These roses from my flower garden and the little white vase that my daughter gave to me became the subject of my next painting….
8″ x 8″ on gallery wrapped canvas
$125
Paintings are available in my Shop on my website… knaylorpaintings.com
Some time when I was pondering this Painter’s Block, I did this plein aire painting of the Oklahoma Redbuds.
12″ x 12″ oil on Ampersand Panel
$250
I’m happy to say that this painting was featured on Open Studio Online. 🙂
It is probably evident that I have really been trying to be looser with my brush strokes, looser and more relaxed with my paintings in general. I think this is why I lack confidence, because I’m so nit-picky about details. This is one of the areas I realized that was causing this painter’s block. It is often scary going out of our comfort zones; we have to be willing to not just “test the waters”, but jump in. 🙂
Fading Beauty
9″ x 12″ oil on Ampersand Panel
$225
One thing I tried in getting out of my painter’s block was using a different color palette. I love the way this one turned out. This was a fading bouquet of flowers that my daughter had and being that I am well into that “fading beauty” stage of life, it intrigued me to try and make something beautiful out of something that was aging.
Looking back I think perhaps I should have continued to explore this looser painting style and this palette. Perhaps I will be able to do that now that I have a fresh perspective on things. 🙂
Simply Painting 