tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28587610933599566952024-03-15T20:11:43.046-05:00Daub du JourMy name is Marianne Plumridge. I am an artist of mythic fantasy works and fine art images. More of which can be seen at my website, 'MariannePlumridgeart.com', and also my Writing Blog, 'Muse du Jour'. These sites are in the links section of this page. This site began life as a painting a day blog in 2007. However that project has now passed, but I still find myself painting in that way. So this site will now be the showcase my new paintings as inspired by those previous efforts.Mariannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10349984152592814003noreply@blogger.comBlogger141125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2858761093359956695.post-70231215934368559252024-03-13T09:32:00.001-05:002024-03-13T09:32:07.921-05:00Two New Rockets for the New Year...<div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="color: #ff00fe; font-size: x-large;"><b><i>"Scarlet Base"</i></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">(Size: 8x10", Oils on Linen, Framed) <b>Price: $420.00</b></span><b><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></b></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtXQmvdr-8Qzz5DHvCSoVydEttJeZJUlgK9ifrmb_Eo163KUCcBYAcKyoPUzZ-dcBSxmYZY4uIq00OIcG8WG9aYLL4zbWTRmPsusrF4txJL54FLeVLsFGeTdJX3NM2HcQUT1_bVywESlrxJMuf_uSnSOvfIz24eVykFkkwypi_vRAaLuGLElYsehQ4ocU/s576/Scarlet%20Base%20-%20MASTER%20FILE.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="461" data-original-width="576" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtXQmvdr-8Qzz5DHvCSoVydEttJeZJUlgK9ifrmb_Eo163KUCcBYAcKyoPUzZ-dcBSxmYZY4uIq00OIcG8WG9aYLL4zbWTRmPsusrF4txJL54FLeVLsFGeTdJX3NM2HcQUT1_bVywESlrxJMuf_uSnSOvfIz24eVykFkkwypi_vRAaLuGLElYsehQ4ocU/w400-h320/Scarlet%20Base%20-%20MASTER%20FILE.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>Happy New Year! Well, I took the proverbial bull by the horns early in January and started laying paint on a small portrait (more about that in the next post) that has been a long time coming. It involved several luscious blues which I had plenty of left over on my palette, along with a hefty amount of my usual black mix of Burnt Sienna and French Ultramarine. I added Cadmium Red Light, Cadmium Orange Hue, and Cadmium Yellow Light to make up the warms of 'Scarlet Base'. I had sooooo much fun smooshing the clouds and blending the warms and blues. The addition of the almost 3D rocks in the foreground absolutely make the composition pop. They were a latish contribution because this concept just needed 'something' to make the visual interesting. The red sun is almost cradled by the gentle curve of the asteroid ring. Ahead of the rocketship, you'll notice a couple of red and blue streaks. My husband, whose art was initially grounded in space art picked up on them instantly and declared that my painting was a lovely close up of the red end of a bolo star system. In layman's terms, that is a solar system with two suns that feed off of each other. In this case, the smaller, denser blue sun off camera to the right is pulling substance away from the giant, but more flimsy red sun and it leaves a visible streak in space while doing so. The space station is a mining platform pulling cooling rare minerals from the surrounding space as they feed along unseen courses from the red to the blue. <p></p><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ff00fe; font-size: x-large;"><i><b>"Firefly Mist"</b></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">(Size: 5x7", Oils on Linen, Framed) <b>Price: $240.00</b> </span><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><span style="color: red;">SOLD</span></b></span><span style="color: #ff00fe; font-size: x-large;"><i><b> </b></i></span><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjv0D210n8paKk1DCedZpHrDnh9znbyY4VN73tU95n8ek-jPojRnlxUD6BxcIgEk2qO8E-gtZ1ocTZzZ3MVym9OPmNzH4DjuRSScIsGGk45tNPQZa0FM_7iHM_jyyQ2eCfdY4-pDsoSZ7mpU8JX0AvoQodPLx2sFNe_1eWLs2TQG_uGLpjvWkfPpYh9ehA/s518/Firefly%20Mist%20LGE%202%20-%20FINAL.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="360" data-original-width="518" height="278" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjv0D210n8paKk1DCedZpHrDnh9znbyY4VN73tU95n8ek-jPojRnlxUD6BxcIgEk2qO8E-gtZ1ocTZzZ3MVym9OPmNzH4DjuRSScIsGGk45tNPQZa0FM_7iHM_jyyQ2eCfdY4-pDsoSZ7mpU8JX0AvoQodPLx2sFNe_1eWLs2TQG_uGLpjvWkfPpYh9ehA/w400-h278/Firefly%20Mist%20LGE%202%20-%20FINAL.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;">This little painting was created using the same leftover paint as 'Scarlet Base'. I kind of like the cools against the warms contrariness of both colour schemes. 'Firefly Mist' is more or less just a smooshing/blending cloud thing going on. Both paintings are a product of 'on the fly' non-design creation. Neither of them were sketched up on paper first, instead were just quickly, loosely laid down elements directly onto the canvas. Colours were mixed up on the fly and were added to or taken away from the canvas as the idea developed. Blending brushes might have been wielded... <br /><br /><i>Anyway, this is it so far. More on the small portrait next post. Thanks for stopping by.<br />Cheers,</i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i>Marianne </i><br /></div><p><br /><br /> </p>Mariannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10349984152592814003noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2858761093359956695.post-11822254501476245952023-12-03T16:26:00.013-05:002024-02-11T18:02:38.765-05:002023 CHRISTMAS SMALL WORKS SALE<div style="text-align: left;"> <b><i><span style="color: #ff00fe; font-size: large;"> </span></i></b><span style="font-size: small;">Welcome to my second annual Christmas Small Works Sale. Yep, it's rockets again this year. Twelve brand new paintings. Hope that's good with you. </span>Unfortunately, while I did my absolute best with the photography, each
image is lacking in the nuance, luminosity, and detail that real live
viewing brings. Please keep that in mind. Also, please see shipping
options at the end of this post. To contact me for purchasing a
painting, please use FACEBOOK MESSENGER or INSTAGRAM MESSENGER. I'll keep an eye on my email
for direct contact as well. First to request purchase will get the
painting. If that falls through, then it will be offered to next
requestor according to the time stamp of the message. Meanwhile, please
enjoy...</div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><i><span style="color: #ff00fe; font-size: large;">"Breaching the Cloud Layer"</span></i></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">(Size: 6x8", Oils on Linen, Framed) <b> Price: $300.00 </b></span><span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="color: red;">SOLD</span></b></span><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYyNBp0s-GDuQmeeLkQDxnTUVPTKafEaGiOkbzaCjpaCKRwZL5bwbM7gXy1FsrrbOR0V_BlnhuhAzOWYgk5s9-M-pPnmJczM6H7y-Q9pwdEbYx_Nvezx4RwpVqDQ5r9ieLdbKLmLVEItBJXIF9anT82DIZwxa28ApMo1wh_L4dp4TEC-lSbT1u1ZZwkAc/s504/Breaching%20the%20Cloud%20Layer.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="376" data-original-width="504" height="299" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYyNBp0s-GDuQmeeLkQDxnTUVPTKafEaGiOkbzaCjpaCKRwZL5bwbM7gXy1FsrrbOR0V_BlnhuhAzOWYgk5s9-M-pPnmJczM6H7y-Q9pwdEbYx_Nvezx4RwpVqDQ5r9ieLdbKLmLVEItBJXIF9anT82DIZwxa28ApMo1wh_L4dp4TEC-lSbT1u1ZZwkAc/w400-h299/Breaching%20the%20Cloud%20Layer.jpg" width="400" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: left;">This is one of my off the cuff rocket doodles to use up paint...a lot of 'made' black in this instance...on my palette. I mix the colour black from French Ultramarine and Burnt Sienna and then I can control if it's a warm or cool black for use. I grabbed a panel, drew a quick slant-y line for the cloud layer, used my big circle gauge for the rising moon, and drew a small angled straight line to base the rocket on. Drew in the rocket shape, fixed with Workable Fixative spray and then started laying paint. I also channeled pure nostalgia with this mid-century era colour scheme. Reminds me of one of my fave films, 1954 'War of the Worlds'.<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><i><span style="color: #ff00fe; font-size: large;">"Breakaway"</span></i></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">(Size: 7x10", Oils on Linen, Framed) <b>Price: $400.00</b></span> <br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLO6TjlkRifCnGPc6VqWvsIsrgTDzx8QUO1zRnaN2zcYPvxknmwEpCfdQyh57Ux-2cTx-lFMpysV4IMeMYPlKT2mQc_VIIIJF9rKYwTEo9G1ABBAfQA35ymaL4ro31UWharpRbeoOKNBqEyD9jDh506FxBKzYEYbVHSHXobvtDQ0aAM1tct7Aln75hUwY/s648/Breakaway.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="648" data-original-width="454" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLO6TjlkRifCnGPc6VqWvsIsrgTDzx8QUO1zRnaN2zcYPvxknmwEpCfdQyh57Ux-2cTx-lFMpysV4IMeMYPlKT2mQc_VIIIJF9rKYwTEo9G1ABBAfQA35ymaL4ro31UWharpRbeoOKNBqEyD9jDh506FxBKzYEYbVHSHXobvtDQ0aAM1tct7Aln75hUwY/w280-h400/Breakaway.jpg" width="280" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: left;">The concept for this little painting came directly from the pages of my teeny thumbnail sketchbook, so it is one of my 'designed' rocket doodles. And, inherently not the colour scheme my inner brain was aiming for. I will make notes on my thumbnails about colour, title, etc, but they don't always turn out as expected. I thought I had completed the design with a plain, unbroken rising moon above the planet, but my mind kept asking 'why are there so many orbiting rocks?' 'The moon exploded?' was the hesitant answer back. So, in the drawing, I broke up the moon and added lots of debris around it. THEN, the design felt complete, so I painted it. Although, the finished painting is bright, it's not quite this candy coloured.<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><i><span style="color: #ff00fe;"> </span></i></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><i><span style="color: #ff00fe;">"Debris Window"</span></i></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">(Size: 6x6", Oils on Linen, Framed) <b>Price: $310.00 </b></span><span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="color: red;">SOLD</span></b></span><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4q0o2SO5hply7LTk-TQ7cMWDPxBkyegKdXFnn3IpOBFcF9CvBysAYDVhSQ7O5wR8btzMmWhQY_7ok29a-hzGRoHBg309g8laJRWwUiaPNN5_GnNv5JBttIpqWEM187cFiqXA2YN32LLAoTquC8d42i0EKXERvYeRmgtn-34iR1lrrocpfWwUy7zfVZ8I/s432/Debris%20Window.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="432" data-original-width="431" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4q0o2SO5hply7LTk-TQ7cMWDPxBkyegKdXFnn3IpOBFcF9CvBysAYDVhSQ7O5wR8btzMmWhQY_7ok29a-hzGRoHBg309g8laJRWwUiaPNN5_GnNv5JBttIpqWEM187cFiqXA2YN32LLAoTquC8d42i0EKXERvYeRmgtn-34iR1lrrocpfWwUy7zfVZ8I/s320/Debris%20Window.jpg" width="319" /></a></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><p></p><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><i><span style="color: #ff00fe;"> </span></i></b><span>This painting is another 'draw a few elements and a rocket on a canvas and just paint' off the cuff effort. I really love framing some scenes from dramatic elements that are mostly 'off camera' so to speak. I had a lot of blue and made black to use up, and the ever present golds and oranges on my palette, so I doodled some wrecked ship/station debris in the foreground and painted it dark and woolly against the bright starscape and inspection rocket. Who knows how often in the far flung future ship debris are found after being lost for so long or new alien things found. All need to be reported and families, no matter how distant they now are in the past, need notification about their lost ones. Also, buoys placed near wreck debris to warn other passing ships to avoid them in case of collision. </span><b><i><span><br /></span></i></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><i><span style="color: #ff00fe;"> </span></i></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><i><span style="color: #ff00fe;"> </span></i></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><i><span style="color: #ff00fe; font-size: large;">"Firecloud Launch"</span></i></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">(Size: 6x8", Oils on Linen, Framed) <b>Price: $300.00</b></span> <br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQJRkzhWpt1ePKEQHnOpUTJzi2sqxTL5ffZX07IdQopglr-jZNEK-QludQQG-22Q8QkjKzGcXs6KbySgHaHQyfuL6MI_vA6oc0Pqhdhs2_OEJk0SPzn1XRnrkTQwiigPApWJLZV1i1IWY0_ZfSwJQoIlJCyJFaVAont_CqaPX0r8XO6AV_gcukrIhnvnw/s504/Firecloud%20Launch%201.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="504" data-original-width="379" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQJRkzhWpt1ePKEQHnOpUTJzi2sqxTL5ffZX07IdQopglr-jZNEK-QludQQG-22Q8QkjKzGcXs6KbySgHaHQyfuL6MI_vA6oc0Pqhdhs2_OEJk0SPzn1XRnrkTQwiigPApWJLZV1i1IWY0_ZfSwJQoIlJCyJFaVAont_CqaPX0r8XO6AV_gcukrIhnvnw/w301-h400/Firecloud%20Launch%201.jpg" width="301" /></a></div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><i><span style="color: #ff00fe;"> </span></i></b></span><span style="font-size: small;">Okay, this design came from the pages of my teeny thumbnail sketchbook, complete with colour scheme notes. AND, it turned out as was expected, heavy in red space and blue highlights. It's a little less contrasty in reality, but still vibrant. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><i><span style="color: #ff00fe;"> </span></i></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><i><span style="color: #ff00fe;">"Oasis Biodome"</span></i></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;">(Size: 5x7", Oils on Linen, Framed) <b>Price: 300.00 <span style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: large;">SOLD</span></span></b> <br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEij-flMk9AiImHR-cFbxA5AXdZyL77eTNJdh5SCbozXIlyuksPeoDqLqe9XsOZpTudxt-sDfIW4IIh7ZRp3J9Iw-0KdgLHAHzDhfnonBwdS6_MbLMBXnSiNhdWPadI-EKHspYSbvLdRiLS0RotNQ8envvFs5guHLOc-o4kYW0UJ7oH6QUWyLLP5bjaKnpE/s540/Oasis%20Biodome%201.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="540" data-original-width="380" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEij-flMk9AiImHR-cFbxA5AXdZyL77eTNJdh5SCbozXIlyuksPeoDqLqe9XsOZpTudxt-sDfIW4IIh7ZRp3J9Iw-0KdgLHAHzDhfnonBwdS6_MbLMBXnSiNhdWPadI-EKHspYSbvLdRiLS0RotNQ8envvFs5guHLOc-o4kYW0UJ7oH6QUWyLLP5bjaKnpE/w281-h400/Oasis%20Biodome%201.jpg" width="281" /></a></div><p></p><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><i><span style="color: #ff00fe;"> </span></i></b><span>"Oasis Biodome" also comes from the pages of my teeny sketchbook, but it was a design based on inspiration from a vintage SF magazine cover. It doesn't look anything like that cover, but the 'weight' of the design element, ie. the half-cut-off station on the right is placed in almost the same spot as the cartoony space station on the original inspiration. I was experimenting with odd design choices, and this was one of them. I rather like how it turned out. </span><b><i><span><br /></span></i></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><i><span style="color: #ff00fe;"> </span></i></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><i><span style="color: #ff00fe;">"Polukhromos"</span></i></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">(Size: 6x6", Oils on Linen, Framed) <b>Price: $280.00</b></span><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDE0hJw2aZcxPa1TEttJw5-3JsMvbZ9sv9WJIFsyhgJw7bESY-_ZjlKdyxuKfhZSG7vv97otqDl7fhES_entVtOPx4mlOumrYVoMTVBZQJYwM-V4hkpgzTT7_38MLIsV_iYF8JtYJyDoA68Nyhyphenhyphentz0Tw2KdiyjDwcCsIBKZtQw_SPunBtjJ6e_bNov62w/s1785/Polukhromos.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1785" data-original-width="1785" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDE0hJw2aZcxPa1TEttJw5-3JsMvbZ9sv9WJIFsyhgJw7bESY-_ZjlKdyxuKfhZSG7vv97otqDl7fhES_entVtOPx4mlOumrYVoMTVBZQJYwM-V4hkpgzTT7_38MLIsV_iYF8JtYJyDoA68Nyhyphenhyphentz0Tw2KdiyjDwcCsIBKZtQw_SPunBtjJ6e_bNov62w/s320/Polukhromos.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><div style="text-align: left;">This is one of my off the cuff paintings that started out as a 'it was a good idea at the time' design. I wanted something colourful and Christmasy and I drew up the space station and used the circle gauge for the moons. The supernova in the background got very woolly, very quickly and I thought I'd all but ruined it for a few days, until my husband was walking past my studio table and loved it. That encouraged me to keep going in trying to save it. The space station was originally shaped like one of those elongated Christmas tree ornaments and had a 'ribbon' wrapped around it from top to bottom. I didn't end up liking it. It was too 'straight up and down' and not at all interesting. Too static. So, I started doodling on the canvas and adding things. Well, it looks just as woolly as the supernova nebula behind it, but I ended up liking it after all. It might not be everyone's cup of tea, but someone out there will love it, I'm sure. Also, in looking at names for this painting, I finally chose 'Polukhromos' which is the Greek translation of 'polychrome' in the dictionary. I think it is very apt. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><i><span style="color: #ff00fe;">"Red Run Shortcut"</span></i></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">(Size: 5x7", Oils on Linen, Framed) <b>Price: $280.00 </b></span><span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="color: red;">SOLD</span></b></span><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4gu11Zn1ApXCyaZDrwAAFVneV7VF0Rp5_PymcAXvcbuq-0yhCODQhZNIIb4VrD-v8WkFc3eUufKCAXO-4QGreKqdrVSeHUGuF3fD0fdu_WjVh3Az2eG-7ILR-5TsQzF0LInpQqZyXFwcehaHD6rQZpK5FrUrB5GqymQRs7ogpXOVcgI_Wpvm-PYMDOlQ/s511/Red%20Run%20Shortcut.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="360" data-original-width="511" height="281" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4gu11Zn1ApXCyaZDrwAAFVneV7VF0Rp5_PymcAXvcbuq-0yhCODQhZNIIb4VrD-v8WkFc3eUufKCAXO-4QGreKqdrVSeHUGuF3fD0fdu_WjVh3Az2eG-7ILR-5TsQzF0LInpQqZyXFwcehaHD6rQZpK5FrUrB5GqymQRs7ogpXOVcgI_Wpvm-PYMDOlQ/w400-h281/Red%20Run%20Shortcut.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p></p><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;">This is another off the cuff, draw up directly on the canvas little painting. I was aiming for a 'big planet' look and also loved the colour of Mars, so Mars it became. A simple 'flypast' design that I could have fun smooshing my oil paints around. And yes, to use up some of the usual 'more than I need' made black. <b><i><span style="color: #ff00fe;"><span> <br /></span></span></i></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><i><span style="color: #ff00fe;"><span> </span></span></i></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><i><span style="color: #ff00fe;"><span style="font-size: large;">"Runnin' for It"</span></span></i></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">(Size: 6x8", Oils on Linen, Framed) <b>Price: $300.00 </b></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: red;"><b>SOLD</b></span></span><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimMoqvK38_61zGW_F_Pg0jaQGFEj9N0kzO5VsKyHy-RNlo0Lta7AC1PRGAdp5BSPQajq7kshGlPLl6Yf1N2cnhSF09gjm8M1ksJIAnd1-jzJDOT1D3rBKLnqmNDnpzbFU5_PntFO1xadTVSy26mdcmn_ywe69bqIN0AGfnEvRJe3RKTWdK-4EkL2_9lrw/s612/Runnin%20for%20It.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="612" data-original-width="458" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimMoqvK38_61zGW_F_Pg0jaQGFEj9N0kzO5VsKyHy-RNlo0Lta7AC1PRGAdp5BSPQajq7kshGlPLl6Yf1N2cnhSF09gjm8M1ksJIAnd1-jzJDOT1D3rBKLnqmNDnpzbFU5_PntFO1xadTVSy26mdcmn_ywe69bqIN0AGfnEvRJe3RKTWdK-4EkL2_9lrw/w299-h400/Runnin%20for%20It.jpg" width="299" /></a></div><p></p><div style="text-align: left;">"Runnin' for It" is another off the cuff, draw up directly onto the canvas painting. I drew in a line for the planet edge, circle gauge for the moon, line for the rocket, drew the rocket. Then I completely went to town with the exploding surface and flying rocks. And I absolutely love the blue/red contrariness. <br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><i><span style="color: #ff00fe;">"Sirius Crucible"</span></i></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">(Size: 6x8", Oils on Linen, Framed) <b>Price: $300.00</b></span><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGJbylOz0h7vRStSwmOaG_0yV8Jf3-P4ORoaaraDLIvNn1gxIeTtdzAWwNVK2EE0D0Pdyps4GptfugiKpJilj2H6NZDP7T0pFt7fJy3lWfLPSlCNGF76Ttgm8ZMmuBDon1aX4hN5WrUvbGjlxMM-j5XtnLYvB25abrres377GWw4BDC6NOZw7SjG26VDA/s504/Sirius%20Crucible.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="504" data-original-width="376" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGJbylOz0h7vRStSwmOaG_0yV8Jf3-P4ORoaaraDLIvNn1gxIeTtdzAWwNVK2EE0D0Pdyps4GptfugiKpJilj2H6NZDP7T0pFt7fJy3lWfLPSlCNGF76Ttgm8ZMmuBDon1aX4hN5WrUvbGjlxMM-j5XtnLYvB25abrres377GWw4BDC6NOZw7SjG26VDA/w299-h400/Sirius%20Crucible.jpg" width="299" /></a></div><p></p><p> "Sirius Crucible" is an 'in-between' design. As in, I needed to use up a bunch of paint fast and wasn't quite sure what to paint. I have a bunch of used sketches and ideas piled up around my painting table, so I sifted through those, looking for inspiration. I found the space station I had used on another past painting and squinted at it and thought that it might make a nice centrepiece to cloud frame in space/nebula 'thang'. So, I drew it down and went at it with the paint, but somehow, I just ran out of inspirational puff and ended up putting it aside for several months. When I was grasping for ideas to draw just recently, I pulled out the half finished canvas again and looked at it. Squinting at the left over paint on my palette, I thought I could experiment with it a bit more. Well, I loved the amber back light and the soft multi-coloured clouds up front and so finished it with a sense of accomplishment. I hate wasting things, even canvases that haven't worked out. However, in adding the rocket and it's tail-fire trail, it also became something unexpected. Some of us see it as a simple space painting, others took one look at it and said they saw a shabby puppy or lion in the gold, with the off sized moons as eyes, and the space station and fire trail as the nose. Admittedly, it took me a while to see it as I was fully focused on the space theme, but when I did, I now can't unsee it. So, the title became 'Sirius Crucible' after the dog-star. <br /></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><i><span style="color: #ff00fe;">"Starbreak Station"</span></i></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">(Size: 6x8", Oils on Linen, Framed) <b>Price: $300.00</b></span><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhznUhx-66LQz7yKZqOSlImBXktqxkxfxl9Y2Nic9gKbBHh-Q2ROM7See5_p2YVbp_od2eXUwpjxG6LgM2mGO-i-H9mYW62kYTyMC0m1eUGVUIX1yRcnUa5ER0eEgMXE6Upftg2aO1FP7IMjwkjZtfyKXDQy7zyRHakq5A9F_dxHzG35wP-gPwLzQfFCac/s504/Starbreak%20Station.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="504" data-original-width="376" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhznUhx-66LQz7yKZqOSlImBXktqxkxfxl9Y2Nic9gKbBHh-Q2ROM7See5_p2YVbp_od2eXUwpjxG6LgM2mGO-i-H9mYW62kYTyMC0m1eUGVUIX1yRcnUa5ER0eEgMXE6Upftg2aO1FP7IMjwkjZtfyKXDQy7zyRHakq5A9F_dxHzG35wP-gPwLzQfFCac/w299-h400/Starbreak%20Station.jpg" width="299" /></a></div><p></p><p> I found a pretty, blue supernova in colours that I love and painted this off the cuff rocket doodle using some of it. All of my space scenes are painted loosely in an impressionist style, so I had a lot of fun daubing and blending blues and purples amidst the black of space on this one. Very serene and luminous in real life. <br /></p><p></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><i><span style="color: #ff00fe;">"Teeny Sputnik 1"</span></i></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">(size: 4x6", Oils on Linen, Framed) <b>Price: $ 120.00 </b></span><span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="color: red;">SOLD</span></b></span><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdmq0MpBVIXETDoZCbPAbMYMpG_K-2TSoM6vy3lOCgKXAZsFmdJP84zEVlV_hZkxCf4QMPok5sJ5ez_zix3sTpI5OsVUjDN04dw2gR4VUTndvMCUX5NswddZK5qjAHKyQNNw6McHsMWJbqTpxtF-99BfFrvAI1seNTeZqiX-cC1WauW2adyknG1Q5mq48/s432/Teeny%20Sputnik%202.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="279" data-original-width="432" height="259" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdmq0MpBVIXETDoZCbPAbMYMpG_K-2TSoM6vy3lOCgKXAZsFmdJP84zEVlV_hZkxCf4QMPok5sJ5ez_zix3sTpI5OsVUjDN04dw2gR4VUTndvMCUX5NswddZK5qjAHKyQNNw6McHsMWJbqTpxtF-99BfFrvAI1seNTeZqiX-cC1WauW2adyknG1Q5mq48/w400-h259/Teeny%20Sputnik%202.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p></p><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span>I painted a Sputnik 1 for a friend last year as a commission. I still had some references lying around for it and a bunch of 4x6" frames and canvasses. I also had a lot of blue left on my palette as well. SO, I noodled an Earth horizon and and rising Moon in the distance, along with a bit of 'Milky Way' in the distance and created a teeny Sputnik 1. Just for the heck of it. </span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span> </span><span><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i style="color: #ff00fe;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">"Tumbling Stone Outpost"</span></b></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">(Size: 4x6", Oils on Linen, Framed) <b>Price: $120.00 </b></span><span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="color: red;">SOLD</span></b></span><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggraxXL67HcT0cb72kuKfJSbBcChei7NJMPEIVoUZ5oThFUuS5gSun6K52BclwOTpJXpRznmDMIvK46rt6RmJEF9409jfnznp2PGaw7QJUqiGuy2dFgKthR2tLZdk3WlPSrRIw4VJKjfqsr3evkj3yMnhwg5Fj6HHZDpjS5mmNc6E5XMpbrnX34AIRDtE/s442/Tumbling%20Stone%20Outpost.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="442" data-original-width="288" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggraxXL67HcT0cb72kuKfJSbBcChei7NJMPEIVoUZ5oThFUuS5gSun6K52BclwOTpJXpRznmDMIvK46rt6RmJEF9409jfnznp2PGaw7QJUqiGuy2dFgKthR2tLZdk3WlPSrRIw4VJKjfqsr3evkj3yMnhwg5Fj6HHZDpjS5mmNc6E5XMpbrnX34AIRDtE/w261-h400/Tumbling%20Stone%20Outpost.jpg" width="261" /></a></div><p></p><p>Yep, lots of made black, and cadmium yellow light, and cadmium orange left on the palette. So, I drew up directly onto the canvas a bunch of positive and negative shapes, and a space station in the lower right corner. Even with the tumbling rocks, the design didn't feel complete, so I added the tiny rocket and its fire trail to tie the two 'halves' of the painting together into a whole. As strange as a design as it is, it now actually works. Pulp space paintings from last century were full of this kind of dramatic and dynamic design work, as the art adorning books and magazines had to draw the eye to sell the product. It's why we have so much gorgeous vintage art that 'thinks outside the box' and inspires, even if the laws of physics have been broken or even twisted and bent into something truly awe-inspiring and challenging. Suspension of disbelief is key, and I hope my little space fantasies can reach even a tiny bit of that inspiring achievement of pulp space artists past. <br /></p><div style="text-align: left;"> <br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;"><i>Shipping:</i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i>Currently,
I have medium Priority Mail flat rate shipping boxes for single sales
that will run about $25.00 with insurance. If you buy more than one
and want to ship Fedex, we can get that done, too. </i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i> </i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i>Thanks for stopping by,</i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i>Cheers,</i></div><i>Marianne </i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i> </i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i>#pointyrocketships, #retrorockets, #pulpspace, #pulpspaceart, #spaceart, #smallpaintings, #oilpainting, #rockets, #rocketships, #1950sspaceart <br /></i></div><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>Mariannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10349984152592814003noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2858761093359956695.post-41004726734459216602023-11-30T11:51:00.001-05:002023-11-30T11:51:33.794-05:00Designed Rocket Doodles...<div style="text-align: center;"><b><i><span style="color: #ff00fe; font-size: large;"> "Gossmere 'Gossamer' Base"</span></i></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-size: x-small;">(10x10", Oils on Linen, Framed) <b>Price: $600.00 <span style="color: red;">SOLD<br /></span></b></span></div><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkDh0-nJPcCg94PnoGGc3uyYAxrRwt95OrdqwYUMS3vOuJz_zbyp66RA8ahepgkksWDnSI1z7JFH9q2CIg9-2Bw2V5a-iaaEVDGlYk_AOvvFlCbPTcGOVEDVcSOs9jGSGo11b1N3zv4kzL0phNgBpzO1kDPGIq7zV4s5sMmdMiX841JJXmvFkP7ZMTWWM/s576/Gossmere%20'Gossamer'%20Base%201.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="576" data-original-width="574" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkDh0-nJPcCg94PnoGGc3uyYAxrRwt95OrdqwYUMS3vOuJz_zbyp66RA8ahepgkksWDnSI1z7JFH9q2CIg9-2Bw2V5a-iaaEVDGlYk_AOvvFlCbPTcGOVEDVcSOs9jGSGo11b1N3zv4kzL0phNgBpzO1kDPGIq7zV4s5sMmdMiX841JJXmvFkP7ZMTWWM/w399-h400/Gossmere%20'Gossamer'%20Base%201.jpg" width="399" /></a></div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><p style="text-align: left;">This is one of the designs from my teeny sketchbook that I doodled awhile back. It's the first time I've painted, let alone drawn such a spindly space station. It was kind of inspired by the spider-like air traffic control 'tower' at LAX airport, in shape. And since the design is light and airy compared to many of my other clunky space stations, this one fit the almost pristine delicacy of the concept of the whitish rings and planet cloudscape below it. Lots of nuance and golden highlights have been lost in photography, but I'm rather proud of fulfilling my vision for this idea. Below, is the page from my sketchbook...fully designed in a 3.5 x 3.5" space. The entries that I draw between the covers of this little book are more complete and 'deliberate' ideas that come to mind and need a little more effort than the 'off the cuff' ones that are more like 'insta-rockets'. Besides, with drawing up designs before hand, I can just scan to canvas size, print out and draw them down, ready to begin adding paint. They also often require more than just one sitting to complete. <br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQZW66xND81L7sRgmW96ku0jzEtWH4gW9KnsoDL6hDXHWbg6eCTiP2czkrU3NU5DNR6PpFj5nycTHPvZxfC4FZHbsLhDKiH_3dgstSFRmk_x7zh41zkF3dYZ__90UoxpuVDXgJAcs-NtXTRv-BX00M0oUV14rD1yPqxXGl493iHZuPGWYNBXReVDyGrZA/s273/Gossamer%20Station%20-%20Thumbnail%20Drawing.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="273" data-original-width="269" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQZW66xND81L7sRgmW96ku0jzEtWH4gW9KnsoDL6hDXHWbg6eCTiP2czkrU3NU5DNR6PpFj5nycTHPvZxfC4FZHbsLhDKiH_3dgstSFRmk_x7zh41zkF3dYZ__90UoxpuVDXgJAcs-NtXTRv-BX00M0oUV14rD1yPqxXGl493iHZuPGWYNBXReVDyGrZA/w315-h320/Gossamer%20Station%20-%20Thumbnail%20Drawing.jpg" width="315" /></a></div><br /><p></p><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><i><span style="color: #ff00fe;">"Jagged Edges"</span></i></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">(6x7", Oils on Linen, Framed) <b>Price: $ 350.00 <span style="color: red;">SOLD</span></b></span> <br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizMdwphnxI5B_FDuByWLX4ESXdD1roLhk8jgTVEwCqn3yaYceXB_EYe6E2X9pkDpoV_RxJkLSV6kWTU8qxXw-feugFXw8Lhu000mf0lc2se5cR_TkTfpojvHZQmMSBzWq8-hEcqSqiaGHVeSjw7GFQhAOwgUUHqdpmr_Rtar-KIroBwhHQOAEnwnoaMTw/s504/Jagged%20Edges.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="504" data-original-width="436" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizMdwphnxI5B_FDuByWLX4ESXdD1roLhk8jgTVEwCqn3yaYceXB_EYe6E2X9pkDpoV_RxJkLSV6kWTU8qxXw-feugFXw8Lhu000mf0lc2se5cR_TkTfpojvHZQmMSBzWq8-hEcqSqiaGHVeSjw7GFQhAOwgUUHqdpmr_Rtar-KIroBwhHQOAEnwnoaMTw/s320/Jagged%20Edges.jpg" width="277" /> </a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;">I kind of like viewing space through 'broken windows' kind of debris. You may have noticed this. It provides the viewer with a narrative and possible story than just 'rocket flying through space' does. Yeah, I like painting those simple ideas, too. But, sometimes the urge to tell a bigger story takes over and I get to doodling in my teeny sketchbook again for a more finite design. The actual paint is another story. I'm never really fully invested in a colour scheme when I'm designing a rocket doodle...with the exception of, perhaps, "Gossmere 'Gossamer' Base" above which come to mind fully formed in paint as well as pencil. A couple of others where I am using a space photo from one of the NASA telescopes as a starting point may have a base colour-idea as well, but this doesn't happen often. The old pulp cover artists of the Golden Age and Silver Age of science fiction quite regularly used lurid colours when representing 'space' that defy the laws of physics and the universe when getting their ideas across. I'm more in line with their way of creating as it feeds fully into the 'what if' principle that is currently driving my science fiction/science fantasy space art and rocket doodles. "Jagged Edges" colour ideas were inspired by the top right hand corner of one of my previous paintings, "Moon Hopper". Nostalgic rust-coloured space with cool-tinted shadows was the basis for the premise going forward. I'm rather pleased with how it turned out. It brings 1950s space opera and pulp magazine covers to mind. Below is the design drawing from my little sketchbook.<br /></div><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwp5ZongIumTbk-Whqg1oF88Ylu5ahYRBZ0mpzAqTRe37wRsmUKlhKdfvDH80folbp2wmP-CLplLblDHwXACTtQ4ZepBn98zZ5HX8Uy2s4rDHCiwJMdAISQppY_USQyIEOC1VDLOobiQ3N61baRi2MkdsdjfQ0zQMMpAU1RxVhdql9nMIRa7O9iE83x8E/s271/Dangerous%20Orbit%20-%20Thumbnail%20Drawing.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="271" data-original-width="271" height="271" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwp5ZongIumTbk-Whqg1oF88Ylu5ahYRBZ0mpzAqTRe37wRsmUKlhKdfvDH80folbp2wmP-CLplLblDHwXACTtQ4ZepBn98zZ5HX8Uy2s4rDHCiwJMdAISQppY_USQyIEOC1VDLOobiQ3N61baRi2MkdsdjfQ0zQMMpAU1RxVhdql9nMIRa7O9iE83x8E/s1600/Dangerous%20Orbit%20-%20Thumbnail%20Drawing.jpg" width="271" /></a></div></div><p></p><p></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><i><span style="color: #ff00fe;"> </span></i></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><i><span style="color: #ff00fe;">"Lightship"</span></i></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">(6x6", Oils on Linen, Framed) <b>Price: $280.00 <span style="color: red;">SOLD</span></b></span><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1R30BX4S0Uh6uOmS0sMdJZydCtCVjXteu-PkxGrZiBPq4-PTCnu5UBNGdzGCJLDa1EB_jMNBgBY7H4PdFmCpOlpb_9AyrwhAzvjABxKBLV9duM0HMpk61X3XAsoS6SxtVfLRTLaMs5hhyphenhypheno7o073mbY_PDhvBmpizcvsFAn44R-ftniT8hUWQ9LPzYPvg/s468/Lightship.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="468" data-original-width="461" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1R30BX4S0Uh6uOmS0sMdJZydCtCVjXteu-PkxGrZiBPq4-PTCnu5UBNGdzGCJLDa1EB_jMNBgBY7H4PdFmCpOlpb_9AyrwhAzvjABxKBLV9duM0HMpk61X3XAsoS6SxtVfLRTLaMs5hhyphenhypheno7o073mbY_PDhvBmpizcvsFAn44R-ftniT8hUWQ9LPzYPvg/s320/Lightship.jpg" width="315" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;">"Lightship" is something of a 'ringer'...somewhere between an 'off the cuff' rocket doodle and a 'designed' one. I had a square frame that I wanted to paint something for and an idea started to form. I ended up using a 'saturn-like-planet' sketch from a previous painting and a previous style of space station I've painted to inspire the drawing of a new one. Below is the drawing/doodle of said space station/lightship on a page of its own in my teeny thumbnail sketchbook. Yeah, I know a lot of my space station designs reflect similar elements, but that's just my creative quirks at play. I like them to look organically grown technology of 'let's just add on a piece here' development over a long time frame...so bits stick out everywhere, appearing 'tacked on'. The final colour scheme of the painting wasn't quite what I was expecting it to be, but it was an adventure to paint.<br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlmZD4egijRPyinUyKotTsg26M-4XulfRPBocEpVSrdX7OFc1yEZD5tSkbGoeU_lCxkmtGLfMQy3Pv4M5it72JzZCGzKWo6WRkeE0ZhS0jQ4IXoDN2ZXqO7ya8bYVePWmBQcNcexM2sDGNVV5xU-lAlit4BZDzfoubTI0IhZTGmaQxNyF0DUvcRnsFLoc/s255/Lightship%20-%20Station%20Detail%20-%20600%20dpi.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="252" data-original-width="255" height="252" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlmZD4egijRPyinUyKotTsg26M-4XulfRPBocEpVSrdX7OFc1yEZD5tSkbGoeU_lCxkmtGLfMQy3Pv4M5it72JzZCGzKWo6WRkeE0ZhS0jQ4IXoDN2ZXqO7ya8bYVePWmBQcNcexM2sDGNVV5xU-lAlit4BZDzfoubTI0IhZTGmaQxNyF0DUvcRnsFLoc/s1600/Lightship%20-%20Station%20Detail%20-%20600%20dpi.jpg" width="255" /></a></div><p></p><p><i>Anyway, here ends the current crop of rocket doodles until I post up my annual CHRISTMAS SMALL WORKS SALE 2023 on Sunday 3rd December at 4pm. Come back and take a look. Meanwhile, thanks for stopping by.<br />Cheers, </i></p><p><i>Marianne </i><br /></p>Mariannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10349984152592814003noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2858761093359956695.post-22593864340679157382023-11-28T10:27:00.001-05:002023-11-28T10:27:36.943-05:00Spur of the Moment Rocket Doodles...<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ff00fe; font-size: large;"><i><b> </b></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ff00fe; font-size: large;"><i><b>"Moon Hopper" </b></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">(4x6", Oils on Linen, Framed) </span><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Price: $ 150.00 <span style="color: red;">SOLD</span></b></span><br /></div><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVcmMOtOXVN3NiKShyphenhyphenfq4jWUQ-SYAIQYWyVcEw8zh_6DCSfkNQjtszuXr9Sw0UcCNpNXNMr40u_se4lYMDNtyfxdopxQcSbkLpac3Noi-WSkqh9VINJgyIINWg0-vcvVQ_H6nFSkv820hJ72Ems4B9fcbW-tIUEXdCU7woCzuYmFLH2DrsqqJz0RZ-qr8/s497/Moon%20Hopper.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="324" data-original-width="497" height="261" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVcmMOtOXVN3NiKShyphenhyphenfq4jWUQ-SYAIQYWyVcEw8zh_6DCSfkNQjtszuXr9Sw0UcCNpNXNMr40u_se4lYMDNtyfxdopxQcSbkLpac3Noi-WSkqh9VINJgyIINWg0-vcvVQ_H6nFSkv820hJ72Ems4B9fcbW-tIUEXdCU7woCzuYmFLH2DrsqqJz0RZ-qr8/w400-h261/Moon%20Hopper.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p></p><p style="text-align: left;">True Rocket Doodles in my creative world are the ones that come from a 'what shall I paint now?' mindset, usually after I've just completed whatever else I've been working on, large or small. And sometimes, inspiration strikes just right and I'll grab a canvas and start drawing elements on it until I get a working concept or story. These latest few paintings are just that: impromptu, off the cuff, spur of the moment tiny works inspired typically by 'colour combinations', shapes, a singular element from something I've just been working on, or even something amorphous from music I've been listening to or such. Sometimes, the magic is just there when you need it. 'Moon Hopper' was inspired by wanting to play with colour and shape, so I just kept adding elements, starting with the 'Saturn'-like planet as the anchor and finishing up with tiny rocket racing away from the space station. All of the random elements work in this tiny painting and I added and added them until it just felt 'balanced' to me. Then I started in with the paint. I had a lot of fun with this one, and the nostalgia style 'space' that I created in the top right hand corner was the basis for another painting, 'Jagged Edges' which I'll talk about in the next post. Meanwhile, here are some of the other paintings that I created for Illuxcon that were literally not designed, but were more of happy accidents...</p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ff00fe; font-size: large;"><b><i>"The Narrows"</i></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">(4x6", Oils on Linen, Framed) </span><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Price: $ 100.00 <span style="color: red;">SOLD</span></b></span><span style="color: #ff00fe; font-size: large;"><b><i> </i></b></span><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPzyPje64x_htkGuc5qR8Mqx4RetRAQnXRaRe5Ig9RSvOmT8gjtdMr580wheqwUe2i4W4rttBhYlpYxlfJlJsuXQcZIfvHHoAofl0wl78doKitLUYVIwLbbsf4L0Z_Odbqfu-c3VIy8RHxEC9a0Khl9wT4p-vQq1fbRKV6SDih6woN1SPRaldBaPff9_8/s468/The%20Narrows.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="468" data-original-width="310" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPzyPje64x_htkGuc5qR8Mqx4RetRAQnXRaRe5Ig9RSvOmT8gjtdMr580wheqwUe2i4W4rttBhYlpYxlfJlJsuXQcZIfvHHoAofl0wl78doKitLUYVIwLbbsf4L0Z_Odbqfu-c3VIy8RHxEC9a0Khl9wT4p-vQq1fbRKV6SDih6woN1SPRaldBaPff9_8/w265-h400/The%20Narrows.jpg" width="265" /></a></div><p>'The Narrows' was inspired by a colour scheme I had in mind and a pretty pale rose gold frame I had lying around my studio. A wavy line, draw a rocket on a favourable angle, put in a few moons using a small circle gauge template and off I went. There is something just so soothing noodling wet paint into pleasing shapes and depths.</p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><i><span style="color: #ff00fe;"> "The In-Between"</span></i></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">(4x4", Oils on Linen, Framed)</span> <b>Price: $90.00 <span style="color: red;">SOLD</span></b> <br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhinkVNZQ09WLZToz0Bq9UUqfmAo1yj0RHL18Ib4LVgycW2uHjVhlfRK-kqvz8qhgY7wzSRpIoVY2j3JcHr_r0wFTmqo8QmkhqxulFA6kEBrNDKDFjlYWdMBin2_H7voG55v2plJgHUTR1QC0ugdHmXU8asYxxBO1Cbl9hK3bZbp8ud1mStr2Rz0x9QAYI/s299/The%20In-Between.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="288" data-original-width="299" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhinkVNZQ09WLZToz0Bq9UUqfmAo1yj0RHL18Ib4LVgycW2uHjVhlfRK-kqvz8qhgY7wzSRpIoVY2j3JcHr_r0wFTmqo8QmkhqxulFA6kEBrNDKDFjlYWdMBin2_H7voG55v2plJgHUTR1QC0ugdHmXU8asYxxBO1Cbl9hK3bZbp8ud1mStr2Rz0x9QAYI/s16000/The%20In-Between.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;">I had a small but bulky mottled brown frame hanging around my studio table for quite some time. I don't remember when I purchased it or where, but it spoke to me on some level, and I am a sucker for giving odd sized frames a good home and use. Right then, I thought the colour of it would lend itself well to a small painting of Mars or similarly toned painting idea. So, I used a roll of artists tape to make the big planet anchor and and drew in a rough asteroid/moon shape in the lower right. I had fun with doodling this domed station for a few minutes, then it was ready for painting. Everything was roughly noodled with the paint with only loose attention to details of real world, or real space objects. I've painted Mars a few times now and didn't want to lose flow in the creativity process by delineating every little crater and canyon on the red planet. The space station was formed by a lot of tiny dashes and implied detail. After the painting was finished, I held up the frame to it and decided that the frame didn't fully compliment the image itself. It kind of needed to be darker. I shrugged, scrunched up some paper towel and proceeded to dab black paint from my palette onto the frame to darken the inner edges of it, not fully covering the original pretty mottled brown. It worked!!! The darker inner edges made the tiny painting pop. So, after the frame dried, I sprayed it with Kamar Varnish a couple of times and let it sit and dry some more. The frame and painting looked fully cohesive when finally mated. Sometimes, it just pays to play around. Ahem...</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i>Anyway, thanks for stopping by. I'll be posting a few more of my 'Designed' Rocket Doodles next time, so stay tuned.<br />Cheers,</i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i>Marianne</i><br /></div><div><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p></div>Mariannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10349984152592814003noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2858761093359956695.post-64090069429148781282023-11-09T13:01:00.003-05:002023-11-09T13:01:49.725-05:00Vintage Inspiration<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><i><span style="color: #ff00fe;">"The Mote in God's Eye"</span></i></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">(9x12", Oils on Linen Panel, Framed) <b>Price: $575.00 </b></span><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: red;">SOLD</span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: red;"> <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6eU7oAq2zOkjiybnaxBnZp83LHQ3XyPksQ1oosH3_IiicPsilvdfS4i3yy21z_sO3b7XTuw0ztG5HezDY0QaLoWcXYab0OFGfsKCPvAwAsC5P8x1zUf_FPeDjCxhD-tpIgOkU-VZ0ArrLDTaWiLIJ2rl7Bcg4TPBT0GGkV-SOUiIKVRTb6IiPLpQfxhE/s576/The%20Mote%20in%20Gods%20Eye%20-%20MASTER%20FILE%201.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="576" data-original-width="406" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6eU7oAq2zOkjiybnaxBnZp83LHQ3XyPksQ1oosH3_IiicPsilvdfS4i3yy21z_sO3b7XTuw0ztG5HezDY0QaLoWcXYab0OFGfsKCPvAwAsC5P8x1zUf_FPeDjCxhD-tpIgOkU-VZ0ArrLDTaWiLIJ2rl7Bcg4TPBT0GGkV-SOUiIKVRTb6IiPLpQfxhE/w283-h400/The%20Mote%20in%20Gods%20Eye%20-%20MASTER%20FILE%201.jpg" width="283" /></a></div><br /></span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"> I was feeling a bit burned out when we went to a friend's home and orchard up north for the annual apple picking back in September. Rather than doing my usual enthusiastic picking of said apples and making cider with my friends, I got myself a cup of the hard cider on tap from the cooler spigot and wandered around the extended house and looked at all of the vintage artworks and books. Vintage pulp art heaven. Little niggles of ideas nibbled at my mind whilst I drooled over inspiring works of wonder. Science fiction, fantasy, western, mystery, thriller, fun and whimsical art that has mostly graced the covers or interiors of novels and books and magazines for at least the last hundred years. I'm not an expert and able to tell the names and techniques of the many artists, but it certainly was inspiring. The huge red sun in a Paul Lehr painting stayed with me and I sat down in the living room with my teeny sketchbook and noodled out a few drawings, one of which became the basis for my new painting <i>"The Mote in God's Eye"</i>. I have toyed with this premise in the past and never got any further than ideas in mind and a single aborted attempt at an over sized rocket doodle that I never finished some years back. I think the colour scheme I had on it and a very nebulous idea was all wrong. This time it all fell into place. I just needed the right inspiration and a warmer, if overly dramatic colour scheme. LOL That big red sun got to me. The nostalgia which is prevalent in my rocket doodles comes from my youth in the 1960s and my Dad's love of all the pulps, science fiction and thrillers, particularly. I get that from him. But nowadays, I bring my nostalgia of the old 'what if' days that knew virtually no limits in imagination to life in my tiny rocket microcosms. Small visions of stories or parts of stories that make the viewer wonder what is happening. Yeah, the simple visions of my ideas have gotten more complicated over the years, but there is always a story to tell...even if I'm not always quite sure what it is until I've finished painting it. What do you think?<br /><br />This is the design I doodled that day...<br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfJl1tmHwH-xkx_G-kWRT7c18jy6M86mbRHxtrY8c9FRU8aYzAtruWXQ4KUxBoENcNe4SLRQioQ7HYxRVoK_Lr8hGFM0TKY2FZetOAwM3mJvWsHlX4DXYPPGgZwmi_UJoe3AzdZehgOWL9Vilvl_II53bZ1TDUdW_54gg3g1PzfrT8LKC-adGLpAdidvY/s278/The%20Mote%20in%20Gods%20Eye%20-%20Thumbnail%20Drawing.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="274" data-original-width="278" height="394" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfJl1tmHwH-xkx_G-kWRT7c18jy6M86mbRHxtrY8c9FRU8aYzAtruWXQ4KUxBoENcNe4SLRQioQ7HYxRVoK_Lr8hGFM0TKY2FZetOAwM3mJvWsHlX4DXYPPGgZwmi_UJoe3AzdZehgOWL9Vilvl_II53bZ1TDUdW_54gg3g1PzfrT8LKC-adGLpAdidvY/w400-h394/The%20Mote%20in%20Gods%20Eye%20-%20Thumbnail%20Drawing.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><i>Thanks for stopping by, and come back soon for more rocket doodles and such.<br />Cheers, <br />Marianne</i><br />Mariannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10349984152592814003noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2858761093359956695.post-48076992444427915582023-09-21T09:53:00.002-05:002023-09-21T09:53:31.237-05:00A Different Influence...<div style="text-align: center;"><b><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #ff00fe;"> "Infernal Web"</span></span></i></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">(11x14", Oils on Linen, Framed) Price: $750.00</span><span style="font-size: large;"><b><i> </i></b></span><span style="color: red; font-size: medium;"><b>SOLD</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: red; font-size: medium;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfSFkewhC3-QBwemXQQIQy5TO20nn_3C6wOIlG8Z2HVzAh19xSyQefK1WerBZIYolxmh_mZ17BCkQ7K_YUD8kVE1pFhT-YFAYpztDPMtXS5adhj_kZe34-M99MgmZh2r40_zvYoxsec-h-SmgZvYyDzUsMbuglrCP6cvQcEKC9JnB1jaPem7bo1NTDnnI/s576/Infernal%20Web%201.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="576" data-original-width="458" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfSFkewhC3-QBwemXQQIQy5TO20nn_3C6wOIlG8Z2HVzAh19xSyQefK1WerBZIYolxmh_mZ17BCkQ7K_YUD8kVE1pFhT-YFAYpztDPMtXS5adhj_kZe34-M99MgmZh2r40_zvYoxsec-h-SmgZvYyDzUsMbuglrCP6cvQcEKC9JnB1jaPem7bo1NTDnnI/w318-h400/Infernal%20Web%201.jpg" width="318" /></a></div></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: red; font-size: medium;"><b></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: red; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">I was prowling through a bunch of art books in our library and came across one of the collected works of the legendary science fiction and fantasy artist, Richard Powers. His vintage abstract take on golden age science fiction book covers are quite compelling and often visually stunning. His later, more personal works took on a range of earth colours and tones that reminded me of Australian Aboriginal artwork that I had studied a couple of decades ago. Both had very mystic overtones, both epic storytelling with minimal detail. I wondered what it would be like to play with the same colours and tales, so out came my new tiny sketchbook for thumbnail ideas and off I went, doodling. The first rough idea was the third entry in the pristine tiny pages and felt like it was going to go somewhere. So, on the next page, I refined the idea to its finished version. Enlarged the final drawing to super size, transferred it to a linen board and started laying paint. Above is what it became. I'm rather proud of the outcome as I stepped out of my regular comfort zone for painting rocket doodles and told a bigger story with a more personally unique style of design. That seems to be happening a lot lately, so stick around for further paintings that are in the works. Did you notice the dying rocket ship in the lower left hand corner being crushed against a glowing maw on an asteroid by the web weaver's silken-steel tendrils? The incoming ship is either going to attack the alien 'spider' or is going to get caught itself, or sheer off and not see it at all. What do you think will happen? <br /><br />Meanwhile, below are the two teeny drawings that I did to complete this rocket doodle... Notice the changes between the original idea and the final design, and the addition of the incoming rocketship. I loved how Powers worked spidery white lines around his subjects in what would seem a purely whimsical way, but are often intrinsic to his designs and building of his subject matter. I tried to do something like that, but my more prosaic brain made them the tentacles of the alien, instead. <br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLwPoZXpkpyVVZDAuXUy_GzmeAUoyeSC4tHn3e1GEEfWzSnC5mz4QiBKmp58y7VKwRwtHTpiDA8u-p76B0eHXA60k2Q9q787R2UvbUHQ6CfwWaaU4PGs9cSWV8s5HeY9_Hm8sSHAdjyES-_xOTQs99M2CPQEjMaqlaZukfUMv77_pJl20abySxYffdOaE/s278/Infernal%20Web%20-%20Thumbnail%20Prelim%20Sketch.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="273" data-original-width="278" height="273" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLwPoZXpkpyVVZDAuXUy_GzmeAUoyeSC4tHn3e1GEEfWzSnC5mz4QiBKmp58y7VKwRwtHTpiDA8u-p76B0eHXA60k2Q9q787R2UvbUHQ6CfwWaaU4PGs9cSWV8s5HeY9_Hm8sSHAdjyES-_xOTQs99M2CPQEjMaqlaZukfUMv77_pJl20abySxYffdOaE/s1600/Infernal%20Web%20-%20Thumbnail%20Prelim%20Sketch.jpg" width="278" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9mjqwdu1wE9g1heOCY_byCF9nNe5AgKWW_wyc2Nvs3arjBfiiioo2XenQcdQaSQBclQTd0E38VYiG60jwtLakvralncWtCNfWZ9aQ0iq0kT6fKqc_t3GHd8peG5T70RCuiJLDQJDc9tLaqX_VMxCiChZqYnD_4oWTK2xSkfOcJB5VDi1MZlZ236bBahg/s275/Infernal%20Web%20-%20Thumbnail%20Drawing.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="270" data-original-width="275" height="270" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9mjqwdu1wE9g1heOCY_byCF9nNe5AgKWW_wyc2Nvs3arjBfiiioo2XenQcdQaSQBclQTd0E38VYiG60jwtLakvralncWtCNfWZ9aQ0iq0kT6fKqc_t3GHd8peG5T70RCuiJLDQJDc9tLaqX_VMxCiChZqYnD_4oWTK2xSkfOcJB5VDi1MZlZ236bBahg/s1600/Infernal%20Web%20-%20Thumbnail%20Drawing.jpg" width="275" /></a></div><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>Anyway, I have a couple of paintings from pre-Covid lockdown to finally add to my blog, which I will do soon. One is an epic portrait, and the second is a whimsical robot holiday painting. In the meanwhile, I'm back to painting more rocket doodles, and drawing in my little sketchbook. So, thanks for stopping by, and I hope you will again...<br />Cheers,<br />Marianne<br /></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: red; font-size: medium;"><b> </b><b> <br /></b></span></div>Mariannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10349984152592814003noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2858761093359956695.post-22593207697305322322023-07-19T08:30:00.004-05:002023-07-19T08:36:26.149-05:00I had some leftover paint...<p> I've just completed a cover commission painting for a publisher in Australia. I can't reveal what that is just yet, but it was both nerve-wracking and fun at the same time. And of course after that, I had some leftover paint on my palette. There was also an explosion of Permanent Rose since I squeezed the tube BEFORE clearing the blockage in the mouth of the tube...sooooo big spoosh of paint. Sigh. So, I picked up a little canvas, drew some circles for moons and a space station and 'went to town'. So the first little rocket doodle was born. After it dried a little, I decided that it needed a teeny rocket for narrative. Here is the result...</p><div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="color: #ff00fe; font-size: large;"><b><i>"Red Dust City"</i></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">(5x7", Oils on Linen, Framed) <b>Price: $240.00 </b></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: red;">SOLD</span><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvcQoUBaqhIt-G-zUxU_Gps0mDt9O-2EyQOWSLe715wruOU9eoN_jTVNJRQrtrn_xKapW3sUlUYo-CNcy2LxuSOuy579wVpD9nwVTFwdNWrjfm9T-xW4bSBBSGKiuLQ-svro38cZ-eI2Sq92zUgwmH4SGMs8tiI8jdDdBBylI1inXswRRsRCE2OR_vRR4/s507/Red%20Dust%20City%201.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="360" data-original-width="507" height="284" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvcQoUBaqhIt-G-zUxU_Gps0mDt9O-2EyQOWSLe715wruOU9eoN_jTVNJRQrtrn_xKapW3sUlUYo-CNcy2LxuSOuy579wVpD9nwVTFwdNWrjfm9T-xW4bSBBSGKiuLQ-svro38cZ-eI2Sq92zUgwmH4SGMs8tiI8jdDdBBylI1inXswRRsRCE2OR_vRR4/w400-h284/Red%20Dust%20City%201.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p></p><p>The second little painting was one I had already drawn up from a few months ago. I'd used an idea from my teeny 3" sketchbook. So I popped that canvas onto a small easel and ferreted out the reference that had inspired it. Suffice it to say, it is a space station orbiting inside the rings of an ice/gas giant planet. The space station is a refinery that continuously processes minerals, gases and ice resources for a variety of colonies and nearby inhabited planets. The rocket ship has left the station and is cruising above the outer rings, skimming over the glittering ice chunks, prospecting for a new area to mine. The pilot must be careful not to be blinded by the light reflecting off the ice-steroids, nor become mesmerized by them either, or he and his ship could end up just another casualty among the ancient planetary ejecta. So...<br /><br /></p><div style="text-align: center;"><p><span style="font-size: large;"><b><i><span style="color: #ff00fe;">"Prospecting"</span></i></b></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><b><i><span style="color: #ff00fe;"> </span></i></b></span><span style="font-size: small;">(6x8", Oils on Linen, Framed) <b>Price: $300.00</b> </span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: red;">SOLD</span></span></p></div><p></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: red;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikbfShSNzVJBYj_AjMUo3uD2MPXBpfZHfvt08ILK4ArlzJ7wD2O3umrdCOzz4QgMm3MgjRsC3tt5YFDuhUENxOnaS3bDrH3viL3KqNjT6zHJw3HvZfpy3-5VO4W1quAG-4eZHpenGbodR7aI17X1pr6BslxQwqQPsi2k6QkZpASothkaXXAZdjINN9kME/s576/Prospecting%201.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="427" data-original-width="576" height="296" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikbfShSNzVJBYj_AjMUo3uD2MPXBpfZHfvt08ILK4ArlzJ7wD2O3umrdCOzz4QgMm3MgjRsC3tt5YFDuhUENxOnaS3bDrH3viL3KqNjT6zHJw3HvZfpy3-5VO4W1quAG-4eZHpenGbodR7aI17X1pr6BslxQwqQPsi2k6QkZpASothkaXXAZdjINN9kME/w400-h296/Prospecting%201.jpg" width="400" /></a></div></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;">Here is the teeny thumbnail sketch from my little design sketchbook that this painting is based on...</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgicb0Ri0aTqW8AMyTiz2X8xxGj2HPneR3LEBAxI4zVkLq4I5FIErOn7gDdK-U3sZK5yVhCUgxOxu6au_XuWOPkchx9ledbaEQ3escBSjaj5p4HbLZEGHT4szY6V6euomy2OaHxAALUm_4cXSOjmPrgGLwOjajHEIx0UCdFySXF6pfP5JoveWc4gwkROfE/s272/Prospecting%20-%20Thumbnail%20Drawing.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="272" data-original-width="269" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgicb0Ri0aTqW8AMyTiz2X8xxGj2HPneR3LEBAxI4zVkLq4I5FIErOn7gDdK-U3sZK5yVhCUgxOxu6au_XuWOPkchx9ledbaEQ3escBSjaj5p4HbLZEGHT4szY6V6euomy2OaHxAALUm_4cXSOjmPrgGLwOjajHEIx0UCdFySXF6pfP5JoveWc4gwkROfE/s16000/Prospecting%20-%20Thumbnail%20Drawing.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;">It was detailed enough that all I had to do was enlarge a copy to the correct size and trace it down. It gave me basic lines to work with and just noodle paint.<br /></div><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;">Unfortunately the bad photos were taken quickly in our kitchen before we left for a show, and they have lost the luminosity that original oil paintings have. Then again that happens with most photography of oil paintings. Light bounces through the paint, hits the white canvas beneath and bounces right back out at the viewer, giving off the typical luminous look of oil paintings no matter when they were painted. It loses that when photographed in most instances, sad to say. Photography also lose subtleties in the paint as well as colour variations. Digital photography has come a long way, but still has far to go to capture any painting correctly. Still, bad kitchen lighting and all. Ahem. LOL<br /><br /><i>Anyway, I just thought I'd throw these up on the blog while I could. There is more to post. Isn't there always? So I will get to them when I can. Thanks for stopping by. Hope to see you again soon.<br />Cheers, <br />Marianne<br /></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></div><p></p><p></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></div><p></p>Mariannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10349984152592814003noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2858761093359956695.post-66342677256290821282023-06-01T15:25:00.001-05:002023-06-01T15:29:04.307-05:00Something new!!<div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="color: #ff00fe; font-size: large;"><b><i>"Derelict"</i></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">(11x17", Oils on Linen, Framed) <b>Price: $ 900.00 </b></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: red;"><b>SOLD</b> </span><br /></span></div><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHWIE0Prbg4mXwX__sWG4H0VhFrBuSAzIrVZf2uPjfsps7Ioc2qYS1ZBeP35JWv9LZ6qlilpFbodt1sGj6KO7sik1tMCFUL_bhZzogHxafPneglAVuU5nrjqe7gxyl6ebMbOz2rApbZ8GDjo5gg4Wlk3L0BCKoxzP_45ZY2QMC9UF_Ce7SD2ro4hpz/s648/Derelict%20-%20MASTER%20FILE%20-%20MIDsize%20Edit.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="648" data-original-width="419" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHWIE0Prbg4mXwX__sWG4H0VhFrBuSAzIrVZf2uPjfsps7Ioc2qYS1ZBeP35JWv9LZ6qlilpFbodt1sGj6KO7sik1tMCFUL_bhZzogHxafPneglAVuU5nrjqe7gxyl6ebMbOz2rApbZ8GDjo5gg4Wlk3L0BCKoxzP_45ZY2QMC9UF_Ce7SD2ro4hpz/w259-h400/Derelict%20-%20MASTER%20FILE%20-%20MIDsize%20Edit.jpg" width="259" /></a></div><p></p><p style="text-align: left;">This painting was something of a spur of the moment idea of a HUGE lost, ancient derelict floating dead in space and and a much smaller rocket doing flybys to take stock of it and report. I doodled the idea roughly in my new tiny 3x3" bound sketchbook, then drew up a more detailed final idea that I used as the basis to paint from. I liked the idea of a more monochromatic, restricted palette that represented the deepness of space, and also the stark white and shadows that local space light threw against the damaged white 'sail/fin' of the derelict alien ship. The final idea that it looked like it had been rotting there, open to asteroid hits, both microscopic and large, was paramount, against the freshness and clean lines of the quintessential 'pointy rocket ship'. Unfortunately, this photo of the finished painting does not do the subtleties of the original justice. The giant sail/fin was painted mostly with a palette knife and I was happy with so many of the sharp edges and happy accidents as a result. The extreme diagonals that make up the composition were deliberate because even the sharpest straight lines created by intelligence, human or alien, will corrupt and fade with time and abuse of nature. And, also, up or down, or sideways, or the thought of 'right side up' are purely subjective in outer space due to a lack of gravity. </p><p style="text-align: left;"> Below is the initial design idea. Note the size of the moon/planet in the curve of the fin. I wanted to create a less claustrophobic composition, and changed it in the final design.<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRlXSVopb_1XbWsv6eTtuu7yysCui0FpxnDfHK6FNzJ6MIH0NDdRCPJoD9ebSZq_0oZNS_BRb8UOEz70zjYOVpscj_8LjY58aYYXFQcijgc37maOGoJYvYTpRTvn-XSBFirIefe48XqsHTndXYb2jLZ9DDVF66qRo_nTyDupkeYkkYogWAvPUT9F7i/s287/Derelict%20-%20Thumbnail%20Prelim%20Sketch.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="273" data-original-width="287" height="273" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRlXSVopb_1XbWsv6eTtuu7yysCui0FpxnDfHK6FNzJ6MIH0NDdRCPJoD9ebSZq_0oZNS_BRb8UOEz70zjYOVpscj_8LjY58aYYXFQcijgc37maOGoJYvYTpRTvn-XSBFirIefe48XqsHTndXYb2jLZ9DDVF66qRo_nTyDupkeYkkYogWAvPUT9F7i/s1600/Derelict%20-%20Thumbnail%20Prelim%20Sketch.jpg" width="287" /></a></div><p></p><p>Below, is the final design drawing for 'Derelict'. It is only about 3x1.5", yet I enlarged it to the correct painting size of 11x17" without losing any detail. I was a bit concerned about the moon/planet crowding the sail/fin, even if it was supposed to be in the background, so I moved it about half an inch to the left in the actual painting. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhE8XZZxSUbx5rMk8EdhzQm7CSzAHRP7S-5gXKZe46QMVwCuiVA3Spd2cqIbJZ8AzmnYLa2gUnUr-YYr4FGEbTUTki7JSuiG74oLYpJLcWwABkbUebVaen6wo1m78T6dSEqrPDcjX15VnpMVJw-bTB1xZYLAVgmLlyzmGCdoH-grUhPIMKXEPKTpveN/s271/Derelict%20-%20Thumbnail%20Drawing.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="271" data-original-width="267" height="271" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhE8XZZxSUbx5rMk8EdhzQm7CSzAHRP7S-5gXKZe46QMVwCuiVA3Spd2cqIbJZ8AzmnYLa2gUnUr-YYr4FGEbTUTki7JSuiG74oLYpJLcWwABkbUebVaen6wo1m78T6dSEqrPDcjX15VnpMVJw-bTB1xZYLAVgmLlyzmGCdoH-grUhPIMKXEPKTpveN/s1600/Derelict%20-%20Thumbnail%20Drawing.jpg" width="267" /></a></div><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>This is a studio shot using my iPad. It's not the greatest, but shows the work in progress and the giant enlargement of the thumbnail design drawing I used to trace the idea down onto the linen board. Note the different placement of the moon/planet.<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8n9gx_Ksor-B_lwMwOakLozbW9JGVdmyeI2RVi8Idp28RQX8c1chHu2-_8VPwFBq4rbgMQltgdKQPPlENqSuN5fvCWzRcYc5X6mByJOTjQuPYzWfZB0vIpa9ARejce8ozfyHzYY2EK_FYv8vEuA7kkPe3kt-QhSzSQEzI1hhmM5BAKxTLLeslRgUq/s648/Derelict%20-%20Ease%20Shot%201.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="484" data-original-width="648" height="299" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8n9gx_Ksor-B_lwMwOakLozbW9JGVdmyeI2RVi8Idp28RQX8c1chHu2-_8VPwFBq4rbgMQltgdKQPPlENqSuN5fvCWzRcYc5X6mByJOTjQuPYzWfZB0vIpa9ARejce8ozfyHzYY2EK_FYv8vEuA7kkPe3kt-QhSzSQEzI1hhmM5BAKxTLLeslRgUq/w400-h299/Derelict%20-%20Ease%20Shot%201.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p></p><p>Something fun. Here is the painting drying in my study. The studio was very cold throughout winter, so ended up bringing my drying paintings into the warmer atmosphere of my study to dry better than they had been doing. Sitting atop 'Derelict' is the tiny rocket doodle, 'Indigo Station' which was created with the left over paint I used in painting the bigger rocket doodle below it. <br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQ1whB6cHJQ4AicsIzo-zqrJDEYYERqWb-RyMQ_OjMywTZ3aXhx1uL7kn6ZiACX4MPUzODpih6XUG_irBA0cQPsQOmcSkWByyLAARWsNYki_amvCJHF1Uj-OInkmvXL1MMg--soPdNpW66bKstvIRSE9hyexeH2re-avZTKzVgQaRFtEfTcCbtaZmk/s576/Derelict%20-%20Ease%20Shot%202.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="576" data-original-width="430" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQ1whB6cHJQ4AicsIzo-zqrJDEYYERqWb-RyMQ_OjMywTZ3aXhx1uL7kn6ZiACX4MPUzODpih6XUG_irBA0cQPsQOmcSkWByyLAARWsNYki_amvCJHF1Uj-OInkmvXL1MMg--soPdNpW66bKstvIRSE9hyexeH2re-avZTKzVgQaRFtEfTcCbtaZmk/w299-h400/Derelict%20-%20Ease%20Shot%202.jpg" width="299" /></a></div><p><i>Anyway, this is the second of the bigger space epics I painted for Boskone in February. I'm rather proud of how it turned out, and hope to create something truly like this again sometime. Meanwhile, thanks for stopping by, and come back soon. There are more rocket doodles and other oddities to come.<br />Cheers,</i></p><p><i>Marianne</i><br /></p>Mariannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10349984152592814003noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2858761093359956695.post-43846824662920358842023-05-26T09:48:00.007-05:002023-05-27T08:46:22.968-05:00Rescue Rockets!!<p> </p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ff00fe;"><b><i><span style="font-size: large;"> "Rescue Rockets"</span></i></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: x-small;">(15 x 21.5", Oils on Linen, Framed) Price $1000.00 </span><span style="color: red; font-size: medium;">SOLD</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: red; font-size: medium;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2knAKP1t3Xk0xl20L5CpjmU9IKVxrNZOyPf8hw1i-c2MfAkGYms6lsuandfL_TDlyYaoFuTy73-8e1RshRWtJPQtR7vX-Y2R5PVarPQqikMdMIP8WXPdujYy6IfQeLpK1WZQTJuzjL6I2T3zSKSyDwWW_askLVmEIKfK-s1eB_LQPk3AiZ8e9SD3C/s648/Rescue%20Rockets%20-%20MASTER%20FILE%20-%20MIDsize%20Edit.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="648" data-original-width="467" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2knAKP1t3Xk0xl20L5CpjmU9IKVxrNZOyPf8hw1i-c2MfAkGYms6lsuandfL_TDlyYaoFuTy73-8e1RshRWtJPQtR7vX-Y2R5PVarPQqikMdMIP8WXPdujYy6IfQeLpK1WZQTJuzjL6I2T3zSKSyDwWW_askLVmEIKfK-s1eB_LQPk3AiZ8e9SD3C/w289-h400/Rescue%20Rockets%20-%20MASTER%20FILE%20-%20MIDsize%20Edit.jpg" width="289" /></a></div></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;">This painting emerged from a previous idea I painted and became something bigger, literally and figuratively. My little 6x8" painting, 'Danger Zone' from the Christmas Small Works sale a few months ago stuck with me for a long time and I often wished that I had painted it bigger. Well, just after Christmas, I gave in and did so, only this time, I expanded the narrative as well as the size. With just the addition of a few flying rockets for drama, the story I was portraying became more than a tragedy waiting to happen, it became a rescue. All of the other elements and palette essentially remained the same. And so it proves that any idea can be tweaked to become something...more. Cue searching for and going through all my active sketchbooks, looking for the base sketch I used for the previous painting so I could draw up the canvas again. Only to realize an hour or so later that I NEVER doodled a thumbnail OR drew up a design drawing for the original painting. It was one of those on the fly creations that meant that I had drawn the elements directly on the canvas, and there was no sketch. Okay, the planet, the exploding rocks and the rockets could all be drawn straight on the new canvas without a problem, but the space station was tricky and a bit specific for that, so cue another deep dive into the paper flotsam around my studio easel, and then back to my computer trying to find the original thumbnail for yet another previous painting from last year, called 'Blue Moon Station'. I borrowed the original concept design from that low orbit station as the basis for 'Danger Zone' and then subsequently for the new painting. A few tweak on the station later, and then I painstakingly recreated the original concept on the canvas with the added rockets. And as I really don't like painting exact replicas of my previous works, I changed little details up a bit going forward. This is the closest I've come to actually copying one of my own paintings. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;">This is the moment that I realized that I did NOT have a drawing, sketch or thumbnail to work from while I was painting, and if I stuffed it up, didn't have a reference to fix it. Hence, the bad hastily taken IPad photo.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVOYM7OmSeDgQsIMrZNu0gUbEtfbh0oGdvj8khFiExNKAF3UGmgXjF3GkzSFj-99Al2YVVBG569lJnwNFphJUhuYeQSDjUmrVl9es8Pxj6HBzgUKXxFKn3xZaLeCFrK3P52FzupDDOCh6IM4or3tsoQHNCUswbrisJ6h_G1lo6zbi6-h4ReL0kNGuE/s578/Rescue%20Rockets%20-%20Easel%20Shot%202.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="432" data-original-width="578" height="299" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVOYM7OmSeDgQsIMrZNu0gUbEtfbh0oGdvj8khFiExNKAF3UGmgXjF3GkzSFj-99Al2YVVBG569lJnwNFphJUhuYeQSDjUmrVl9es8Pxj6HBzgUKXxFKn3xZaLeCFrK3P52FzupDDOCh6IM4or3tsoQHNCUswbrisJ6h_G1lo6zbi6-h4ReL0kNGuE/w400-h299/Rescue%20Rockets%20-%20Easel%20Shot%202.jpg" width="400" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">I was still building the background and planet at this stage. Laying masses of paint, blending with big fluffy blending brushes, and then adding more paint. It was hard trying not to fully 'copy' what I'd done before. It felt like I was trying to paint with my elbows tied to my sides for some of it. In the end, I tried to shake it off and just have fun with the paint again. That's what my rocket doodles really are, when you come to think about it. It's just me having fun with the paint and the 'what if' principle. <br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgObIS-N8IEn1J5eYH83TpJcLGjJgz688cV3iImdFU_68ejSY0QFsc2vtTJiJDgZt-ZCzbsdYpurTXsBbyzUDhefa8CX-ieUWuoXVnJFSV9oIGTfnfrptNFnikbA-J9VGi31BefHciq5YyH7yIQZ3Dbl8qB3G5257H2NA6D33ClSpSvy8Q0sTM36CIT/s576/Rescue%20Rockets%20-%20Easel%20Shot%203.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="576" data-original-width="430" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgObIS-N8IEn1J5eYH83TpJcLGjJgz688cV3iImdFU_68ejSY0QFsc2vtTJiJDgZt-ZCzbsdYpurTXsBbyzUDhefa8CX-ieUWuoXVnJFSV9oIGTfnfrptNFnikbA-J9VGi31BefHciq5YyH7yIQZ3Dbl8qB3G5257H2NA6D33ClSpSvy8Q0sTM36CIT/w299-h400/Rescue%20Rockets%20-%20Easel%20Shot%203.jpg" width="299" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: red; font-size: medium;"><b><i><br /></i></b></span></div><p>This is the last progress picture I took before I had to finally get to finishing the painting. As you can see, I've started working on the space station. Its shape echoes the planet, and rivals the fiery demise with a light all of its own. It shines brighter than the planet, and offers hope. The space station also resembles a Christmas ornament, which I didn't realize, myself, until I saw my painting hanging at the Boskone Art Show in February. It blazed like a beacon that you could see from across the room. So, even if it is a redux of an existing painting of mine, I think I did good. One of my best, I think.</p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: red; font-size: medium;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjA5IFFxSWx54k9jndOb9qKIjCwi2i5pOubA3_CEvOMhj-UKGyncrCcpFrEL4thK2R01bwLkZxiNYRFgaMswByHu8SPwdCFWXaMkIJnMhB5_VXPD_enOXsEm1rLKymFO7Ba5QQRBmn-rHXgRV7KsNJfPpr3oLY3W6utKfhBqFKQFSbErslFGFxPnc6K/s576/Rescue%20Rockets%20-%20Easel%20Shot%204.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="576" data-original-width="486" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjA5IFFxSWx54k9jndOb9qKIjCwi2i5pOubA3_CEvOMhj-UKGyncrCcpFrEL4thK2R01bwLkZxiNYRFgaMswByHu8SPwdCFWXaMkIJnMhB5_VXPD_enOXsEm1rLKymFO7Ba5QQRBmn-rHXgRV7KsNJfPpr3oLY3W6utKfhBqFKQFSbErslFGFxPnc6K/w338-h400/Rescue%20Rockets%20-%20Easel%20Shot%204.jpg" width="338" /></a></div></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: red; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-size: small;">Anyway, thanks for stopping by. There's more to come, a few more bigger space epics and a few new paintings from 2018 and 2019 that I haven't posted yet. So, come on back for a visit, sometime....<br /></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-size: small;">Cheers,</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-size: small;">Marianne<br /></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: red; font-size: medium;"><b><br /><i><br /></i></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: red; font-size: medium;"><b><i><br /></i></b></span></div><p><br /></p>Mariannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10349984152592814003noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2858761093359956695.post-12759831817712383582023-02-25T17:31:00.002-05:002023-04-02T22:00:56.621-05:00Little space epics for Boskone...<p> Since Christmas, I've been working on some paintings for our first show of the year, Boskone, a science fiction convention in Boston, which was last weekend. Now that the show is over, I can post them here. At least the little ones. The three big paintings that I created will each have their own post in coming days. Meanwhile, here are they are. Some of the designs were created from thumbnails I worked on over the Thanksgiving weekend whilst at another local convention. </p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ff00fe; font-size: large;"><i><b>"Thread the Needle"</b></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ff00fe; font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: black;">(8x8", Oils on linen, Framed) <b>PRICE: $450.00 <span style="color: red;">SOLD</span></b></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ff00fe; font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: black;"><b><span style="color: red;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBSLqkN4eFwb2GDcE3c60AwpY8mdUf3QjmBBtFSLSpqaCN3_eyI43v6I7tNjmhh5R2qabLHMK2wYnwQGfz4EJWlJaqsrGnqp2dHGL3BDkRtH7hT6BTNvEv9SLBcKc-FuGY9w6sb-u4AxuxdNfbdbJQjMS2D8zWXoYZF4wB4QI-e9hbuPg2R_fRT9Ka/s504/Thread%20the%20Needle%201.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="501" data-original-width="504" height="398" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBSLqkN4eFwb2GDcE3c60AwpY8mdUf3QjmBBtFSLSpqaCN3_eyI43v6I7tNjmhh5R2qabLHMK2wYnwQGfz4EJWlJaqsrGnqp2dHGL3BDkRtH7hT6BTNvEv9SLBcKc-FuGY9w6sb-u4AxuxdNfbdbJQjMS2D8zWXoYZF4wB4QI-e9hbuPg2R_fRT9Ka/w400-h398/Thread%20the%20Needle%201.jpg" width="400" /></a></div></span></b><span style="color: red; font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;">I had a blast painting this one. The design is somewhat out of my comfort zone and it took me nearly an hour to shape and doodle the circular, non-traditional space station. I decided that it was a 'thumb your nose at the station master' by the maverick pilots when they attempted to fly directly through the center of the station for fun. The invisible defensive shields that protect the station have a 'hole' in the very center and it takes a skilled pilot to navigate it. More than one ship has lost 'skin' by scraping by the inner station shields whilst attempting it. So it is called 'threading the needle' by one and all. The effervescent blast of nebula colours adds to the joy of the situation and frames the space station nicely. </span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ff00fe; font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: black;"> </span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ff00fe; font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: black;"> </span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ff00fe; font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: #ff00fe;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><b>"Quarantine Caboose"</b></i><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ff00fe; font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: #ff00fe;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">(5x7", Oils on linen, Framed) <b> Price: $240.00 <span style="color: red;">SOLD</span></b></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ff00fe; font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: #ff00fe;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj91Bd9nTlf4BOJ1864C9A5XmBz0ulAUsgtlLzIEq9tHXZyjT54gvS2UaqOl8euLLK52-fiRrlkSLt3sUuHEzgLaeV-BArKvBBBtokAlNDWHt-5lUTNbMkeK_K2qELtHBXgtS4v-dTDE8NeTSV3FSExuZd_LmXNyKY3eZOAOLjIj2TYTaqB3nn2RzGg/s504/Quarantine%20Caboose%201.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="504" data-original-width="359" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj91Bd9nTlf4BOJ1864C9A5XmBz0ulAUsgtlLzIEq9tHXZyjT54gvS2UaqOl8euLLK52-fiRrlkSLt3sUuHEzgLaeV-BArKvBBBtokAlNDWHt-5lUTNbMkeK_K2qELtHBXgtS4v-dTDE8NeTSV3FSExuZd_LmXNyKY3eZOAOLjIj2TYTaqB3nn2RzGg/w285-h400/Quarantine%20Caboose%201.jpg" width="285" /></a></div></b></i><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;"> I loved painting a blue planet with a barely there ring and moon. Possibly Neptune, but maybe not quite. The colours are retro 1950s into the 1960s and that was what was on my palette at the time. Another thumbnail from that Thanksgiving weekend. And also didn't turn out quite what I was originally envisioning at all. Those little designs rarely do. Also, in this instance, I was wondering why a space station might need of a little tag-along companion. The thought that came to mind was perhaps it was a quarantine pod. Hence the name 'Quarantine Caboose'. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ff00fe; font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: #ff00fe;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ff00fe; font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: #ff00fe;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ff00fe; font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: #ff00fe;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #ff00fe;"><i><b><span style="font-size: large;">"Course Change"</span></b></i></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ff00fe; font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: #ff00fe;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #ff00fe;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: black;">(6x8", Oils on linen, Framed) <b>Price: $300.00 </b></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="color: red; font-size: small;"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><b>SOLD</b></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="color: #ff00fe; font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: #ff00fe;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #ff00fe;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: black;"><b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: red;"><br /></span></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOoD9IjHZKocXypZI6bH0AKKaHUeTdzXbQp8HokABLM3h0gEzzmBQbEpNPNx5GS3t4KjdZ0r56Ht_ddgQONAQkUBT9k21EiXrRcr3_0lSPm8ni1weciLzpmg3EGlYEyPhjpBpsriShbuUB71P3U3bIJYs98eNXSsbQ3VInBfj6kqr79Cd1pxcX3rg3/s576/Course%20Change%201.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="576" data-original-width="426" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOoD9IjHZKocXypZI6bH0AKKaHUeTdzXbQp8HokABLM3h0gEzzmBQbEpNPNx5GS3t4KjdZ0r56Ht_ddgQONAQkUBT9k21EiXrRcr3_0lSPm8ni1weciLzpmg3EGlYEyPhjpBpsriShbuUB71P3U3bIJYs98eNXSsbQ3VInBfj6kqr79Cd1pxcX3rg3/w296-h400/Course%20Change%201.jpg" width="296" /></a></div></b></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ff00fe; font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: #ff00fe;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #ff00fe;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;">This was originally intended to be an atmosphere composition, but quickly turned to a 'space' shot among moons. </span><br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span> </span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ff00fe; font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: #ff00fe;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #ff00fe;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: black;"><b><br /></b></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span> </span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ff00fe; font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: red;"></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ff00fe; font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: red;"></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ff00fe; font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: red;"></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ff00fe; font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: red;"> </span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ff00fe; font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><i><span style="color: #ff00fe;">"Shadow Base Launch"</span></i></b></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ff00fe; font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #ff00fe;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: black;">(5x7", Oils on Linen, Framed) <b>Price: $240.00 <span style="color: red;">SOLD </span></b></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ff00fe; font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #ff00fe;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: black;"><b><span style="color: red;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPjVG1ehO8m6T9soMFV1-VgiFz-XduyDyH6mtTM81_ANghCkfkEhqdkj-62gRpwPVVOgAq6gwNLIRSFVLl2bQt5hH7Hc2znhbKd5uzj5n8dKR26G8zaSE7NBFljki4vi8IBEm69H1E3PRqESrowjOeXE0mIrvWHYgir7ea9jbeFQkWOSE-Z_71wedX/s504/Shadow%20Base%20Launch%201.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="504" data-original-width="362" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPjVG1ehO8m6T9soMFV1-VgiFz-XduyDyH6mtTM81_ANghCkfkEhqdkj-62gRpwPVVOgAq6gwNLIRSFVLl2bQt5hH7Hc2znhbKd5uzj5n8dKR26G8zaSE7NBFljki4vi8IBEm69H1E3PRqESrowjOeXE0mIrvWHYgir7ea9jbeFQkWOSE-Z_71wedX/w288-h400/Shadow%20Base%20Launch%201.jpg" width="288" /></a></div></span></b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: black;">This little gem revisited the colour scheme from one of my previous little paintings, 'Polar Drift'. I loved the colours so much that I just took a canvas, drew a moon, put in a thing 'ring' and moon and called it a planet. I painted all of that and then realized that I hadn't actually added anything technical. So I doodled in the space station, wonkily channeling the famous SF artist, John Berkey, and then added the rocket. Voila...instant story and action. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ff00fe; font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #ff00fe;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: black;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ff00fe; font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #ff00fe;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: black;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ff00fe; font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #ff00fe;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: black;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ff00fe; font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #ff00fe;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: #ff00fe;"><i><b><span style="font-size: large;">"Indigo Station"</span></b></i></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ff00fe; font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #ff00fe;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: #ff00fe;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">(6x6", Oils on Linen, Framed) <b>Price: $ 320.00 <span style="color: red;">SOLD</span></b></span></span></span></span> </span></span><b><span style="color: red;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4rSqJDGrC1kcr3omrl2OpS4jSCFEaqW-aOBLBFb7JSRdsoFwuPtR1OSZA_k5qobnwKddNJ0PfmyYVGx2poAbJDjZ0Bfhbofxd2o3FrRFHERFsMWDl1-5Xb6Z_Zctnny3GcdLmzCfLSNHq7_yMu9bT1Xv4rxVKfCJcDzFTYjJE27M1tu-e9coW9Z01/s435/Indigo%20Station%201.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="432" data-original-width="435" height="398" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4rSqJDGrC1kcr3omrl2OpS4jSCFEaqW-aOBLBFb7JSRdsoFwuPtR1OSZA_k5qobnwKddNJ0PfmyYVGx2poAbJDjZ0Bfhbofxd2o3FrRFHERFsMWDl1-5Xb6Z_Zctnny3GcdLmzCfLSNHq7_yMu9bT1Xv4rxVKfCJcDzFTYjJE27M1tu-e9coW9Z01/w400-h398/Indigo%20Station%201.jpg" width="400" /></a></div></span></b><b><span style="color: red;"></span></b><span style="font-size: small;">The photo does not do the subtle colours justice for this little painting. It's a gem. And the colour theme lends itself to the 'indigo' of the title. The original painting glows. I sure wish I could share the glow and shine of my little paintings, but this will have to do. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ff00fe; font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #ff00fe;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ff00fe; font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #ff00fe;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;">There will be more to come of my paintings. Some will be space epics, big and small, and maybe there will be new things to paint. I want to challenge my comfort zone a lot this coming year. I don't think I've done too badly at this point. Meanwhile, thanks for stopping by, </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ff00fe; font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #ff00fe;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;">Cheers,</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ff00fe; font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #ff00fe;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;">Marianne</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ff00fe; font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #ff00fe;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></span></span></span><b><i><span style="color: #ff00fe;"> </span></i></b></span><br /></span><b><span style="color: red;"> </span></b></span></span><i><b> <br /></b></i></span></div>Mariannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10349984152592814003noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2858761093359956695.post-66496909719861964692022-12-04T16:14:00.013-05:002023-05-13T21:52:22.470-05:002022 CHRISTMAS SMALL WORKS SALE!!!<p> Welcome! Here, you'll find 14 new small rocket doodle paintings...and a Rover painting from my Birds 'n' Bots series bringing up the caboose. Unfortunately, while I did my absolute best with the photography, each image is lacking in the nuance, luminosity, and detail that real live viewing brings. Please keep that in mind. Also, please see shipping options at the end of this post. To contact me for purchasing a painting, please use FACEBOOK MESSENGER. I'll keep an eye on my email for direct contact as well. First to request purchase will get the painting. If that falls through, then it will be offered to next requestor according to the time stamp of the message. Meanwhile, please enjoy...<br /><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="color: #ff00fe;">"Bolo Observation Deck"</span></b></span></i></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">(Size: 6x8", Oils on Linen, Framed) Price: $300.00 <span style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>SOLD</b></span></span></span><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGvkbRjBKM-wOzM6aAii1elkjbyCZj8-1eJRdgTFPlQ-DIXskj1hjbpwJekKeYoHgJDd2Tnw8j3kcwL-0iTvkMz2wgKXIh7J8LTGkrkrYYcSnSfijQQOkCR88iDFqM9jcUTQabfjiwpMjHcmcgFshiY57eGeAJ5YDkEjpkTpYZmf0x-oQTEIzEpaZ5/s576/Bolo%20Observation%20Platform%201.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="576" data-original-width="433" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGvkbRjBKM-wOzM6aAii1elkjbyCZj8-1eJRdgTFPlQ-DIXskj1hjbpwJekKeYoHgJDd2Tnw8j3kcwL-0iTvkMz2wgKXIh7J8LTGkrkrYYcSnSfijQQOkCR88iDFqM9jcUTQabfjiwpMjHcmcgFshiY57eGeAJ5YDkEjpkTpYZmf0x-oQTEIzEpaZ5/s320/Bolo%20Observation%20Platform%201.jpg" width="241" /></a></div><p></p><p><br /></p><div style="text-align: center;"><i><b><span style="color: #ff00fe;"><span style="font-size: large;">"Bright Travels"</span></span></b></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><b><span style="color: #ff00fe;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></b></i><span style="color: #ff00fe;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;">(Size: 6x8", Oils on Linen, Framed) Price: $300.00 <span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: red;"><b>SOLD</b></span></span></span></span></span></span><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimrSS5j1ayWa90VXRiuvLpWnYm01WG3L8aCSrOEadJYVDhYCXlS49AuoAN1FyQ006z1L5Fk78IaNUjwU83C-959LRlNFTRZ-DUr-EPSUuhg2VpIfrfd8H5Qn0Izdu0o-UQitoRHv-aQYsSYNIlThO1OxvRwIDhjj3B_Kqdi8kp1CIsmupbSjhzA87v/s576/Bright%20Travels%201.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="576" data-original-width="433" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimrSS5j1ayWa90VXRiuvLpWnYm01WG3L8aCSrOEadJYVDhYCXlS49AuoAN1FyQ006z1L5Fk78IaNUjwU83C-959LRlNFTRZ-DUr-EPSUuhg2VpIfrfd8H5Qn0Izdu0o-UQitoRHv-aQYsSYNIlThO1OxvRwIDhjj3B_Kqdi8kp1CIsmupbSjhzA87v/s320/Bright%20Travels%201.jpg" width="241" /></a></div><p></p><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #ff00fe;"><i><b>"Danger Zone"</b></i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;">(Size: 6x8", Oils on Linen, Framed) Price: $300.00 <span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: red;"><b>SOLD</b></span></span><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiH0-SHcVwmmcMLadGHbprZYnAX34hltK9_SmUXTJPmsFF5RFQCmWD2Wb7IosqwNOQSwmmLPOPaU_KPZsKb16n4Ie2-eOgNGRVLyPV8ccz6LgBdKk6hWvsVPRqXssP2aYUZXWuVIExLYnwbU2WiYmOI_47wpklPGVsrLAW4UQoskrfXjbIq7KeyYaQn/s576/Danger%20Zone%201.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="576" data-original-width="432" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiH0-SHcVwmmcMLadGHbprZYnAX34hltK9_SmUXTJPmsFF5RFQCmWD2Wb7IosqwNOQSwmmLPOPaU_KPZsKb16n4Ie2-eOgNGRVLyPV8ccz6LgBdKk6hWvsVPRqXssP2aYUZXWuVIExLYnwbU2WiYmOI_47wpklPGVsrLAW4UQoskrfXjbIq7KeyYaQn/s320/Danger%20Zone%201.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><p></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #ff00fe;"><b><i> </i></b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #ff00fe;"><b><i>"Dark Watch Station"</i></b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #ff00fe;"><b><i> </i></b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;">(Size: 5x6", Oils on Linen, Framed) Price: $120.00 <span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: red;"><b>SOLD</b></span></span></span></span><b><i><br /></i></b></span></span></div><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWbJVoc7WmEkyKeAdrN3bf8dBcAAMssre6pirKmCAt1NQQFc-5iU6rcaycKpceyGPRv9IVHB9WIiiUVmgfsynRbf0VgkciZyPntPWOUig_pTMTsYO76c6N48C08g1EyFrR1gHVHxNoK0AHrf9gC10T2b3vds8kOOx-YtNFaMBae36-voL6JufJ6kIF/s432/Dark%20Watch%20Station.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="432" data-original-width="373" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWbJVoc7WmEkyKeAdrN3bf8dBcAAMssre6pirKmCAt1NQQFc-5iU6rcaycKpceyGPRv9IVHB9WIiiUVmgfsynRbf0VgkciZyPntPWOUig_pTMTsYO76c6N48C08g1EyFrR1gHVHxNoK0AHrf9gC10T2b3vds8kOOx-YtNFaMBae36-voL6JufJ6kIF/s320/Dark%20Watch%20Station.jpg" width="276" /></a></div><p></p><p><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #ff00fe;"><i><b>"Direct Hit"</b></i></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;">(Size: 5x5", Oils on Linen, Framed) Price: $120.00 <span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: red;"><b>SOLD</b></span></span><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpn0SLl2DEk6YqBa-JcQRb5AXlXaK9PNh_roYafzBiQdF0h9pC_emeON8_SRsgjt7jz3u1KQN7BlMvSE4tFJf8wpx-_rCLo-yic4ZjmGifacSWsHS9w6jMpnwkaff9R99zIzg3Ete1OBOCpj-x1GLJlYWmDZLIPIQ4WQnE8JdGHPibG5-z3BIdzGS5/s293/Direct%20Hit%201.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="293" data-original-width="288" height="293" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpn0SLl2DEk6YqBa-JcQRb5AXlXaK9PNh_roYafzBiQdF0h9pC_emeON8_SRsgjt7jz3u1KQN7BlMvSE4tFJf8wpx-_rCLo-yic4ZjmGifacSWsHS9w6jMpnwkaff9R99zIzg3Ete1OBOCpj-x1GLJlYWmDZLIPIQ4WQnE8JdGHPibG5-z3BIdzGS5/s1600/Direct%20Hit%201.jpg" width="288" /></a></div><p></p><p><br /></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ff00fe;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><b>"Dust Storm Drift"</b></i></span></span></div><p style="text-align: center;">(Size: 5x7", Oils on Linen, Framed) Price: $130.00 <span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="color: red;">SOLD</span></b></span><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTppWTNdcI7IoGzyl1Z61XNQ7tAZQYz-Qh4LcH6rHi-22bIy03P8a4GQb3hSLF7fo8TplCQ9C5VDw8Iyb2FC-sVE4ES_L3fgcQ62e-7d4X2gCPXxY9XdGAc7LJg4waRlx3UXd_6n6xANI40qxa1ZF-RmFOhxJFx3ZGuQUbysmwK_ve5Q7agIaZcK8L/s504/Dust%20Storm%20Drift.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="504" data-original-width="357" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTppWTNdcI7IoGzyl1Z61XNQ7tAZQYz-Qh4LcH6rHi-22bIy03P8a4GQb3hSLF7fo8TplCQ9C5VDw8Iyb2FC-sVE4ES_L3fgcQ62e-7d4X2gCPXxY9XdGAc7LJg4waRlx3UXd_6n6xANI40qxa1ZF-RmFOhxJFx3ZGuQUbysmwK_ve5Q7agIaZcK8L/s320/Dust%20Storm%20Drift.jpg" width="227" /></a></div><p></p><p><br /></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #ff00fe;"><b><i>"Fire Sky Run"</i></b></span></span></div><p style="text-align: center;">(Size: 6x6", Oils on Linen, Framed) $275.00 <span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: red;"><b>SOLD</b></span></span><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8_Vfo2xVkRC_dOOLgXNnGxLSLqldirZOggnb-RHJY2WZHJUAl1XckZXS09klu_o3Br7mzjXzwhKEh65ojcXfB5C3WiyGjwjSaefvRLeyT-6QoZx9SeMlwWQK6s8PTtYjJlCWPyLJORFhTAK4JnKowNPeiH1yuH0OQVnH5t-TmpwFp1mwURjuH3TNC/s432/Fire%20Sky%20Run%201.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="432" data-original-width="428" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8_Vfo2xVkRC_dOOLgXNnGxLSLqldirZOggnb-RHJY2WZHJUAl1XckZXS09klu_o3Br7mzjXzwhKEh65ojcXfB5C3WiyGjwjSaefvRLeyT-6QoZx9SeMlwWQK6s8PTtYjJlCWPyLJORFhTAK4JnKowNPeiH1yuH0OQVnH5t-TmpwFp1mwURjuH3TNC/s320/Fire%20Sky%20Run%201.jpg" width="317" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><i><span style="color: #ff00fe;">"Moon Patrol"</span></i></b></span></div><p style="text-align: center;">(Size: 6x8", Oils on Linen, Framed) Price: $300.00 <span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: red;"><b>SOLD</b></span></span><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaMhoDF8wpu2vvcjqxKPQ38jIt2g7i3rwK3rFtzCMoeJbqmq9-7kSE1WUYF8JCFNQU1UlRl_FWVCkqEIBSEWb32nauVJ0PAmL61cl7W1qg04A2l4o6Vx-qsqMDoVK2MnhfZ1WwfoOCVFIazPcfAlB9MPN6uSdEjzDLHNTFtsIvLbGw1fhUOjZI2yR-/s576/Moon%20Patrol%201.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="576" data-original-width="431" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaMhoDF8wpu2vvcjqxKPQ38jIt2g7i3rwK3rFtzCMoeJbqmq9-7kSE1WUYF8JCFNQU1UlRl_FWVCkqEIBSEWb32nauVJ0PAmL61cl7W1qg04A2l4o6Vx-qsqMDoVK2MnhfZ1WwfoOCVFIazPcfAlB9MPN6uSdEjzDLHNTFtsIvLbGw1fhUOjZI2yR-/s320/Moon%20Patrol%201.jpg" width="239" /></a></div><p></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ff00fe;"><i><b><span style="font-size: large;">"Out of the Fire"</span></b></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"> (Size: 5x7", Oils on Linen, Framed) Price: $240.00 <span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: red;"><b>SOLD</b></span></span></span><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYbysqVOb-0-obYwfPBfWgxgxBbxYSx46qcTlMZFDqNgbPuCQSyhh4376GiXVvIdz6I2iz0QBBBkUmphDZzykcwSkGjzORHMo3knE96aASzFDSp-UW2yAb8K3PqeyXfhbTUiz5P39wIe6XSdFSxUwGjc7Ymc1UUd9wr-YeGlcv0l2Agd5PPxIR7k3K/s504/Out%20of%20the%20Fire%201.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="504" data-original-width="362" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYbysqVOb-0-obYwfPBfWgxgxBbxYSx46qcTlMZFDqNgbPuCQSyhh4376GiXVvIdz6I2iz0QBBBkUmphDZzykcwSkGjzORHMo3knE96aASzFDSp-UW2yAb8K3PqeyXfhbTUiz5P39wIe6XSdFSxUwGjc7Ymc1UUd9wr-YeGlcv0l2Agd5PPxIR7k3K/s320/Out%20of%20the%20Fire%201.jpg" width="230" /></a></div><p></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #ff00fe;"><i><b>"Polar Drift"</b></i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;">(Size: 5x7", Oils on Linen, Framed) Price: $240.00 <span style="color: red;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">SOLD</span></b></span><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtBE25DUTqEjCvWzK3efvIxis2MLmfjNc4npMabk758GApHGZj8-Fa_ShyAOr957h8KjaNqINKbKOJpK4qWkXxaR0Xx_UmkO_LjW5WSMBXb8DjEMLgu_nqQHD_FGd4zdqPDs4h3JvxEzJoii6X5d35AppSTbkOcs1oszRd9zRl3ZSLJzyDybs4932P/s512/Polar%20Drift.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="360" data-original-width="512" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtBE25DUTqEjCvWzK3efvIxis2MLmfjNc4npMabk758GApHGZj8-Fa_ShyAOr957h8KjaNqINKbKOJpK4qWkXxaR0Xx_UmkO_LjW5WSMBXb8DjEMLgu_nqQHD_FGd4zdqPDs4h3JvxEzJoii6X5d35AppSTbkOcs1oszRd9zRl3ZSLJzyDybs4932P/s320/Polar%20Drift.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p><br /></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><i><span style="color: #ff00fe;">"Red Patrol"</span></i></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;">(Size: 6x6", Oils on Linen, Framed) Price: $275.00 <span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: red;"><b>SOLD</b></span></span><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAi1ARz3md_0ynE3qrOaddt5-2tq-_eWmb0s1awd7UA_k2RBSzQljeSMi9zGNJSOP9vu_o-Fm7bQDQLHBtCCNTnAZ4EvWexjgO2N_vKgLs9rJ0nMCMevB2mTBGLpgCqR7vK8S9-gZGf628OKxka3eSwgLxB5xLbikhc_okpw8Kem7qywjo-e4kVqmU/s1800/Red%20Patrol%201.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="1773" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAi1ARz3md_0ynE3qrOaddt5-2tq-_eWmb0s1awd7UA_k2RBSzQljeSMi9zGNJSOP9vu_o-Fm7bQDQLHBtCCNTnAZ4EvWexjgO2N_vKgLs9rJ0nMCMevB2mTBGLpgCqR7vK8S9-gZGf628OKxka3eSwgLxB5xLbikhc_okpw8Kem7qywjo-e4kVqmU/s320/Red%20Patrol%201.jpg" width="315" /></a></div><p></p><p><br /></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><i><span style="color: #ff00fe;">"Shattered Moon"</span></i></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;">(Size: 4x6", Oils on Linen, Framed) Price: $100.00 <span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: red;"><b>SOLD</b></span></span><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXsLxvgCdT8bBjh7KXtnLw5s4evf_AP7bJyhxkCicz0U0YMMG-aKX6-uJR_dzYxG0aZlVas5EbewQC6MiBQUonM21vAcJ-mUZsND_yd3JorKPigPZd0qPEr4HlKgk4AxfkfMQXp-22yEmIgYI0jBM6C1VoTLk1_8peEYeO2jL40Mpvgx8fHe26EVf1/s432/Shattered%20Moon%201.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="432" data-original-width="289" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXsLxvgCdT8bBjh7KXtnLw5s4evf_AP7bJyhxkCicz0U0YMMG-aKX6-uJR_dzYxG0aZlVas5EbewQC6MiBQUonM21vAcJ-mUZsND_yd3JorKPigPZd0qPEr4HlKgk4AxfkfMQXp-22yEmIgYI0jBM6C1VoTLk1_8peEYeO2jL40Mpvgx8fHe26EVf1/s320/Shattered%20Moon%201.jpg" width="214" /></a></div><p></p><p><br /></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #ff00fe;"><i><b>"Sky Bright Station"</b></i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;">(Size: 6x8", Oils on Linen, Framed) Price: $ 275.00 <span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="color: red;">SOLD</span></b></span><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicYvcmvrnWJWF4gChkAL-LCYqDacFxYWzQx__-8O5VCZ5pJ0cgyhQ4IhPplRgnnpAt1KzNghytMb87hE_V0EMmOEX0IWeD1jf2vadSW96iISg45FDHI4f6ECRNjgy8-j-mVCsCzvlWrk3AUNB9dPxMRpeUdMrvtGN5Up31eBQQTJCMB9tB_Ehza9oR/s586/Skybright%20Station%201.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="586" data-original-width="432" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicYvcmvrnWJWF4gChkAL-LCYqDacFxYWzQx__-8O5VCZ5pJ0cgyhQ4IhPplRgnnpAt1KzNghytMb87hE_V0EMmOEX0IWeD1jf2vadSW96iISg45FDHI4f6ECRNjgy8-j-mVCsCzvlWrk3AUNB9dPxMRpeUdMrvtGN5Up31eBQQTJCMB9tB_Ehza9oR/s320/Skybright%20Station%201.jpg" width="236" /></a></div><p></p><p><br /></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><b><span style="color: #ff00fe;">"Tandem Drift"</span></b></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;">(Size: 5x7", Oils on Linen, Framed) Price: $ 150.00 <span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="color: red;">SOLD</span></b></span><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvGdm1CJBlsuz3wI2J5E28ay8iQGMScFqvTRoAF3wc8LngnjPcgLxySVB66S6uTsGO2lQiNnM23_r2rqJn-5whAPEyCCyWbCR1U1SKv6zpbW6Baspvi7B3GKhEAtmtb78WtgtiIl1fWbwIh6N_gwCwUuhIydEBxLVuj5HIwL6jKHmVxjoMn4ye9Fcy/s507/Tandem%20Drift%201.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="360" data-original-width="507" height="227" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvGdm1CJBlsuz3wI2J5E28ay8iQGMScFqvTRoAF3wc8LngnjPcgLxySVB66S6uTsGO2lQiNnM23_r2rqJn-5whAPEyCCyWbCR1U1SKv6zpbW6Baspvi7B3GKhEAtmtb78WtgtiIl1fWbwIh6N_gwCwUuhIydEBxLVuj5HIwL6jKHmVxjoMn4ye9Fcy/s320/Tandem%20Drift%201.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p><br /></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #ff00fe;"><i><b>"Who You?"</b></i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;">(Size; 6x8", Oils on Linen, Framed) Price: $300.00<br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFE9Howqp4eChoFq9Ey0BtTmsuXSTy38TsmlSc9nhR_H_BPssvYAcoa1Fm2f6M-uz65aeAQ0RkAXtwckViheoOopkLVmBN9se0oV_WY84Ad59BNxyUNSj-TI9FaRxAFsRhBzGI--d4v00VVO7j832QqYhv_OalfC1kH-8YaXdh58AMaxiPIt7DtCnA/s576/Who%20You%20-%20Fairy%20Wrens.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="428" data-original-width="576" height="238" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFE9Howqp4eChoFq9Ey0BtTmsuXSTy38TsmlSc9nhR_H_BPssvYAcoa1Fm2f6M-uz65aeAQ0RkAXtwckViheoOopkLVmBN9se0oV_WY84Ad59BNxyUNSj-TI9FaRxAFsRhBzGI--d4v00VVO7j832QqYhv_OalfC1kH-8YaXdh58AMaxiPIt7DtCnA/s320/Who%20You%20-%20Fairy%20Wrens.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Shipping:</div><div style="text-align: left;">Currently, I have medium Priority Mail flat rate shipping boxes for single sales that will run about $20-21.00 with insurance. If you buy more than one and want to ship Fedex, we can get that done, too. </div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;">Thanks for stopping by,</div><div style="text-align: left;">Cheers,</div><div style="text-align: left;">Marianne <br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>Mariannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10349984152592814003noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2858761093359956695.post-40714301959972051542022-11-14T16:48:00.009-05:002022-11-14T16:53:27.671-05:00Rocket Doodle Retrospective...<p> </p><p> After I broke my arm in 2018 and having a year of taking care of my husband after his emergency eye surgery in 2019, my depression lingered and was maybe just starting to crawl my way out of it in early 2020, but then the pandemic hit...along with my husband's continuing elevated anxiety levels. So between the beginning of 2019 and the post-pandemic Illuxcon in 2021, I only painted one painting of note...read 'at all'. In trying to evoke a working mojo to give my creativity a boost and to fill panels at Illuxcon and the next show in February 2022, I tried my hand at painting little Pulp Space epics again. These are those paintings, including ones that I did for the recent Illuxcon last month. I seem to have found my footing with painting again, as future posts will attest, but I still have a few pre-pandemic paintings to post from 2019, and the current crop of Space Epics that I suddenly have the urge to paint. So stay posted for the results. <br /><br /></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><span style="color: #ff00fe;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">"Blue Moon Station"</span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><p><span style="color: #ff00fe; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Size: 9x12", Oils on Linen Panel Price: $275.00 <span style="color: red;"><b>SOLD</b></span></span></span><span style="font-weight: normal;"> </span></span></span></p></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgi_e_FR59cneqcpjVfTd9W3LApRwMKfkPe9F8DQXflvqFF-GHxGqFQptkjscryWEkrzgrc3jsD7zcGums5N0D8Mf5YDiUmRIwlqTDqSx6LqLAD1kgHZE_v_Sq8kdjoUW46jsc5fdcnzmiPjiEgYXDQRAsRCZMVaXUnGii01hOoPk04kx3TbeeZJQyo/s576/Blue%20Moon%20Station%201.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="436" data-original-width="576" height="242" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgi_e_FR59cneqcpjVfTd9W3LApRwMKfkPe9F8DQXflvqFF-GHxGqFQptkjscryWEkrzgrc3jsD7zcGums5N0D8Mf5YDiUmRIwlqTDqSx6LqLAD1kgHZE_v_Sq8kdjoUW46jsc5fdcnzmiPjiEgYXDQRAsRCZMVaXUnGii01hOoPk04kx3TbeeZJQyo/s320/Blue%20Moon%20Station%201.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p><br /></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #ff00fe;"><i><b>"Paradise Station Amidst the Rings"</b></i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;">Size: 16x16", Oils on Canvas Panel. Price: $ 500.00 <span style="color: red;"><b>SOLD</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: red;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivRQNJAbv9mZ1s9umM7fJ-vK3OCXSrS2euSiIOPDneBsp-5vWovHwoJGe1EC2Os5Sud3Cs25uZBdzpFnh9iwnNMMSNjSRDyzfoG-5KdF_PzEVFwKugqgADgDrw4eQUEyqjOdajQi3Ocv2I8iY8nTsDriqCguG6RDOpb4qj5xzHn5vBFfzcwvlQWTHF/s504/Paradise%20Station%20Amidst%20the%20Rings.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="504" data-original-width="501" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivRQNJAbv9mZ1s9umM7fJ-vK3OCXSrS2euSiIOPDneBsp-5vWovHwoJGe1EC2Os5Sud3Cs25uZBdzpFnh9iwnNMMSNjSRDyzfoG-5KdF_PzEVFwKugqgADgDrw4eQUEyqjOdajQi3Ocv2I8iY8nTsDriqCguG6RDOpb4qj5xzHn5vBFfzcwvlQWTHF/s320/Paradise%20Station%20Amidst%20the%20Rings.jpg" width="318" /></a></div></b></span><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: black;">This painting was originally 18x24" and I had painted all of it except the purple clouds and the rocket ship. Bereft of those, the painting looked too stark and I didn't know what else to do with it, so I put it aside in 2018 and didn't look at it again. I almost binned it a couple of times but couldn't bear to part with the space station I'd put so much work and love into. Well, when I was rummaging around for canvases to paint on for the upcoming Illuxcon show in 2021, I found it again. I wondered how it would look if I cropped it down to a tighter composition. I had a few frames lurking around and I traced off a cutting line for a 16x16" black frame and used a white chalk pencil to draw in the rocket and a few extra moons and an idea of where the clouds would go. A leisurely hour or so later and I had a new painting I was much happier with. A 5x9" piece of cut off canvas from the top of the painting became another painting with an added rocket and stars to offset the top of the orange 'rings'. I called it <b>'Cresting the Outer Rings' </b>and it sold quickly at Illuxcon, but I don't have a photo of that little epic at all, sorry to say. </span></span></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: black;"> </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: black;"> </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><b><span style="color: #ff00fe;">"Phobos Way Station" </span></b></i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;"> Size: 9x12", Oils on Linen Panel. Price: 400.00 <span style="color: red;"><b>SOLD</b></span></span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: red;"><b> </b></span></span></span></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_QtAlb70KQwOlJdu0-HIHrffrloMNfwpqgop7MtUhK_R8uK_78HCU-aSKOfv0nQb4gWGQz-cK0wBSdM5ZTvLDxmOhPqH0Q8lLBbXlI474-UKdGWmykAlQ9l73PaY8QnhXdOddFUlEBJPE0jtL2cdu9FysUBWlq1-OLunxPFLVSN8HmTmocP-59IOy/s576/Phobos%20Waystation.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="576" data-original-width="429" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_QtAlb70KQwOlJdu0-HIHrffrloMNfwpqgop7MtUhK_R8uK_78HCU-aSKOfv0nQb4gWGQz-cK0wBSdM5ZTvLDxmOhPqH0Q8lLBbXlI474-UKdGWmykAlQ9l73PaY8QnhXdOddFUlEBJPE0jtL2cdu9FysUBWlq1-OLunxPFLVSN8HmTmocP-59IOy/s320/Phobos%20Waystation.jpg" width="238" /></a></div><p></p><p><br /></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ff00fe;"><i><b><span style="font-size: large;">"Sea of Moons"</span></b></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ff00fe;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;">Size: 8x10", Oils on Linen Panel. Price: $ 350.00 <span style="color: red;"><b>SOLD</b></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ff00fe;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: red;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxZFQjq-kzLaKjGaGVLv98N3nZHW0dTHL2ff2yI8DFTG-vo6C_qE1hGR3Orv7GLIQJtU3rGxjhCozNoC13KQDPk6IgZNPktn9AXV5qXvcUDO82rpTgT7qGOu-ZgEKFik1-9FGJXlqvquDO24z3P2rY9ofcu8WdekXOpaVRfmDhBNgG0Tdp_gl5keNm/s576/Sea%20of%20Moons.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="576" data-original-width="458" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxZFQjq-kzLaKjGaGVLv98N3nZHW0dTHL2ff2yI8DFTG-vo6C_qE1hGR3Orv7GLIQJtU3rGxjhCozNoC13KQDPk6IgZNPktn9AXV5qXvcUDO82rpTgT7qGOu-ZgEKFik1-9FGJXlqvquDO24z3P2rY9ofcu8WdekXOpaVRfmDhBNgG0Tdp_gl5keNm/s320/Sea%20of%20Moons.jpg" width="254" /></a></div><br /> </b></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ff00fe;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: red;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #ff00fe;"><i>"Bloodfire Station - Colour Sketch"<br /></i></span></span></b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #ff00fe;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;">Size: 4x6", Oils on Linen Panel. Price: $90.00 <b><span style="color: red;">SOLD</span></b></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ff00fe;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #ff00fe;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSnG4VABmBGyQ9PmNLJkPdFndrxUPhayiqPit03XM3HEF9txQmsNSuAC_DrEToiQvQl9Rf0-1rqkWdugKM-nY3yrwqjTXNKjnI24--sRA25srItQ3AsGVtmWhgXINGHKuJ8_TLlbAh5nnWPUMw6WayjxL55vQhRaCMqR8Pe9SU9aud9T9B8mzXCZBx/s426/Bloodfire%20Station%20-%20Colour%20Sketch%201.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="288" data-original-width="426" height="216" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSnG4VABmBGyQ9PmNLJkPdFndrxUPhayiqPit03XM3HEF9txQmsNSuAC_DrEToiQvQl9Rf0-1rqkWdugKM-nY3yrwqjTXNKjnI24--sRA25srItQ3AsGVtmWhgXINGHKuJ8_TLlbAh5nnWPUMw6WayjxL55vQhRaCMqR8Pe9SU9aud9T9B8mzXCZBx/s320/Bloodfire%20Station%20-%20Colour%20Sketch%201.jpg" width="320" /></a></div></b></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #ff00fe;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #ff00fe;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;">This idea came from a visual idea that I woke up with one morning. I wanted to experiment, so I grabbed a tiny canvas and started drawing the elements directly onto the canvas and then began laying paint. I loved it so much that took a bigger canvas and drew it up again. If you look at the bigger version of this directly below, you'll notice that the rocks are placed just a little differently and I've added a tiny buoy between the station and the asteroid on the left hand side to fill an inadvertent negative space that I felt need something more. I had so much fun painting this one and its bigger sibling. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ff00fe;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #ff00fe;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: red;"></span></b></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ff00fe;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #ff00fe;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /><b><span style="color: red;"></span></b></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ff00fe;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: red;"></span></span></span></span><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ff00fe;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: red;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #ff00fe;"><i>"Bloodfire Station"<br /></i></span></span></b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #ff00fe;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;">Size: 18x12.5", Oils on Linen Panel. Price: $700.00 <b><span style="color: red;">SOLD</span></b></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ff00fe;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #ff00fe;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: red;"> </span></b></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="color: #ff00fe;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #ff00fe;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: red;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGfivXx4zwNDg6VdbGJLWKQnSy4RMPIYu2V7_kQ0FXCYdgIOLoAuoXPbJOMg_VCjL4s-7K7fiYC2M5soxglvJOsUAvER0cR91qgZRrfh04YLnoI7bMNFEwJAPMM35D931-EaQdrnPKPsRyoK1seA18TZCunzFcpXQYbkgqVjsQgNrInt3eGbs9tiDe/s576/Bloodfire%20Station%201%20copy.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="392" data-original-width="576" height="218" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGfivXx4zwNDg6VdbGJLWKQnSy4RMPIYu2V7_kQ0FXCYdgIOLoAuoXPbJOMg_VCjL4s-7K7fiYC2M5soxglvJOsUAvER0cR91qgZRrfh04YLnoI7bMNFEwJAPMM35D931-EaQdrnPKPsRyoK1seA18TZCunzFcpXQYbkgqVjsQgNrInt3eGbs9tiDe/s320/Bloodfire%20Station%201%20copy.jpg" width="320" /></a></span></b></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ff00fe;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #ff00fe;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: red;"> </span></b></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ff00fe;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #ff00fe;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: red;"> </span></b></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ff00fe;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #ff00fe;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: red;"> <br /></span></b></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ff00fe;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: red;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #ff00fe;"><i>"Jade City Base"<br /></i></span></span></b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #ff00fe;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;">Size: 9x12", Oils on Linen Panel. Price: $400.00 <b><span style="color: red;">SOLD</span></b></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><span style="color: #ff00fe;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #ff00fe;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: red;"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7_AJn0RbhOUswNNmxc9oBzzgbUEajHaPkASA7s1TDoH2Ew7JVfYU3yTElaWRhk7oMQ2E9gDxqag8JzFinnOOLceP-LGKlB_qhnKvw4ODyNYJXkBkr5TG4Z2dAU3VJq4t4fE76XVirQ-8IrtF1W_1CVrWczl-9gt_lgp9tFLnJ9PKZAAkO9jqQBigX/s504/Jade%20City%20Base%201.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="379" data-original-width="504" height="241" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7_AJn0RbhOUswNNmxc9oBzzgbUEajHaPkASA7s1TDoH2Ew7JVfYU3yTElaWRhk7oMQ2E9gDxqag8JzFinnOOLceP-LGKlB_qhnKvw4ODyNYJXkBkr5TG4Z2dAU3VJq4t4fE76XVirQ-8IrtF1W_1CVrWczl-9gt_lgp9tFLnJ9PKZAAkO9jqQBigX/s320/Jade%20City%20Base%201.jpg" width="320" /></a></div></span></b><b><span style="color: red;"></span></b></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #ff00fe;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #ff00fe;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: black;"> </span></span></b><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: black;">I was experimenting with a new colour scheme to play with and really got inspired to go the 'mint green' route. This photo in no way does the original painting justice, either in colour quality or vibrancy. But it sure was a lot of fun to paint and one colour combination I will play with again.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ff00fe;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #ff00fe;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: black;"><br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ff00fe;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #ff00fe;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: black;"><br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ff00fe;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #ff00fe;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: red;"></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ff00fe;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: red;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #ff00fe;"><i>"Double Moon Flight"<br /></i></span></span></b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #ff00fe;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;">Size: 5x7", Oils on Linen Panel. Price: $100.00 <b><span style="color: red;">SOLD</span></b></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ff00fe;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #ff00fe;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: red;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjg5z2dtpaU0zwdcpgMjX4XyYOha_Ie5tPTRvkj1xD27KJtvxLsc2zv2mJM7ku18WRQKJJH2FFSHdBevw5iJGBdj5SWndied43m5asJMdsq3FiRQtHuYczqdKApoJKRGTBtLifC7jJd-vnpD6VLL82zk64Fef9awVhwdHGdiTDTr-7pkBrer8mI_uQY/s501/Double%20Moon%20Flight.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="501" data-original-width="360" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjg5z2dtpaU0zwdcpgMjX4XyYOha_Ie5tPTRvkj1xD27KJtvxLsc2zv2mJM7ku18WRQKJJH2FFSHdBevw5iJGBdj5SWndied43m5asJMdsq3FiRQtHuYczqdKApoJKRGTBtLifC7jJd-vnpD6VLL82zk64Fef9awVhwdHGdiTDTr-7pkBrer8mI_uQY/s320/Double%20Moon%20Flight.jpg" width="230" /></a></div></span></b></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #ff00fe;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #ff00fe;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: black;">As you can see, I used up the rest of the paint on the palette and painted this little gem. Unfortunately, it too has not translated well into photograph in either colour or vibrancy. I had fun, though.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ff00fe;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #ff00fe;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: black;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #ff00fe;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #ff00fe;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: black;">The usual suspects, paintwise, were in play with these paintings. Titanium White, Buff Titanium, Burnt Sienna, French Ultramarine, Cadmium Red Light, Cadmium Lemon, Cadmium Yellow Hue, Alizarin Crimson, Yellow Ochre, while a little Cadmium Violet, Permanent Rose, Permanent Green Light, Chromium Green, and Viridian were experiment with to achieve some tints. Fine brushes like size 0 rounds and size 4 Filberts were utilized, I seem to also have found my big floofy blending brushes again a have been putting them to good use. <br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ff00fe;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #ff00fe;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: black;"><br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="color: #ff00fe;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #ff00fe;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: black;">Thank you for stopping by, and please visit again to see what else I post. I promise that it won't be so long between posts again.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="color: #ff00fe;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #ff00fe;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: black;">Cheers,</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #ff00fe;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #ff00fe;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: red;"><i><span style="color: black;">Marianne </span></i><br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ff00fe;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #ff00fe;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: red;"> </span></b></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ff00fe;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #ff00fe;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: black;"></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ff00fe;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #ff00fe;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: black;"></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ff00fe;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #ff00fe;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: black;"><br /></span></span><b><span style="color: red;"> <br /></span></b></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ff00fe;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #ff00fe;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: red;"> </span></b></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ff00fe;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #ff00fe;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: red;"> </span></b></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ff00fe;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #ff00fe;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: red;"> </span></b></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ff00fe;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #ff00fe;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: red;"> </span></b></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ff00fe;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #ff00fe;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: red;"> </span></b></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ff00fe;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #ff00fe;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: red;"> </span></b></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ff00fe;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #ff00fe;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: red;"> </span></b></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ff00fe;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #ff00fe;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: red;"><br /></span></b></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ff00fe;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #ff00fe;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: red;"></span></b></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ff00fe;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #ff00fe;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: red;"></span></b></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ff00fe;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #ff00fe;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: red;"><br /> </span></b></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ff00fe;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #ff00fe;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: red;"></span></b></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ff00fe;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #ff00fe;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: red;"></span></b></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ff00fe;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #ff00fe;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: red;"><br /> </span></b></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br /></span></div>Mariannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10349984152592814003noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2858761093359956695.post-22769085072675973282022-05-14T08:35:00.003-05:002022-05-14T08:42:49.079-05:00The Essential "Beauty Rose"...<p> </p><div style="text-align: center;"><div><p><span style="color: #ff00fe;"><i><b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Beauty</span> </span></b></i></span><span style="color: #ff00fe;"><i><b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: black; font-size: small;"> </span></span></b></i></span></p></div><p><span style="color: #ff00fe;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: black; font-size: small;">(16x20", Oils on Canvas, Framed) <b>Price: $1200.00 <br /></b></span></span></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: black; font-size: small;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVxCtpzTwlfW4dH9V5vQeYLjMG4d8QdXUrNwG2xwl3wakcjOvm15R7__JS6Y7nZ5rmlGUsN5hFDUeBWSTcduNJEPQ_MU80xGjSj-hdK7UhuJyqJdhQflMNhsHTJBQkGv5j7pUCUWd0Ht_QcBoEot4DPU1cTj-NWNVr1xrLM6WOusDX57y3kBHQP9qS/s648/Beauty%20-%20Test%20Photo%201.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="648" data-original-width="517" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVxCtpzTwlfW4dH9V5vQeYLjMG4d8QdXUrNwG2xwl3wakcjOvm15R7__JS6Y7nZ5rmlGUsN5hFDUeBWSTcduNJEPQ_MU80xGjSj-hdK7UhuJyqJdhQflMNhsHTJBQkGv5j7pUCUWd0Ht_QcBoEot4DPU1cTj-NWNVr1xrLM6WOusDX57y3kBHQP9qS/w319-h400/Beauty%20-%20Test%20Photo%201.jpg" width="319" /></a></b></span></span></div><p></p><div style="text-align: center;"><p><span style="color: #ff00fe;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: black; font-size: small;"><i> <span style="font-size: x-small;">(Not completely sure why this image is so washed out. It certainly isn't the case in photoshop on my computer)</span></i><br /></span></span></span></span></p></div><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #ff00fe;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: black; font-size: small;">This is one of the major pieces I managed to produce for Illuxcon in 2018 after my broken arm had finally healed enough to paint. Luckily, I had the design drawing for it already completed before the before snapping my painting wing. The reference for this work came from our Costume Salon and Sketchlab sessions at Illuxcon from the year before. I'd taken something like 1400 photos from various sessions during that year's salon and this was one of them. I'll take many multiples of photos from a multitude of lighting and shooting angle, and this singular snap inspired me to create a painting using the 'keyhole' effect framing the model's face as the center of interest for the painting. I also chose to use a close cropping affect for the composition to experiment with 'viewer intimacy'...ie. bringing the viewer further into the painting as if seeing the subjective Beauty in a passing moment of self-reflection that we rarely see in real life portraits. So, I brought a moment of 'real-life' into a painting. Hence the lack of 'formal portrait composition'. This photo, like most any photograph of a painting does not do the richness of the paint any justice at all. Nuances have been lost and depth of perception of the painting severely curtailed. In the right lighting, my Beauty GLOWS. The hands almost seem 3D and I am so proud of that achievement, since it has been many years since I have painted human hands so well. That in of itself proves to myself that I have not totally lost all portrait or figurative painting talent in the decades of not painting people. And I have to admit that 'Beauty and the Beast' is literally my favourite fairy tale and this photo session made me a bit giddy to finally have inspirational fodder to attempt to paint a version of 'Beauty'...<br /></span></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #ff00fe;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: black; font-size: small;">This is the original sketch for 'Beauty'. I added the background by my usual smooshing around wet paint into something I liked, giving suggestions of roses in the dim distance of the garden. I also added the roses in the foreground to complement the rose that Beauty is putting in her hair, creating the moment of her having just plucked one from the bush beside her and absent-mindedly tucking it into the top of her veil. It brings to mind the original reason for Beauty being in the Beast's castle and garden in the first place and that the freedom of being able to freely pick roses comes at a price. </span></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #ff00fe;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: black; font-size: small;"></span></span></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: black; font-size: small;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjp6Q3nym0Q9Qwky0TsciGPzow8a4RWD7VOCONHUiTu6HTcoASu4qDbbXGk6e_kqTPbDitRMsd4S7G2didKJzMHWphqpdnVkWdPxs9--S3IsYT6q9hDPQb8mxb4uxWkuIRmV7c9ciacND6oquHKEyST4jgjPpfFeSfk6-2FCss1fdNbRKiB7HTnDvHY/s576/Beauty%20-%20Drawing%202%20for%20print.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="576" data-original-width="461" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjp6Q3nym0Q9Qwky0TsciGPzow8a4RWD7VOCONHUiTu6HTcoASu4qDbbXGk6e_kqTPbDitRMsd4S7G2didKJzMHWphqpdnVkWdPxs9--S3IsYT6q9hDPQb8mxb4uxWkuIRmV7c9ciacND6oquHKEyST4jgjPpfFeSfk6-2FCss1fdNbRKiB7HTnDvHY/w320-h400/Beauty%20-%20Drawing%202%20for%20print.jpg" width="320" /></a></span></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: black; font-size: small;">Here are a couple of easel shots taken during the painting process...</span></span><p></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #ff00fe;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: black; font-size: small;"> </span></span></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheW7RzMgJUjvI7v97OivQSRX2BiVH8jQHsy6O5clEiOz3uij2qx4WtGoLK_9LzPCUF7cPWlS3dD0r_d0zxEZU4-QJ6qbyOKlDsaLWh_SLi7T9mfnvkYIi-ZFgRJMfveWzuHPRyvEZSRvNZO0Bcc3Zu9ANd8Jst0NlJhJvvFz2All6UCzkuI-Rj3Ev6/s423/Beauty%20-%20Easel%20Shot%201%20SML.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="423" data-original-width="407" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheW7RzMgJUjvI7v97OivQSRX2BiVH8jQHsy6O5clEiOz3uij2qx4WtGoLK_9LzPCUF7cPWlS3dD0r_d0zxEZU4-QJ6qbyOKlDsaLWh_SLi7T9mfnvkYIi-ZFgRJMfveWzuHPRyvEZSRvNZO0Bcc3Zu9ANd8Jst0NlJhJvvFz2All6UCzkuI-Rj3Ev6/w309-h320/Beauty%20-%20Easel%20Shot%201%20SML.jpg" width="309" /> </a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;"> </span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;">Notice the roses and the drapery of the satin sleeve as the painting approaches completion...</span></span> <br /></span></div><p></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #ff00fe;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_MPRhzPzDRstDnudktHwJ-_W7dta6ZsEZDQ8nkT6GOfFZAyXdq1vsQpba9KCqvOgSDMHROGHIalqDGh3FU09pyFZNLo5WKreJmtm14tOc6kVptG6iuYWrFMWUsTqETrmqnG8uRmqtnYWc7JIZ3kk1RaVoZEWdGgAGCTolDR6l1xF6yfpsvfX0hAGD/s504/Beauty%20-%20Easel%20Shot%202%20SML.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="377" data-original-width="504" height="239" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_MPRhzPzDRstDnudktHwJ-_W7dta6ZsEZDQ8nkT6GOfFZAyXdq1vsQpba9KCqvOgSDMHROGHIalqDGh3FU09pyFZNLo5WKreJmtm14tOc6kVptG6iuYWrFMWUsTqETrmqnG8uRmqtnYWc7JIZ3kk1RaVoZEWdGgAGCTolDR6l1xF6yfpsvfX0hAGD/s320/Beauty%20-%20Easel%20Shot%202%20SML.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: large;"></span><p></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #ff00fe;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: black; font-size: small;">I didn't get too adventurous with the palette for this painting, so most of the usual colour suspects were used. I probably added Permanent Rose to the line up along with a tiny bit of Permanent Green Light and Sap Green. As I get further into posting paintings from more recent times, I'll get back to toting up the colours and paintbrushes used for each painting. At the moment, I'm reaching backwards in time several years past. </span></span></span></span></p><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="color: #ff00fe;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: black; font-size: small;">Meanwhile, thanks for stopping by.</span></span></span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="color: #ff00fe;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: black; font-size: small;">Cheers,</span></span></span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #ff00fe;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: black; font-size: small;"><i>Marianne</i></span></span></span></span><br /><span style="color: #ff00fe;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"></span></span></div><p><span style="color: #ff00fe;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: black; font-size: small;"><b><br /></b></span></span></span><i><b><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></b></i></span></p></div>Mariannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10349984152592814003noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2858761093359956695.post-85323660371550191052022-04-12T10:27:00.001-05:002022-04-12T10:27:24.461-05:00Birds abroad...<div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="color: #ff00fe;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><b>"Favourite Roost"</b></i></span></span><span style="color: #ff00fe;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><b> </b></i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ff00fe;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;">(14x18", Oils on Linen, Framed) Price: <b><span style="color: red;">SOLD</span></b></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ff00fe;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: red;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiN_EdrZkGWSuiy2ZaKyIOW1QPZ9I2AOln6hI0iDP9ur6Ezkliunv02AW8k7vgKRh012AsoIaZg44IPNDcqzffaOJN62dlCjO0eWjPeH12v5jqZExMNlQxdP3mCR11Jzd1FWd91H6QR4GqR-jSRUAm9_9htX9lgnB2VggmU2ckgk7A3vhMArPkdfu_q/s720/Favourite%20Roost%20-%20White%20Pigeon.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="574" data-original-width="720" height="319" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiN_EdrZkGWSuiy2ZaKyIOW1QPZ9I2AOln6hI0iDP9ur6Ezkliunv02AW8k7vgKRh012AsoIaZg44IPNDcqzffaOJN62dlCjO0eWjPeH12v5jqZExMNlQxdP3mCR11Jzd1FWd91H6QR4GqR-jSRUAm9_9htX9lgnB2VggmU2ckgk7A3vhMArPkdfu_q/w400-h319/Favourite%20Roost%20-%20White%20Pigeon.jpg" width="400" /></a></div></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ff00fe;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: red;"></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #ff00fe;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: red;"><br /></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #ff00fe;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: black;">I had to create a bunch of paintings for two major shows within three months of each other...and I had little to no standing inventory of paintings to do so. That would be seen as a major advantage for an artist, because SALES. However, I was burnt out and panicking. I had started this painting, Favourite Roost as a demo I was painting in situ at the Boskone (SF convention) Artshow work space in February 2018 and hadn't completed it. So, I dragged it out and finished it over a week and half during a particularly grueling time and ended up being so pleased with how it turned out. It was really soothing painting the background and vines, let alone the bird, a White Pigeon. The references came from a trip to England during a previous December when we visited the old Cinque Port of Rye in the Southeast of England. We, with our Brit friends dined at the ancient and very famous Mermaid Inn. We got a tour and I literally drooled over the history of the place and all of its antique appointments. When we exited onto Mermaid Street, the outside of the inn was encased in winter vines and home to roosting white pigeons. I took a bazillion photos and combined two of them to create this painting. It's still very much a favourite. </span><br /></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #ff00fe;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: red;"><br /></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #ff00fe;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: red;"><br /></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ff00fe;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><i><span style="font-size: large;">"Boreal Chickadee"</span></i></b></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ff00fe;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;">(6x6", Oils on Canvas, Framed) Price: <b><span style="color: red;">SOLD</span></b></span></span></span><b><i><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></i></b><br /></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ff00fe;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: red;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg75_uxNB1z-rAZHbar4y_obdXv4micVuvhWtgyyqRC3XTQTiuQTdOuFtX18HCs61lL0_xlszRWrbSxAhXg3M7mthC-nOq1BCBaR-0lf6kfFSqfHiNE_saeP8_9wriMIlnDiq9aHCOa_U77-Xq-f6eYJHYSw0qWPbG_gIktY3lSiDEpBn78rzo6WstJ/s432/Boreal%20Chickadee%201.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="432" data-original-width="432" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg75_uxNB1z-rAZHbar4y_obdXv4micVuvhWtgyyqRC3XTQTiuQTdOuFtX18HCs61lL0_xlszRWrbSxAhXg3M7mthC-nOq1BCBaR-0lf6kfFSqfHiNE_saeP8_9wriMIlnDiq9aHCOa_U77-Xq-f6eYJHYSw0qWPbG_gIktY3lSiDEpBn78rzo6WstJ/w400-h400/Boreal%20Chickadee%201.jpg" width="400" /></a></div></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #ff00fe;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: red;"><br /></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #ff00fe;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: black;">This was just a very quick study and keeping to the winter theme. I adore my chickadees. </span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #ff00fe;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: black;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #ff00fe;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: black;"> </span><br /></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ff00fe;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><i>"Picking Flowers"</i></b></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ff00fe;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;">(11x14", Oils on Linen, Framed) Price: <b><span style="color: red;">SOLD</span></b></span></span><b><i> </i></b></span><br /></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ff00fe;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: red;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgK7e8aYPj8F6yAVNgI6rJL9n7VbaVw87P4L3NHhYcwQs54g7fOhBcWLRjG_uvURJGgVEvDQ8-dDY9jR78D04UqP_ech_ErNXyT6XV20nQsG-xy7A6UDnOn0B9orvDO90oT2bs0Ab6-hsN9p2tgpEwCvk-8aOb2F4xwCVC_1e9TmdGRGwpcNJvy_bEW/s720/Picking%20Flowers.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="570" data-original-width="720" height="316" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgK7e8aYPj8F6yAVNgI6rJL9n7VbaVw87P4L3NHhYcwQs54g7fOhBcWLRjG_uvURJGgVEvDQ8-dDY9jR78D04UqP_ech_ErNXyT6XV20nQsG-xy7A6UDnOn0B9orvDO90oT2bs0Ab6-hsN9p2tgpEwCvk-8aOb2F4xwCVC_1e9TmdGRGwpcNJvy_bEW/w400-h316/Picking%20Flowers.jpg" width="400" /></a></div></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #ff00fe;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: red;"><br /></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #ff00fe;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: black;">Inspiration for Picking Flowers came from a series of photographs my friend and fellow artist (read famously talented) Tom Kidd took in his backyard some years back. He graciously let me borrow the photos for my burgeoning bird photo reference collection. I used three of the photos to build this concept and then had an absolute blast painting it. The background is a bit more blurred than I usually do, but I didn't want it to compete with the busy, complicated foreground. Painting the flowers and vines was so much fun. It was sooooo soothing and fun. The bird picking flowers for his nest is a House Finch. Thank you so much, Tom, for letting me play in your backyard with your birds, so to speak. </span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #ff00fe;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: black;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #ff00fe;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: black;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ff00fe;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><b>"The Conversation"</b></i></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ff00fe;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;">(8x10", Oils on Linen, Framed) Price:</span></span><b><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;"> <span style="color: red;">SOLD</span></span></span></b><i><b> </b></i></span></span> </span><br /></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ff00fe;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: red;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKT1VD-w3xeu8kSk5ahglcTn4cMRKfKkglskG-Tbq-pj8I5D8KWnHf1x5mH5JHibrXbbc5KMXXRux4KlLajYmSuAREBZO8FSxrsGTDUxy_NVXYqJln1hMQ7CYZsJ2B79hAWTKy5eoT7iz0L3FJ-66UtMm_ht_gMG7hH4Qack4XYg3_xGWwZpk9UBo_/s648/The%20Conversation%20-%20Fairy%20Wrens%201.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="518" data-original-width="648" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKT1VD-w3xeu8kSk5ahglcTn4cMRKfKkglskG-Tbq-pj8I5D8KWnHf1x5mH5JHibrXbbc5KMXXRux4KlLajYmSuAREBZO8FSxrsGTDUxy_NVXYqJln1hMQ7CYZsJ2B79hAWTKy5eoT7iz0L3FJ-66UtMm_ht_gMG7hH4Qack4XYg3_xGWwZpk9UBo_/w400-h320/The%20Conversation%20-%20Fairy%20Wrens%201.jpg" width="400" /></a></div></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #ff00fe;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: red;"><br /></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #ff00fe;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: black;">These are Australian Fairy Wrens: tiny birds of brilliant arrays of colours and feisty attitude. Possibly my fave Aussie counterparts to my beloved Chickadees here in the United States. I was getting really burnt out by this stage and was starting to really reach for inspiration and enthusiasm. Not one of my best, but I always get great enjoyment out of painting my birds. </span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #ff00fe;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: black;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ff00fe;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: #ff00fe;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><b>"Baby Owl"</b></i></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ff00fe;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: #ff00fe;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;">(5x7", Oils on Canvas, Framed) Price: <span style="color: red;"><b>SOLD</b></span></span></span><i><b> </b></i></span></span> </span><br /></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ff00fe;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: red;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhok9ODaNznGBp0o84KvlvSFVpK7bVWysb-MSINE1YfouHiutX6yXzKg3LdHDw2RaB-HLFxpAGaxTNffyu-6HafxjJs3E_5njjzLB7S7qdEuxAbgVEmX7thfciv4inMu8FPTtXnAdXDr0SSPwBFpaWyOrFEm8jQRvrDYj5igFoPBsW221XHqRgc5O5-/s504/Baby%20Owl.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="504" data-original-width="358" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhok9ODaNznGBp0o84KvlvSFVpK7bVWysb-MSINE1YfouHiutX6yXzKg3LdHDw2RaB-HLFxpAGaxTNffyu-6HafxjJs3E_5njjzLB7S7qdEuxAbgVEmX7thfciv4inMu8FPTtXnAdXDr0SSPwBFpaWyOrFEm8jQRvrDYj5igFoPBsW221XHqRgc5O5-/w284-h400/Baby%20Owl.jpg" width="284" /></a></div></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #ff00fe;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: black;">It's a baby owl. Enough said. Seriously though, I adored painting this little guy.</span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #ff00fe;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: black;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #ff00fe;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: black;">Sorry, I can't recall the paints I used in these paintings, but you can bet that all of my usual suspects from my palette were in play and I probably used my reliable outriders like Cadmium Orange or purples from time to time. Very teeny brushes were also used a lot for the small size and tiny details. Listening to music and audiobooks helped massively. <br /><br /><i>Meanwhile, thanks for stopping by, there'll be more soon. <br />Cheers,</i></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #ff00fe;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: red;"><i><span style="color: black;">Marianne </span></i><br /></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ff00fe;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: red;"> </span></span></span><i><b> </b></i></span></span><br /></div>Mariannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10349984152592814003noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2858761093359956695.post-19418812879744660232022-04-05T14:59:00.004-05:002022-04-05T21:48:29.724-05:00The Long Silence....<p> <span style="font-size: medium;"><b>What happened in 2018...</b></span></p><div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="color: red;">"Dave Scott -Astronaut"</span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="color: red;">Apollo 15</span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: small;">(9x12", Oils on Linen)</span><b> Price: Not For Sale</b></span><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyqzVhv0TkZXpaHcLax7ecXO17QMPsrJ6oaHCdwaEjF_cZzcDX-xQWs8KcvDeyDlPZNP7oP_qqsneM-8tDZJy1TZu7BTHQyOK-22NEh0ni5ivkoZnYOHBt_DgDShkdpwJgHcdUwzxSUc3eQrfCFaKdKH97kHfplYZ66l64QCCyz8gvOtR__9Mv8FQI/s576/Dave%20Scott%20-%20Apollo%209%20-%20Completed.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="576" data-original-width="431" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyqzVhv0TkZXpaHcLax7ecXO17QMPsrJ6oaHCdwaEjF_cZzcDX-xQWs8KcvDeyDlPZNP7oP_qqsneM-8tDZJy1TZu7BTHQyOK-22NEh0ni5ivkoZnYOHBt_DgDShkdpwJgHcdUwzxSUc3eQrfCFaKdKH97kHfplYZ66l64QCCyz8gvOtR__9Mv8FQI/s320/Dave%20Scott%20-%20Apollo%209%20-%20Completed.jpg" width="239" /></a></div><p>After a horrendously difficult year in 2017 of selling one house, buying a second condo next to our original one and trying to finalize two house sales, pack ALL THE THINGS, and move all three around like Tetris, we successfully still have a home and studio to work with. But it took its toll. On top of that, going into 2018 I was already severely burned out with trying to produce art for shows. I was coming out of that around May/June 2018 and had started drawing a lot to be proactive at getting ahead of proposed paintings I had to complete for shows in the Fall. I'd just finished the last of what I could get done before actually starting to lay paint when the world, my world got spun on its axis at full tilt. On my birthday in late June, I was just about to start laying paint on a small portrait of Dave Scott, Apollo Astronaut, when my hubby said 'Come on, let's go out'. Reluctantly, I said okay. He wouldn't tell me where we were going at the time. We get to a beach side bar to meet a school friend of his. I'm not dressed for it, nor really inclined to be a bar fly in any way shape or form but I go along with it. I trip on the sandy pavement and fall. I sprain my right wrist, break my right elbow, scrape up the palms of both hands, and the muscles in my left foot seize up very painfully until the next day. I'm not going to go into the semantics of that day, other than it truly fouled things up for quite some time. I went to my doctor's office that day and was immediately sent for an x-ray. Took two days to find out that I indeed had broken my arm. Doc's nurse told me to stop doing everything, go buy a sling to immobilize said broken wing and booked a date with an orthopedic surgeon the next Monday to see if I needed a cast. On the day between the accident and the diagnosis, I was looking a deadline in the teeth and decided to start painting on a pre drawn up board. I got 98% of the above portrait done of Dave Scott...didn't finish the final detail on his helmet clamp or helmet swing joint (round thing near ear), but I came very close. I was holding up my shaking right arm with my left near the end, but just couldn't do that last tiny bit of detail. I downed tools for the night and thought I could do it in the morning. But that was when the nurse rang... It was now less than five days before we had to leave for Spacefest in Arizona. My first big show with ASTRONAUTS. I'm a product of the 1960s and adored the space program, so I was determined to be there, meet them, buy autographs, and maybe sell a few tiny paintings and/or prints. I spent quite a bit on this once in a lifetime chance of meeting ASTRONAUTS. You might guess that I'm a fan. LOL The other little painted portraits didn't get painted, but I framed up Dave Scott's and took it with me. I paid extra for him to sign the back of it and indicate his Apollo flights. I took photos of him with it. That all changed my little painting from simply art to an artifact. On the back of the painting, in a plastic bag are the photos, the receipt for the autograph, and a certificate of authenticity: just in case I get a major financial offer to buy it that I can't refuse in the future. Meanwhile it sits proudly on my study wall and I am so danged proud of it, at what I painted that day. One of my best ever wet-in-wet, painted in one session, sketchy portraits. The photograph above just doesn't to it justice. The painting has such vibrancy and almost a 3D look to it in real life. Maybe I'll paint the other drawn up canvas of astronaut Charlie Duke one of these days. </p><p>After that, my husband's anxiety over a couple of minor medical issues of his own went into overdrive and my own mindset spiraled trying to deal with his plus my own. I lost six weeks of painting time but managed to squeeze out a couple of portrait pieces...sadly nowhere near what I'd previously planned...and a few space pieces for Illuxcon 2018, trying to fill an expensive display space I erroneously purchased the previous year. I filled it, but not with what I had originally planned, sadly. After that major burn out again, I failed to paint again for just over two years. 2019 brought it's own difficulties with beloved husband going through eye surgery and needing multiple doc' visits throughout that year. Just a FYI, I am now breakable, post-menopause, and ended up breaking my right pinky finger the week of hubby's eye surgery, and my right thumb socket six months later in another fall...just on carpet that time. Just when things were starting to calm down after Christmas in 2019, 2020 brought the Corona virus and the lock down, and it's own set of anxieties and fears. Like a lot of creatives out there during this time, I felt the creeping paralysis that strangled my creativity big time. My reserves were directed toward keeping my husband balanced and working throughout the scariest of that year and 2021, since his career didn't completely stall. He painted and drew, and kept up his contracted projects, and we dredged paintings, books, prints and drawings out of our archives to sell online. We actually did quite well. Me? I buried my head in endless reading of books, and I kickstarted my writing again in a big way, and we visited with friends and family via Zoom and kept up contact with our singleton friends who were alone at home during the shelter in place. Keeping connected. One blow, though was that during July of 2020, my beloved Dad passed away at home in Australia. He was very sick, but the actual loss was still devastating to my tiny family. The borders were still closed until recently, but hubby and I are planning a trip home soonish. We're waiting a bit to give things a chance to settle down, especially with the attempted Russian genocide taking place in the Ukraine. You have just got to ask 'what the hell is WRONG with people?'</p><p>Anyway, I've started to paint again. My depression, post menopause anger issues, etcetera, that made doing even the most tiniest of things seem like gigantic hurdles is finally coming to an end. Which is what making this blog post is all about. Making myself finish image processing, collecting my thoughts, and get out of the way of my too introvert mindset and reaching out to the world again. Admittedly, it still is difficult some days, but it's getting better. Over the next days and weeks, I'll be adding more blog posts showing off the rest of the art from 2018, the singular commission piece I did for a publisher in late 2019, and the few little space/rocket doodle paintings that I've managed in the last six months. As for the pages you see below, these are from my special sketchbook that I've kept for 30 years, where I sketch a public figure (author, actor, musician, explorer, astronaut, etc.) and get them to sign it for me. I filled the last pages of that book in 2019, so my lovely husband surprised me with a new one where I drew astronauts to christen it's first pages as well. So...onward...<br /></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #e06666;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Dave Scott - Certificate of Authenticity </span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #e06666;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">and photos</span></b></span><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhD6-XSu1mqTN8DAY0e6C00s9-NzrxomcW0FCaQF0OTg_1JJlDPgjVj2cok9ie4LNg3-JVzlwpq6debA5VD_hXGdVWCdwUvmPrTK5WoW7k1ix2DdKwd5FQjv3TAO9XF4BORXjWgLZcDiEqM1C8j9jR8e0bezhte5LGva4k10Ef7duXya3_Rv1ATapEc/s576/Dave%20Scott%20-%20C%20of%20A%20Montage%20Page%20SML.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="576" data-original-width="445" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhD6-XSu1mqTN8DAY0e6C00s9-NzrxomcW0FCaQF0OTg_1JJlDPgjVj2cok9ie4LNg3-JVzlwpq6debA5VD_hXGdVWCdwUvmPrTK5WoW7k1ix2DdKwd5FQjv3TAO9XF4BORXjWgLZcDiEqM1C8j9jR8e0bezhte5LGva4k10Ef7duXya3_Rv1ATapEc/s320/Dave%20Scott%20-%20C%20of%20A%20Montage%20Page%20SML.jpg" width="247" /></a></div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>On the easel...</b></span><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiThhEVnzEpvniFB6J0tTlytSW1iHMa9f5b7d3xK3TaBdMRDOl0PKf0zZvE5zZVladzn-Z_Wqd3TQQ58LpQlDGiUZ9oQoHPqig7sm9JXilTO8U9FGtDrMw7PqQNDJ56i7Qr5qnE-pQ2YPARkIdzTt5oL5ueU0jL7UosYAXxrJBjbSFqdYveTUnVdNU0/s504/Dave%20Scott%20-%20Easel%20Shot%20SML.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="451" data-original-width="504" height="286" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiThhEVnzEpvniFB6J0tTlytSW1iHMa9f5b7d3xK3TaBdMRDOl0PKf0zZvE5zZVladzn-Z_Wqd3TQQ58LpQlDGiUZ9oQoHPqig7sm9JXilTO8U9FGtDrMw7PqQNDJ56i7Qr5qnE-pQ2YPARkIdzTt5oL5ueU0jL7UosYAXxrJBjbSFqdYveTUnVdNU0/s320/Dave%20Scott%20-%20Easel%20Shot%20SML.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;">Pages from my special sketchbook/autograph book and the source from where some of my future painted portraits may come from in the future. <br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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I hope to put more up soon. Expect portraits, birds, space doodles that include rockets and space stations. Meanwhile, stay safe wherever you are in the world and hug each other when you can. I've lost several friends and family this last few years, as have others, and life is way too short... Bless.</p><p>Marianne<br /></p><p> <br /></p><p> </p><p> </p>Mariannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10349984152592814003noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2858761093359956695.post-89519586910092446802018-09-18T21:18:00.003-05:002022-04-05T21:55:55.595-05:00A Whisper of Rain...<div style="text-align: center;">
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I somehow managed to fall on my birthday in June, fracturing my right elbow, spraining the same wrist and opposing left foot. Not at ALL how I planned to spend half of that day. Thankfully, I had done a bunch of design drawings all through that month as preparation for forthcoming paintings. Those paintings are in progress. To jumpstart my lost momentum, I thought I'd start with something simple. I had taken snapshots of fellow artist, the lovely and charismatic Rain Delmar while she was in Halloween costume at Illuxcon in Reading, PA two years ago, and decided that it was about time that I put them to good use. So I tentatively drew Rain...my first attempt in over six weeks to draw again...and was pleased with how it came out. I drew the sketch down on to a Linen board, took a deep breath, swallowed the same old fears I have when not having painted for several months...and began to paint. The usual array of colours on my palette: Gold Ochre, Burnt Sienna, French Ultramarine, Titanium White, Buff Titanium, Cadmium Yellow Hue, Sap Green, Chrome Green, and tiny bit of Alizarin Crimson. The result is very rich in hue and texture, and I am quite happy with it. <br />
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I was trying to tidy up a bunch of boxes in our studio space last week, trying to make room for a dedicated photography set up. I sort of got fed up with some of it and felt my paints calling to me. Since I wasn't ready to go back to work on the large painting on the easel, I pulled out a small linen canvas and a couple more snaps I took of Rain. OMG she is so photogenic, with natural presence. I decided just to go with whatever I could carve out in paint on this minute surface. This photo doesn't do the original justice, and I feel that maybe I overworked a couple of things...but it was getting late and my eyes were beginning to get squinty. However, using the leftover paint on BOTH my palettes, I managed to make a credible painted sketch toward a larger work in the future. <br /><br />If you want to see what Rain is up to, this is the link for her website...<br />www.theartofrain.com</div>
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<br /><br /><i>There's more to see in the coming weeks, now that I actually have the set up to photograph on a regular basis again. So, please come back for a look, meanwhile, thanks for stopping by. <br />Cheers,</i></div>
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<i>Marianne</i></div>
Mariannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10349984152592814003noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2858761093359956695.post-31875544410886673642018-05-24T14:23:00.006-05:002022-11-26T16:46:16.448-05:00Little Red Rover...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: magenta;"><i><b><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></b></i><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;">In my rush to get paintings done for the two big shows early this year, I realised that I did not have anything representing my ongoing Birds 'n' Bots series for the shows except old design drawings. There were always going to be more Rover paintings, and more robot and bird paintings of other ilk in my creative future. But I just hadn't gotten around to any by the time the deadline was bearing down on me. So, I went back through my old design ideas, photos and thumbnail sketches and rediscovered some of my references for something I'd only ever called 'Walkies'. The initial premise was set in space, as you see in the finished painting, but not happy with how that was gelling, I at one time placed the setting in a garden with a tall 'owner' robot instead of the space ship. I did the sketch for that one some time ago but also didn't do anything with it. So, back to basics. I woke up one morning with the composition finally set in my mind...by adding the globe with the bird in it. Rover is chasing the bird in the remote control space globe. He is hooked up to the ship by a very long leash. Someone asked me why a robot dog would need to 'go walkies', euphemism for going outside to go to the bathroom. Well, I said, there is not only the obvious reason for putting your puppy outside, but to get the rambunctious little bugger out of your tiny spaceship cockpit before he accidentally presses any more buttons he shouldn't....let alone the self-destruct one or depressurization. </span></span></span></div>
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In the middle of the fever heat of creating for my shows, I woke up one morning with a complete Rover painting idea. Simple, elegant, lots of fun. However, none of my old reference photos of Rover worked, so I set up an elaborate dark setting in the middle of my new studio, went outside and rounded up some twigs, gathered up Rover and the camera and had me a little robot photoshoot. I took a bunch of photos and the resultant painting was a combination of two of them. Have you ever taken your babies out driving in your car to lull them to sleep, or seen someone else do it? This is what Rover is doing. He's rolling along with his two tiny passengers, trying to get them to go to sleep in the darkening evening. Hence, the title "Lullaby Run". One owlet is asleep, the other is resisting it, and Rover is just enchanted. Consider this a cute version of my painting "Branch Line". <br />
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I will always enjoy painting my robots, but Rover is close to my heart. Even as just a toy wind-up robot, he has loads of personality. He still hangs around my easel in my new painting digs.<br />
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<i>More to post soon. Thanks for stopping by,</i></div>
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Mariannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10349984152592814003noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2858761093359956695.post-72049668277531398862018-05-01T16:32:00.002-05:002018-10-10T14:30:11.332-05:00Space Station Epics...<div style="text-align: center;">
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Making a change from plain rocketship doodles, I created these two paintings to add to my display at a recent show. I love noodling nebulae in oil paint. The first one, 'Starborn Station' depicts one of my little space stations against a nursery of stars swirling colourfully in the night sky. Hence, the name 'Starborn'. I can see scientists living and working on the station, earnestly studying why, where, and how stars are born...waking every morning to that spectacular view. <br />
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<span style="color: magenta;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b> </b>I've been wanting to paint 'blue space' again for quite some time, now. Saw a space photo in a magazine and went... "I can do something with that". Bit of tweaking, bit of colour saturation in layering French Ultramarine, Pthalo Turquoise, and Cobalt Blues came up nicely. I added the rocket to give it balance and purpose. The title, 'Blue Horizons' is self-explanatory. What a view to wake up to!<br /><br /><br />My palette encompassed the usual suspects, along with the extra blues in Blue Horizons: French Ultramarine, Burnt Sienna, Cadmium Yellow Medium, Cadmium Lemon, Cadmium Red Light, Alizarin Crimson, Titanium White, Yellow Ochre. Paint brushes included a few size 0 and 1 rounds, a half inch Wedge Flat, a size 6 Filbert, and a big fluffy blending brush, and an itty bitty ragged round blending brush. <br /><br />There is much more to post. I have been slack in posting the new Rover paintings and bird paintings, but I plead a crushing schedule this last four months. Will add new paintings soon. </span></span></span></span></div>
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Mariannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10349984152592814003noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2858761093359956695.post-66902320741619366682018-04-14T13:21:00.001-05:002018-04-17T19:56:07.377-05:00Super Sized Rocket Doodles...<div style="text-align: center;">
Well, I had to rush to get a bunch of artwork ready for two shows in a very short amount of time. I had some ideas for larger rocket doodles...and two out of the three actually turned out. </div>
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And this one is a bit of a ringer, as it was painted for Boskone, Feb. 2017</div>
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These are all explorations of imaginative space, ala 'pulp' as envisioned through my eyes and inspiration. I will eventually paint my rocket/space station doodles this big again, but for the moment I'll be aiming for smaller sized epics, but no less large in heart and soul. </div>
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<i>Thanks for stopping by...<br />Cheers,<br />Marianne</i></div>
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It's been a mad dash to get paintings done for Boskone this year, among them a plethora of small rocket doodle paintings with inspiration borrowed from legendary space artists John Berkey, John Harris, and Chesley Bonestall. Here's the spread of the small ones so far. There may be time yet for one more big one, and maybe a couple of small ones... My new painting space has been brilliant to work in.<br />
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<i><span style="color: magenta;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Shrouded Moon</span></b></span></i></div>
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This one came out of nowhere, really. I'd had this board drawn up with a circle and a rocket crossing it for about the last six or seven years. I'd put it aside all that time ago when, either I lost the original inspiration or got distracted. I nearly threw the board out when I unearthed it recently, but thought 'what the hell' and started lashing paint on it in an effort to bust my painting block and get the creative juices flowing. It worked!! Kind of love how this turned out. It was inspired by a tiny moon in a much larger John Berkey painting in an old catalog I've got lying around. The inspirational bit of that picture was less than one inch square. Things don't have to be big to inspire big ideas. I've also found a new favourite paint: Buff Titanium/Bleached Titanium...just the thing to add that touch of nostalgic aged tint to what are ostensibly nostalgic paintings.<br />
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<span style="color: magenta;"><i><b><span style="font-size: large;">Evacuation</span></b></i></span><br />
(5x7", Oils on Canvas board) Price: <b><span style="color: red;">SOLD</span></b><br />
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Not wanting to waste the left over paint on my palette, I grabbed another board to 'destroy'. I've had a bunch of small canvases since around 2007 when I was doing the painting a day project. All of them have been tinted with various colours for backgrounds. I nearly threw those out, too, but like the first painting in this post, I chucked caution to the wind and started experimenting again. Not a bad little piece for a quickly drawn up world and space station. Lots of smooshing with paint, and happy accidents. <br />
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<span style="color: magenta;"><i><b><span style="font-size: large;">Cloud Drifting</span></b></i></span><br />
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Yeah, been watching Star Wars again and am still absolutely in love with the idea of cloud cities. You may have noticed... Had a lot of fun with this one. <br />
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Got a bit of John Harris, crossed with John Berkey into this one. Another one of those pre-tinted boards I nearly chucked. When I'm working on a bigger work, and waiting for paint to dry on them, swinging into working on one of these mini space epics is kind of 'freeing', creatively. The photos never do them justice, either, sad to say. Really love the happy accidents in this one. <br />
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Definitely a bit of John Berkey influence in this one. Loved the cool versus warm and the vintage rocket shape. Had a bit of fun with a different colour scheme than the muted tones of the previous paintings.<br />
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This was my initial rocket painting of the current crop. I wanted to paint space without using any black. I think I succeeded. The shadows are actually created from French Ultramarine and Burnt Sienna. It's kind of cute and pretty, but I've having all sorts of experimental painting fun since this one.<br />
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<i>There are more paintings to come...some more space epics, larger ones, and a couple of new Rover paintings as well. Thanks for dropping by, come back soon. <br />Cheers, </i></div>
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<span style="color: magenta;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;">This photo shows one of my space magazines out for inspiration for the initial go at a background I was contemplating. The first paint in ended up being all nebulous purples and pales, and me not sure where I was going with it. The second iteration was tending towards a full 'otherworldly' space background which I was increasingly reluctant to paint. ME, reluctant to paint floofy 'space'. Never thought I'd think that. As it was, the last space reference I had out for the second iteration was various pictures of my beloved Orion Nebula. And as I was painting that in, Jen's face and hair began to sink into it. </span></span></span></span><span style="color: magenta;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: magenta;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;">I instinctively knew it was wrong for this portrait. </span></span></span></span>Sigh. This was in December. At that time, I was being distracted by holiday things and I needed to think about it a bit more. Just after Christmas, I decided that I needed to return to my original portrait practices of the face being the foremost, unchallenged element of the painting. And I concluded that 'otherworldly' didn't have to mean an otherworldly placement or space background. Jen's face said it all, with the two point key lighting aspects and her make up and strength of gaze. Took me awhile to figure out, and I hope in time that she will. There is a fine tensile strength in her regal gaze. Seeing this in some of my subjects and bringing out qualities for others to see in a positive light is one of the reasons I have tentatively returned to portraiture. So long as I can choose my subjects, I am good with it. Forcing me to paint what I don't want to paint is disastrous. Probably why I don't take commissions per se. As you can see, I settled on a dark green, almost black in parts, nebulous 'foresty' background, happily noodled with big brushes and a floofy blending brush. Jen's face and hair 'pop' right out and I am very happy with the result. I considered creating a 'crown' of sorts to top her hair with, which explains the space above her head. However, after many tries a designing such, I thought it would end up as overkill. My design eye felt it needed 'something', though. So, I created a braid behind her upswept long bangs and added a flower/leaf silver white clasp to it to catch the back light and sparkle. Simple, clean...otherworldly, even. Thank you, Jen, for being my muse today...</span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: magenta;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;">You can see more about Jen's work at <a href="https://www.artstation.com/works_of_jenius">https://www.artstation.com/works_of_jenius</a></span></span></span></span><br />
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<i><span style="color: magenta;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;">Thanks for stopping by. I have much more art to post here in the next week or so. So, come on back and have a look. <br />Cheers,</span></span></span></span></i><br />
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Mariannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10349984152592814003noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2858761093359956695.post-67586973259877401292017-05-26T16:06:00.003-05:002020-10-20T15:49:39.989-05:00Steampunk Sarah...<div style="text-align: center;">
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Last year, at Illuxcon IX in Reading, PA I had a chance to do something that has been close to my creative heart for several years. Moving the annual mecca gathering of artists, collectors, students and fans of the art of the fantastic to its new, bigger location, I finally got to produce the Illuxcon Costume Salon and Sketch Lab on the top floor of the GoggleWorks Center for the Arts. It was a four day dedicated work space for artists to collaborate with volunteer models and a mass of loaned costume pieces and props, and watch daily demonstrations about working with models, creating costumes to enhance ideas, photograph them in a professionally lit space, and also to sketch them. It was a fantastic experience for one and all, and so many of us exhibiting artists were torn between manning our tables and running upstairs to create and play. I personally took over 350 photos, sometimes on the fly as one of our costume clad volunteers was escorted to a perfect place to be sketched or photographed by an entranced gaggle of spectators and participants. We learned a lot last year, and will be applying that new knowledge to this years efforts of the Costume Salon and Sketch Lab. Meanwhile, of the many, many inspirational photos I took, one group stood out and I just had to take brush to canvas to capture my version of it. Sarah, who graciously hosted the four day event, and patiently wrangled not only costumes but enthusiastic artists and models with panache and aplomb, also became the model for my painting 'Victoriana'. <br />
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On the Saturday of the workshop, I had left my table in the hands of my husband and darted upstairs to the Salon to see what was happening. Sarah was modeling her authentically made reproduction Civil War ballgown, complete with hoop, petticoats, hair and makeup, and other essential accoutrements. I arrived just as her session on stage ended and she headed over to where fellow artist, Ruth Sanderson was standing with her camera in hand. Sarah announced that it was time to change things up and she wanted to 'steampunk' up her ball gown. Mair and I looked at each other and went 'suuuuuuure' and swung into action. Out came the hoop skirt and petticoats, in went a ruffled and upswept new petticoat. Sarah chose a leather vest and belt off the tables, and a little 'fascinator' top hat affair that she perched at a jaunty angle on her head, leather gauntlets, etc. The sunlight streamed through the nearby window, and when it fell on Sarah in her costume, I just knew magic was in the air. I took soooo many photos of that particular set up, and eventually returned to my table and art very much inspired. Below, are a very few of the photos I took that day. The last one is what served as the basis for my painting. <br />
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Following on from my last painting and wanting to test myself, I decided to start Victoriana 'cold'. I did not do ANY pre-sketching. Instead, I scrubbed Burnt Umber oil paint into a canvas board, covering it, and scrapped off the excess...giving it an aged look. When it dried, I took a fine liner brush and drew basic lines and compositional elements on the canvas in freehand. It was a concerted effort to get the oil sketch correct, but I did make an initial error in the model's right arm. It was fixed while painting sometime later in the process. The goal this time was to be able to create a full painted figure using only my eye, my instincts and experience, and my love of the painting process. This was a follow on from painting 'Jeannie' freehand. I reached my goal and was rather pleased with the outcome. <br />
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Sarah in her Civil War ballgown.</div>
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A fine closeup of the finished effect, and ready to be used as basic reference for a painting... </div>
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And this is the photo that inspired me to paint 'Victoriana'. Isn't that a glorious lighting? </div>
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Anyway, there are sooo many more things to paint from the reference photos that I took at the Salon...and so many more memories and creative situations to make at the upcoming Illuxcon Costume Salon and Sketch Lab this coming November. I'm really looking forward meeting up with everybody again, costumes and props in hand, and making magic...<br />
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<i>Thanks for stopping by,<br />Cheers,<br />Marianne</i></div>
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This started out as something different...something that wasn't coming together as I saw it in minds eye. The color scheme was putting me off, so I decided to change things up a bit. The pastel colors turned darker, more dramatic, and suddenly the imagined ringed giant became a broken moon. The cloud city stayed the same amidst the wispy underlay. Lots of nice brushy work that I really enjoyed.<br />
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Small rocket doodle with a nostalgic Mars and small base on Phobos moon. <br />
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<i>More soon, thanks for stopping by...<br />Cheers,</i></div>
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I haven't had a lot of time for painting the last six months, and the few major attempts that I began have stalled for the time being. Meanwhile, as our annual visit to Chicago for the Godzilla convention, G-Fest was fast approaching, I made my usual resolve to try and paint something new to show people. It's only this last two years that I've actually been able to do so. Self-sabotage when you're trying to be creative is an evil thing and all too common for artists with conflicting demands on their time and inspiration. Still, I really surprised myself this year. I set out to doodle some design ideas from one of my favourite kaiju (Japanese for 'giant monster') series: <i>The Rebirth of Mothra: I, II, and III. </i>These three movies are such a visual feast and have quite a range of Mothra incarnations that include: Armored Mothra, Aqua Mothra, Rainbow Mothra, Eternal Mothra, Larval Mothra, etcetera, beginning with the original coloured Mothra which features in these three little colour sketches. I had such fun painting these with my usual limited palette. They got a lot of love at the convention as well. Currently they are adding their jewel-like colours to my study wall along with my other new paintings from this year. Below are the 6x8" design sketches that began each painting...now gone from my traveling sketchbook, as someone bought all three at the convention. I will just have to draw up some more. After all, there are lots more versions of Mothra to paint... <br />
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I was asked once, why I don't paint the other monsters in the Godzilla canon. Well, the answer to that is that my husband paints all of them, including original Mothra with such brilliance and creative dexterity that I just shrug and say: I love them all, but I'm just not interested in trying to paint them. Mothra, however, seems to touch something inside of me that responds with instinctive inspiration. These are little paintings that were done off the cuff and I had fun with. The only other two times I painted Mothra were created sixteen years apart. I thought it was high time to get inspired again, and reach for paint and brushes. The difference in my skill in that sixteen year hiatus is staggering. <br />
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<i>Meanwhile, thanks for stopping by. I'll try to post something new soon. After all, Illuxcon is just around the corner...<br /><br />Cheers,<br />Marianne</i></div>
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These are my first pure bird paintings in some time. And you have no idea how much I enjoyed painting them. No robots, goddesses, or other dominant features in sight: just birds. The first one is a Black Capped Chickadee...one of my favourite little birds to paint. The second is an Australian native species, a Fairy Wren. There are many variants in the Fairy Wren family, and this is just one of them. I noted, after I finished the painting that my painted bird was a bit bigger than a real Fairy Wren...they are generally very tiny and rather gorgeously coloured in jewel tones. <br />
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Included on the palette were: Burnt Sienna, French Ultramarine, Titanium White, Alizarin Crimson, Permanent Rose, Yellow Ochre, Sap Green, Permanent Light Green, Cadmium Orange Hue, and Cobalt Blue.<br />
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<i>Anyway, thanks for stopping by,</i><br />
<i>Cheers,</i><br />
<i>Marianne</i>Mariannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10349984152592814003noreply@blogger.com0