Patio at Mary's, Greenville, SC

Way too hot to paint outdoors. I know, I'm a wimp, and am choosing to stay inside my air conditioned studio to paint from photos. Not as much fun, but comfy.

This painting gave me so much trouble. I spent 2 1/2 days struggling and fighting with it. I'm so glad to be done. I blame it on the lighting in my studio, and the light in my house, for the most part is just too dark. It looks fine while on my easel with the easel light on but as soon as i turn off the light , the colors look so dull and dark. So, today, I went over it with my easel light off, going only by the light from my window. It looks so much better now.

I've been wanting to paint this scene for a long time now, and have gotten out of my system. It looks nice in a gold frame.

I'm getting ready for the West End Art festival in Greenville, in mid September. Come and see me there if you live in this area.
Patio at Mary's, Greenville, SC
9"x12"oil on gessoed panel framed in quality gold tone frame
$200 plus $10 shipping

If interested, email me at jacki.newell@gmail.com

Another One (SOLD)

Here's one I painted a few days ago. Very enjoyable, not a huge struggle like the last one I posted. It's the same size as that one.

















Singular Sunflower
10x10x1" oil on stretched canvas with gallery edges (no frame needed).
SOLD
If interested in purchasing this painting, contact me at
jacki.newell@gmail.com

Sunflowers

I just finished this one from photos taken one morning on my walk. I couldn't believe what a hard time I had with it. I was going to do a larger one with sunflowers, but I don't think so now.

Sunflowers

10x10x1" oil on gallery edged stretched canvas

$200 unframed. $225 framed, plus $10 shipping.

To purchase this painting, contact me at

jacki.newell@gmail.com

Tomatoes

Here is another painting in my tomato collection.


















Tomato Still Life
8"x8"x3/8"
$125 unframed. $150 framed, plus $10 shipping.
Email me at jacki.newell@gmail.com if interested in purchasing this painting.

Veggie Still LIfe

This is one of four paintings I did earlier in July to hang in a health food grocery store cafe. Their theme that month was tomatoes and I wanted to have some paintings hanging somewhere in this town, so I worked really hard and painted 4 in one week. I set the veggies up in my "studio" and painted from life. That is the only way i like to paint, really. Painting from a photo is so hard for me for some reason.
I love veggies, so I really enjoyed painting these. They are back home now, and are available if interested in having this little gem hanging in your kitchen.





Summer Veggies
8"x8"x3/8" oil on gessoed wood panel
$125 unframed, $150 framed, plus $10 shipping.

If interested in purchasing this piece, contact me at
jacki.newell@gmail.com

Completed Painting-"The Arbor"

I finished this last night. The final phase was adding details, fixing a few things that were bothering me, mainly the color of the shadows-I grayed them down a bit.
I'm sending a photo of this off to a competition for the Masters Garden Society here in the Upstate. We'll see what happens.

18x24x1.5 oil on stretched canvas.

$450 unframed plus $10 shipping.

Email me at jacki.newell@gmail.com if you are interested in purchasing this painting.

Phase #4 Painting Demo

I have been finalizing the main shapes and colors and refining some shapes, such as the shadows. Unfortunately, I liked the shadows better before they were refined. Hmmm. So far, I have been able to keep the general feel of the design together, and I'm happy about that.