'Windy Day at Fort Hill' Cape Cod, MA An Original Plein Air Oil Painting by Claire Beadon Carnell

'Windy Day at Fort Hill'
(Cape Cod, MA)

© Claire Beadon Carnell

Oil
Plein Air

12 x 16

I am posting this painting I did while at Cape Cod
because although it was breezy, it was also
a very, very hot day.  In addition to capturing the
breeze, I also tried to paint the 'heat'.

Finally, after a week of being home from Cape Cod,

I was able to unload my paintings!  This particular 

painting was painted on Sept. 11, on a very windy day.

I hadn't planned to go to Fort Hill to paint, but 

stopped there so my husband could see what a 

beautiful place it was.  Of course when I saw the

way the wind was blowing the trees and the goldenrod

in the foreground, my muse started to call...

While we were there (at about the time the first airplane

 hit the WTC twelve years ago on the same day) 

an older gentleman (a fireman) dressed in full kilt 

walked up to the peak of the hill, and started playing a 

tribute to the victims of 9/11 on his bagpipes.  When

he played 'Amazing Grace', there wasn't a dry

eye to be found...it was profound.

We will never forget.

If you would like to see more of my work,

please visit my website or my blog. If you are

interested in purchasing any of my paintings you see

here on this blog, please contact me.

Claire Beadon Carnell

Member of:

Oil Painters of America

Daily Painters of Pennsylvania

Susquehanna Valley Plein Air Painters

SUNSET BY ARTIST SUE MARRAZZO

Here is my painting for the DPP Aug./Sept. 2013 Challenge. I painted this Sunset to follow the theme. It shows an abstract version of a HOT EVENING SUNSET. I used acrylics and new mediums, so it is an experimental mixed media piece. Take a look....

Title: Sunset

Medium: Experimental Mixed Media

Substrate:Canvas

Size: 16" x 22"

Artist: Sue Marrazzo, ISAP 

'Cabin in the Woods' An Original Plein Air Oil Painting by Claire Beadon Carnell

'Cabin in the Woods'
(Kings Gap)
© Claire Beadon Carnell
Oil
Plein Air
12 x 9

 I painted this at a friend's house last week on
a hot August Day.  I always think the golden yellows
of black-eyed susans are the essence of Summer.


If you would like to see more of my work,

please visit my website or my blog. If you are

interested in purchasing any of my paintings you see

here on this blog, please contact me.

Claire Beadon Carnell

Member of:

Oil Painters of America

Daily Painters of Pennsylvania

Susquehanna Valley Plein Air Painters

'SUMMER HEAT' August/September 2013 DPP Challenge Hosted by Jane Albin

Solar, Summer, Sizzling Heat from the Sun

We have had one of the hottest Julys in a long time.  
My challenge to you is to create artwork 
using the heat and/or sunshine as your theme.

Maybe this.....

More like this...

Or this...

Or people sweltering in the sun.  Or should I 
say 'glistening' from the heat?

Good Luck.  I'll be posting my hot 
painting as soon as possible.

Jane

Rules of the Challenge:

1. This monthly Challenge is for DPP members only,
but anyone is welcome and encouraged to make comments on the posts.

2. Submit your Challenge entry just as you would a regular post - with
a picture of your entry and anything you would like to write about
your experience with this particular challenge. You are welcome to
submit more than one entry.

3. All entries must be posted no later than midnight July 31, 2013.

4. To get a larger, high-resolution version of the monthly Challenge photo,
just click on the photo in this post.

5. Please put only your name in the label section of your post - thanks!
(Your name should appear exactly as it does on the DPP blog)

6. Please follow the spirit of this challenge - all submissions should be created
after the Challenge has been posted.

7. Have fun!

Let The Abstract Paintings Flow Thanks To The Daily Painters Of Pennsylvania Challenge Blog by Mary Beth Brath

 For The Love Of Color by Mary Beth Brath

5x5" Acrylic on Canvas Paper

Dream Big by Mary Beth Brath

5x5" Acrylic on Canvas Paper

Brush to canvas. That was the only plan. I know nothing about abstracts. While on vacation at our family cabin in Northwestern PA, I worked everyday on plein air landscapes. Near the end of the week, I stayed up until 2am playing with color...and thinking. As I finished a brush stroke, I would pause and let the next part come to me. The paintings "are what they are". Creative freedom.

www.marybethbrath.com

Abstracted Landscape II - acrylic objective abstract palette knife painting of landscape on canvas by Pennsylvania Contemporary Artist Pat Koscienski

Abstracted Landscape II

12" x 6"

Acrylic on canvas

I did start this abstract painting with a landscape in mind.  Beause an "object" is abstracted, and still can be seen, it is called an objective abstract, rather than a nonobjective abstract, where just color, texture and composition rule.  I used a palette knife to apply the paint, and wanted to abstract the color and keep it mainly to green and orange.  If you have any questions, or wish to purchase, contact PAT.  If you would like to see more of my paintings, both abstract or representational, please visit my website and blogspot at:

www.patkoscienski.com

www.patkoscienski.blogspot.com

Daily Painters of Pennsylvania Challenge Painting for June/July 2013 "Abstracts Puzzle Me" by Mary Beth Brath

Abstracts Puzzle Me by Mary Beth Brath

5x7" Holbein Aqua Oils

 

 

Ahhh Yes - another wonderful DPP Challenge.  I have created a few abstracts that I have not shown to the public.  When I was about 3/4 of the way through this painting, I realised I have a very cohesive group of work coming together. Flips me out!  It was not forced. It was not planned.  Incredible.  When the body of work is ready to show, I will have an exhibit.

 

The background on this painting was applied with a brush.  The rest of the paint was thickly dabbed and laid on with a brush much like a little tiny sponge and toothpicks...keep in mind it is only 5x7".

 

Work in Progress Photo

 

I hope to try another abstract before the challenge ends.

 

MB

 

www.marybethbrath.com