Zippo

This week's Daily Paintworks Challenge is the classic Zippo lighter. The challenge was to use only burnt sienna, ultramarine blue and white. It really can create the illusion of more colors, even using only 2 plus white. A really nice stretching exercise for artists!

 6x6" Oil on gessoboard

$70 + s&h

Please contact me if you are interested in purchasing this painting, or if you would like to commission a pet portrait.

 catgillespie@gmail.com

Waiting Game

This little West Highland White terrier demonstrates her patience as she waits for her owner at a farmers market.

 6x6" Oil on cradled panel

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Embracing Winter

I gave up on being in denial about winter, so I went to a local skating rink or rather a skating trail that follows a path through woods. It was really beautiful. This young woman looked like she was born to it.

My pal Kathy Cousart introduced me to the art and teaching of Peggi Kroll Roberts, whose DVD's I have been watching. She believes that all artists can speak with their own voice if they learn and practice the fundamentals, starting with drawing skills. I was influenced by her mantra to mass in the large shapes, pay attention to the direction of the light, put the darks in first and then the rest of the values, and simplify. The fun and the joy of this art adventure is the learning and discovering of what your voice is.

 5x7" Oil on gessoboard

$70 + s&h

Please contact me if you are interested in purchasing this painting, or if you would like to commission a pet portrait.

catgillespie@gmail.com

Valentine Rose

This is my contribution to the weekly Daily Paintworks Challenge. This is a great exercise not only in the painting itself, but painting subjects you would not normally tackle. I don't paint that many flowers, but this was fun.

5x7" Oil on gessoboard

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catgillespie@gmail.com

Daily Painters Challenge

This is a challenge which consisted of 8 - 10 minute paintings of some object (I chose an orange.) This is a very useful way for an artist to get to the basic shapes and tonal values of a subject.
You can see more of these challenges at  Daily Paintworks.        

Oil on 2 6x6" gessoboards

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catgillespie@gmail.com

Hay Bales

Summer in King Township, horse country north of Toronto.

 5x7" Oil on gessoboard

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Flower Lady

Another of my denial of winter paintings. This lady sells flowers at a popular Toronto farmers market.

 6x6" Oil on gessoboard
$75

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Old Car in Florida

This is the first of a new painting challenge at Daily Paintworks. I was really missing Karin Jurick's challenge, so this is great, I love having a bit of a prodding. Have to come up with a better title next time!

 5x7" Oil on gessoboard

$75 + s&h 

Please contact me if you are interested in purchasing this painting, or if you would like to commission a pet portrait.

catgillespie@gmail.com

Sunflower

This is the winter of my discontent - so I decided to ignore it and paint something happy. Love this flower from my friend Barb's garden. It lives on in the seeds that are in the frozen ground just waiting for the warm soil to arrive.

6x6" Oil on gessoboard

SOLD

Please contact me if you are interested in purchasing this painting, or if you would like to commission a pet portrait.

catgillespie@gmail.com