Fishing Pals

This is a 16 by 20 hyper realistic, watercolor pencil painting on canvas done for a friend.  It was very frustrating to paint because the fish has so many dotes on it that it took be a long time to do.  It is difficult to get the kind of detail I want when there is so much detail.

WOW sold a Painting.

                                         
                                                              WOW
Sold this picture to a friend.  It is a watercolor pencil painting on canvas.  It is an older picture but I took some old ones from the past and put them on Facebook.  Got lucky and sold one.  Just in time to pay some hospital bills.  Being sick is very expensive and I have had to go to the hospital two times in the last two months.  I guess this will help to pay them off.  I may try to sell a few more.

Here is to you Chief Tommy!

This is a friend of mines little girl.  It took me a long time to paint because of all the detail in the piece,   Hyperrealism can be very tedious especially when there is a lot of detail.  I bartered this picture for a home cooked meal by the famous Tommy Fitzgerald.  Chief Tommy does the catering for the Legacy Trust Contest and I entered this year just to taste his cooking.  Well Art Prize was fun but I am looking forward to this meal more than the Art Prize process.  As is normal for me I continue to paint with water color pencils on canvas.

Hyperrealism

Hyperrealism is considered an advancement of Photorealism by the methods used to create the resulting paintings or sculptures. The term is primarily applied to an independent art movement and art style in the United States and Europe that has developed since the early 2000s.

This is a watercolor pencil painting on canvas.  I have recently found out that the paintings I do are called hyperrealism.  So here is one I did for a friend.

Cullen

This is watercolor pencil painting of my great nephew Cullen.  He is around 8 months old at this point.  I have the honor of babysitting for him every Thurs.  I painted  this picture of hime for his parents for xmas this year.  He is a wonderful addiction to my life.

Cheryl Ruddick

This is a watercolor pencil painting I did for a wonderful friend's granddaughter.  She lost her battle with cancer on Christmas day.  She was able to see her granddaughter open her first present which was her greatest wish.  Cheryl was a loving friend whose only regret was that she would never see her granddaughter grow up.  This picture was done for her granddaughter to always remember her grandmother.

Mary FreeBed Show 2016

These are watercolor pencil painting done for the Mary FreeBed show this year.

Art Prize 2015

I am feeling very blessed! " Spring Love" won the Legacy trust contest and now I will be sponsored in the 2015 Art Prize.  My art will be in the Devos Place a very good venue.  This is a collage of watercolor paintings on canvas.They are all pictures of 8" by 10" and 5" by 7".  I am excited to have this opportunity.

Amazing stats from this blog!

Russia	21
Germany	9
United States	7
Lebanon	4
United Kingdom	2
Canada	1
Ukraine	1

It always amazes me who is looking at the pictures on my Blog.  21 people from Russia viewed my blog this week and 9 from Germany.  Isn't the internet wonderful!  Who would think a 60 year old, disabled woman would possible  be able to show her painting around the world.  The following picture  is one from my collage for Legacy Trust and possible Art Prize.  It is an 8" x 10" watercolor pencil painting done on canvas. Enjoy please! It is a painting of a loon and it's baby.

Characters from The Wizard of OZ.

These three paintings are watercolor pencil on Canvas.  They will be entered tin the " Festival of the Arts" which is a large festival that takes place in Grand Rapids, Michigan the first week-end of June.  Most of the people go down town to enjoy a wide variety of food as well as live entertainment.  The art work of  a variety of different artist can be seen at the UICA art building.  I am hoping this

Spring Love

This is the collage I did for Legacy Prize competition.  It is a competition for individuals with disabilities.  The work has five 8x10 Paintings and six 3x5 watercolor pencil paintings on canvas. I call it Spring Love.  If I win this competition the work will be entered into the Art Prize competition in Grand Rapids Michigan.  I believe it is a picture worth Art Prize I also feel that because of all the politics I will probable not get in.  I will be featuring some of the pictures individually in the next few weeks.

This is a watercolor pencil Painting of Jo Swaney and her dog Woody.  She is a wonderful fund raiser for the Humane Society in Detroit.  Woody has not been feeling very well so I decided to paint this picture of the two for her.

This is a picture of Jeff Standfest and his dog Rupert.  They both died in Afghanistan in 2010.  Rupert died saving Jeff's life.  Jeff unfortunately was kill one month later.  This picture was given to his father Tim last week.  RIP Jeff.  Looking back this is the 3rd picture of  Jeff and Rupert I have done.  If you are interested in viewing those pictures you will have to look back a previous posts. Like my other works this is water color pencil on canvas.

Companion Dog

This little fellow was a was a Companion  dog.  He could  smell when his person had a low blood sugar and would warn her.  He unfortunately passed on leaving his owner in some depression,.  This watercolor painting on canvas was done for her to remember him by.  It is a 16x20 Watercolor pencil painting on canvas.

Death

These are two water color pencil paintings done for two people who lost a love one.  The little boy in the top picture lost his life when playing on the play ground and another boy stabbed him.  This picture was done for his great grandmother who is a friend of mine.

The second picture is of the little boy Conner and his brother Cameron.  The picture was given to Cameron as he was with his brother when he was killed.  My heart goes out to the family and particularly Cameron who will always be in my prayers.

Mary Free Bed Show.

Well it has been a while.  Today was the Mary Free Bed  Art Show.  It is so much fun to see my fellow disabled artist.  They are all so wonderful.  These are the pictures I entered.  The Timber Wolf got one of the Guild Awards.  Thanks to everyone who came to the show and thank you for your support.

I picked up my pencils again

Well after many months I decided to do some painting again.  These are two of the pictures I painted.  Hope you enjoy.  These are watercolor pencil on canvas paintings.  Also my art mentor put some of my paintings in the new art store in Rockford. Michigan.  The name of the gallery is,  ARTengage.  I haven't sold a thing but oh well that's the way it goes.

 This is a picture of some friends of mine that got married on groundhog day last year.

 This is a picture of a mother and her little girl who passed away after having a lung transplant.

Discouragement

I haven't written in a month.  That is how long it has been since I got bumped out of the legacy prize by a business man who wants to increase his autistic son's self esteem by asking all his business friends to vote for his son,  Never mind that it takes him all of 3 minutes to paint some lines on a page.  Never mind that his teacher frequently holds his hand with his paint brush in it.  Never mind that it takes me weeks to complete a piece of work.  Never mind that I have no more money for supplies.  Never mind that I can not compete like a regular person.  Never mind that I was one of two people who spent all of the second day and the Art Museum when no one else did. I am so angry.  I can find no peace here any more.  I am no longer sure I want to paint.  I do not sell any pictures.  I do not know how to deal with any of this.  No selling no material to paint no painting.  It will be a while till I find my way back.  Sorry all.
Elaine

Cool Blue and Spikes

This is a painting of a blue flower looks very Spiky. It is a 16 by 20" watercolor pencil painting on canvas. Now that Art Prize is done my traffic is disappearing. No one has posted a comment for a month and I am getting unmotivated again. Well I guess I will just keep on trying.

Mom and Baby Bear

Baby Bear and mother. Watercolor pencil painting on canvas 12x16. Cost 125.oo matted to fit 16 x 20 standard frame. Any feedback? Is anybody out there. Oh well here is one of my latest pictures.