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: Antique Car.

This is an antique car painted in a hyper realistic way.  Hyperrealism is a genre of painting and sculpture resembling a high-resolution photograph. 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 1970s.

It was a difficult picture to paint and took over a month.   The gentleman that bought it really liked it.  It is a hperrealistic watercolor pencil painting on canvas. 

Mary Free Bed art show. My hyperrealism paintings

Loons Mom and Baby

                                                 
                                                                    Hydrangea

                                                                   American Indian

These are 16" by 20" watercolor pencil paintings that were entered into the Mary Free Bed  art show.  I found out recently out that the mane of my art is Hyperrealism.  It is a form of art were the picture is so realistic it looks like a photo.  Someone told me this and when I looked it up on Google sure  enough that's what it is.

 Hyperrealism is a genre of painting and sculpture resembling a high-resolution photograph. 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 1970s.

In other words you paint like it is a photo.

This young man is Gunnar from the Grizzle Boys.  It is a watercolor pencil painting on canvas.  I painted this picture for his mother after she invited me to one of his concerts.  She then gave me his newest released CD before it was even released.  What a nice lady and talented son.  Thank you so much.

Henry Sims

I met this young man in Walmart.  His height was amazing.  We talked and it turns out he was a player for the Grand Rapids Drive.  I painted this picture of him and gave it to him at a meet and greet for the Drive.  The next week he received a contract  from the Brooklyn Nets.  Congratulations Henry Sims.  Glad you made it to the NBA!

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.

First Mary Freebed paintings.

This is  a watercolor pencil painting on canvas.  The original photo from which the painting came from was one taken by Micki Special a friend of mine from Facebook.  She is a wonderful photographer and was gracious enough to let me paint this cute little guy.  This is one of three paintings that will be entered this year in the Mary Freebed show here in Grand Rapids, Michigan.

Sadee- Beloved Friend

This is a watercolor pencil painting of Sadee.  She belonged to a friend of mine and recently passed on to another life.  She was a loyal dog who Mike Welsh rescued when Sadee was only days old.  The two were inseparable.  Mike is a good man and I painted this picture for him to have his dog always there for him.

For Cameron

This is a picture of Connor an Cameron two beautiful young people whom I came across through there grandmother who goes to the YMCA with me.  Tragically Connor was killed by another young man while playing on the playground by his home.  Cameron was with him and watched his brother die.  I gave this painting to him so he would always know that his brother was with him.   This is a 16" by 20" watercolor pencil painting on canvas.

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.

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.

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

Festival of the Arts 2012

This picture is called the Buds.  It is the second of two pictures that have gained entrance into the Festival of the Arts 2012.  I had two rejects for the Competition.  The other one than won and entry was Eye of the Iris.

These two paintings are the rejects.  Who knows how the entries are chosen.  Since as an artist I pay to enter I think it only fair that I get some feedback on this.  Things such as crappy lighting or looks like you messed up the lighting.  I would actually appreciate this as I still have know idea of what makes a good painting.  My mentor seems to always like my work as does her husband.  Others who have seen my work also seem to like it.  But I just don't know.  I like my work but then again it doesn't seem to sell and I am not in any galleries.  I have chosen not to get into Art Prize so that is an attempt to just paint for painting sake.  I think I am still messed up in the brain when it comes to the art world.  I think I am a slow learner.  Again I work with Watercolors on Canvas as well as the Watercolor Pencil.  I have been doing this for the last 4 1/2  years.