Ducky #4 - Put A Bow on It

Ducky #4 - Put A Bow on It

Approx 4"x3" oil on panel

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Ducky #3 - Chevron Stripe

Ducky #3 - Chevron Stripe

Approx 4"x3" Oils on panel

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Piggy Bank

Piggy Bank

Approx 4"x3" oils on 1/4" MDF panel

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Suckers

Suckers

Approx 4"x3" oils on 1/4" MDF panel

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Ducky #2 - Raindrops Keep Falling on My Head

Ducky #2 - Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head

Approx 4"x3" oils on 1/4" MDF panel

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First Ducky of the New Year - Shake Your Tail Feathers!

Shake Your Tail Feathers

Ducky #1 01/01/2015

2 7/8"x 3 3/4"- Oils on 1/4" MDF panel

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$25 (unframed) plus Shipping

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Small Works (3"x3" 3/4) - Chinese Lantern

Warm Glow (Chinese Lantern)

Oil on Panel -  Unframed, $25 plus $5 Shipping

Not a New Year's Resolution... Why not a Painting Challenge?

Rubber Ducky, You're The One... 

30 paintings in 30 days

(The Leslie Saeta 30 in 30 January 2015 Challenge)

2014 has been busy - not as much with art related ventures, but with family life. My baby girl, Penny, turned one yesterday. We survived our First Year as parents! Yaay!

I did not post since the Grab Bag Challenge - mostly because everything went into overdrive. The Creative Shop (https://www.facebook.com/lcvalleycreativeshop) went into overdrive with events, press releases, ArtWalk, the holidays, more press releases.. Finally now as we come close to Christmas, we all get a chance to breathe. 

I thought very hard about this Challenge - and figured out a compromise. I have over 100 3"x 3 3/4" hardboard panels. And since the last Challenge (The Grab Bag Challenge) I have been thinking about Rubber Duckies. I'm going to do 30 paintings based on this Rubber Ducky. 

All paintings for sale - $25 plus shipping. So subscribe to my blog and stay up to date for the latest and greatest. Because you know you need a Rubber Ducky in your life. 

CanvasBoard and its discontents.

I'm hoping this gets me back to posting on a more regular basis. I thought, on Mondays, I would share some of my tools in my painting/art process. It's the beginning of the work week, so why not start by getting your materials prepped? Why? Because I love the process.

I'm part of an art Co-Op here in Lewiston, ID - The Creative Shop. (in Morgans Alley, Downtown Lewiston) We offer "Challenges" every couple months. It draws in a number of artists from the area - the current challenge - "Grab Bag" Challenge, has over 46 people participating.

Each artist picked a number and got a bag of materials with the matching number, as well as "an inspirational object". I picked #42. (yes, my age)

In my bag:
1 (9x9) deep gallery wrap canvas
1 (11x14) canvasboard
2 (5x7) folded cards
4 (2.5x3.5) ATC cards
5 (4x4) canvasboards

My inspirational object? A polished (aka tumbled) river rock - deep blood red, cream stripe... funny I got the rock because it was one of the objects I donated! It was meant to be.

So - I started idea generating and decided to get started on the 4x4 canvasboards. I really don't like canvasboards. However, they are cheap & light. Great for schlepping out for plein air painting, great for studies and experiments - and if you hate it, just pitch it.

The problem I have with canvasboard is the amount of "tooth" from the primed canvas. I spend a lot of my time fighting this texture, and it's annoying (to me) to see it in the finished piece. I've worked with canvasboard for a number of Challenges (here and in Seattle) and I was given this particular tip by another participating artist. Acrylic Modeling Paste!

Using your handy palette knife (see above) apply a "skim coat" of acrylic modeling paste to the canvasboard. Not thick, but enough to fill up that canvas texture. Let dry, sand. Add another layer if desired. Seal with two or three coats of acrylic gesso. I know it seems redundant to re-gesso, since the boards arrive pre-primed. But the modeling paste is a little abrasive to paint on, the second layer of gesso helps.

Let dry - and you are ready to create! Oh - if you don't like regular Modeling Paste there is a "Light" Modeling Paste, that works just as well.

The Grab Bag Challenge will be up for our ArtWalk in September. If everyone actually turns in everything - we will potentially have almost 700 pieces for show & sale! Where will we put all the artwork? Stay tuned!

Acceptance

Acceptance, M and Her Mom, Oil on Canvas, 24"x 30" Commission

Detail

I rarely do portraits of people. It's too fraught with untold psychological issues. I find working with animals to be much easier. Perhaps it's just a mental hurdle, after all, "people are basically orange" (from my teacher, Jon de Martin of the NYAA) 

However, this double portrait is special to me. It was commissioned by the sitter in violet, I will call her M. M is a trans-woman. She recently made the change. She lives here in Idaho - a brave soul to make such a life/body altering decision. She wanted a painting to show her new self, and we talked over some different ideas - until she showed me the reference photograph that eventually was the source of this painting. 

This was the day she "came out" to her mother. And what I saw was unquestioning love, and it was powerfully beautiful. Her mother passed away not long after. I made a couple changes to the reference image - they were not holding hands, and both the mom's hands were hidden. I had friends help me create a close approximation. It's not perfect, but M was happy, so I shall be too. It was hard to let go of this one.

Here's Looking At You, Kid.

Nez Perce Horses, 9"x12" Oil on Canvas

SOLD

I was fortunate to have the opportunity last year to visit the Nez Perce horses while they were still in Lapwai, ID. They were for the most part, very friendly and curious. I believe these four were some of the guys. The girls were much more skittish. The Nez Perce horses are a mix of the Appaloosa horse and an Akhal-Teke, a central asian breed. I hope I can photograph them again when they return to Lapwai in the Fall. 

Paintings on Fabric, Part Deux

More mini paintings on cotton fat quarters! 4"x4" paintings on gallery wrap canvas. Hanging hardware (sawtooth hanger) included. $35 plus shipping.

To purchase please contact me - aldisdl@hotmail.com - include image title in subject line.

They Call It Camouflage - 4"x4" Oil on fabric & gallery wrap canvas

$35 plus shipping

Moving On Up - 4"x4" Oil on fabric & gallery wrap canvas

$35 plus shipping

Here's Looking At You, Kid - 4"x4" Oil on fabric & gallery wrap canvas

$35 plus shipping

Tiny Bubbles - 4"x4" Oil on fabric & gallery wrap canvas

$35 plus shipping

Up & Away - 4"x4" Oil on fabric & gallery wrap canvas

$35 plus shipping

Painting on Fabric

For the love of pattern... Acrylic painting, sealed, on cotton fabric ("fat quarters"), on 4"x4", 1.5" deep - gallery wrap canvas, ready to hang (sawtooth hanger)

 $35 each plus shipping. To purchase, contact me - aldisdl@hotmail.com 

Bluebird -SOLD

Dotty the Giraffe -SOLD

Making Waves - SOLD

Barn Owl

Barn Owl, 6"x6" Oil on Hardboard panel

SOLD

The Spotted Piglet

The Spotted Piglet, 6"x6" Oil on hardboard panel

$100 plus shipping

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A little piggie enjoying some sunshine. 

Floral Extravaganza, SALE!

A selection of works that I have accumulated over the past couple years. I just realized that I have done a bunch of florals! Some of the artwork includes frames, if you would like to see how it looks framed, please email me and I will send you an image. All artwork will be varnished with GAMVAR prior to shipping to keep the colors bright. All work will be shipped via USPS Priority Mail or UPS and I will send you the tracking # so we can both manically track their progress. 

Email me at aldisdl@hotmail.com if you would like to add one of my flower arrangements to your own art collection. 

Lavender Tulip, 6"x6" Oil on Canvasboard

Unframed, $45 plus $10 shipping

"Hot Chocolate" Rose, 12"x9" Oil on Canvasboard

Framed (15 1/2" x 12 1/2") SOLD

Pink Cyclamen, 8"x10" Oil on Canvasboard

Unframed, $40 plus $10 shipping

Dahlia, 10"x10" Oil on stretched Canvas

Unframed, $75 plus $15 shipping

Iris Bouquet, 8"x10" Oil on Canvasboard

Unframed, $40 plus $10 shipping

Jonquils, 8"x8" Oil on Stretched Canvas

Unframed, SOLD

Fuschias 1, 9"x9" Oil on Stretched Canvas

Framed, $75 plus $15 shipping

Fuschias 2, 9"x9" Oil on Stretched Canvas

Framed, $75 plus $15 shipping

Fuschias on Glitter, 10"x8" Oil on decorative paper over Canvasboard

Unframed, $40 plus $10 shipping

Xayxayx, Owyhee Pack

Xayxayx, Owyhee Pack

8"x8" Oil on hardboard panel, Unframed

Archival Prints Available starting at $30. 

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Xayxayx is one of the wolves followed by the Wolf Education and Research Center (WERC) in Winchester, ID. You can follow WERC on FaceBook. 

10 (8x8) Canvases - $30 each!

PWA Project - 10 Artworks, 30 hours, $30 each

8"x8" Gallery Wrap (1.5" deep) Canvases, Cotton Fabric, Acrylics

So, I missed the hanging deadline. I finished these two days after the drop off date. I can't blame anyone but myself, but, in my defense, life has thrown me some big curve balls recently. Not bad stuff, just, stuff that keeps me from painting & creating. 

These 10 paintings are all done on 8"x8" Gallery Wrap Canvases that I covered with Cotton Fat Quarters from the fabric store. The original concept was to create origami animals and paint them but I realized I just wanted to paint animals - birds and insects. This is one of the few times I have painted exclusively in Acrylics. That might change, but I like the set so far. I just really dig pattern. 

If you are interested in purchasing, please email me - aldisdl@hotmail.com (please put 8"x8" canvas in the Subject line) they are all $30 each plus shipping. 

Enjoy!

Two Little

Two Little, 10"x8" oil on stretched canvas, commission

This is Two Little, a sweet little yorkie who has crossed the Rainbow Bridge. As a pet portrait artist I am often asked to paint dearly loved pets that are no longer with us. I still feel that I captured some of this little guy's sparkly personality. 

And I also realized that this is the third yorkie I have painted since January. 

Plein Air 2013 - Cloud Chasing

On Monday I went painting Plein Air for the first time this year, with my friend (hardcore plein air painter) Aaron Johnson. We drove out to a nice lookout spot on the old Pullman Highway, then raced back to his studio to pick up a Grad Student (painting) from the U of I - then back out for one more quick painting... Aaron is a whirlwind of paint and brushes - you have to be when you are trying to capture clouds. Below are my ventures, check out Aaron's wonderful painterly paintings on his website: www.cordellart.com 

Take Me To Your Leader (or Feed Me Seymour) Cloud Formation #1

6"x6",Oil on hardboard panel

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Clouds above the Palouse 2 , 6"x8" Oil on canvasboard

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View from Old Pullman Highway, 8"x8" Oil on hardboard panel

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