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

The Spotted Piglet

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

$100 plus shipping

To purchase please contact me - aldisdl@hotmail.com

A little piggie enjoying some sunshine. 

Benny, 1/17/2013

Benny, 6"x6" Oil on hardboard panel

Chewie, 1/14/2013

Chewie, 6"x6" oil on hardboard panel

Russ, 1/10/2013

Russ, 6"x6" Oil on hardboard panel

ButterBean 1/5/2013

ButterBean, 6"x6" oil on hardboard panel

Along the Bike Path

 During a hot spell in May I went out to paint with Diana Moses Botkin. I'm still relatively new to the area so I just thought to drive out towards Troy, ID. There is a bike path that parallels the road all the way to Troy, and I was able to pull into a little parking area. We walked a little way up the bike path near a cluster of trees. A bunch of cyclists passed us, with a number of "thumbs up" - thankfully we left enough room for them to fly past us.

All work is available - please email me: aldisdl@hotmail.com

Palouse Trees, 7"x5" Oil on Ampersand Hardboard Panel

$45 unframed plus shipping

Palouse Path, 5"x7" Oil on Ampersand Hardboard Panel

$45 unframed plus shipping

May's Plein Air

 A couple small works from last month's adventures plein air with Diana Moses Botkin and Aaron Cordell Johnson.
To purchase please contact me - aldisdl@hotmail.com

On the Ridge, 6"x 7 3/4" Oil on MDF panel

$45, unframed, plus shipping

Yellow Flags, 6"x 7 3/4", Oil on MDF panel

$45, unframed, plus shipping

The Wild and The Refined

I've had the happy opportunity to paint Plein-Air with Diana Moses Botkin as well as Aaron C Johnson. It's been a great week. I am thrilled to paint along side these talented artists. I'll post the results of my outdoor adventures soon, but until then, enjoy these 8x10s. Oil on Canvasboard, Unframed. Available at $40 each, $5 shipping.

To Purchase, please email me: aldisdl@hotmail.com

Forest Funghi

Palouse Tree - the Way to Uniontown, WA

In the Shade, Meridian Park, Seattle

Stone Lantern, Kubota Garden, Seattle

 And please visit Diana's and Aaron's websites! Diana's website: www.dianamosesbotkin.com Aaron's website: www.cordellart.com

Outside & Inside

With Spring in full swing and Summer close behind - the lure of painting outdoors and recuperating inside afterwards. Oil on Canvasboard, 8"x10", unframed. $40 plus $5 shipping. To purchase contact me: aldisdl@hotmail.com

11/17/11 - 8 of 30 - Luna Moth on Money Pouch

Luna Moth & Money Pouch

Oil on Found Paper and Canvas Board, 8"x10"

SOLD

11/11/11 - 2 of 30 - Red Floral Still Life

Oil on Canvas Board, 8"x10"/$40 plus $5 shipping (US)

Direct Painting Class with Barbara Fugate, Session 1 & 2

Session 2 - Oil on Canvas 28"x20"
Approx 2.5 hours

The Challenge in this painting was to work with line/contour line. We initially stained the canvas using paint, dipping our rags in mineral spirits. The focus was to get the big shapes of light & dark, positive and negative down first. We each chose a color scheme - I picked a Secondary Triadic of Green/Orange/Violet. The next step was to use line, of varying weight, color (intensity, value) to emphasize and activate the forms. Barbara showed us artwork by Matisse, Max Beckmann, Gauguin, Oskar Kokoshka, Alice Neel and others.

Session 2, Detail 1

Session 2, Detail 2

Session 1 - Oil on Canvas, 24"x24"
Approx 2h

In our first Direct Painting class we were challenged to simplify the forms we saw into simple, big shapes of light and shadow. We each picked a complementary color scheme - mine was Red/Green. We also had to try to find a Figure-Ground relationship - by adding greens into the figure I incorporated colors from the background into the main figure. We looked at the San Francisco Bay Area Painters (Joan Brown, Terry St. John, Paul Wonner), Leland Bell & Elmer Bishoff.

Session 1, Detail