Behind Purple Doors

 Oh yes, had some magenta (from iris painting)  left on my palette..  and some 11"x14" canvas boards that needed to be primed.  i love painting doors and windows. tried to make it look old and weathered.  love the doors but not sure about the window..  geez  

Just 2 irises

 

Flower Power, huh?  photo is pale.  i plan to put a free frame on it.  planned to spray paint wood frame white and it took me an hour to get the lid off the spray can..  longer that it took me to paint the irises..  

draw-me

added color and specs  yes, I know they are askew.. 

 fun day.  we had a mini workshop with the infamous Jackie Anderson, drawing our portraits using a hand mirror.   What a variety of artwork there was at the end of the session.  i spent more time on my earrings, than on my wrinkles..  

Nature's Touch Down

 Had this free canvas that was painted really blue for awhile..

  On the trip back home from Hawley art show last week, the sunset was so spectacular that i just had to paint what was in my memory of it.   Well, i had planned to put the infamous farm scene in foreground..  but i decided to paint it ochre-ish first.  I spritzed it for some reason and got those little ghost trees..    Happy accident???   

Purple Faire #2

 I painted this a while ago.. took it out of the frame/matt and saw that it is square..  more background..  i darkened and lightened areas, added more color..   i may frame it square.  have always loved it.   

Bloomin' Early

I painted this Saturday during my stint at West Acres Mall.  i dug up some old photos  of our irises for reference .. I visited with a lot of folks at the mall.  It was fun, as usual.   

White of the paper usually does not photograph well.. ugh..   but I photographed this outside so flash wasn't as strong ..  yes, outside...  

Willie-Nillie Gifted

 i painted this at West Acres Mall in the art room where G4 members are exhibiting for a month.  We are taking turns demo-ing.. is that a word?  anyway, this looks like Willie is going in for a colonoscope, by the expression on his face.. not my best work..   

Crow Envy 2 new title "Crow Bros"

 I remodeled my Crow Envy that i painted a couple of year ago for the Crow Show at the Spirit room.  They needed something added.  My friend Marcy suggested hats and i went for it.  also redid the background. 

  i thought about calling them Jim and Donald Crow.  but i opted not to..   eek   

Wonky Waters

 Started out as something to do while at the weekly get together at the Hjemkomst.  i sketched the boats off my phone photo of Nova Scotia painting.   tried to keep it watery and loose.. "Good Luck with that Judi.."

"No Pancakes For You !"

 

Oh my, this was fun.  Saw a photo of Edith Bunker on a YouTube reel, sitting in my kitchen from the 70's.  I sketched her body language and went crazy with the colors i remember from that era.  yes, we had  avocado and gold appliances and BR fixtures in our first house.  and table cloths and curtains..  

Green is the Chair

 My small bird paintings have not flown out into the world..  i painted this over Dad Bird.  Chair is really green.  in fact, i made scrambled eggs for lunch today and there was a green speck in it.. Spinach?? no.  Broccoli?  no, no.  It was a bit of sap green acrylic from under my fingernails..   

Gnome with grass and weeds

 

this is weird...  i painted this gnome a couple of years ago, during my gnome period..  Showed it around in shows, and at G4..   ANYWAY, today i added the grass and the weed.  Since he already had the mushroom..   He is probably high.   teehee.  

Casino Gals with new frame

 Brought this favorite watercolor out of hiding .. the frame was white and kinda ugly.  I mixed up some acrylic to match some of the greens in the painting and went for it.  .  I know i have always insisted that the frame doesn't count in the scheme of things, but this was fun. 

MY Nova Scotia

Our theme for Feb at G4 is Bucket List.  Since my bucket list has a hole in the bottom, i chose Nova Scotia because it's been on Carl and my list forever and we didn't get there.  i googled a lot of paintings and photos of NS and sketched some of the buildings and boats that apparently are in Peggy's Cove.  Love the primary colors.  
 photo isn't very good 'cause i framed it b/4 i took the photo..   FORGETFUL is the word of the day..  

Storm Clouds Pending

 Another square foot entry for Bismarck Show in May. Used a couple of my cloud photos as reference.  I had used the 1/2 barn idea before.  this is acrylic and kinda startling.   

Off the grid 1-22-24 Changed to "Outside Looking In"

 Acrylic painting for the square foot show in Bismarck this spring.  what can i say?  used a photo i took in Alaska many years ago.  no internet there, then..  

    Photo is quite pale.  too cold to go outside to retake photo..  BRR