Ode to Charlie's Ties SoLD

I painted this yesterday, on my 4th day of captivity, due to "the" blizzard. I hung an old white blouse of mine on the curtian rod with the reddest ties i have in my collection. The photo is kinda dull.. I'll retake it if the sun ever shines again...

I could go somewhere today, i guess.

Winter on 10th Street SOLD

Merry Christmas.. we are snowed in altho Carl is blowing the white stuff over into a pile..

I haven't painted for a couple of weeks.. This one is from 2002.. it has the "feeling.."

Sold

Who, me???

I attended the Red River Watercolor Soc annual Christmas pot luck tonight.. They awarded me the "Silver Brush" award... i was stunned, as i didn't think i was that great of a member, apparently, some folks think i am..
i am pleased!!

"The Shadow Knows" SOLD

I really love how this turned out. This was started it in a workshop about 20 years ago.. I repainted all of it except for that wonderful shed.. Some of the strokes, which were wicked, show through and that is neat!!

Sold

Frau Lucy sold at cormorant show

Just for fun, I'm going to post some older work.. it was kinda like remodeling outfits..they gave me great stress-free pleasure. This has been cropped a couple of times.

Church then, Museum Now!! DONATED

I got so carried away with Langdon Paintings, I forgot to add this oil painting I did, probably about 35 years ago. I was the first baby baptized in this church and Carl and I were the last couple married in this church.. It was build using field rocks and is a fantastic historical building.

Donated to the Museum on 9/2/13 

I took down my show at Elim N.H. yesterday.. i sold "Apple Basket".. whee!!

Thank you, Rita, for putting my site in the local paper.. I do make cards from most of my paintings.. email me if you want something.. i will answer!!! judicarl@cableone.net

Apple for Pie

I took a one-day colored pencil workshop on Tuesday from George Ponomis.. several of us drove to C0rmorant Village and had a great workshop at their community center. what a lovely place for a class with all the wonderful windows and scenery..

I really enjoyed working with pencils.. George gave us a lot of information in one day....

Cafe & Music GIFTED

I have to thank my brother, Ken, for stopping the car long enough for me to jump out and take a photo of this cafe while sight seeing in St Louis, Missouri.

I painted a grid first using primary colors.. then painted the "cafe" and the little musician. Gift to a great sis-in-law!!

Note cards

My note cards will be for sale at the Hjemkomst Interpretive Center gift shop. I was pleased to be asked. Again the "nostalgia" card came into play...

"The Gathering" SOLD

Soak the paper: Press the paper: Gather the leaves: Press the leaves: Paint the leaves: Stamp the leaves on the paper: Draw around the leaves: Paint between the leaves: Saran Wrap the paint: Blow dry the Saran Wrap: Result? A Painting of Leaves... Fun to do and great colors!!

Sold

Flour Sack Kids, 1943

Painted this back in 1998.. love it. took it from a photo of my brothers and me. Our dear Mother made all those outfits from floursacks, i am sure..
"We've come a long way, Baby"

Afternoon Delight SOLD

As I was looking thro my files to get the "Langdon Series" paintings, I found this one. One of my all time favorites. It was accepted into the RedRiver Watercolor Soc National Exhibition 5 years ago. It tells a story that could take place in Langdon, also.......... SOLD

For those of you that don't know, Langdon, ND is my home town... you may have guessed, if you are reading my blog.

The Presbyterian Church of Langdon SOLD

I was commissioned to do this painting.. Took photos myself, but had to find old photos of the steeple, which had been removed.

SOLD

UCT Hotel SOLD

"Langdon Series"

There were a lot of comments on this painting.. funny how more people remember the hotel than the Churches..

SOLD

St Alponsus School SOLD

I was able to capture this image from an old postcard i found in with my junk. This was b/4 the cafeteria was built onto the building. The nuns lived on the 4th floor. I remember being sent up there with a message once and peeked into one of their "cubes" where they slept -- dark, small, dreary.. .

I met Carl here under the evil eye of Sister St James. SOLD

St Alphosus Church SOLD

I like this painting a lot.. good old Catholic memories are coming back to me.. I do remember having to go to Mass every morning and one day, as I was going up the steps, I looked down and I had one black shoe and one beige shoe on.. and I am sure my hair was greasy..

"Good Morning, Sister," "Good Morning, Father"

SOLD

The Boyd Building donated

Boyd's? JCPenny's? Lots of memories in this building. It went up in smoke a few years ago. It was a landmark on Main Street, that is for sure.

More of my "Langdon Series"

Donated to Northern Lights Art Council, Langdon 125th Celebration .. was raffled..

LHS DONATED

The "old" Langdon Hi school building as I remember it from the 50's. Walking up the sidewalk to class are a football hero and a cheerleader from the past.. Cool!!

Donated to Langdon Art Council raffle  7-13

CourtHouse SOLD

"Langdon Series". I vaguely remember this beautiful building being tore down and replaced by a "modern" flat rather ugly building back in the early 50's.. I used some old photos in some memory book published long ago for this painting reference. SOLD

"Coming Soon" SOLD

This was my first attempt at starting to paint "Langdon" stuff. It has brought me great success, in fact, Carol H purchased it b/4 she saw it. Love that girl..

"The Fly" which I saw in the Roxy, scared the pants off me. Not literally, tho.

Gee, I noticed it is dated '99.. 10 years ago. Where does the time go??? SOLD

Roxy 2 SOLD

Yes, this was the second painting of the Roxy. I really had fun putting all those little light bulbs on there, then. I think I painted this in 2001 or so. I am so impressed that the theator was re-opened and is in full operation, thanks to some dedicated Langdon folks. SOLD

The Roxy 3 SOLD

Remember Swede?

The reason this is Roxy 3 is (dah) it was the 3rd time I painted the memorable old theator.. It proudly hangs in the Johnson abode in Langdon... SOLD

Cities Service SOLD

I have had some requests to include my "Langdon Series" paintings on my blog. I did most of them 5 or so years ago and they were a "hit" at the centennial celebration there. We all remember "fillin' her up" or just putting in 75 cents worth of gas at the end of Main Street.

SOLD   12-11-'12

Stuff Around the House in the 70's

I was looking thro old sketch books and found this sketch I had drawn 35 years ago or so. We still have this stuff around the house, except for the little goose. That was a time when we all had decorated our nests with crafty geese, remember??

youtube

Well, I found out today that my nephew and his new wife's first dance is on Youtube. Great moves, Pete..........

Exhibit

During the month of November, my art will be exhibited at Elim Nursing Home here in Fargo, then. As my friend, Diane and I were hanging my paintings, there seemed to be a lot of excitement about the subject matter and the colors i use. Nostalgia rules in a nursing home.....

"Protrait of a Cement Truck" DONATED

This great old truck was parked in our neighborhood for a couple of days. Someone got a new driveway, I guess. Anyway, I sketched it and used some of my new watercolor paints that I had ordered from Cheap Joe's. I have a weakness for new tubes of watercolor. Need I say more????????  In 2010, I added some more colors to this painting..  esp the sky.. 

Donated to Pekin Auction 2014

"What, Me Worry??" SOLD at Edgewood 2017

"Mind, Body and Spirit" was the theme for a show I had entered. This dear lady depicts the worries, loneliness, problems of aging. I enjoy painting faces, hands, sweaters, quilts, purses, cups, hankies, etc. etc.

Twisted Pretty DONATED

I started this watercolor painting on a "paint out" a couple of summers ago. We went to a nursery and set up our easels, paints and snacks.. it was great fun. I painted, what i thought would be a fun, easy floral. It started out with red flowers with a dull background. I messed around with this picture for a long time.. had fun putting the circles and lines in the background. My friend, Bobbie, also an artist, suggested I make the flowers white.(using acrlyic paint) I then put the dark square behind.. it was a fun process. Donated to Lion's Club Auction.

North on Hwy 75 SOLD

Driving back from visiting our daughter and her family one Sunday, there had just been a good old Minnesota summer rain storm. And guess what? I had my camera. The sky was incredible and the pavement had many colors and shadows. I added the old vehicle for interest. This is an acrylic painting on canvas.

"The End of a Relationship" GIFTED

This is an acrylic painting--the background is done with stamping color over a darker hue. I had taken a photo of these trashcans about 30 years ago, they had weeds, mums, grass in them and i thought it would be fun to have the flowers look like fancy roses. This work has great colors in it.

Gift to a sweet niece in Alaska

"Whistler's Father" SOLD

I really love painting "folks" . I got this idea from a picture in an old farm magazine. In the picture he was reading, I think, but i felt that peeling potatoes would be appropriate.. I painted the stove, radio and wood pile from my memories of childhood.. oh, and the coal bucket. I sold this one at our annual 8th Street Show.

Fishing Cove SOLD

This is the other side of the painting "Asleep at the Wheel" It reminds me of some scenes we saw in Alaska. I really like this painting-- the sand and rocks were left from the original painting. I love to remodel and change some of my work. I sold this in Langdon a couple of years ago. yes, in Langdon...

"Asleep at the Wheel" DONATED

This started out to be a painting of a cliff and ocean.. i made 2 paintings out of one.. (cut it in half) .. I saw this jacket in a catalogue and made up the cowboy. I didn't really mean for him to look like he was asleep.. Love painting cowboy hats. I donated this to a "cause".. don't remember what.. kinda wish i had it back!!! So it goes!!

Really Huge Floral SOLD

This painting has gone thro many, many changes. It started out with all the flowers the same color and the vase was glass.. i tried very hard to put the stems in that vase.. ugly, ugly. I had stamped the back ground with acrylic paint and really liked it. I colored up the flowers and fixed the vase.. wah lah, a really huge floral.. SOLD

old red bike GIFTED

I sketched and started this little painting at my "Thursday art group" and finished it when i got home that day.. I used an old photo of a rusty, neglected old Hiawatha bike, that i had taken in the bush somewhere.. since i haven't been in the bush lately.. who knows.?? I love the red against the green fence. Do newer bikes have that old spring under the seat? Doubt it...

Gift to niece Becky

"Tennessee Waltz sold

My parents: My Dad loved to play the violin and my Mom loved him. I used a photo, taken by my brother, Paul, during their visit to his home in Tennessee, to paint this. Their favorite song was always "The Tennessee Waltz". This painting is a tribute to them and the good life and morals they shared with my brothers and me. There are tears.........

SOLD to my bro, Ken.

Pots and Plants SOLD IN HAWLEY

This is a result of a "paint out" with the watercolor society in 2007. We went to a nursery and it was 95 degrees that day. This arrangement of pots was in the hot house, obviously I took a snapshot (after I had sketched it) and finished it at home in the A/C. I won a merit award and sold it at a show last year.

Street Fair Folks gifted

This painting is a collaboration of 4 photos I have taken visiting street fairs. I couldn't resist painting the man on the left, as he looked even sillier in real life. I can hear the 2 ladies "tsk, tsk-ing" as they observed the entertainment.

This work was a gift to some dear friends.

Apple Basket SOLD

I painted this years ago during a 2-hour workshop using the Seurat's pointillism style, only with me it was more square-illism. I later "colored the painting up" with stamping and more pigment. Tell me the truth, are the apples a little too shiny? Maybe if i painted one 1/2 eaten, it would be more appealing...... sold

Back Home

It has been a week since i returned from my wonderful weekend in North Carolina, attending my nephew, Pete Geisen's wedding. It was a great weekend, with parties, dinners, dances, tours, golf, brunches planned for the whole time. Loved it.
I didn't read the invite very well as i thought it was to be held at a place called Rambling Waldo.. (It was at Rumbling Bald Resort, where some scenes from "Dirty Dancing" were filmed) .. anyway, I told a lady on the plane about Rambling whatever and she had never heard of it. She was from Charolette, NC.. Must learn to keep my mouth shut.
Best part of the trip was reconnecting with my 4 brothers and their wives, plus nieces and nephews, that I don't see very often. Sons, Matt and Wade and families were also there.. it was wonderful. Pete and his wife, Emily, were so elegant and their first dance was so 'cool' ------ let's hope it doesn't end up on YouTube..

"Dancing with the Folks" SOLD

This watercolor painting was so much fun to do. Nostalgia all over the place. Elders like to dance too, don't you know. And you can bet the music is good.

SOLD

" The Coneflowers Out Front" DONATED

Painted our coneflowers last summer in watercolor. Love the brick as a background. Not really a "flower" painter but occasionally these small florals come in handy.

For what, you ask?

Donated to Atonement Church Auction.. 3-11

"Old Golfers Never Die, They Just Dress Funny" DONATED

I painted this many years ago and recently revised it using some acrylics plus I did a sex change on the one with the yellow skirt. It originally was of 2 men visiting and I had entitled it "It must be your birthday, your farts smell like cake"

Not nice, but funny??? I donated this to the Pekin Art Auction.

Flowers, Squared SOLD

I took a "plein air" (painting outside) workshop last year.. I painted inside!! someone had brought a bouquet of flowers and i painted them and added the dark square afterwards and that really made the painting special. A sweet friend purchased it last weekend.

SOLD

"The Demise of Emil's Place" SOLD @ 7-day clinic 3-14..

This is a watercolor of a childhood neighbor's farm as it was being demolished. I loved the blue and orange walls and the North Dakota sky. It is a reminder of what has happened to so many farms in rural America.  6-5-13 I took this painting our of the frame and added a lot of color, esp the sky. I was going to paint a new painting on the back but I really like it now and will probably exhibit it as something new??? ya' think??

SOLD

"Breakfast always tastes better with a cap on" SOLD

The object of this watercolor is to tell a story.. a small town story. It was so fun to paint the cinnamon rolls and coffee cups.. In my heart, I believe that their wives are still in bed.. let's hope so!! The cook does not look happy.

It received Best of Show in the Jamestown, ND art show this spring. Juror was Walter Piehl Jr., no less.......
Sold at Pekin show June 2010

Lone Chair

WOW! i just figured out how to move these photos after they are cropped... ignore next statement..(i have cropped these photos but when they are moved to this site the go back to original.. oh well, i am pleased i can do this much...)

I did this watercolor last week, from a photo i had taken 10-15 years ago while antiquing in Minnesota Lake Country.. meant to make a quilt on the chair but my mind wouldn't let me.. so we have pink/purple!!

Iris 3 GIFTED

If I do paint flowers, they are flowers that i have met personally in our yard. This small watercolor was done this summer at the peak of bloom. Tried to "save the whites" of the paper..
Wedding Gift

Veggie Boy SOLD

I painted this from a photo i took at a paint out on a farm about 10 years ago.. He was a member's grandson and he undoubtedly grew up to be a farmer. His expression is comical, to say the least. I sold this painting at the Pekin, ND art show this year. whee!!

SOLD

The Repair Man Lost It ! !

Yes, yes, i know, tool belts don't match the sofa... geez, i painted it anyway. I took a photo of this lying on our driveway a long time ago. I don't remember what the fix-it man was fixing. I just love painting leather with watercolors and had a great time painting the gadgets, etc.

3/18/2011--REVISITED this painting and put in a dark background!!

The Home Place

Home is where the Heart is!! I entered a show and the theme was "home" so this painting was a must-do.. I took this photo when my folks had just moved off the farm. Back when they had painted the house red, it was like a beating heart on the prairie. Wonderful memories are stirred when I look at it.

Floral Cluster SOLD

I started this painting at an "art retreat" using a photo belonging to the instructor. I used the grid technique, as you can see if you look closely, using 3 colors. Blue, yellow-orange and violet.. finished at home. SOLD

"Lookin' her over" DONATED

Since I love painting oldish cars.. for this watercolor, I actually used a photo from the sports page (yes, the sports page)--of a car race-- i cleaned them up and used brighter primary colors. The gas station, pumps and people are from my imagination..

Donated to Pekin Art Auction

"Never too Young to do Chores" SOLD

I enjoyed painting this watercolor, using a very small black/white photo of my hubbie, Carl, and his uncle Leo. I loved experimenting with the reds on the barn and also attempting to make the painting look cold, like a winter morning.. I exhibited it in the Pekin, ND, art show and was awarded 2nd place in Watercolor Division. Oh and yes, Walter Piehl, Jr. was the Juror.. ahum!!
SOLD @ my reception..