The Bling Buffet Merit award @ Hawley Art Show 4-17.. whee!!!

Oh, my, I enjoyed painting this. I took some photos @ the Bling Show I was in and used them as references.   As usual, I love painting body language of folks in our world,( unless they are carrying assault weapons, of course.......)

N.D. Snow geek

This is my original Christmas card for an exchange  @ one of the Christmas parties I'll be going to this month.. down side: they are pot- luck.. so, also have to take chips...

Tiny Birches

our "Thursday " group all painted birch trees last week. This is 5"x 7" on a scrap piece of w/c paper.. it was fun.

Gary's folks

This is a watercolor commission for an artist friend. The photo reference he sent me was great, taken in early '40s when photos were clear in black & white. I enjoyed doing it.

Getting Bling Ready SOLD

Was asked to exhibit my stuff in the Bling Showcase this weekend.  My farm themed work is what I love, but I painted this for fun. We will see how that will work for me..

this painting was a little "too pink"  I dabbled with the background, it helped, I think.

Alaska in autumn sold

our art group have been listening to Barb N lately as she has done classes & demos of landscapes and the importance of values.  This is a watercolor I did this week, using a photo that my son, Matt took while visiting his bro, Mikey. .I used that neutral tint watercolor pigment again. .love it..

Dresden SOLD

This is an acrylic of the Dresden Catholic church (where carl and I got married in 1961)..it is a commission.   I used the oil painting I did of this in the 70s as a reference. .it is a wonderful museum now...it was built with field stones in the 30s.

Cormorant tulips Gifted

Day one of karen's workshop, we all painted tulips over a design that allowed us to save the light path (whites) and just use 3 primary colors..I used neutral tint as my blue pigment..interesting results..fun to do. Beth, my daughter, has this in her new office @ edgewood vista, in a frame that her dad made..looks nice. ..

Transpearant sold

Attended a fun 3 day workshop @ cormorant village, with Karen Knutson. .we all painted the same image, using the illusionary technic.. design, light path and using only 3 colors.  What fun!!!!
SOLD at Edgewood Vista   4-18

Rural elevators 3 SOLD

My friend, Bobbie and I are so lucky to be able to take this workshop. First day, buildings & sky in thick wonderful acrylic paint. I used pallette knife on this.  Anda suggested we all use the "stay wet" pallette.   Wow, the paints stay Luscious.  I used a photo I took 20 years ago and I can't remeber what town, somewhere between fargo & langdon. .

Oregon bridge SOLD

Day 3 of Anda Styler workshop. .painting water, or as Anda, from the east coast says, "waada" . up & down strokes for water, new concept for me..it turned out loverly...

Dappled chair SOLD @ Gallery4 7-21

Day 2, I love this one. Other artists "dappled" on buildings mostly. This is from a photo I took in 1996 in Moorhead state art room. Acrylic is fun..

The sky is the limit SOLD at Edgewood 5-18

The 4th day we studied clouds. I used Marilyn' s photo. It was too close to add any ground stuff..I thought I'd add a plane or maybe a stork holding a baby..I know, I'm weird. .

the "farmer,s daughter" syndrome keep popping up  when I paint..

PEARS, again?? Sold @ Bismarck show

I said to myself, " Judi, you going to do the pear thing again?" I said "ok".  This one is for the annual square foot show in Bismarck. .

Love ,music,dance gifted

I had sketched this from a car ad in a magazine and then painted it in watercolor . .I loved the body language and the purple jacket..added the notes 'cause it needed a little more. More can be less-- that makes no sense. .

gas station in 1945 SOLD

Another small old painting I found in an old sketch book..framing it to send to an art show ($25 or less art section).. I think I used an old Langdon photo as my inspiration. . Loved the "cigarette attitude ", so common @ that time.

summer rides Sold @ cormorant show

Another old small painting that I worked on this week.. adding a house & some cloud action.. this could be discribed as "cute" --

not good.

Still Life w Posies Donated

This is an old watercolor painting that I jazzed up using some acrylics..I enjoy doing this...

Chicken Magnet Sold in Langdon, as well...

6-9-17  Once again redoing paintings.. I really changed this rooster's attitude. in fact he is a different guy altogether.  Loved the background so didn't mess with that.  

Using my drawing from "Mister R", I did it again in acrylic..I got a little carried away on the background, using kleenex, old stamps, glazing and sweat..

Well, this rooster put on some weight since last year.  i painting over some of this today, hoping to improve it yet again.  as i added this photo, the original one disappeared, darn!!  Not sure if it was an improvement or not.  so love the background.  

Mr.Greenie ordering a grasshopper SOLD

I thought I'd paint him again. . He seems to be hanging on a bar asking for a drink..

I need a title..?? wedding gift...

I got the idea for this from a foreign film I was watching. I took a photo of the image on the TV screen, very blurred and weird but loved painting the window, especially. . But I don't have a title.   Guy in a suit on a bike?? Not the norm, here in ND, for sure.

I darkened the weak shadows, after Anda's workshop, I'm darkening a lot of weakness in my work. .

Farm Buildings Sold

This is a watercolor I did on #300 paper last night, after I scrubbed the pigment off a painting I did @ the cormorant workshop 2 summers ago. Those luscious corals & blues were still there. Note: it is kinda the same farm as on my "frog" painting.

Did a little adjustment on this..  May be better, Like the trees better,  Thank you, Dad, for passing your artistic talent onto me and also thanks for the privilege of growing up on a farm..

"the farm frog" traded for pottery

Going through old drawings. Found these farm buildings (love the shapes)..thought I'd do the pears one more time BUT saw my sketch of "greenie", whom I had painted b/4.. and put him on a fence..what fun, huh???
Did a trade for pottery at the cormorant show.

pears & house, then barn, then pears replaced by GOATS??? sold

What? Another pear painting?
This is a good day.. I put wires on 6 paintings all by my little old self..

Revisited and made it more to my liking.  i seem to be obsessed with the barn images.  Pears stayed the same. 

downton abbey fans Gifted to a DA fan...

I know I am getting a little carried away with the pear thing, but, gee,they are fun to paint....

"What's up??" SOLD

I found a sketch of these Herford's among my old art stuff..I drew & painted them in acrylic on this watercolor painting of the fantasy trees, that I didn't like much.. fun!!

Charlies Ties, revisited and gifted

Spent the day going through old works..I did this one in 2008 or 09. I splashed lots of color in background today..I think it helped. Gee, I like color....

farm & pears---- wedding gift

Well, I loved my first "pears with background buildings"..thought I'd do it again..acrylic on wrapped canvas.  Great use of the warm/cool concept, don't ya know..

"people I may know"

I sketched this yesterday @ our art gathering..from random photos I've kept thru the years..aren't they cute??

Neighborhood Watch, 1969 SOLD in pekin 2015

I loved painting this...Mike,Mark H, Wade and Alan G. posing for a photo before the big "battle"..wearing their Dad's military hats. This is my favorite type of subject matter in the whole world..

our yard, last summer Gifted to Carol Olson....

I painted this acrylic from a photo I took of a plant Carl got while he was hospitalized. He loved gardening, raising flowers, tomatoes and horseradish mostly.  We spent most of his last summer on this patio, in our yard..I am sad....

Mister R GIFTED

Enjoyed painting this guy. Will give to matt & pam for being so good to me during my stay in Oregon. I'm hoping it looks a little like the roosters they see in Hawaii. .

"the pear house" GIFT

I painted this acrylic yesterday..Brita bought these luscious bosc pears & I photographed them..plan to do more like this.  Love the small/large concept. .

Costco vacation**

Another watercolor I did today. Saw a photo in the Costco catalog..wha laa!

Just a rusty truck SOLD

A strange little watercolor done to pass the time..am using the sketchbook that my friend, Coni, gave me before I left home.  I'm still in oregon, yes, I am.

"Buoys will be buoys" GIFTED

I painted this acrylic triptych for my son & daughter-in-law's beach home.  Brita and I researched on Google for images of these "bad buoys". The canvases are 11"x 14".. great colors!!

view of the bay gift

this acrylic triptych is my granddaughter Emma's Christmas present ..she wanted it to be of their view @ their beach house, and she wanted it in her room. She and Owen watched me paint it during our week long stay there over Christmas vacation. Their house is on the Salishan spit in Lincoln City, Oregon. I am one lucky grandma.

big eyed fish GIFT

This acrylic triptych is my Christmas present to matt & pam for their bathroom in their  condo. SO much fun to paint.

Brita's vaase!! GIFT

I am posting from my smart phone. This was brita,s Christmas present from me. .just happy I could move it to my blog ..in fact, I am quite proud..

yellow pears DONATED

I painted this in acrylic for an event in emma's school. A silent auction to benifit the music department. .

boat gift

I have been  visiting my family in oregon. I brought a few art supplies  along..I painted this and my daughter in law gave it to her friend for Christmas.