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[Joy of Art Forever] Small painting, but POW!

artlove...@aol.com (Lynne) — Mon, 01 Nov 2010 23:13:25 UT

I don't think this looks as good as it does in reallife with its
beautiful silver frame. But you mightenjoy it anyway. My Mother loved
anemonesand this is, of course, such a one! 5" x 7" alkyd on panel

[Joy of Art Forever] No photograph, but wanted to share

artlove...@aol.com (Lynne) — Sun, 31 Oct 2010 15:58:50 UT

Yesterday I started a class with 5 students
called 'Critique and Discussion'. Five students
was the maximum number I thought would
work well. And it did! Very well.
Each person spoke about their background
in art, starting with their childhood endeavors.
It was fascinating to hear how each one had
been affected by their family and environments.

[Joy of Art Forever] The show!

artlove...@aol.com (Lynne) — Fri, 29 Oct 2010 14:46:55 UT

Here are two shots of the recent showdone together with my sister
whodesigns and makes jewelry. It was a good show for us both and we
werehappy to see the return of some folks as well as new people to our
show. Here you have a shot of some of my sister's display area and then
a workin progress on my easel.

[Joy of Art Forever] Small painting of wicker chair

artlove...@aol.com (Lynne) — Fri, 29 Oct 2010 14:44:30 UT

This pretty old wicker chair is in a house on thegrounds of Longwood
Gardens in Pennsylvania.Have a seat in the lovely surroundings...its
froma time gone by, but I think it evokes somethingquite special and
relaxing which perhaps the viewer will experience when looking at this
piece. 5" x 7" oil on panel. "The Wicker Chair"

[Joy of Art Forever] Small painting of beach bunny!

artlove...@aol.com (Lynne) — Thu, 21 Oct 2010 19:22:56 UT

This is my definition of sun-kissedsweetness! What a darling girl,
daughter of a friend of mine. I waswith them all at the beach and
thisis one of my favorite shots of thatlovely week.Oil painting on
panel 5" x 7"It's in the show coming up!

[Joy of Art Forever] Small painting of Butterfly #2

artlove...@aol.com (Lynne) — Wed, 20 Oct 2010 04:04:44 UT

I took a lot of photos of my tree hydrangea and sohave a lot of great
material to paint. Here is yetanother one. The way I would shoot these
photosis that I would drive into my driveway and be veryclose to the
flowering branches. They were loadedwith bees and all manner of flying
insects andbutterflies. It was a great vantage point to getthe

[Joy of Art Forever] Small painting of southwest scene

artlove...@aol.com (Lynne) — Tue, 19 Oct 2010 14:46:53 UT

When I visited Arizona some time ago, I wasdelighted with the crispness
of shadows thatwere so strong they were almost objects
inthemselves.This is another small work I did recently - 5" x 7" on a
panel. Oil and alkyd paint.

[Joy of Art Forever] My sister's jewelry

artlove...@aol.com (Lynne) — Tue, 19 Oct 2010 03:49:11 UT

Just a small sampling of my sister's beautifulwork that she designs and
makes.

[Joy of Art Forever] Small painting of small child!

artlove...@aol.com (Lynne) — Mon, 18 Oct 2010 15:20:36 UT

Thank you all for sending me yourwonderful email comments aboutthese
small paintings. I really appreciateit very much. Now to get you to
commentON the blog itself! Please! Help! This darling child was
listening tomusic not far from her parents.It was a lovely setting at
LongwoodGardens on a perfect summer day.I love her little chubby hand

[Joy of Art Forever] Small painting-Butterfly #1

artlove...@aol.com (Lynne) — Mon, 18 Oct 2010 04:13:12 UT

This summer my tree hydrangea was visited byso many lovely winged
creatures. Here is one ofthem. I had so much fun painting this I had to
do two more. 5' x 7' alkyd painting on panel. I hope some of you who
have seen these smallworks will post your comments as well as sendingme
your lovely emails! Thank you so much for your interest and supportof

[Joy of Art Forever] Small painting of gate

artlove...@aol.com (Lynne) — Sun, 17 Oct 2010 17:42:10 UT

I'm hoping to dazzle you all with my many smallpaintings for my
upcoming show at my studio! I did this subject years ago in watercolor.
I recentlylooked at the photo and fell in love with it all over again.
It was fun to do it with oil/alkyd paint and to use a painting knife
for some of the effects on the gate posts. The color subtleties are

[Joy of Art Forever] Small work - Bench and sprinklers

artlove...@aol.com (Lynne) — Sun, 17 Oct 2010 04:10:38 UT

Here's another of my latest paintings. Again, it's 5" x 7" and on a
panel. This one is mostly oil paint,not alkyd. I had started it a while
ago, but justcompleted it recently doing the water reflection effects.
Fussy work, but I love it. I think this painting took as long as any of
them. Getting thatbench right was a challenge!This is a bench in front

[Joy of Art Forever] Small painting of fuschia

artlove...@aol.com (Lynne) — Fri, 15 Oct 2010 13:44:45 UT

This is yet another of my recent small works.I keep photographs of many
things I see in life andon such occasions as painting a whole series of
smallworks, I get them out and go for it! I enjoy the use of
complementary colors such asthe orange-blue combination you see here.
This is 5" x 7" on a panel and is an alkyd painting. Now thatI am down

[Joy of Art Forever] Small painting of crystal glass

artlove...@aol.com (Lynne) — Thu, 14 Oct 2010 17:11:50 UT

I have been trying for days to find the photos I took of my small
paintings!Today I did and here is one of them.This is a 5 x 7 inch oil
painting.The middle background section is actually silver oil paint
which I use now and then very sparingly. For those of you whomay think
silver or gold paint is what you use to show reflections, it isn't!

[Joy of Art Forever] Never showed you this one

artlove...@aol.com (Lynne) — Tue, 12 Oct 2010 14:53:09 UT

While I am working away at my small pieces and trying toget them to
post to this blog (issues with my program toupload them), I am showing
this commissioned piece. This is a work in acrylic. It is 3 feet by 5
feet. I had so muchfun with it. I did it on unstretched canvas so I
could roll it upand ship it to Texas where it now resides. It was