Reflecting Glass Chicken

Reflecting Glass Chicken/ oil on board/ 4 x4/ $75

Cleaning up after a busy family-filled holiday. In addition to ongoing large projects, here is a small warm up still life. This time, I used a blue cloth and a little glass chicken with the reflective brush washer.


















http://www.dailypaintworks.com/fineart/sue-churchgrant/reflecting-glass-chicken/189670

I also had my painting "Apple Swirls" accepted into the Women Painters of the Southeast Third Annual Juried Members Exhibition and Sale opening in March 2014. I will post a larger image closer to the opening.

Christmas Reflections

Christmas Reflections/ oil on board/ 4 x 4/ SOLD

A small study done as a warm up before working on a large commission. I loved the red reflections of the Christmas cloth napkin on the brush washer.
Hope your Christmas was great....only a little more company and then painting full-time can resume.

Thoughtful Santa

Thoughtful Santa/ oil on canvas board/ 6 x 8/ SOLD

Not many more days until Santa has visited and returned to the North Pole. I may have one more that needs to be painted. Today, I worked out painting a background loosely using rectified turpentine. Perhaps, I will be able to show you how that works out soon. I also painted and wiped a jar that just wouldn't work three times. Tomorrow will be better, no doubt!!

Christmas Magic

Christmas Magic/ oil on canvas board/ 6 x 8/ $125

This little painting is a change from Santas but continuing in the season's theme.

Artist Note:  I love painting the bright red color and the orange, yellow and purple to give red its form. Recently, I have switched from cadmium yellows and orange to Holbein permanent yellows and orange. The red remains cad red light and alizarin crimson.

http://www.dailypaintworks.com/fineart/sue-churchgrant/christmas-magic/187845

Let's see what the elf has reported....

oil on canvas board. 6 x 8/ SOLD

This is the third Santa painting. I wonder what you think about the "elf on the shelf". I feel like Santa has gotten so aged that he has had to recruit a not-so-nice tattletale.....
I love using Santa to learn to paint. His beard and mustache cover a lot of the face and make it a little easier. That said, today I again wiped one before I got the next one to work.

Sylvan Duck

Sylvan Duck/ watercolor/ 6 x 5 1/2/ $75

Another little watercolor of a duck from Sylvan Heights. I often find adding some drips or spots onto the watercolor adds interest.
I also worked on a still life setup: something small with a trial of rectified turpentine in the background. I'll post it tomorrow. The background was very interesting and artistic using this turp. It made the surface a little tacky. Unfortunately, I painted over the background completely losing that interesting effect..but there is always tomorrow!

http://www.dailypaintworks.com/fineart/sue-churchgrant/sylvan-heights-duck/187304

Ho Ho #2

Another Santa to work on my small figure series. Love the blue in this background!

Busy cleaning for company!!!


SOLD