Wonderful Watercolors!
“Darling” mini watercolor, 5 x 7 Framed $95.00
“Darling” 7 x 5,
Here is the second in my mini-series of “mini” wonderful watercolor paintings! “Darling” is in a 5 x 7 frame, and ready to hang with it’s delightful, happy and pleasing colors it will make a wonderful addition to any home!
New Paintings: “Bite-sized” watercolors now available!
Bold and Beautiful-mini floral watercolor by Beth Carrington Brown
“Bold and Beautiful” mini watercolor, framed 6 x 4
I am having so much fun with watercolors and florals now, thanks to the awesome Ken Hobson! I am doing a series of small, “bite-sized” or “mini watercolors. They will come already with a mat/glass and frame-ready to hang in your home!
Watercolor can be (okay it really is) HARD-but Ken has helped me to enjoy the process and have fun. I hope that you will “see” the fun and feel happy as you enjoy these new watercolor paintings. These paintings will be available through me directly or through the Daily Paintworks gallery.
Have a colorful day!
Beth
Painting at Whole Foods-Take Two!
- Painting Whole Foods Cary
Painting Whole Foods Cary
Earlier this week I had another opportunity to paint at Whole Foods. This time we set up outside the main entrance and painted some of their flowers and herbs. It is terrific getting to interact with the employees and customers, be in the beautiful weather and paint all at the same time! Thanks to everyone who stopped by to say “Hi”.
Monica Linares paints
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Working the painting
Painting Whole Foods Cary
Eat Crow: An interior painting
Painting and eating good food? YES PLEASE! On a recent trip to the North Carolina mountains I came across a wonderful establishment called “Eat Crow”. The food was amazing, and the interior was just waiting to be made into a painting! Here is an 8 x 10 that I did after my visit. I hope that I will make this into a larger one as well. I cannot wait to go back and get some more interior shots to paint (though the food alone is worth it!).
“Onion on Pink Plate” aka Painting Produce at Whole Foods!
Onion on Pink Plate, 6 x 6
Beth doing a live painting demonstration at Whole Foods Market, Cary, NC
This week I had the fun experience of doing a painting demonstration at Whole Foods market in Cary. This was new to me on a couple levels.
I have never painted in a grocery store, or in front of a huge crowd, nor have I painted an onion. It was both fun and a little nerve wracking. One lesson I learned is that if you are going to cut and paint an onion, be prepared for your eyes to water. This can be a problem if you are trying to SEE while you are painting! Of all the produce there, I chose an ordinary onion. Why? I thought it was underrepresented in the world of still life, and I thought it was going to be a challenge to paint. It was, and made it even more so since I was talking to people and painting at the same time. In the future if I am going to multi-task at that level, I may just choose some apples, or pears-both of which I could eat as soon as I finished! The onion-not so much. This little (6 x 6) is getting framed and going to the Waverly Artist Gallery today.
Waverly Artist Group Open House-Featuring Jim Dunne This Friday Night
Waverly Artists Group Open House
Feb 28, 2014 (Final Friday)
6-9pm
Waverly Artists Group Studio & Gallery
302 Colonades Way, Suite 209
Cary, NC 27518
How like a winter hath my absence been
From thee, the pleasure of the fleeting year!
What freezings have I felt, what dark days seen!
What old December’s bareness every where!
Sonnet 97 by William Shakespeare
Winter has been upon us and we are ready to thaw out, we are ready for the long days of summer. Please come and join us the last Friday of each month. We will celebrate the hopes of warmer days and good fellowship. So we are pulling put all the stops for our Feb 28th open house from 6 to 9 pm. Lets get together and kick Winter out the door and welcome the spring.
Come and join us Friday night and here is what you can expect:
• Pizza from Patrick Jane’s Gourmet Pizza Bar
• Patrick Jane’s Gourmet Pizza Bar
• Amazing jazz guitarist Heath Tuttle, surely one of the top jazzmen in all of the triangle. Heath Tuttle,
• Framemasters of Cary will be on hand to discuss your framing needs. ww.framemastersandawards.com
• Engaging conversation about art with our artist community.
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• And now all about the art
• You Really Don’t Want to Miss This
• Last month at our Waverly Artists Group Critique night, photo-realistic artist Jim Dunne brought a large-scale 45″x52″ oil painting that blew me away. His work is inspired by ordinary people enjoying everyday life and this newest piece, Crush, depicts an energized crowd of dancers at Raleigh’s 42nd St. Oyster Bar. It was composed from more than 100 photographs and painted full-time over the course of 7 months. Since you really have to see it to believe it, we will be hosting a special exhibit of Jim’s work this Friday at our Final Friday Open House. You don’t want to miss it! These paintings start in pricing above $19,000.00. Jim will be presenting two pieces of art that have required a year of work. Attached is a cropped version of one of the paintings. This will be the first gallery showing of his work in the triangle and you will be amazed. Do you like Swing Dancing? Have you ever visited the 42St Oyster Bar? If you have you are in for an artistic treat. In Jim’s own words….
“As a painter I am without apology a copier of photographs. It was the early 70’s when I received my education in Fine Art at the School of Visual Arts in Manhattan. The two opposing genre’s at that time were Photo Realism and Conceptual Art. My inspiration is sparked by common people enjoying everyday life. Jim Dunne
The Citrus Challenge-Blood Orange Still Life
Blood Orange Still Life, on checkered cloth, 6 x 6 By Beth Carrington Brown
During this period of COLD, snow and more snow, I crazy one thing more than hot chocolate and cookies. Well, okay, after the hot chocolate and cookies, I crave citrus! This is my second entry into the Daily Paintworks Citrus challenge!
I am sitting around eating these luscious blood oranges anyway, why not paint them?
I love when I get to eat the “Fruits of my labor”!
You can bid on this painting (Starting at 25.00) by going to my Daily Paintworks Gallery (click on it to the right).
Daily Paintworks Citrus Challenge-A challenge indeed!
Citrus Challenge 1, 6 x 6, Beth Carrington Brown
Taking a break from painting beets and winter and root vegetables, I decided to submit an entry to the Daily Paintworks Citrus Challenge.
I sat down with artist Monica Linares and we set up a still life to do from different angles. We had a good time, but decided that it takes almost as much time setting up the still life as it does to paint it!
Ahead of time you think on your subject. Well, we knew we would do citrus-so then you head to the store. A Whole Foods Market is in the same shopping center as our art gallery-which makes it easy to get nice produce. Then once you get to the produce section you are easily overwhelmed with choices: Lemons, limes, oranges, blood oranges, grapefruit, and so on. It’s funny how differently you choose fruit for painting-then you do for eating. I definitely go with a certain “look” in mind that I want to paint. If the produce is still good days later, I get to eat it too!
Once we are back with our produce then comes the discussion of which pieces of fruit to paint, and how to arrange them: 3 of one thing, 2 of one, and one of another. Do we want them in the bowl, or on a cutting board? Do we want them cut open, or whole? Once you get through all those decisions then the talk moves to what perspective: Do we want it at eye level, looking down directly, slightly elevated..? Then it has to look good from both our angles-we both want the right “arrangement” of fruit”. PHEW!
At any rate-we did it and still managed to be good friends when it was all said and done. Here are the two views we chose:
Citrus Challenge 1, 6 x 6, Beth Carrington Brown
Monica’s painting of the Citrus Challenge
You can bid on my painting by going to the Daily Paintworks Gallery link to the right. You can see more of Monica’s work by clicking on the link to her site.
Beth
Got Art Supplies? Field Trip Time?!
Don’t let this happen to you!
Do your art supplies look like this? Join us on a free “field trip”, shopping for the latest and greatest in art supplies. Artists from Waverly Artist Group and Gallery will guide you while you shop, and answer your questions regarding types of paint, substrates, brushes, and other supplies.
Date: Wednesday, February 12, 2014
Time: 10:30 am
Please email eventswag@gmail.com to reserve your spot and get final details!
Daily Paintworks Interior Painting Challenge
Interior Table 8 x 10
This is my entry to the Daily Paintworks Interior Painting Challenge.
8 x 10 and framed. It is currently up for auction at the Daily Paintworks site, but is hanging for viewing at the Waverly Artist Group Gallery and Studio in Waverly Place, Cary.
I paint because I love it.
I paint primarily in Heavy Body acrylics, though I do tinker with others at times.
I paint En Plein Air. Really, there is nothing better than standing under a shady tree at the water’s edge, with a nice breeze, and painting what I see!