Artists Of Texas Contemporary Paintings and Art

This is a poured watercolor. "Mission Concepcion Stairway" What a beautiful, old mission in San Antonio. Quarter sheet Arches Paper  visit my BLOG

I saw "Lorie" at a craft show. When I saw her hat (not cowboy) and her sweet smile I knew I wanted to paint her. I needed to catch just the right light, so we stepped to the door which just happily happened to be red. YeeHaw! And her red plaid shirt, perfect!!! This is day 3 of the 30 paintings in 30 days hosted by Leslie Saeta. Watercolor -11"x15" on Arches paper.

"Tom Orsak" is an artist and a friend. Tom is a plein air artist and I love the hat he wears when he is painting outside.  I was delighted when he agreed to let me paint his portrait. He and his wife, Jeane live in Harriet, Texas near San Angelo. This is day 2 of the 30 paintings in 30 days hosted by Leslie Saeta.

    "Poppy Pair" by Carol Peterson 11" x 15" watercolor $250   This last spring we had great weather for poppies and the garden at our local art center was absolutely gorgeous.  I usually don't like to paint poppies but this year I had some wonderful photos and I had to paint them.  This painting has a strong fluid acrylic underpainting.  After I painted some of the flowers, I realized that the underpainting was too strong for the flowers.  I used black and green gouache to cover the underpainting in the background.

"North Shore Eagle" by Carol Peterson ( carolpeterson@suddenlink.net ) 11" x 15" watercolor $150 The bald eagles are back on the North Shore of Lake Superior.  These elegant birds have been eating the seagull babies.  We vacation on the North Shore every summer and a couple of summers ago my son-in-law took some fantastic action pictures of the eagles.  He has a much better camera than I do and can capture animals in motion easily.  This painting started with an underpainting ala Judi Betts.  I then masked the light areas and poured watercolor over the painting.  This was finished with some negative painting and adding shadows.

"Lilly" by Carol Peterson 11" x 15" watercolor and ink NFS This painting was done by pouring watercolor over an ink underpainting .  The light colors were preserved with masking before the pour.  The ink underpainting was done with computer printer ink that was left over after my printer died.  I love the freeness of the pour.  I tend to paint in a tight manner and the pour and underpainting keep the painting from getting too tight.  Lilly a friend's dog.   She always tips her head  when observing me.

White Poinsettia by Carol Peterson ( carolpeterson@suddenlink.net ) 11" x 15" watercolor SOLD This image is one of several that I have done over the years for my Christmas Cards .  I am using the White Poinsettia image this year.  I love poinsettias and have painted them many times.

"Nodding Iris" by Carol Peterson 11" x 15" watercolor $100 ( carolpeterson@suddenlink.net ) This was a demo done in a flower painting workshop I gave a couple of months ago.  The painting is over a liquid acrylic underpainting on Arches 140 lb. cold press paper.  I have done this iris several times and never seem to tire of painting it.