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And here is my finished painting.  Image size is 9" x 25" unframed $499 plus S/H The surface is Sennelier sanded paper and the medium is PASTEL. I hope you like this one.. Prints are also available through my Fine Art America site: https://fineartamerica.com/featured/neptunea-rae-andrews.html?newartwork=true                                                                                                           For the steps on this painting go to my personal blog ..     raeandrewsgallery.blogspot.com           ...

Hi again, I am finally able to get back to a post on this blog. My hubby has been in hospital yet again, and my life is just very scattered right now, so no time for painting. Grrr! I started this one about three days ago. It is a 19.5" x 25.5" pastel on red Sennelier sanded paper (unframed). This one was cathartic for me, with all the stress over the last few months. Just to paint again has been a real treat! I love to paint water in any form as you may realize, and this rock pool (without the shells) was on Maui . I again 'sparked up my colors using Photoshop on my photo.  I used my own shell collection to pop in a little more interest.  I hope you like it. It was a fun image to paint. $450 plus S/H Prints of this image are available through Fine Art America: https://fineartamerica.com/featured/like-music-adrift-rae-andrews.html?newartwork=true Rae works and teaches in all mediums.. please contact her through her website at:    ...

I think if I were to describe my technique in any medium I use, on the whole, it would be OVERLAPPING and LAYERING . With pastels this is, at times difficult, as it's an opaque medium; however one just has to use a light touch to get those underneath nuances to show through. I began this with a totally abstract colorful start. I did not know what I would end up with. I just went with the flow. The substrate is a red earth colored Sennelier paper. I began with this.. I switched the image around in several directions, and kept doing that as the image progressed.  I have a large shell collection and thought I would go with that as a subject. Over the top of my abstract beginnings, I drew some of my shells to intersect and overlap. Now the fun begins! I like to work in a  NEGATIVE PINTING  technique with most all of my work, and the shells developed in much the same way. Don't let anyone ever tell you that ABSTRACTS a...

NEPTUNE'S COURT began in a recent abstract workshop I took with Mary Ann Beckwith. Lots of paint flying everywhere, textures and creativity. I had just a big sheet of this Yupo (manufactured paper) covered in implied textures, very pretty, but now what? The paint always GLOWS on Yupo, and yes, this is mostly WATERCOLOR with some acrylic GESSO over parts, NO INK is used, although I bet some of you thought I had used INK.. Anyway.... I love a challenge. Pretty as my start was with patterns made by stamping objects or cloth into and over paint, I feel we as artists, should not rely on that alone. It's a trap.. and many artists deem a painting finished before they truly have done much of their own 'pulling together'. The challenge is making A PAINTING out of all of this lusciousness. For days now I have gone back and forth with this, breaking objects into the patterns I made, losing and diminishing the importance of my implied textures, to ...

Oyster Shells Oil on Canvas Panel (museum grade) 8x10 Purchase Information Oysters were a mainstay at almost every meal during a recent visit to Galveston.  These are the remains.  Slurp!  Available Paintings:   eBay Etsy Website Fine Art America Prints #texasartist #coastalart #beachart #oysters Kristine Kainer AOT, OPA KristineKainer.com Gallery Links: UGallery Framer's Gallery

Oil on Gallery Wrapped Canvas 20 x 20 x 1.375 Purchase Information Here in Texas, we have delicious oysters from the waters of the Gulf of Mexico. These particular ones were from Matagorda Bay. A squirt of lemon and quick dip into cocktail sauce (heavy on the horseradish) make this a welcome appetizer. Like potato chips, though, you can’t eat just one! www.kristinekainer.com www.kristinekainer.blogspot.com

This is another semi abstract design done in pastels over acrylics. I simply love this process. I never know the outcome, and these designs are always a challenge to me. The whole surface is eventually covered in pastels in the form of pastel pencils and the soft variety sticks, after a fluid start with liquid acrylics and water. I chose this elongated format as an added challenge, this gets me away from the 'expected' and I like the surprise . The substrate is a white Richeson Sanded Board , which are fast becoming my favorite substrate for this mixed media work. Original image is 20" x 7.7" (unframed $150 plus S/H Prints of this image and more are also available at:  http://rae-andrews.pixels.com Rae conducts workshops and demonstrations of her techniques in ACRYLICS, PASTELS, OILS, and WATERCOLORS For more information please contact her at: rae4art@aol.com Please visit my Web Site at: www.yessy.com/raeandrews o...

NETTED   was done a long time ago for an Australian Artist magazine article. The article was a showcase of my art and they wanted a STEP by STEP  demonstration to take up a couple of pages.  I actually loved doing this demo, it was in watercolors and acrylics, and I used the    patterns within the image to augment MOVEMENT.  At the time I painted this, (1999) I was well into DIVISIONAL  backgrounds, as you will see. They still work though, even today and at times, I still use that technique.                            It's great to take a step back in time sometimes, and see what you were producing as an artist. In those days I lived on Maui, so most of my art had a TROPICAL  flavor .                                           .         ...

As with so many artists, I have bounced along in my long journey through my art.I work from realism to abstraction, many times, both these genres are apparent in any one piece. I have been looking through my archives and found a few pieces I had not posted before. Some are sold now, hopefully still hanging in client's homes. It's interesting to look back at my older works, some of which I am very embarrassed about now, and the fact that I sold them. :(( In those days, it was just a thrill to have anyone take an interest in my work. It still is, but in my early days of painting I was not that discerning.. Yikes! This piece, (which I liked by the way), was done back in 1990 or earlier I think, It sold the day I did it, and I regret that I did not have a decent photo of it at all. Until my search today through old photos, I had almost forgotten about it. It was a full sheet of watercolor paper. I used watercolor mostly, and some white ink to make the lighter intrigu...

Oysters on the Half Shell Acrylic on MDF (Furniture Grade) Lazy Susan 14-inch diameter Last year I was commissioned by the wife of the CEO of my husband's company about painting a couple of fruit Lazy Susans.  After much research and occasional hair-pulling (these were new waters for me), I completed the project and was smitten with the results.  Well, my parents were smitten as well.  For Christmas, they each got a coastal-themed Lazy Susan.  Above is the one I did for my dad.  These oysters will never spoil! Commissions welcome! Available Paintings:   eBay Etsy Website Fine Art America Prints #texasartist #coastalart #beachart Kristine Kainer AOT, AWA KristineKainer.com Gallery Links: UGallery Framer's Gallery

Oil on Canvas Panel (Museum Grade) 6x6 SOLD Another oyster.  Another delicious meal last month--slathered in cocktail sauce, horseradish (can anyone find "Gold's Horseradish" in their supermarkets?  I MUST HAVE SOME!), and the squirt of a lemon.  Briny goodness.... www.kristinekainer.com www.kristinekainer.blogspot.com

Zen Moments: At The Lake-04- Original Photography by Texas Contemporary Artist Denise Bossarte   © Denise Bossarte Zen Moments - At The Lake 04 A piece from my Zen Moments portfolio, At the Lake series. The lake in the woods  was a great place to find an  interface between the two worlds. Here a leaf falls amongst fresh water mussels along the edge of the beach. Contact me photos@foundworlds.com Find more of my art at: www.foundworlds.com http://denise-bossarte.artistwebsites.com / - buy art here http://denise-bossarte.pixels.com/ - iPhone and Galaxy Cases here!  http://www.cfai.co/#!denise-bossarte/c1ure www.foundworldsphotography.blogspot.com

Note cards featuring watercolors by Liana Yarckin Note cards make the perfect hostess gift this holiday season! The above set features some of my most popular watercolors. Eight printed on 100% felt paper, which has a wonderful texture, for $25, tax and shipping included. email to place order:  lyarckin@yahoo.com 214.334.2001 visit my website:  www.lianayarckin.com for originals and prints

Oil on canvas panel, 6x6-- View eBay listing Slurp, slurp. Website: www.kkartstudios.com Blog: www.kristinekainer.blogspot.com E-mail: kristine@kkartstudios.com