In the studio ~ What I am working on..............

   I am so excited to have  found a wonderful new art store pretty close to my house.  I  decided to purchase some birch wood boards/panels  to paint on rather than canvas.  The surface is so smooth and it accepts the paint so beautifully. The colors seem to be more vivid and rich as well!   This is the perfect surface for me to work on.  This painting  I  is 16x20 with deep sides.  The light house in the distance is on Martha's Vineyard.  Thanks for looking.

Interior Montage

Here is my latest creation.    I have combined   a few of my favorite things.   The painting within my painting is taken from  Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres,” La Grand Odalisque”.  I have always admired this painting perhaps because of the lovely use of color and fabrics against the cream flesh tones of the woman.  (I also learned  that she is part of a harem:)  It was the starting point for my painting.    The wallpaper is adapted from a common  reinassance period  decorative design.  I enjoy creating an outdoor world along with my interior scenes.   Thanks for taking a look. 

                          Catherine

Prudence's Calling

11x14 painted on stretched canvas.  Prudence's Calling will be for sale in my etsy shop.  I love how this piece came together.  When I started out, all I knew was  that I wanted to use pink and the name Prudence.  The french phone and white desk were obvious.  The abstract painting on the left started out as a girl holding a bouquet of balloons but then suddenly my abstract/cubist alter ego took over.   

Pink

I have been seeing Pink lately.  This is my, not quite done yet, painting.  Tomorrow morning I shall give it a proper posting.  For now, thought I'd just give a sneak peak.  

We will open the book. Its pages are blank. We are going to put words on them ourselves. The book is called Opportunity and its first chapter is New Year's Day. ~Edith Lovejoy Pierce

Portifino painted 2008

Long Island Tea

18x24 on stretched linen and cotton. art work with in the painting inspired by henri matisse.

Bella Fiori

This is my latest painting. 8x10 on stretched canvas

Peonies are one of my favorite flowers even though I don't have any planted in my garden. Maybe next year.