March 2019 Challenge: "Frida"

"Icon", Acrylic 16x20, Acrylic by Kelley MacDonald

"Dreaming of Mexico" Inspired by Frida 18"x24 Acrylic by Paula Villanova W.I.P.

"Frida", 12"x12" acrylic on panel by Sally Dean

"Portrait Sketch" oil 8x10 by Jeanne MacFarland

Page Pearson Railsback

 Victoria Chesley Brega 16"X20" Acrylic "Self Portrait after Kahlo"

Pamela Copeman 8" x 10" oil painting

February Challenge: Over/Under

"Underwhelmed" 18"x24" Acrylic by Paula Villanova

"Rocks over and under water"

4'x5' watercolor, sea water, sand and acrylic on paper

by Sally Dean

"Under Overpass" ink and pencils by Jody Regan 

"Above the Street, Below the Sun" acrylic by Kelley MacDonald

 "Pier Over The Water, Under The Fog" oil by Margaret Farrell Bruno

COCONUTS 14x11 Page Pearson Railsback

"Under a Watchful Eye, Monhegan" 6X12 oil

by Jeanne MacFarland

“Under and Out of the Swamp”18” x 24”Acrylic by Victoria Chesley Brega

January 2019 Challenge: "Paint Like Klimt"

"Tete-a-Tetes" 10"x30" Acrylic by Paula Villanova

Gotta paint like me, but it was ok this month to use Klimt as inspiration as I painted my gift of 

tete-a-tetes.

"BFF's" 9x12, Acrylic WIP, by Kelley MacDonald
I was inspired by Klimt's entwined figures and his decorative swirls and gold paint.  My two kitties, Harry (orange) and Isabelle (tortie) love to play, if not snuggle.

"Portrait Study Influenced by Klimt", Mixed mediums, by Margaret Farrell Bruno

I thought it would be fun to paint my granddaughter and allow swirls and scrolls represent the fun and excitement of thought process within a child, but leave one side quiet and contemplative, too.

"Kimono" 6x12 oil by Jeanne MacFarland
Influenced by Klimt's free flowing decorative style

"Terrazza" 14"x11" Acrylic by Page Pearson Railsback

"A Guernsey in Klimt's Garden" 13"x15 " acrylic 

by 

Victoria Chesley Brega

"Klimt was a master of beautifully observed pattern, it was also just time to work another of my favorite subject into our challenge."

A Portrait of Klimt

12"x 9" acrylic 

by Sally Dean

"I was inspired to try to capture his likeness. and I added some of his signature patterning behind him."

"A Glimpse of Klimt and Me" 12"x12" by Pamela Copeman

"Westward a la Klimt" acrylic 10 x 8 by Jody Regan

I painted a familiar landscape using Klimt's circle motifs to shift through the brilliant light.  

December 2018 Challenge: "Passages"

"First Communion Day, 1961" by Paula Villanova 18x24 Acrylic

 "Picking Out A Tree" 16"X20" Oil by Margaret Farrell Bruno

 "Safe Passage" oil, 12X6 by Jeanne MacFarland

                                     
                                     

"Paris Passage" 20"x24" Oil on canvas by Sally Dean

"Quirky Passage" 16x16 Acrylic, by Kelley Carey MacDonald

"Flight" 6x6 paper collage by Mary Sheehan Winn

 "Hull Gut Passage" 12x16 acrylic by Victoria Chesley Brega

"Safe Passage" gouache on paper by Jody Regan

Passage by Pamela Copeman

SAFE PASSAGE 7x7 Page Pearson Railsback

Happy New Year from "Girls Just Wanna Paint!"

We will be posting our December challenge on January 2.
See you then!

All the best in 2019!

November 2018 Challenge: "Cat In Sun" from Mary's Photo

"Cat Nap", Acrylic, 8x10 by Kelley Carey MacDonald

"Atlantic City Cat"  6"x6" acrylic by Sally Dean

"Cat Painting #999" oil 8x10 by Jeanne MacFarland

 "Cat Nap" 8x10 acrylic by Victoria Chesley Brega

"Boardwalk Cat" 8x8 oil by Pamela Copeman

"Sunny Spot" pen & ink by Jody Regan

"Rusty and Friend" Gouache by Paula Villanova

"Resting Kitty" 5"X7" Gouache & w/c pencils by Margaret Farrell Bruno

Kit Kat 7x7  Page Pearson Railsback

"Rusty, The Boardwalk Cat"  8x8 oil on birch panel

by Mary Sheehan Winn

October 2018 Challenge: "Memory"

"She Thought About the Last Time He Walked Out the Door"
16"x20"  acrylic by Paula Villanova

‘"My memory of walking in the woods with Jane Filer and being surrounded by cows”

By Sally Dean

"Snow Shadows - We Used to Have These Trees" oil by Jody Regan

"Prince Rudy" 6x6 acrylic by Victoria Chesley Brega

 "Cape Blomidon, Parrsboro" 6x6 watercolor by Mary Sheehan Winn

"Memory of San Miguel de Allende" 16x16 Acrylic by Kelley MacDonald

Flower Farm II" 9"X12" Oil by Margaret Farrell Bruno 

"Daisy Memories" 9x12 oil by Pamela Copeman

Provincetown  7x7 Page Pearson Railsback