May 2019 Challenge: "Fashion"

I love all the visual aspects of Fashion: the design, the fabrics, the colors, and  the glamour of it all.  Lately I've also been challenging myself to explore the deeper meaning of Fashion~ as an engine of change and a way to express personal beliefs and values.  I hope that you enjoy this month's painting that are sure to encompass all aspects of Fashion as we see it.   xo, Pam

Pink Pussycats, 12x9, oil byPamela Copeman

"Pretty In Pink" 8x8 inch acrylic by Kelley Carey MacDonald

I think Fashion is not just for people!

"RBG" 12x9 Acrylic by Sally Dean Mello

"The Most Mod" 4x7 gouache by Jeanne MacFarland

 

"Wedding Fashion" drawing by Margaret Farrell Bruno

How beautiful are wedding dresses. The best of fashion.

"Royal Escort" by Jody Regan - A royal wedding is the height of fashion.

"Fashionable Colleague" (stay tuned, not completed yet) by Paula Villanova 20x20
There are those people in your life that just have that flair for everything.

"Beach Attire" by Page Railsback

April 2019 Challenge: "Bee"

"Love The Buzzin' Of The Bees", 12x12, Acrylic, Kelley Carey MacDonald

I love to watch these crucial little creatures float from flower to flower.

BEES RULE Page Pearson Railsback

"Bee here Now"by Sally Dean

8.5"x8.5" hand colored linoleum cut print

 "Let it Bee" by Victoria Chesley Brega 9"X6" Bead Mosaic

"Sneezing Bees" by Margaret Farrell Bruno 6"X6" Pastel

"Bee Balloon" by Paula Villanova Acrylic

"Bee Coaster" gouache by Jody Regan - working with different textures, flat coaster and sparkling bee pin; bee motifs

Queen Bee Pamela Copeman Oil and Gold Leaf 11" x 14"

"Gathering" 6x8 gouache by Jeanne MacFarland

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