girl at large

I like to write about life when you have a job, some kids, a fixer upper and a fatal disease.

Category: STUDIO

  • another fantastic surprise in the mail this morning..Aunt Anna sent me three of my grandfather's prints! what a very thoughtful thing to do. i've for some reason or another never had any of his work myself and not-so-secretly coveted my sister's, aunts', etc. (two of Peg's can be seen stairway of her London flat here).…

  • More Boats Left, acrylic on linen, 20" x 59" started working on linen canvas for the first time in ages. i'm enjoying it, aside from the swollen hand from the "big bad-ass-made-in-America" staple gun (those are the french salesman's words, not mine). this is the biggest-ass painting i've ever done as well.

  • Windows, watercolor, watercolor pencil, graphite and oil pastel, 20.5" x 25.5" on heavy (600g) deckle edged paper so thick you could use it to shingle a roof.

  • now that the dear digital camera has returned home, i can post this week's work: Archway / Barefoot Coffee / Night Boats / Red Figure more to come…

  • after all of last week's social outings and frankly, a touch of laziness or heat-lethargy, i've been occupied with a number of paintings this week…four completed, two more in progress…but can't put them up of course until mom returns with the digital camera (please god let her not have dropped it in the sea)… speaking…

  • been painting today after slacking a bit over the weekend…but, sorry, you'll have to wait until mom returns with the digital camera before i can post any pictures…hopefully, i'll have four or five completed new pieces when she returns. the weather seems to have broken slightly, though i could just be getting used to it.…

  • Heavy skies, Port Vaubon, oil pastel and pen and ink on heavy paper, 20" x 25", SOLD finished this late last night, dreaming of seeing such another overcast, promise-of-rain day soon…

  • …and he loved that beer. i've finished his portrait, had to work from a series of photos i was able to take while pretending to fiddle with the camera on the table top (flash off)..pity i couldn't work from life this time, but i just had to paint him. i've never done a portrait before…

  • finally finished this one up today, Deck plans/Monaco. acrylic and oil pastel on heavy paper, 20" x 25" worked from some sketches and photos i was able to get a few weeks back…Miss Liz kindly let me tag along when she went to take care of her bosses second (or third or fourth?!) home in…

  • much thanks to brother Thomas, my gallery site is now complete. girl at large Gallery. i can accept payment online! ooh, that is exciting. start sending the bucks folks! seriously, this is an exciting thing. i'll be adding more work at a steady pace, check back frequently, bookmark it, tell your friends.