Tipsy

Tipsy

6 x 8 in., oil on panel

sold

My apologies for the inconsistent posts lately! I've been hard at work all spring behind the scenes. If you follow me on Instagram, you know I've taken two workshops, one with Randall Sexton and Plein Air Austin here in the city, and one in Kerrville with Matt Smith through Kerrville Arts and Cultural Center. Both workshops have kept me trying new techniques reinventing some old, and renewing some of my equipment and supplies. Spring is a time of renewal, and I'm on board. :)

This little guy is a tree out on a golf course in Bastrop, Texas. I spent a couple of days out there following my youngest at her tournament, and sketched and photographed more than a few trees in the process. Despite the overcast skies, I got some fun study material.  This painting sold to a dear friend of one of my daughters. She's just finishing college, but is already an art lover and a collector! 

-julie davis

Single Stroke

Preppy Pear, 6 x 6

sold

This pear was done about 1/3 of the way through Carol Marine's workshop; she made us paint one painting with single strokes: we could only put paint on our brush, make a stroke, then go back to the palette and mix or pick up paint again. No more than one stroke on the canvas at a time. This was more of a challenge than any of us thought! The temptation to keep touching the canvas was enormous, but on this piece, I did it, and I think it lends a purity and sense of thoughtfulness and to a painting that we often lose sight of as painters.