an arting life
Drawings and paintings by artist Eibhlin. Oil paintings, acrylics, pen & ink, and sketches.
This post may contain affiliate links. See my income disclosure. Clearly, it’s been a while since I’ve shared any updates. Our move back to New England didn’t go as planned. (Then again, our lives seem to be like that, and it always turns out to be serendipity.) Now, we’re thinking in bigger terms, planning our…
“Plein air” means painting outdoors, on location, instead of in the studio. The artist is capturing the scene as well as the mood and atmosphere of the location. It’s been years since I’ve done this, and – with cooler weather in Florida, right now – I’ve been getting outside with my portable easel. The first…
This triptych has a history. Its current subject – Lake Winnisquam at dawn – was not its first incarnation. Here’s a photo of the finished work. It’s an acrylic painting, and each of the three canvases is about 18″ x 24″. Here’s my original photo from Oct 2014. We spent a month in a cabin…
Like much of my artwork, this Huntsville painting has a story. It started with a wedding invitation. I hadn’t expected it, but I was flattered. I hadn’t seen the groom since he was a toddler, and I’d never met the bride. Though I’d never been to the area where the wedding would take place, I…
Today, the light is dismal. It’s grey, flat, and rainy. Even sitting next to the floor-to-ceiling window on the “sunny” side of our living room, everything looks pretty blah. To test a painting technique recommended by Peter Wileman (see review, below), I chose a photo I’d taken, earlier this summer. It’s lovely, and I may…
Last night’s sunset was one of those where I look at the sky and say, “Ooh, I must capture those colors!” And then, five minutes later, the colors were even better, and then better, and so on… for the next 20 minutes. The hues were constantly changing, and I was right there, with a paintbrush…
As I’ve been painting this week, I can see my sketches moving in two directions. The first is capturing the colors as a background for a later work. My current thoughts are to combine the New England landscape colors with a tropical element. I have a few ideas for this, but experimenting is ahead. This…
It’s been awhile since I posted my recent art. Oh, I’ve been creating art; I just haven’t had time to post it here. It’s been a busy six weeks+. I may talk about some of these works in more detail, later. For now, this is a catch-up post. A long one. I completely revised the…
Yaayyy! I’ve completed White Mountains painting. (If your monitor is like mine, the actual painting is about 30% darker than this photo appears. It’s not quite so “New England quaint” as this picture may look.) I started this painting of the New Hampshire landscape – focusing on a Whitefield, NH, hotel – in February 2010….
Last summer, I suddenly had a clear vision of a painting that I knew I was supposed to create for an online friend in Colorado. The vision was partly realistic and partly a fantasy mix. (Now and then, I get an idea for art that seems — from the start — to be intended for…
Last evening’s sunset was another rich tapestry of colors. Mostly, I wanted to capture the delicious lavender colors in the sky, accented by pinks and yellows. More and more, I’m introducing intense colors and odd juxtapositions as I see them. Sketches – including this one – look absolutely amazing at 30 feet. Up close… the…
This is one of my few recent oil sketches. That’s partly because the skies have been either overcast or cloud-free, and not very interesting for my approach to landscapes. Also, the past few weeks have been a little somber for me. Last Friday (March 11th) was my late mother’s birthday. I’m still getting used to…