Hydrangeas

Hydrangeas, Oil on Board, 23"x34"

Hydrangeas are a favorite plant along the coast of Cape Cod and Southeast Massachusetts. The shrub loves the cool summers and damp coast breezes.  Our shrub is so prolific that we must brace it up or all the heavy blooms drag the branches to the ground.  

Hydrangeas

Hydrangeas, Oil on Board, 23"x34"

I feel like I'm making so little progress.   I probably worked about 3 hours today and only covered a small section of the blue blossom.  When painting, I work in stages across the entire surface, first laying in basic colors, next laying in some value differences and then beginning to lay in the forms before finally returning to pull out strong contrasts within the values and colors.  Right now, I'm laying in the forms of the which distinguish objects and shapes one from the other.  Due to the numerous compound forms (panicles) of the hydrangea this is taking a long time.  I'm anxious to see this stage finished for entire surface so I can determine if my colors are working to create good movement and focal points.

Hydrangeas

Hydrangeas, Oil on Board, 23"x34"

Only a small amount of work today on the blue blossom.  It's very slow going. 

Hydrangeas

Hydrangeas, Oil on Board, 23"x34"

I worked only with the greens today. I felt it important to set up some value comparisons between the hydrangeas and the leaves.  

Hydrangeas

Hydrangeas, Oil on Board, 23"x34"

I've been back in the studio for about a week now working on Hydrangeas.  This shrub grows in our garden that borders separates the woods from the yard.  The work is tedious and I'm somewhat slow.  Also, spring is refusing to arrive and it remains dark most of the day which hinders my speed.  But it is good to be back working with paint and color after 2 months.  

Love at Judith Klein Gallery

  ARTISTS PARTICIPATING

Patrick Moore                     Michael  Brisson                   Christy     Gunnels
Karen Raus                        Marjorie  Puryear                 Sheila  Oliviera
Robert Hunt                       Elizabeth  Wilkinson              Michelle Lapointe
Marianne  Stebenne          Lynne    Tobin                       Pat  Daughton
Louren  Friedman              Mark  Delisle                        Jim Sears
Valorie Sheehan               Lori  Bradley                       Judith Klein    



ARTISTS represented by the Gallery
Sheila Oliviera  - Photography
Karen Raus      - Photography
Jeff  Smallett    -  Painting
Christy Lague  -  Painting
Judith Klein     -   Prints and Painting

High Crafts:  jewelry ,pottery, textile, and wood work

Read Don Wilkinson's entire review of the show at Southcoast Today. 

Christy Gunnels presents a painting of a stern middle-aged woman (self-portrait, perhaps?) astride a hard chair. She is in a realistic rectangle in the center of the work, but she is surrounded by a dense abstraction that appears to close in around her like a mad villain's death trap in a James Bond movie. The title, "Boxed In," suggests discomfort within the confines of a relationship.

Rudbeckia, Oil on Panel, 20"x40"

Rudbeckia has been chosen for the Duxbury Art Association 40th Annual Winter Juried Show.

Event Dates: 2/9/2013 - 4/28/2013

Reception: 2/9/2013 7:30 PM

Location: Duxbury Art Complex Museum

Alden St, Duxbury, MA

The 40th Annual Winter Juried Show is a prestigious art exhibition presented at The Art Complex Museum in Duxbury. The show encompasses artwork in all mediums by New England artists predominantly from the Metropolitan Boston, South Shore and Cape Cod areas.

The Winter Juried Show is exhibited in the Ture Bengtz Gallery at The Art Complex Museum, 186 Alden Street, in Duxbury. The show will be open to the public from February 10 through April, 2013.

The Art Complex Museum was founded in 1967 by the Weyerhaeuser family to showcase the art and collections that interested the family. The Art Complex Museum is open to the public free of charge Wednesday through Sunday from 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. and at other times for special events.

A five-judge panel of working artists and art educators reviews the entries and selects 100 pieces for exhibition. Cash awards are given in each category for First Place and for "Best in Show." Ribbons are awarded for Second, Third and Honorable Mention artwork. Over 100 volunteers will orchestrate the process of bringing the show to the public under the direction of an event coordinator, the DAA and Museum staff.