My art in the Blick Catalog

My Art in the Blick Catalog

In the dead of winter I was contacted by a
representative from Blick Art Materials  to get permission to use a few of my paintings in their catalog.  I sent a selection of images to the company laying out the Spring Catalog and here it is. Two of my pieces are featured on page 60 in the framing section.  The dahlia is a sold piece, but the hobnail pedestal with chocolates is still in my collection. You can see the pieces in either of my galleries on Dailypainters.com or Dailypaintworks.com.  It was quite an honour to be chosen and just about as thrilling that my husband finally scanned it for me to post! 

Carol

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Catch Them If You Can

"Catch Them If You Can"
10" x 20"
Oil on hardboard

I found these girls casting a demure gaze toward the drawing board in my studio and thought someone might enjoy their less than stellar beauty. They were healthy, and just as enthusiastic and fragrant as the more perky blossoms in the vase, but their flaw was that they weren't looking up at ... anyone. 

I continue to get mileage from my bouquet of cheap roses from the grocery store.  Lucky me for seeing them and bringing them home.

Carol

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Dee's Dogwood Wreath

"Dee's Dogwood Wreath"
12" x 12"
Oil on wrapped canvas

My sister makes wreaths from the vines and beautiful things she finds and grows in her yard in Michigan. She made this wreath over the weekend, but hers was more lovely, with graceful, dried, ornamental grasses tucked in it. But I wasn't about to paint a gazillion grassy fronds and cover up all of her twisting vines. SHE can do it, but I wasn't about to.  

This was a challenge, in that the vines and shadows and petals all overlapped and intermingled. I might not do one like it again, but I at least tried it!

Carol

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Mother

"Mother"
24" x 24"
Oil on Museum wrapped canvas

April seems to be the month for losing mothers in my circle of friends. I lost mine in April, too. My post of a pink peony today is in honour of all the mothers who have left us and are now "safely home."  

All those petals pointing in so many directions in a gazillion shades of pink, may have daunted me in the past, but I rose (peony, actually) to the challenge and passionately painted this piece without fear or trepidation.  Love was the motivator.

Bless our mothers.

Carol

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Heaven Scent

"Heaven Scent"
18" x 24"
Oil on wrapped canvas

I plucked this bloom from a bouquet comprised of her siblings. I held her full-blown countenance sideways under a light in my studio, so her petals would cast striking shadows. While I twisted her stem, a heavenly fragrance spritzed the air like an old fashioned perfume atomizer had been squeezed.  

Not only did she smell good, she was also heaven sent. I was in want of new roses to paint and a simple bouquet from the grocery store afforded me subject matter for many new paintings. As you probably know, I love to paint white roses—the most colourful of all. 

Carol

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Peep, Egg and Rocks

 Peep, Egg and Rocks"
6" x 6"
Oil on canvas panel 

Wee small children came bearing gifts to me, their Granmama over the weekend; rocks with stripes. Then all the Eggs we coloured turned out PINK.  And the Easter Bunny left a gazillion yellow Peeps bunnies for us. These things seemed to make a nice little still life, so I painted it for the wee ones.   

Back to more serious art tomorrow, but today — I played and loved every minute of it.

Carol

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Priscilla

"Priscilla"
12" x 12"
Oil on wrapped canvas

Slowly, she unfurled one petal after another to reveal her tender bits. Priscilla's heavenly scent would now attract a myriad buzzing suitors to gather her fragrant pollen. Imagine the taste of the honey this beauty might flavour. 

It's been a while since I've painted a rose, my favourite subject matter.
 
Carol

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