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What Remains, 9x12" Oil on Canvas©2009, Helen C Read$199.00 - ready to framePlease click here for purchase information and linkAn example here, of the work of this past week. Landscapes are intriguing, for many reasons...
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Reflection - 6x8" Oil Pastel on paper©2009, Helen Readplease click here for purchase informationHere you can see, I am still experimenting with what this medium can do - and especially paying attention to underlying value structure to give an abstract interest and "skeleton" to the painting...
James
James
i like that phrase "skeleton" to the painting. that helps frame much.
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Darkening Skies, 6x8" Oil pastel on paper©2009, Helen Read - Ready to mat and framePlease click here for purchase informationAnother small study of atmosphere, color, perspective using oil pastel. These studies handle differently than oil paint...
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Welcome! I am a Daily Artist, mostly painting. Here, I post images of my creative work with comments about the creative process, and how faith, art, and life converge. It's also a place that I get to meet and dialog with viewers. ...
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Free Painting Offer! Join our studio group or introduce your friends & enter a drawing to win a free painting - what could be better!?One of my summer goals is to increase the size of my email list. Are you a member? Do you have friends who might be interested? I need your introductions...
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Road at Wood's Edge, 6x8" Oil on canvas©2009, Helen Read$110. - ready to frameAnother small-ish study. This one is done in oil and on stretched canvas. I'm enjoying what I'm learning about shape, color and value. Hope you find these as intriguing as I do!
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Hollyhocks in Bloom, 8x8" Oil on Canvasdeep wrapped canvas, painted around sides - framing is optional©2008, Helen Readauction ended
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Meadow, 6x8" Oil pastel on paperAnother small landscape study. The colors here are a bit more intense than in actuality...
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If you would love an original whimsical - funky - yellow cat painting adorning your space -there is still time to make a bid, and the bidding is still low! Click the painting to the right to see the progress or make a bid!
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The funky yellow cat is moving to North Carolina!!
Linda
Linda
good for you!
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Morning Light - Landscape study - 6 x 8" oil pastel on paperI've been hinting that I'd like to return to landscape as a subject matter. I continue to find myself intrigued with the idea of landscape as a way to express some basic elements of art: value, color, space, shape...
Maria
Maria
I'd like to venture into landscapes too one day ... thanks so much for sharing this & Wolf Kahn's site. His work is beautiful as is yours!
Helen Read
Helen Read
Thanks Maria! I love it too! :)
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Helen Read Just posted: an abstracted floral - oil on canvas, and a tonal landscape - oil pastel on paper.

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Peony, 8x8" oil on canvas, $120.00ready to frameOn one of the few sunny days we have had this spring, I took a macro photo of a lovely white/pink peony in our neighborhood. When I began to look at it, it really lent itself to an abstracted view...
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Place A Bid HereWhimsical, Funky Cat - 8x8" Acrylic on Canvas (deep wrapped, painted around sides)beginning bid - $15.00Ok, I know, its been awhile since I posted last. School is finally out - and I am slowly recuperating from the crazy, busy last days of the school year...
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Approaching Front, 6x6" Oil on canvas (2009)$100.00The final version. As you can see, the foreground has been given some definition - and a small amount of background is suggested. The main idea is the drama in the sky...
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above:Sky is deepened and given more color, foreground is still undeveloped.Earliest version:above:Sky is given its basic values and some color, foreground is very roughly estimated.This begins some work I find intriguing - and I hope is the beginning of more work in this genre...
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Bouquet in Blue, approx 5x7" acrylic on paperA small experiment here. This is a rough water color paper - 400#. I started by staining the surface with blues and purples - acrylic - and then began the painting...
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Daisies in Cobalt - 18 x 20" Oil on canvas (2004)This painting came from a profusion of daisies growing in my garden - I love their fresh color, texture, and the shape of the bunch of them as they ended up in the bottle. There is no flower that speaks of summer (to me) more than daisies do...
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Small landscape study - 5x5" oil on canvas$85.00You've been watching the progress on this - and I've mentioned that I'm exploring landscapes again with ethereal lighting, misty vistas, etc. This is a small study - trying to get lighting and a sense of atmosphere...
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Helen Read commented on their own note The kind of landscapes that intrigue me!
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