Day 29 - Fluffer Butter Berry

Hi :)  Today's painting is just a fluffy little hamster eating a juicy raspberry with a blue butterfly friend in tow...  It was a busy day today, and I painted her in the morning before heading off to my mom and dad's house to help them pack.. getting ready for a big move to a new home.. 

Hope you enjoy the cuteness! :)

"Fluffer Butter Berry", oil, 8"x8", click here to purchase

 

Day 2 of the Daily Art Plus Challenge - Troo Colors

Today is the 2nd day of the October daily challenge and today's painting is one I started last week in West Chester from the back of my van. I am away from my home studio several days a week and had to figure out how I could keep painting.. so I bought a van and embraced the van life!  (Lol.. its fun and its also challenging, so, the verdict is actually still out on how tightly I will be embracing van life, but for now, it's an ok compromise.. I'm sure I'll be writing more about my Van Painting adventures as the month wears on..  :)  Anyway, back to Bessie.. I put the finishing touches on this sweet gal in my home studio, and now she's showing her Troo Colors. She's a nice companion piece to yesterdays frog since they both have pretty flowers on their head, and the sunny butterfly about to alight balances things nicely. I chose this cow for the main subject for the graphic black and white which I thought would contrast nicely with the brightly colored flowers and I love her unabashed gaze too :) 
She is currently for sale at Visual Expansion Gallery in West Chester. 

 

"Troo Colors", Oil on panel, 10"x10", 

please contact Visual Expansion Gallery in West Chester for purchasing details.

Day 19 of my Holiday Painting Spree - "I'd Kiss the Moon"

I haven't told many people this, but I enjoy writing poetry. I have many 'books' of poetry that I have written over the years, much of it from awhile ago, some from more recently. It's probably not too good, but words are a medium I enjoy manipulating, almost as much as paint.  The poetry bug has started to emerge in my consciousness again as of late, and today's painting for some reason was calling for a poem.  The title "I'd Kiss the Moon" came from the beautiful blue color and glowing spots on it's wings... it seemed this butterfly was related to our lunar goddess.  And so a little poem was born. A love poem.

Kiss the Moon

I'd kiss the moon to be with you, I'd drink the sea and ocean too. This girdled globe I'd fly and run. I'd kiss the moon, I'd hug the sun.

I'd Kiss the Moon, oil on panel, beautifully framed and ready to hang
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And don't forget that you still have a chance to enter this weeks contest to win one of my paintings!  Click here or click the image below to go to my website to register.  It only takes a minute!

Day 18 of my Holiday Painting Spree - "Liberation"

Orange is a powerful color. It can be trans-formative, healing and liberating.  The color of the sun, fire and.... Tigers, orange is fierce and strong.  Today's butterfly is the butterfly of liberation.  4th in a series of butterflies I am painting, this one has such beautiful patterns in it's wings it feels like a statement of freedom to me! For purchasing info, please click here.

Liberation, oil on panel
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Day 17 of my Holiday Painting Spree - "Slightly Saffron"

I don't know what kind of butterfly this one is, but the delicacy and subtlety of her wings was what captured my interest.  I also love the rich saffron color on the tips - it reminds me of certain Buddhist monks robes.

Slightly Saffron, oil on panel, Sold

Day 16 of my Holiday Painting Spree - "A Royal Gift"

Butterflies are quintessential symbols of transformation.  This magical creature has been performing it's amazing transformation for about 130 million years and appeared on our planet around the same time of flowering plants. (Just looked that up here)  The largest butterfly, Queen Alexandra's Birdwing,  has a wingspan of 1 foot! Can you imagine? I will have to paint one...  I love the beautiful patterns and subtle things that happen on a butterfly wing; tiny pieces of art in and of themselves. :)

The butterfly featured in today's painting is a Red spotted purple (that's it's name!) and can be found in North America, around the Carolinas.  

A Royal Gift, oil on panel, beautifully framed,
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And, don't forget to enter week 3 of my painting giveaway!  See details below, and enter at my website, www.karenweberfineart.com

Saudade & Day 15 of my Holiday Painting Spree

Today is the beginning of the 3rd week of my Holiday Painting Spree! That means I have a new painting to giveaway.  This is one that I painted during one of the 30 in 30's I have taken part in and is a landscape from somewhere in Brazil. I found this scene while wandering around Brazil in Google Street View and the clouds and patterns in the landscape captivated to me!  The painting used to have a different title, but I've changed it to "Saudade", a beautiful Brazilian word that is unique to their culture.  According to wikipedia the meaning of Saudade is "A deep emotional state of nostalgic or profound melancholic longing for an absent something or someone that one loves." Somehow, I thought it was a fitting title.  Enter today for a chance to win this painting at my website, www.karenweberfineart.com  Thank you and have a great day!

Saudade, oil on panel, 6"x6", framed

AND...

Today's Holiday Painting Spree painting is one of a series of butterflies I have been doing.  Today's is titled "Something Special". This painting is framed in a unique double frame, making it extra special! To purchase, please visit my DPW gallery here

Something Special, oil on panel,