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Spring Playtime at the Farm

Posted by Jamie on April 16th, 2017

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8×10″, Oil on Raymar linen panel
$290.00 plus $15.00 shipping and insurance within the Continental United States. For local sales, shipping charge will be allocated to NYS Sales Tax. Please email me at JamieWG@aol.com for International purchases or with any questions.

Spring has certainly sprung today. The forsythia is in bloom and the temperatures are soaring! This is one of my personal favorite springtime paintings, so I thought it appropriate to pull it up to the top in celebration. Below is the original post that I wrote when I did the painting.

After braving yesterday’s cold and windy temps up on a hillside overlooking the Hudson River, I decided to opt for something more springlike today, and pulled out some of my favorite spring photo references. The red barn and forsythia really caught my eye here, and the children playing nearby were an added bonus. I remember this day at Muscoot farm like it was yesterday. I was out painting there and these adorable children (clearly budding artists) came over with their mom to look at my painting. They couldn’t wait to get home after that so that they could paint! The painting I did that day sold last spring; I’m glad to have a bunch of photos to work from to paint this barn again with the bright yellow forsythia.

My palette for this painting was Titanium White, Cadmium Yellow Lemon, Raw Sienna, Venetian Red, Ultramarine Blue and Cerulean Blue. I adore these Raymar linen panels. They have wonderful texture and always seem to give a painting that extra refined touch.

8x10 and smaller, Available, Farm Scenes, Figures, Flowers, Gardens and Flowering Trees, Gallery, Hudson River Valley, Landscape, North Salem Library Show, Oil paintings, Spring, Westchester | No Comments »

Sunrise Glow

Posted by Jamie on January 11th, 2017

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12×9″, Oils on canvas covered hardboard, unframed
$380.00 plus $20.00 shipping and insurance within the Continental United States. For local sales, shipping charge will be allocated to NYS Sales Tax. Please email me at JamieWG@aol.com for International purchases or with any questions.

I’m fortunate to live by a lake with a great sunrise view. This was painted on a morning with a haze over the lake, creating spectacular colors as the sun came up. It glowed yellow-orange as it emerged above the tree line, casting warmth and light upon the whole scene.

8x12 to 12x24, Available, Boats and Ships, Brewster and North Salem, Gallery, Hudson River Valley, Lakes and Streams, Landscape, North Salem Library Show, Oil paintings, Peach Lake and Brook, Plein Air--painted on location, Ruth Keeler Library Gallery, Sunrise/Sunset | No Comments »

Taking Flight

Posted by Jamie on December 5th, 2013

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Please click image for a clearer, larger view
9×12″, acrylic on paper, matted to 12×16″ and framed (included in price)
$290.00 plus $25.00 shipping and insurance within the Continental United States. For local sales, shipping charge will be allocated to NYS Sales Tax. Please email me at JamieWG@aol.com for International purchases or with any questions.

My husband and I rented a rowboat over the summer at North South Lake. As we were rounding a bend in the lake, we spooked this Great Blue Heron. I managed to capture a quick photo of him just as he was about to take flight. In looking through my images the other day, I thought this would make a great abstracted painting, with lots of movement, color complements, and contrasts. This 9×12 acrylic will probably be the predecessor to a larger version in the near future!

8x12 to 12x24, Acrylic paintings, Animals, Available, Birds, Gallery, Greene County, Hudson River Valley, Lakes and Streams, Landscape, North Salem Library Show, Pets Wildlife Animals | No Comments »

Autumn Sail acrylic sketch on board

Posted by Jamie on October 15th, 2013

15×20″, acrylic on illustration board
$450.00 plus $35.00 shipping and insurance within the Continental United States. For local sales, shipping charge will be allocated to NYS Sales Tax. Please email me at JamieWG@aol.com for International purchases or with any questions.

This is another in my series of large acrylic sketches on illustration board. They are really fun to paint, and I’ve found that calling them “sketches” sets me free to experiment with brushwork, drips, colors, compositions, and other boundaries that I might be hesitant to explore if I call them “paintings” from the outset. I go into it thinking “sketch”, and whatever emerges is what it is!

Below is an image that you can click on for a larger, clearer view of the painting:

16x20 and larger, Acrylic paintings, Available, Boats and Ships, Brewster and North Salem, Fall, Gallery, Hudson River Valley, Lakes and Streams, Landscape, North Salem Library Show, Peach Lake and Brook, Ruth Keeler Library Gallery, Sketches | No Comments »

Waiting for the Supermoon

Posted by Jamie on June 27th, 2013

5×7″, oils on archival linen panel
$165.00 plus $15.00 shipping and insurance within the Continental United States. For local sales, shipping charge will be allocated to NYS Sales Tax. Please email me at JamieWG@aol.com for International purchases or with any questions.

Last weekend, my husband and I went to the lakeshore to photograph the “supermoon”. We had a wonderful time chatting with neighbors while waiting for the full moon to make its appearance. In the meantime, I pulled out my little pochade box and painted this 5×7″ sunset until the light had changed too much to continue with it. Then I pulled out my camera and tripod and got ready for The Main Event. It was quite spectacular. I will definitely be doing some paintings from the reference images I took!

Below is an image that you can click on for a larger view of what I was painting. By the time I finished my pre-Supermoon painting and took this photo, the light had pretty much gone out of the scene:

Click below to see a larger, clearer image of the painting alone:

8x10 and smaller, Available, Brewster and North Salem, Gallery, Hudson River Valley, Lakes and Streams, Landscape, North Salem Library Show, Oil paintings, Peach Lake and Brook, Plein Air--painted on location, Ruth Keeler Library Gallery, Trees | No Comments »

The Calm Before the Storm

Posted by Jamie on July 19th, 2010

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8×10″, Golden Fluid Acrylics on Canson Board, unframed
$290.00 plus $20.00 shipping and insurance within the Continental United States. For local sales, shipping charge will be allocated to NYS Sales Tax. Please email me at JamieWG@aol.com for International purchases or with any questions.

I went out to the lakeshore very early this morning to try to grab some morning color before a thunderstorm moved in. I was there just in time, because it started to rain just as I was putting the painting away!

8x10 and smaller, Acrylic paintings, Available, Boats and Ships, Brewster and North Salem, Gallery, Hudson River Valley, Landscape, North Salem Library Show, Peach Lake and Brook, Plein Air--painted on location, Ruth Keeler Library Gallery | No Comments »

Little Red Boat Under a Yellow Sky

Posted by Jamie on May 7th, 2009

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5×7″, Oil on Ampersand Gessoboard
$165.00 plus $15.00 shipping and insurance within the Continental United States. For local sales, shipping charge will be allocated to NYS Sales Tax. Please email me at JamieWG@aol.com for International purchases or with any questions.

This was painted from one of the photos I took on a walk by the lake. The yellow tinge to the sky at sunset, and the little red boat, glowed all the more with the muted colors surrounding them.

8x10 and smaller, Available, Boats and Ships, Brewster and North Salem, Gallery, Hudson River Valley, Lakes and Streams, Landscape, North Salem Library Show, Oil paintings, Peach Lake and Brook, Ruth Keeler Library Gallery, Sunrise/Sunset | No Comments »

Full Moon Over the Lake

Posted by Jamie on March 9th, 2009

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7×5″, oil on panel
$165.00 plus $15.00 shipping and insurance within the Continental United States. For local sales, shipping charge will be allocated to NYS Sales Tax. Please email me at JamieWG@aol.com for International purchases or with any questions.

Painted on location (en plein air).

8x10 and smaller, Available, Brewster and North Salem, Gallery, Hudson River Valley, Lakes and Streams, Landscape, North Salem Library Show, Oil paintings, Peach Lake and Brook, Plein Air--painted on location, Ruth Keeler Library Gallery | No Comments »

Late Day Winter Glow

Posted by Jamie on February 13th, 2009

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6×6″, Oils on linen
$160.00 plus $15.00 shipping and insurance within the Continental United States. For local sales, shipping charge will be allocated to NYS Sales Tax. Please email me at JamieWG@aol.com for International purchases or with any questions.


The trees behind my house light up bright orange beside Peach Lake Brook for about 15 minutes before sunset, reflecting strongly in the water, with the rest of the scene in shadow. I’ve been wanting to paint this view at this time of day forever! The strong color is fleeting, so this one was painted from a photo.

Palette:
Cadmium Yellow Lemon (Rembrandt)
Cadmium Red (Williamsburg)
Cobalt Blue (Winsor Newton)
Titanium White (Winsor Newton Artist & Winsor Newton Griffin mixed)
Initial wash of transparent yellow oxide (Rembrandt)

8x10 and smaller, Available, Brewster and North Salem, Gallery, Hudson River Valley, Landscape, North Salem Library Show, Peach Lake and Brook, Ruth Keeler Library Gallery, Sunrise/Sunset, Winter and Snow Scenes | No Comments »

Path Through the Open Land Foundation in North Salem, NY and painting demo

Posted by Jamie on November 8th, 2007

8×10, Golden OPEN Acrylics on Multimedia Artboard
$290.00 plus $15.00 shipping and insurance within the Continental United States. For local sales, shipping charge will be allocated to NYS Sales Tax. Please email me at JamieWG@aol.com for International purchases or with any questions.

Finally this painting is done. Here is the painting demo, as promised. My palette consisted of:
Hansa Yellow Opaque
Hansa Yellow Light (fluid acrylics)
Napthol Red Light
Transparent Red Oxide (fluid acrylics)
Ultramarine Blue
Phthalo Blue
Titanium White

I started with the Transparent Red Oxide, using Golden Fluid Acrylics. After a few placement lines, I blocked in my midtones and darks:

Next, I added Ultramarine Blue for the coolest darks, and Hansa Yellow Light for the lightest areas.

Then I laid in my sky, using Ultramarine Blue, Titanium White, and a touch of Phthalo Blue to bring the sky back to a mid-blue and give it a little chroma boost. (I apologize for the glare in this image.)

Once the sky is in, I start working local color, allowing my underpainting to show through in places. This is where I left off the other day, when I posted the image:

From there, I added more variations to my colors, filled out the textures of the trees, and pushed the lights and darks to create more contrast. Then the finishing touches went in, like the tree trunks and the stone wall in the background. Voila…done!

I hope you enjoyed following along with me in the painting process!

8x10 and smaller, Available, Brewster and North Salem, Demos/Work in Progress, Fall, Gallery, Golden OPEN Acrylic Paintings, Hudson River Valley, Landscape, North Salem Library Show, Trees, Westchester | 6 Comments »

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