Here's my painting "Expectant Buds" that won the People's Choice award. It was fun and validating for me to win the award and also to have my painting bought by a lady from San Antonio who was very excited about hanging it in her home.
It is a special one for me, because it is one of my "intuitive" or spontaneous paintings. I started out with a fresh piece of watercolor paper and lots of tubes of paint before me. I went by "feel" to orient the paper and select the paints I felt drawn to, without a preconceived idea of what or how I intended to paint. On wet paper, I freely applied paint and water from the brush with my whole arm, and let the colors mingle on the paper, responding at a gut level to the painting as it evolved. Then after it dried, I added contrast and definition, attempting to create interest without impeding the freedom and flow of the underpainting. I enjoy painting this way and in this case enjoyed the results too!
Email from Judy Ziehm on November 6, 2010
ReplyDeleteSo cool ! How exciting darci has discover a passion for painting. I would
love to see more. Love her descriptive write ip. Beautiful painting
Email from Alison Wingfield on Nov 6, 2010
ReplyDeleteRe: [I love to paint!] Intuitive Painting It’s a beautiful painting. Thanks for
sharing!
Email from Kate Wissmann on Nov 10, 2010
ReplyDeleteWow Darcy, your paintings are amazing. You have to explain to me how you do that
next time u come in!
Kate
Email from Ava on Nov 7, 2010
ReplyDeleteYou draw well and you write well --you are so full of talent! So proud of you!!
Email from Debbie Snider on Nov 7, 2010
ReplyDeleteoh my gosh, jean! that is gorgeous!!! i don't know anything about painting,
but she really seems talented! thank you so much for sending the blog thing.
Email from Rachel on Nov 6, 2010
ReplyDeleteI would be happy also to have that beautiful piece of art hanging in my home. Wow
it is awesome. Good job. lovely lovely
Email from Melanie on Nov 6, 2010
ReplyDeleteWow..............you must inspire other artist as well!!!! So glad you
sold it...........great work!!!!!!
Email from Shirley on Nov 6, 2010
ReplyDeleteIt's beautiful, Darcy! Was the People's Choice Award given at the reception in
Elgin? You are really going "great guns", and I'm excited for you. I love the
story you tell with each painting - it makes it more meaningful to read the
history of it..
Kkeep on Painting!! Shirley.
Email from Diane Schattel on Nov 2
ReplyDeleteYou go, Darcy!
When you're talented and happy, your skills just come through.
I'm still teaching ESL (Accent Modification) at a college in the area,
Plano. It's been fun, and interesting, too.
We're all set for a vacation in November-December, but we still don't know
where it will be. Ha! We never do.
I'm so glad I know you--you're wonderful. Keep sending the artistic
updates. Hugs, Diane
Yeah, Darcy! Congratulations on a beautiful painting.
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