"Winter Dusting"

8x10 Oil Study

I don't sell my studies but if your interested in something like this please contact me

Kathryn@anaturalframe.com

I did this painting as a study for a larger piece that I want to do......when we traveled over the Sierras this past fall a small snow storm had come through just before we did. It was so beautiful with the dusting of fresh snow and the wet lower land captured my attention. It was a good thing my husband was driving or I would have spent more time stopped along the roads taking photos and sketching out my future artwork.

I hope you keep checking back as this one is SURE to come back as a larger painting.

Thank you for stopping by! Kathryn

"Sweeties"

4x5 Watercolor

If your interested in this little painting please contact me

Kathryn@anaturalframe.com

I love little sweetheart roses! this little painting was almost scrapped but I really have a difficult time giving up on things...... so this painting sat on my watercolor board for months....and months and I decided to push it's limit. I ended up liking it very much.

It's sweet!

Have a great day and thank you for your visit.

"Slimpicity" Revised

8x8 oil

If your interested in this painting please contact me Kathryn@anaturalframe.com

This painting needed some work from the original post. Although I thought I liked the painting it was difficult to get a good photo...so I finally came to the conclusion it wasn't the camera it's the painting! I had nothing but a blurr for the camera to pick up and it couldn't register the different colors because there wasn't any. So back to the easel and now it really is a pretty little snow scene that reflects the view out my back window....on a snowy day!

Thank you for your visit

Ironestone Winery Study

8x10 Oil NFS

My Studies are not for sale but if your interested in something like this please contact me

Kathryn@anaturalframe.com

Another fun painting that I started in October while in Murphys Ca. Yvonne and I painted after the workshop and I got off to a bad start with this painting. We went back to the house and painted some more on the deck where I worked from memory and finally got the composition better for this painting.....the original had a fence in the foreground and I finally had to ask myself that all important Q "Just what is this painting about?" I wiped out the distracting fence.

Thanks for your Visit!

Rocks, Turtles or Potatoes

8x10 Oil NFS

My studies are not for sale but if your interested in something like this please contact me

Kathryn@anaturalframe.com

Whew, it's been a long time!

Hope all the folks that visit me regularly are doing well now that the holiday season is over and we're off and running with the new year. It has been slow going for me...and I've really struggled getting into the Zone with my artwork. We are still unpacking....some boxes I just can't reach until we finish up some more shelving in our Studio/Garage. Ronnie is a master craftsman and has been working all his spare time building and designing the perfect space. Heating is an issue.....but we are getting closer with that daily, lol spring will be here and we'll have it all figured out!

Meanwhile I hope you enjoy this painting.....it is one I started in the Oct workshop I attended as a rock/water reflections study. I finished working on it now that I'm set up to paint. Rocks are a difficult subject for me.....probably because I'm thinking to hard about what it is. Anyway I don't think they look like potatoes to badly and the turtles did come out to sun before our day was over in October.

Thanks for visiting!

Handmade Pottery

Image size 9x12 Watercolor

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Kathryn@anaturalframe.com

Happy Thanksgiving!

This is a nice piece of pottery my friend Susie owns....this is my second time to paint it. I am still working on the Oil version of this piece that I started when she had some beautiful fresh flowers in it, now I'll have to finish it from memory! Wish me Luck

We are getting settled into our new home....trying to figure out the perfect spot for this and that, if you can't find that spot....GET RID OF IT! Sounds easy doesn't it?

Kathleen Dunphy October Plein Air Workshop

Such a fantastic experience!!! Painting with and learning from a wonderful artist

Kathleen Dunphy in Murphys California:

Web Page http://www.kathleendunphy.com/

Blog site http://kathleendunphy.com/blog

I am overflowing with information that I hope and pray I will retain!

Practice, draw, study and do it some more, LOL!

Yvonne painting the Outhouse on the first day! at the old schoolhouse.

Kathleen doing a Demo lesson on the second day.

She did a beautiful painting, and what a nice person, patient with all of us and an excellent instructor.

What did I paint you ask..... on the second day I painted the Parkside House we slept in the night before......or as I started calling it..."The Little Red House" itwas cute and I LOVED the tall cypress tress......don't see tress like that around here!

We had a great time on our trip enjoying time with our friends, painting, site seeing, winetasting and a few bonuses like seeing Yosemite National Park and meeting another artist who's work I also admire http://janettejones.com/ not to mention the other artists who attended the workshop.
Thanks for visiting and have a great day!

"Pasta for Dinner"

8x8 Oil

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Kathryn@anaturalframe.com

Painting Still Lifes have never really been a subject that I "want" to paint, but

are necessary for growth in my on going training in the art world. I enjoyed

painting this in Yvonnes wonderful studio, where she set this up for our

painting pleasure with good controlled lighting.

Check out her version of this set up at

http://newdaydailypaintings.blogspot.com/

Have a Great Day!

"Curious Doe"

6x6 Pastels

This is a small pastel painting that is a much older one and at the moment is

packed away in our storage unit......one of my favorites to be sure.

I haven't done much with pastels simply because I really love to oil paint and I can make a Huge mess with them! I am sure that I will dig out my pastels again one of these days.

Update on our New Home

As of yesterday, the roof is almost all shingled, it is plumbed, wired and getting it's 4-way inspection this morning. Today will be insulated, windows, wrapped, siding started. Sheetrock will be next....and the mudder(taper) is scheduled to come in this weekend. This house is "ROCKIN" with construction people......and I am told it will be "FINISHED in three more weeks! Just in time for us to be off on our vacation! just as soon as we get home we should be ready to start moving in!!

FUN STUFF!

Have a Wonderful Day!

"Peaceful Places"

7 1/2 x 11 Watercolor

If your interested in this painting please contact me Kathryn@anaturalframe.com

I can't believe how time seems to be slipping away from me! Tomorrow is August and I haven't accomplished much outdoor painting this summer. The funny thing is that is ALL I had planned for this summer! Seems one thing has lead to another and the next thing I know it will be fall.

I enjoyed painting this piece very much.....I had a sense of calm come over me during the process......., it might have been the subject matter, it might have been that I was surrounded by friends that I enjoy being with or it might be even simpler than that......I was painting! and loving every minute of it.

Have a Wonderful day! Thank you for visiting!