Looking ahead!

Wrapped,  9 x 12" colored pencil on black paper
©2010, Helen Read 

Just a few weeks from now, we will be in the midst of the Christmas Holidays. 

Wishing you a season of peace and joy as you

prepare for the season,  remembering the Reason for the season! 

I'll be posting more soon! 

Morning Fog

Morning Fog,  5.5x6" Watercolor on paper

©2012, Helen Read

This is something I am doing for another project, but its been suggested that this needs to be made
into something larger.  So, perhaps that will be coming.
This is what I woke up to the other morning from my back window - quite ethereal and

mysterious!   It made a nice little study. 

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Bird and Berries ~ Featured Painting for the Holidays!

Bird and Berries, 7x5" Oil on canvas

© Helen Read 

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What a busy season it has been.  After returning from a cross-country trip for my son's wedding,
it has taken me just a bit to get back into stride with studio work and
my regular daily work teaching.  So, this little painting has taken a little time, but I'm posting it now.  What a great time to get a gift for yourself or for someone else at an exceptional value!  

 

The Edge of Shadow

The Edge of Shadow, 9x12" colored pencil on black paper

© Helen Read 

 

 

 

Barely There

Barely There, 10x8" Oil on Canvas
© Helen Read

 

Reposting a fall painting from a couple years back.  This is just what it looks like around here at this time of year.  The very few clinging leaves are paper thin and dried, rustling as the wind blows. 

A little stark - but beautiful in its time and season.

 

November Gathering

November Gathering,  8x8" Oil on canvas

©Helen Read 

 

This is a repost of a "November painting" a few years ago.  
The colors are in a complementary color scheme - and very true to the kinds of colors we find this time of year. 

Still one of my favorites! 

  

Leeks in November!

Leeks in November!  7x6" colored pencil on gray drawing paper 

©2012, Helen Read 

Yesterday, in early November, I pulled a few leeks from my garden.  I don't have much that is still growing - a few leeks, cabbages, kale, and lettuce.   As I washed the roots, I had to laugh! 

Such a wild array of protrusions!   And, I thought them worthy of a picture with exaggerated color.  

A little celebration, I guess, of line and shape ~ and a Creator's sense of humor!  

Fall Harvest

Apples on Damask,  6 x 12" Oil on canvas 

© Helen Read 

 

Posting another painting from a couple Novembers ago.  This still life was one in which I was challenged to create a damask setting with its reflected light on the fabric, the pattern in the weave and shadows.  Also, of course, I wanted to get the deep reds and green of the apples with their reflected light. 

I used a very traditional approach - starting with a grisaille painting. 

It would be the perfect addition to a dining room or kitchen!  I'd love to package it up and send it to you!