Sunlit Meadow, 10x8" oil on canvas
©Helen C Read
These last few weeks, I've been working on a commission. To prepare for that commission, I wanted to get shapes and colors figured out. So, this painting is a preparatory painting for that commission.
Capturing the colors of a sunlit day, then capturing them on a figure was the challenge with this.
Soon, this painting be added to my website: https://HelenCRead.com.
Morning Chill, 11x14" oil on canvas
©2025 Helen Read
Winter in the north can have very minimal color.
While creation is sleeping, the world is covered in a snowy blanket with blue shadows of all that
stands tall in the landscape. On a clear day, the sky can be a beautiful azure.
As a painter, I was attracted to the way the shadows pulsed across the landscape in bands of blue, the brightness of the sun, defusing its light through the branches of the trees, and how much subtle color can be seen in the white snow.
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This small gems are packed with joyful color that reminds us of th
Playing with color and with marks and with composition - you figure out possibilities with sketchbook explorations. Starting with no expectations, it's fun to see what just unfolds as you go! Who knows, this one may be the inspiration for a new painting!
This sketchbook painting (acrylic) measures 6x6". I think it would make a lovely large wall statement!
Some of the process is shown below of the stages.
Thundering Waves, 16x20" acrylic on canvas
©Helen C Read
If you love an oceanic theme and colors, that is what this painting evokes.
There is an implied sense of strength and power in the brush strokes and depth of blues and greens.
The textured canvas reminds us of terra firma.
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Amber in Blue - 12x6" acrylic on canvas
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This painting really was an experiment. It started on a gessoed canvas, painted with blues and magenta, sprayed with alcohol, dried and then loosely painted with acrylics. I'm not sure if it lived up to my imagination as I started the experiment, but I think it has become an interesting, very impressionistic painting.
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Winter Wonder
watercolor on paper
This painting is my Free Download to my Artful Friends for the month of February.
Overshadowed, 18x24" oil on canvas
More experiments in the realm of abstract painting. This one uses some metallic gold oil paint and is highly textured. Colors of blues/violets and gold.
This will be posted on my website as soon as it has dried.
