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Tuesday, April 29, 2008

This week ~

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Peach, 4.5 x 6" watercolor/acrylic on illustration board This week has consisted mostly of working on commissions. I have 6 that are ...
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Friday, April 25, 2008

New ideas

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Red Poppies, 9x9" Colored Pencil on Black Paper This colored pencil drawing represents some new ideas that I'm deciding how to appr...
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Friday, April 18, 2008

Pear ~ the next generation

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Green Pear, watercolor/acrylic on illustration board Well, I've been working on this smallish painting. What I had yesterday, I worked...
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Thursday, April 17, 2008

Pear - a watercolor preliminary

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Pear, watercolor study on illustration board Because time has been very short this month - various things - I find myself attracted to quic...
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Saturday, April 12, 2008

7th in the series:

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Plant Play, 4.25 x 5.5" Watercolor/ink on paper For those of you who have enjoyed the cat paintings - here is the 7th. The first 4 of...
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Thursday, April 10, 2008

Feather further refined ~

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Black feather study 2 I've worked a little more on this feather and tried to add in some of the colorful undertones that appear in the b...
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Tuesday, April 8, 2008

Spring.....

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Break is over ... and I am back home after a great trip to visit my son at college! But - as you may have noticed, I haven't been worki...
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Monday, March 31, 2008

Empty Nest Again

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Empty Nest 2, 6x6" Oil on canvas Another view of the empty nest (see earlier post in late February for the first nest painting). This...
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Saturday, March 29, 2008

Gallery News! April 2008

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Painted Bowls and Platters During the month of April, my Painted Bowls and Platters are being featured at Good Works Gallery 485 N Main St. ...
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Monday, March 24, 2008

An Ode to Spring

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Three Tulips, 16 x 20" matted, water color/acrylic used as water media on paper This painting is an expression, I guess, of wishing for...
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Friday, March 21, 2008

Eternity opens

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Resurrection , 9 x 12" Mixed media on paper (paper, oil pastel, gold leaf, turpenoid) Have you ever wondered what happened at the mom...
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Thursday, March 20, 2008

Seeds~ waiting.

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Seed, 16 x 20" Oil on panel This is an older painting - and I posted it today because I feel that it explains this week and last week a...
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Friday, March 14, 2008

Red Velvet

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Red Velvet Cup Cake, 5x5" Oil on canvas Well, it has been a long week. My daughter has been ill, but - I've also found myself un...
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Saturday, March 8, 2008

Night Prowler

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Night Prowler, 4.25 x 5.5" Mixed media (watercolor, acrylic, ink) on paper Still at work on the contemporary cat paintings, as you...
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Helen Read
Illinois, United States
Art is fun! I've always enjoyed making things ... creating ... all things art! I went to Wheaton College (IL) where I received a B.A. in fine art. Then later, after doing a Masters in Teaching at National-Louis University, I began to teach art at the high school level. I currently teach art, am a parent, am an daily painter, and am active in my church. Life manages to stay pretty busy!
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