Sunday, September 26, 2010

Summer 2010 in the Studio - a retrospect

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       Fall is here.  I can feel it in the air - its much cooler now, and the humidity is gone.  So, it seems a good time to look back and ...
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Thursday, September 23, 2010

Brokenness

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Brokenness, 5x5" Oil on canvas  ©2010, Helen Read    I've been wanting to do a still life in white ~ a personal challenge, I gues...
Wednesday, September 15, 2010

Marigolds in a Bottle

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Marigolds in a Bottle,   7 x 5" Oil on canvas  ©2010, Helen Read    SOLD   I've grown some marigolds again this year in my small g...
Monday, September 13, 2010

New Beginnings

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New Beginnings - Hibiscus Buds,   8 x 10" graphite on clayboard ©2010, Helen Read For those who care to look back in the previous pos...
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Friday, September 10, 2010

Summer Rerun -Green Grapes

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Green Grapes ,  5 x 7 " Oil on canvas ©2008, Helen Read    Still working along on some new paintings in the studio,  so in the meantim...
Wednesday, September 8, 2010

Another Old Favorite - Old Tree

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Old Tree , 8x8" Oil on canvas  ©2007, Helen Read  (Private collection - Austin, TX)  Just posting a few older ones as paint dries on ...
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Saturday, September 4, 2010

Picking Tomaotes ~ Old favorite

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   Tomatoes in a Basket, 6x6" oil on canvas ©2007, Helen Read  This is what I have going on in my garden!   Tomatoes.... small ones!  ...
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Tuesday, August 31, 2010

Summer Floral

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Summer Floral,   8x8" Oil on canvas ©2010, Helen Read    This painting was inspired by some potted plants I saw at the grocery store...
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Monday, August 30, 2010

I'm most honored!

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I have been honored twice today!    I have been featured in an article in the Dallas Examiner . I hope you'll take a moment to read it!...
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Thursday, August 26, 2010

Drawing still in progress!!

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My progress on this graphite drawing is continuing.  This week has been crazy with starting a new semester of school, learning approx. 120 ...
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Monday, August 23, 2010

Progress is slow, but it continues

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Graphite drawings are time consuming when done in a photographic way ... there's really no getting around that fact!   But, they do have...
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Saturday, August 21, 2010

A new work in progress - pencil on clayboard

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I haven't done a graphite drawing ~ just for the sake of drawing in quite some time. Here I'm trying out a new support.  This is don...
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Wednesday, August 18, 2010

Colored pencil study

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Sunset, colored pencil study  ©2010, Helen Read  After several weeks away from the studio, I'm back!  This is a small study done on mat...
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Monday, August 16, 2010

Free Sunflower Painting ~ going to Miami, FL!!

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Congratulations to Maria , the WINNER of my "small painting giveaway"!    I'll be sending this with it's small easel off ...
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