Tuesday, July 26, 2016

Still Available at great prices - and More Added!

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Earlier this month, I let you know that  I've cleaned out my studio and I've stocked my Etsy shop with some of my work that nee...
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Tuesday, July 19, 2016

Start to finish - and finally finished! Winter Twilight

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Winter Twilight, 24x36" Oil on canvas  © Helen Read I've finally finished this larger landscape painting.  It has been mon...
Saturday, July 16, 2016

.... and a little more is done!

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This has seemed an endless painting!  But I actually am on the home stretch!  In fact, I think it will be done in the next few days. ...
Monday, July 11, 2016

A little more done!

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I must say,  it does seem to be taking forever!    I'm working along on this larger painting (2' x 3')  and I continue to m...
Thursday, July 7, 2016

Celebrating My 9 Year Adventure!!

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It was July 2007....  I made a commitment to get serious! I started this blog - and planned to paint a little bit every day.  I knew i...
Tuesday, June 28, 2016

Once again.....

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I'm working on this large painting that I had to put aside for awhile.   Here are the latest brushstrokes!!  Some good things are happen...
Saturday, June 18, 2016

Tall Oaks - Lincoln Marsh

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Tall Oaks ~ Lincoln Marsh ,  20x16" Oil on canvas panel © Helen Read      There's something about tall trees that is majest...
Friday, June 3, 2016

Up next! Tall Oaks

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Still in progress   Here you see the beginning progression of this newest landscape... the top image is an underpainting.  (Before ...
Monday, May 23, 2016

This pathway

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Lincoln Marsh Pathway,   12x9" Oil on linen panel ©2016 Helen Read SOLD Not too far from where I live is a natural wetlan...
Thursday, May 19, 2016

Spring Awakens!

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  Spring Awakens, 12 x 9" oil on linen panel ©2016 Helen Read ready to frame  SOLD Oh Springtime!  So long awaited during the...
Saturday, May 14, 2016

Working on 2 new paintings

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It's a cold, overcast, windy day - so a good day to bring these 2 paintings along.  Both are 12x9" .  The underpainting was done a ...
Tuesday, May 10, 2016

2 New landscapes - underpaintings

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Both of these are underpaintings - a monochromatic "rough draft" you could say - which just lays out the general idea in l...
Saturday, May 7, 2016

Its been a week! Student Art Show

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Every year around the first week in May, our high school puts on the student art exhibit.  As an art teacher, it is a lot of ...
Saturday, April 30, 2016

Field Work

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One of the pleasures of landscape painting is being IN the landscape!  One of the disciplines is drawing it...these a...