Wednesday, September 26, 2018

Summer Shadows

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Summer Shadows,  12x9" Oil on Canvas ©Helen Read Just off the easel Highly textured and full of colorful light, this painting ...
Sunday, September 23, 2018

Landscapes and Palette Knives

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A couple posts back, I posted the beginning of this landscape - a roadway ... maybe the road less traveled?     It's only in p...
Monday, September 17, 2018

Fly Away Home

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This little mini painting and its easel was my Give-Away in this month of September! And it is headed to Mississippi!  That's righ...
Thursday, September 13, 2018

Take Away - The subtractive approach

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The subtractive approach.... For me it's a new way to start a landscape painting.  I began this painting with transparent paint on a ...
Wednesday, September 5, 2018

Balancing Act - Life, work, and making art

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It really is.... a balancing act!   I've been doing it for years!  In the busyness of life - family, work, keeping a home an...
Friday, August 31, 2018

Giving away a little gift .....

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This little painting will be someone's gift in September!    Maybe for you???  Every few months I paint a mini painting a...
Wednesday, August 22, 2018

Capturing Beauty...

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Just that moment in time ...  the artist captures it.  Quickly it becomes something else.  I speak as an artist - but I also spe...
Tuesday, August 14, 2018

Need a Creative Boost?

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We all need a shot of encouragement from time to time!  I know I do!   From envisioning to planning, from sketching ideas and mak...
Monday, August 6, 2018

Fields and fields of coneflowers!

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Coneflower Fields, 8x10" oil on linen panel © Helen Read  Just a few weeks ago, I was wandering down the dusty road that is the v...
Friday, August 3, 2018

Some of my favorite paintings!

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Some of my favorite small paintings need a home - and I need to make room for new ones! :)  So, for a few days - get 40% off!  Th...
Tuesday, July 31, 2018

The Artist's Sketchbook

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How do I find the time  in a busy life of studio work, teaching, and - well, living ......   The truth is.... I don't - not a...
Wednesday, July 18, 2018

The Edge of Shadow

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The Edge of Shadow,  9x12" colored pencil on black paper ©Helen Read  Just this week, one of my botanical drawings from a few years...
Tuesday, July 10, 2018

Sketching ... a visual journal.

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My garden is in full bloom.... Hydrangeas, Daisies, Day Lilies, and luxurious foliage in so many shapes, sizes and hues! I can't resist...
Tuesday, July 3, 2018

Sunshine and Shadow

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Sunshine and Shadow, 9x6" oil on gessoboard ©2018  Helen Read  ready to frame $130.00 (domestic shipping included,  IL resi...