Tuesday, June 28, 2022

Charmed by Lilacs

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  Lilac Charm,  10x8" oil on gessoed panel ©Helen Read  I love lilacs and am so happy each spring when it's time for them to bloom...
Tuesday, June 14, 2022

Creatively Uninspired? Here's Help!

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  Inspiration ~ that magical feeling that artists have as they create! Hold up! Maybe not! …what if “inspiration” is over rated? If you ar...
Sunday, June 12, 2022

Lakeside Sunflower Landscape Painting

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  Lakeside Sunflowers 11x14" oil on canvas  Visiting the Chicago Botanical Gardens, I was captured by the serenity of this lakeside sce...
Sunday, June 5, 2022

Wildflower Landscape in Progress

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 Scroll down a bit and you'll see this same landscape done in watercolor.  Using the same reference photo, I'm now working in oil pa...
Friday, May 20, 2022

Waterside Wildflowers

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  Waterside Wildflowers,  5.5x7.5" watercolor on paper matted in white for 8x10" frame.  More information on this painting here!  ...
Friday, May 13, 2022

St James Wood

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  At the end of a busy and somewhat stressful day, a sketchbook pen and ink landscape study is restful. I love the textures and values that...
Saturday, May 7, 2022

Eden's Dawn

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  Eden's Dawn, Abstract  18.25 x 24" oil on constructed canvas ©Helen Read  unframed, painted around sides (see images below)  Link...
Tuesday, May 3, 2022

Herrick Woods

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  Herrick Woods 7x5" - matted in white for 8x10" frame - Watercolor on paper | shown in a solid wood frame w/cherry finish. Ready ...
Thursday, April 28, 2022

An Old Canvas - New Ideas

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 Years ago, I stretched a canvas by piecing together pieces of canvas, priming it, and giving it several coats of gesso.  I wasn't compl...
Thursday, April 21, 2022

Ballerinas

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  Ballerinas ,  7x5" Oil on gesso panel ©Helen Read With a graceful dance in the breeze, these lovely blossoms are some of the first si...
Tuesday, April 19, 2022

April Cheer

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  April Cheer ,  12x12" oil on panel ©HelenRead Spring seems quite delayed this year.  It's been cold and rainy - even a dusting of...
Saturday, April 16, 2022

Win THIS Tiny Oil Painting!

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  Give aways are fun!  Especially when you are  the recipient! This small original oil painting is my next give away! It measures 3x3"...
Wednesday, April 6, 2022

Sunflowers in a Blue Jar

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  I've had several requests for this painting, but it was not painted in a saleable format. But, now - it's available as a beautif...
Wednesday, March 30, 2022

Trinity

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Trinity, 7x5" oil on gesso panel ©Helen C Read SOLD It is said that the Iris symbolizes wisdom, hope, trust, and also the Trinity.  The...