Thursday, July 20, 2023

It's Finally Ready!! Helen C Read on Patreon!

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 This is something I've been considering for a while...and now HERE IT IS!   :)  The Art Adventure Why have I created this on Patreon?  ...
Sunday, July 2, 2023

July is Give-Away month!

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  This lovely little original oil painting is going to one of my friends in July!  It could be you!  Just check my July newsnote (sending on...

A Landscape Painting Exhibit - July 2023

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  Preparing an exhibit has taking up a good deal of my month of June!  But this 10 piece landscape exhibit is now up and ready to be viewed!...
Tuesday, May 30, 2023

Tranquility

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 Tranquility, 11x14" oil on canvas Shown framed in a floating frame.  There's something about being in nature - about the beauty, t...
Friday, May 12, 2023

Cantigny Tulips

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  Not far from where I live - these beautiful tulips are in full bloom.  This only gives a glimpse of the acres of flowers tucked into a woo...
Friday, May 5, 2023

Drying - not yet finished.

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  This is what has been on my easel this last week or so.  It's not quite finished.  Still drying - not yet titled. This is, I suppose, ...
Thursday, April 27, 2023

Finally Finished!

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 Sometimes, I find something stuck away ... something I started a long while ago and never finished.    Flowering Crabapple That was the cas...

Pen and Ink, Floral Bouquet

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Pen and ink is such a wonderful medium.  I did this small drawing a few months ago preparing for a larger painting.  But - it had such a lov...
Tuesday, March 28, 2023

Another Give Away Painting coming in April!

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  This colorful painting is going to be given away!   That's right!  Every few months I paint a small painting to give to one of my frie...

Rainbow Fields ~ Spring Celebration

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A 2-part painting (Diptych) where much of my creative energy has gone in March!  As I was working, that is the thought that came continuall...
Thursday, March 2, 2023

Garden Jewels

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  Garden Jewels, 7x5" oil on panel ©Helen Read   The beautiful jewel tones of the garden are, to me, like gemstones! The...
Friday, February 24, 2023

Floral Assortment

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    Floral Assortment, 12 x 9" oil on panel © Helen Read There's no shortage of color in the floral world!  I'm thankful for th...
Wednesday, February 22, 2023

Vivid Color

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  Two New Paintings Still Drying This is the time of year - the long lasting dreary days of winter - when I long for bright and beautiful co...
Monday, February 6, 2023

Red White and Blue for Valentine's Day

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  This lovely watercolor, Red, White, and Blue , is part of my 2023 Valentine's Suite.  Flowers have long been associated with love and...