Magnolia with Plum

"Magnolia Bloom with Plum," oil on hardboard, 6"x8" - Available

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Painting Workshop

A couple of weeks ago I gave a one day still life painting workshop at Segil Fine Art Gallery.  Here are some pictures from our fun day. 

Here is the painting I did during the demonstration.  I painted it from a photograph of a still life I created.  The other artists ("students") painted from the same picture.

Laura Segil, of Segil Fine Art Gallery has scheduled a variety of painting workshops through the gallery.  You can see the artists (and the workshop description) at www.segilfineart.com  I will be giving another workshop in the fall.  Once we have a date scheduled I will post it on my blog.  Let me know if I can answer any questions regarding painting demonstrations, workshops or private painting lessons.  Thank you!

Open Studio at Randy Higbee Gallery

"Purple with Orange, " oil on linen, 6"x8" - available

This is one of two paintings I did during a fun one-day open studio event at Randy Higbee Gallery, Costa Mesa, CA.  Several times a year Randy welcomes artists to enjoy painting still life set ups or figure drawing/painting with a live model at his large gallery and frame shop.  It's a wonderful opportunity to meet and paint with other artists.  Randy charges a small fee to enjoy the studio and provides a delicious spread of cheeses, fruit, crackers, wine and more! www.randyhigbeegallery.com and www.kingofframe.com 

Artists painting still life set ups.

Here I am painting one of the vignettes I helped to create for the event.

I will post my Sunflower painting soon.  It needs just a bit of tweaking!

 

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Rose Paintings

"Spring White," oil on hardboard, 5"x7" - available

"Icebergs in Bloom," oil on hardboard, 6"x6" - available

 

Two new painting sketches.  Iceberg Roses are a popular rose bush found along the coast here in Orange County.

 

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Summer Show at Segil Fine Art Gallery

"Spring Colors," oil on hardboard, 8"x6" -  Available $395 at Segil Fine Art Gallery.

 

Here are two new paintings selected for the Summer Show,
"H2O, Ebb and Flow," at Segil Fine Art Gallery, opening Saturday, June 15 with an artist reception from 5:00pm-7:00pm.  Exhibit closes August 31, 2013.  www.segilfineart.com

 

"Lily Fountain," oil on hardboard, 8"x10" - Available $525 at Segil Fine Art Gallery.

 

My continued Rose challenge

"Pink Paris Blooms," oil on hardboard, 6"x6" - Available $250 at Segil Fine Art Gallery.

 

Since I am on a rose kick at the moment, I decided to look through some pictures I had taken at the Luxemburg Gardens in Paris.  I found quite a few good ones of  the "Catherine De Medici" roses.  They are beautiful and delicate.  They remind me of "Eden Climber" - which I just took pictures of while visiting a local garden shop.  So, more to come!  Along with a few Plein Air studies I have been doing of roses.   

Colorful Golden Pear

"Golden Pear," oil on hardboard, 7"x5" - Sold



New Small Works

"Café in White, " oil on hardboard, 5"x7" - available

"Garlic and Balsamic," oil on hardboard, 7"x5" - Sold

Roses

"Spring Blooms,"  oil sketch, 5"x7"  - (update sold)

 

Aaah roses, one of the biggest challenges for me as an oil painter.  When spring arrives and roses start blooming I am reminded to keep working through the my hesitation to paint them.  I used to paint roses often as a watercolor artist.  I didn't seem to have the difficulty I feel trying to paint roses in oil.  I'll keep painting the beautiful colorful varieties I see this spring and summer.  At least they are a lovely subject to look at while you paint them! 

 

I recently located photographs of some watercolors I had done many years ago.  I thought it would be fun to show you this rose painting. "White Blooms," watercolor, 18"x24" painted on Arches cold press paper.

 

"White Blooms" - watercolor

 

Oranges

"Petite Nosh," oil on linen, 6"x8"

 

Still Life in the large

"Fruit Arrangement with Copper,"  oil on linen, 12"x24" - available through the artist.

 

This is a recent painting I did for my solo exhibition at Segil Fine Art Gallery.  It's one of the largest still life paintings I have ever done.  (A departure and a challenge for me!)  Last fall I chose fruit, gathered eucalyptus leaves, berries and placed an old copper pitcher in the composition.  I worked slowly though the painting, with many thin layers before placing the final highlights.  Below is a picture take at the gallery showing the lovely frame on "Fruit Arrangement with Copper."

 

 

Pears on Pewter

"Pears on Pewter," oil on board, 6"x8"

 

Solo Show Opens

I wanted to post as many pictures as possible showing the exhibit.  There are additional paintings not seen here, but I've tried to show most of the 38 paintings.  Hope you enjoyed viewing my first solo show!  Please see www.amandafishfineart.com or www.segilfineart.com for additional information.  Thank you! 

Hanging Upcoming Show

This past weekend I helped Laura Segil, owner of Segil Fine Art Gallery, and her assistant, artist Lynne Fearman hang 36 paintings for my solo show.  All went smoothly!  The show is up and we are all ready for the Artist Reception, this coming Saturday, March 2, 5:00-7:00pm.  I will post pictures next week from opening night of "Traditional Touches." Additional information see www.amandafishfineart.com

Lynne and Laura

Amanda Fish at Segil Gallery

 

Traditional Touches

"Traditional Touches,"  oil on linen, 8"x16" - $895 (Update Sold)

Available at Amanda's solo exhibition at Segil Fine Art Gallery, though March 30, 2013.