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Tuesday, May 29, 2012

Dunes of Summer, 4x4 Inches, Oil Painting

$65 & $10 S&H


I'm back in the saddle again - took a whole day off from art-related things - and just spent time with my husband and boys (my daughter is with friends on a very nice island...:(), and was chomping at the bit today to paint.  
Do you know Nancy Angelini Crawford?  Very cool artist.  From Alaska.  Last Spring I was in Sedona painting with my buddies Mary Sheehan Winn and Carol Marine, and Nancy came to visit Carol.  After painting, we were sitting in a shaded sort of pavilion and Nancy and I got to talking and it turns out she grew up in the next town over from me, and her best friend and my best friend were sisters!  So we had actually hung out decades ago! 
Anyway when she visits her Mom we have gotten together to paint, twice now.  Today we went to Horseneck Beach in Westport and painted there.  I did two little 4x4 paintings, of which this is one!  Here's a close up of the brushwork - teeny tiny, but I had so much fun doing it!  It's a painting that probably won't need a frame, and will sit happily on a desk, reminding someone that Summer is never that far away... and the beach beckons....


12 comments:

  1. Un instant de bonheur... que ce petit coin de dune inondé de lumière...
    gros bisous

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  2. Oh your painting is so beautiful!
    We can feel it!
    love
    tweedles

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  3. Perfect sand color and those grasses are just spot on colorwise. Love this little piece of happiness at the beach!

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  4. Love Dunes of Summer! It is a wonderful painting that makes me feel like I could just walk right onto the warm sand...and be at a favorite place. Kell- I love the way you painted the scrubs of the grasses...really nicely done!

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  5. Love it...lots of ooey gooey paint and confident strokes. Love the story too...it is a small world!

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  6. The story is great, but the painting even more so. I just love big brush strokes and you have executed them perfectly. Fantastic work!!!

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  7. What a wonderful story. Art does so much for friendships, doesn't it? I'm like Maria above, I love the ooey gooey paint and brushstrokes. Glad you are back in the saddle my Dear.

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  8. Wonderful brushwork and thick paint Kelley...loved the story too!

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  9. What a little gem this is. Love it! Good to have a balance with your art and family...

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  10. Kelley - I am in awe of this little piece! Wow! So tiny - but I bet it would be awesome in a large piece as well!

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  11. Love the brushstroke..colors..you make it look so easy

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