Wishes, 6x6 Inch Acrylic Painting by Kelley MacDonald

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Well, on my birthday (Thursday, the 14th) I kind of took it easy.  Had a nice breakfast with an artist friend in the studio, painted, shipped, had lunner (lunch and dinner mix) of Chinese food with my husband, and then painted, while cupcakes were being made for me at home.

I think the folks at Edible Arrangements probably are curious as to what type of fruit diet I am on, considering the prodigious amounts they delivered in multiples to my address.  Seriously, come on over, I've got a chocolate dipped pineapple flower with your name on it! :D

This little painting is looser than my 'normal' style, which I am working on.  It seems I've been getting tighter and tighter, and unless I want to go into photorealism (lovely, but not for me) I need to practice getting and staying loose.  We'll see how this works out.  I got this little bottle at my annual pilgrimage to the Brimfield fair.  Can't wait to see what colors they have this year!

Birthday Gull, 6x6 Inches, Oil Painting of Sea Gull

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The title of this one is a bit tongue-in-cheek, as it was the FINAL birthday celebration today!   I came back to the studio and found a photo of this seagull grooming itself.  I'd love to paint a seagull from life, but they never stay still long enough!  It was impossible to photograph this painting without the bits of glare on the dark gray feathers, which appear like speckles in the photo.

*March 30 Workshop Full*
I still have openings in the 3-day Workshop, April 25, 26, 27 9-4
At Oceanside Gallery in Hull, MA

Woo-Hooo Duck! 6x6 Oil

In a lighthearted mood... this little duck was given to me for my birthday, but I keep him around everyday because he makes me smile.  Reminds me that friends make me laugh, and so, he's my little 'party animal'!

I promise something more serious for the next post!  In the meantime, I'm excited to go to the Gala Opening of the Art Festival in Marshfield tonight - it's never happened that I got two paintings in, so I wouldn't miss this for the world!  And Sunday I will be painting there from 1-5, which is like Old Home Week - sometimes I have to finish the painting afterwards.  Last time I spent a lot of time taking pictures of all the cute dogs!  Don't think I'll do it this time, I don't want to make Paco jealous!

And, in case you think I took them for granted, I realllllly appreciate your comments guys.  It tells us bloggers that we're not 'blogging into the wind', to paraphrase....

Swedish Grace, Celadon, 6x6, Oil

Some of you may remember that my favorite coffee cup cracked last summer, and it was a Swedish Grace pattern in cobalt blue by Rorstrand - no longer available in the U.S.  I really missed it, and since I couldn't fly to Sweden to get another I was resigned to living without.  Last week, for my birthday, my sweet husband hunted for and found a store in San Francisco that had odds and ends of Swedish Grace.  He bought me a celadon cup and saucer set, as well as a coffee mug.  The mug has yet to arrive, but here is the cup and saucer, along with Anna's (I just realized) Swedish Ginger Cookies.  Boy, for an Irish/French woman I sure like things Swedish, eh?