Peppermints On Aqua, 6x6 Inches, Oil

SOLD

The past few days have been super-busy - I've been working on an interesting but challenging commission.  But I've been completely overwhelmed by the grace and generosity of friends, near and far, who have reached out and contacted me.  Amazing original and beautiful Holiday cards, emails in response to my Daily Posts, and little gifts arriving on my doorstep and in the mail.  Truly, I am humbled.  And so, so grateful.  That so many of you bothered to tell me that you enjoy reading the blog posts, as well as seeing the work, well, it meant a lot to me.

And soon this commission will be done, and I can reach back out to you and thank you.  For today, please just know - you matter to me.

Now... don't forget the Snow Globe Giveaway - sign up to get my Blog Posts in your Inbox, and respond by just hitting the Reply button before Saturday - just say "I'm a subscriber and I'd like the Snow Globe" - and some one of you will get it in the mail next week!  I'll announce it on Saturday.  Could be your lucky day!

Triple Threat Commission and North River Holiday Sale!!!

SOLD

This is a commission for a special artist friend.  Think she'll like it?

I really loved painting the reflections of the colors onto the clear Vodka bottle. :)  I'll let you know if she likes it.

Now.... drum roll... a SNEAK PEEK at my paintings that will be at the North River Arts Society  this coming Saturday and Sunday.  Many years ago I would think this was a good place to put paintings that just hadn't sold.  Now my feeling is that if I wouldn't include it if I wouldn't want to hang it in my house.  I'm pretty excited about these paintings - and they're at a discounted price for you guys (my Peeps), and every sale helps support the North River Arts Society, which is a terrific organization, that inspires and instructs, encourages and supports artists.

That being said - the hours are 10-4, Saturday and Sunday, Nov. 12 & 13 FREE!

BUT if you like to get 'dibs', you can pay $15 on Saturday and get let in at 9 p.m.  It's an Early Bird Advantage!  But don't worry, even Sunday afternoon will have plenty to choose from.  Lesser priced pieces in the bins (mine has two glittery candy canes on it!), and on the stage there are pieces from $400 and up.

ENOUGH!  Just go!  You won't be sorry!

It's For You, 6x8 Original Oil Painting by Kelley MacDonald

This little guy is hanging, for sale, at the Providence Art Club.  Don't tell my husband, it's one of his favorites!  If he goes to a new home, all my holiday themed paintings will have sold, and I'll have to start a new group!

I just LOVED painting this... because despite it's simplicity and childish charm, it was a real study in darks and light, highlights, drawing and composition.  Go figure.

Anyway, he's from last December, but is in the Art Club's Holiday show.  Enjoy your day!

Spearmints, GIVEAWAY, 5x7 Oil

*PLEASE* leave me some contact info on your comment! :)

Happy Holidays to all views of my blog! As a gift to all my blog friends I'm going to give this little 5x7 painting to one of you! All you need to do is to tell me you want it, by making a comment on this post by Tuesday, December 8th! In his last years my dad always had a supply of these wonderful mints in the car, near his chair, everywhere he might be. I enjoyed painting the shapes, and especially the cellophane wrappers!

If you are not familiar with making 'comments: look on the blog (if you get this in an email form, look at the bottom of the email. It should say "Posted by Kelley MacDonald on Kelley MacDonald's Daily Paintings..." Click on the BLUE words (it's a link to my blog) then look below today's post - you'll see the words "2 Comments" (or 5 comments, or SOME number of comments), and click on THAT. It will open up a little window with comments made by others, and a box for you to type your comment in. Then if you have a google account, check off that dot, if not, you can click on "Name... URL" and type your name and blogsite, or email I believe. If nothing works include your email at the end of your 'Comment' so I can contact you!

Good luck everyone, and thank you for supporting me with your kind comments all through the year!

Maybe you missed the two exhortations to PLEASE leave me some sort of contact info (i.e. just your name won't get me in touch with you, and there are a LOT of people named 'Chris' out there!). Thank YOU! If I'm sounding desperate, I am... I have about a dozen people I couldn't contact if I wanted to who left comments!

Surprise Snowman! And Sketches

Surprise Snowman, 6x6

$100 + $10 S+H via Paypal

Here's another little guy I have hanging around my studio. I'm a fool for snowmen, I think! And below is one of my 'idea' pages for the paintings I did for the Telephone Challenge - you can see how well I follow up on them!

Holiday Mug, 6x6 Acrylic

On Sunday evening Tim & I went to Newport and stopped in at Starbucks (hey, Coastal Roasters was CLOSED!) and they had these cool metallic mugs that I thought would be a challenge to paint. I was right! But I forged ahead, letting the paint get really thick, and letting the lights emerge from the shadow. The only huge question was whether to include the 'seam' on the wood that the cup sat on (that diagonal going from the center to the mid-right side). See, in real life there's a refletion on the mug, so I was thinking 'yes', include the reference for the reflection. I'm going to try painting it in the daylight, see how that works.

And many thanks to all who have visited my blog. I very much appreciate your presence, and your comments, it makes you feel less 'alone' in the work, knowing people are viewing.

Pomegranates, 6x8 Oil

The top one is from today, the bottom one from yesterday. I'd been itching to get back to Daily Paintings, and pomegranates are such a challenge because of the many different colors of red the skin has. THEN when you open them... there are more! I apologise for the bad cropping job, I'll try to clean them up later. I just loved spreading this creamy paint around, and liked the simple subject. This is one fruit that always reminds me of the holidays. Let's hope I don't delay savoring this treat till it's gone by - done that many times... :}