Patricia Musgrave – A Painting Blog: January 2012

Saturday, January 28, 2012

Pink Primroses

8" x 10" oil on canvas

These primroses look great, especially when so few other flowers are blooming. But I didn't really paint them because they were "flowers" per se, this painting was meant to be an exercise in color relationships. Warm colors/cool colors, harmonies and compliments, no matter how long I work at it, I will always feel like I could make things a little better. What do you think?

This piece is for sale through The Daily Paintworks Website, link above or directly through me. I have painted it on all sides so you can frame it up, or just hang it as it is!

And please, visit my page at Artistes de Studio to see more of my work.

Saturday, January 21, 2012

Snowy Morning, Summit County

13" x 9.5" oil on board

sold

This month The Virtual Paintout went to Summit County, Colorado to enjoy the scenery, and do some painting. I found this quiet little spot with fresh new snow. So lovely and peaceful!

Saturday, January 14, 2012

Painted Roses

8" x 10" oil on canvas
$45.

Sometimes you just need to paint. Just get out a photo and paint what you see. I hadn't painted much in a few weeks, because of one thing or another, and the need to put paint to canvas outweighed all else!

You can purchase this painting through The Daily Paintworks site, or by clicking on the Paypal logo on this page, It is painted on all sides, you can frame it up, or just hang it as it is!

(edge of painting)

Please visit my gallery at The Daily Paintworks.

I'm also showing it at a new website, Artists de Studio, I hope you'll visit me there.

Saturday, January 7, 2012

Amaryllis

16" x 24" oil on board

framed in black wood

$250.

Winter flowers - thankful that we have them! At a time when not much is blooming around my house, I look at these lillies, with the light coming through them and feel comfort for all the beautiful things yet to come!

Please visit my gallery and auctions at the Daily Paintworks, and visit me at a new website, Artistes de Studio. This is a site produced by the folks at Plein Air Artists. While the Plein Air site is for landscape paintings - done outside "en plain air", the "Artistes" site is for studio work - which I do a lot of!

To purchase a Painting.

All paintings are for sale unless other wise noted. I prefer to use Paypal, it is easy and secure. Using The Daily Paintworks website makes it even easier - there is a link below each painting.

There is a small shipping fee. Paypal will automatically add this, For more information, please contact me at:

patriciamusgrave7@yahoo.com

For purchases outside the US, please contact me, or go to The Daily Paintworks, where the information is available.

You may, of course, return a painting you don't like, but please contact me within 3 working days. Send the painting back, and I will issue a refund, minus the full shipping fees (generally, I pay a portion of them). I want my customers to be happy with my work.

I have made every effort to match the digital color of the image you see to the paintings, but not all monitors, lighting effects or digital cameras are totally accurate and some variation will occur.

Artist's Statement

My main goal as a painter is to express the beauty I see around me. I feel that this is my mission in life, and I take it seriously.

I love the process of painting, itself, and me, color is the best part. I see color theory as an evolving concept, one that never ceases to amaze and delight, so to learn more, to do better... this is where I am a seeker!

I hope you enjoy these paintings, I think I can honestly say I work long and hard over them. Not because I'm a perfectionist - I'm certainly not - but because I understand that all these pieces will last a very long time. Artists, I think must also be craftsmen. We must strive to create a thing of integrity and (for me) beauty for others to share in and enjoy.

Thank you for looking!