Sleeping Giant Oil Painting 47 Paintings for Hospice

THANK YOU LIZZIE! I WILL MATCH YOUR HOSPICE DONATION! 

Club 47 #3

5x7" oil on panel.

SOLD. $4.70 will be donated to Hospice

In Helena Montana there is a large sleeping giant who lays peacefully under the big sky. This is the view I saw of him every day growing up just outside Helena's city limits. 

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I will be donating the proceeds of Club 47 to Hospice of St. Peter's Hospital. 

Part of my challenge to paint 47 paintings is also to gather "Spirit Places" of my friends, family and mine and paint them large scale for my next series. "Spirit Places" are the places where we pay our best attention, where our bodies and minds feel most alive and where we feel electrified. I have quite a few spirit places and would not be surprised if some of mine are also your spirit places! Standing in this exact location back home in MT is one of mine.  

Indian Paintbrush on the Missouri by Marissa Vogl

 

5x7" oil on panel.

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I live in South Carolina but my heart will always be Montana. This painting is a view of the Missouri River and the highway that runs through the steep canyon walls. I added red flowers in honor of the Indian Paintbrush found all over Montana. It once was an endangered flower, it still might be I am not sure. It is one of my favorite wildflowers of Montana.

These small daily paintings are many things to me. They push me to "just paint", they are a way for me to study color combination and the way the stroke of the pallete knife or brush affects the painting dynamic. This particular painting started out with a Red Oxide wash which is a translucent paint color that allows for a lot of depth when I allow the oxide to show thru the paint. I then mix the majority of my colors I plan on using before I begin painting. This way I can study the affects of the colors together on my pallete before applying to the actual painting. Using only a pallete knife to apply color I am able to get a lot of texture and movement in the paint that adds to the interest of my work.

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Lara's Pears I

Oil on panel, 5x7
SOLD

"Lara's Pears I" is an original oil, small study painting I did in preperation for a larger more abstract pear painting. Many small quick brush strokes make up large dramatic shapes in this painting. I like how such a small range in color choices can make such a large contrast in the light and darks. Also the way the lighter more minty greens shine through the strokes of periwinkle creating the illusion of light filtering through the foliage.

This painting was featured today in a beautiful online treasury titled 'Rain in the Garden'

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Lemon Study I

oil on panel, 5x7

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This is my first post and my first day creating my new blog, please bare with me while I learn my way thru this new medium of blogging.

I do love lemons, I love them so much I have a date with my husband to go shopping for a lemon tree this week. I am sure there will be many more lemon paintings to come.