This site is a way to share my paintings and my artistic journey.
I work predominantly in Oil Pastels, which is a largely unknown medium for painting. Oil Pastels are sticks of creamy, vibrant color. I had been working with oil paint in tubes for the last few years. No matter how hard I tried, I could not get the rich colors that I craved with oil paint. The harder I tried, the faster I seemed to mix colors into mud!
I have been working in Oil Pastels for almost a year. And have been doing so much more painting because I am so much happier with the outcome.
Last month I submitted three paintings to the First Annual Oil Pastel Society Show. The Oil Pastel Society, an international artist organization, put this show together. The show, containing 88 paintings from around the world, displays the great versatility of the oil pastel medium.
I was awarded an Honorable Mention for my entry entitled “Gazing out to Sea”.
The online art exhibit can be viewed at http://oilpastelsociety.com/2005Show/Beginnings2005.htm
The majority of my artwork is in Oil Pastels. However, I have started experimenting with both digital painting and digital manipulation.
Digital painting is painting on the computer using the screen as a blank canvas and the mouse as your brush.
"Woman at Beach" is a digital painting.
Digital manipulation alters and distorts a photograph to create the final image.
I see both of these digital ways of creating art as major art forms in the future. They are not replacements for traditional forms of paint and pencil. But I do see them taking a place along side of the traditional art media.
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Hi again Ann!
I can see why you received an honorable mention for "Gazing out to Sea," it is quite lovely. Being an Island girl, I can tell you that there have been many times that I have done just that for hours at a time - in bathing suit, shorts, whatever, even once in a prom gown at Jones Beach with your gorgeous Uncle. You capture the moment very well of the young girl in your painting. Keep it up!
Love, Aunt Peggy-Ann
Dear Ann,
I have just visited your website. Thank you for your lovely email. I always appreciate hearing from students.
I am honored.
Your paintings are wonderful!
Please keep in touch,and keep up the good work.
Sincerely,
Lois Griffel
Ann
Your work is simply beautiful! I loved the fact that you shared with everyone the developmental steps in your most recent work.
I love your use of color and the impressionistic use of "soft lines" that give your paintings a feeling of motion and graceful fluidity. Let me know when I can purchase a few - I am very impressed!
And your digital painting is also wonderful! Add that to your list of "sold" to Kevin - paintings, please!
Your work makes me think you once studied in the gardens at Giverny!
Thank you for sharing this with me!
Hi Ann,
Your paintings are very nice. Thanks for the wip , on the girl in the garden. Actually, that's where I was for last hour, putting top soil on my plants for the winter, and this painting made my day. Brings about memories of spring in not to distant future ;-)
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