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I'm very excited to share the artist profile that Cat Acree wrote in Nashville Arts Magazine. Check it out!  I will be in Franklin this Friday, July 1 at Gallery 202 for the Franklin Art Scene from 6-9 PM. Please stop by and say hello if you are in the area.
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Last year I wanted to paint some white azaleas, but I didn't have any growing in our yard and I wasn't brave enough to go around the neighborhood asking for some. This year Spring had a little surprise for me. Out of nowhere I found a small white azalea plant in our back yard, it had about a dozen blooms...oh I was happy. I cut almost all of them, picked a few purple ones from our neighbor, Ellen's yard and got to work. It took a while to finish - this is the largest still life painting I've completed, but it was so much fun to paint. Here it is:  Azaleas - Oil on canvas 30" x 40" Another one for some detail:  Azaleas Thank you for visiting.
MT 
Lady in red / Hydrangea in red -- Oil on canvas 36" x 16"
At the beginning I wanted this painting to be mostly blue with the white hydrangea as the center of interest, with the addition of a little gold here and there for variety. I had the flowers and vases set up but I thought something was missing. I looked at it for a while and then decided to try adding the red cloth behind the hydrangea. As I stepped back to take a look, a song started to play in my head: Lady in Red. [I think is safe to say that most Nicaraguans know this song, it's played very often on the radio during the "Clasicos de los 80" segments. It's very popular. There is a Spanish version of it too, it's called Linda Mujer (Pretty Woman) and the lyrics are a little different. I think you'll agree that the video is breathtaking.] Originally, this still life was bathed in a soft light coming from a window on the left, which is the light source in many of my paintings. I wanted a little more drama so I closed the blinds and illuminated the composition with a flash light. I loved the increased drama - and decided it was time to put the paint onto the canvas. 
Hydrangea in yellow -- Oil on canvas 24" x 20
The concept for this painting is very similar to the previous one, only in this one I used a yellow color scheme and a different light source. The red cloth pushed its way into this one as well.
I really like these paintings, I hope you like them too. Thanks for visiting!  Blue Brush - 16 x 12 in  Blue brush #2 - 16 x 12 in There are different ways to start an oil painting and they all affect the look of the finished piece.
In the first painting (The blue brush) I started with an thin wash of burnt sienna, a dark translucent orange, that gave the finished painting an overall warm look. In the second painting, after adding a few more elements to the composition the same process was followed, with this painting, however, I started with a light blue mixture that resulted in a painting with a cooler feel. I wish I had taken a few pictures of the process to post here, maybe I'll do it next time.  Winter colors ---SOLD---  "Lemongrass tea" Oil on canvas (12 x 16)
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