Thursday, 8 August 2019

Very Belated Birthday Gift


Acrylic on canvas - palette knife (mostly)

I finished this painting for my daughter a few weeks before her birthday. A pity it was promised for her birthday several years ago, but better late than never I always say!😄 
It was an added extra, so she didn't miss out on her previous birthday gifts.
I painted it from a photo of our local coastline and she is thrilled with it. I just need to varnish it now. Hopefully before her next birthday!

It's the second very large painting I have done in recent times. I'm not sure if I will continue with the large format as I find it very hard to keep the enthusiam up for returning to something partially finished. I get more of a thrill doing the small 6" x 6" paintings that I can finish off in a couple of hours or by the end of the day at least. However, they aren't quite as spectacular on the wall.

I did the one below at the beginning of the year, my second plein air with a palette knife. I had forgotten to pack my tube of  white, can you believe it?!!!!
I was going to give up before I started as I thought it would be a disaster, but thankfully I persisted and the unbleached titanium came to the rescue.



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10 comments:

  1. Barbara Muir10 August 2019 at 00:04

    How wonderful. I love painting small pieces, but I feel like it's the same painting a larger work, but it has more impact on the viewer. I enjoy that.
    Love your work, and please keep blogging.

    XOXOXOXOXO Barbara

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  2. Wendy Barrett11 August 2019 at 05:56

    Hi Barbara,
    So lovely to hear from you! I probably just need more practise in working with the bigger pieces. My youngest daughter is also waiting for her belated birthday painting so I will be doing one more large one at least!

    I will visit your blog soon. I love your work and still remember how exciting it was to see it in person in New York!
    Hope all is going well.

    Wendyxxxx

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    1. Barbara Muir30 August 2019 at 17:46

      Yes it was so exciting. I hope we get to do that again.

      XOXOXOXOXOXO Barbara

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  3. Debbie Nolan12 August 2019 at 10:42

    Wendy - your painting is gorgeous. I am so glad to see you are back blogging again. Have missed you. Hope all is well with you sweet friend. Hugs!

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    1. Wendy Barrett27 August 2019 at 20:41

      Hi Debbie, thanks so much. Have missed you too. Not sure how "back" I am but will see how it goes:) Will check your blog out very soon. Hope all is going well.xxx

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  4. Sami13 August 2019 at 08:46

    Lovely to see you back Wendy. Your daughter is getting a beautiful work of art.

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    1. Wendy Barrett27 August 2019 at 20:42

      Thanks Sami, I delivered it to her on Monday and we hung it on her wall:)

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  5. Jennifer Rose13 August 2019 at 16:42

    better late than never and its a lovely personal gift to give :)

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  6. Joan Tavolott29 September 2019 at 06:13

    The large painting is beautiful. Your daughter must have been touched that you finally finished it. I can't imagine going back to a painting that I started so long ago, so congrats to you for doing that and so successfully!

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