SECOND FRIDAY’S STUDIO WALK TGIF AND BYOB

Harvest Snows 8 x 16 Oil

 With the dire financial situation hanging over our heads, we simple, pleasure-giving artists stretch our creative efforts into exotic marketing maneuvers. I offer a Newsletter, this blog (thanks for checking in) and now I offer SECOND FRIDAY’S STUDIO WALKS! I love having folks in the studio so this isn’t a stretch. Okay, here’s the deal – If you live in the Denver area or are visiting the area, check out this. On February 13, March 13 (oh no not Friday the 13^th) and April 10 I am hosting the:

SECOND FRIDAY’S STUDIO WALK TGIF AND BYOB

4pm to 9pm

We provide some snacks

Everyone is invited so bring your friends and neighbors. Just remember, to get here you must email or call me for directions and give your name, thanks! info@gingerwhellock.com will do the trick.

 Let’s get together on second Fridays, drink some wine, talk about art, look at my new work for the month (up close and personal) and enjoy laughter and friendship. You need this – light moments are precious during “hard times”.

Find my ads in the April issue of Southwest Art– and the March/April issue of Art of the West both in the Oil Painters of America ad section. Costs a bunch so please take a look and tell me what you think.

 Otherwise, though I haven’t found the time to complete many paintings, spending time at the easel brings me the most pleasure. These paintings, still under construction of course, are small and kind of fun to paint.

On the Easel Thaw 16 x 12 Oil

I’ve worked at this in fits and starts! Not a good way to approach a painting. Forgot to take photos as I went and here it is ready for the fir trees’ needles which were absolutely shocking spring green. 

On the Easel Lagae 9 x 12 Oil

Development consumes every bit of ground around this windmill and soon it too will disappear. I didn’t paint in the highway in the distance, the large electric poles marching into the distance, nor try to capture the sounds of earth haulers. I just wanted to remember this view as it was, with good pasture grass and contented cows with their newborn calves.

On the Easel Lagae 9 x 12 Oil b

Ghostly windmill seems appropriate and symbolic of the future of this piece of open space. I’ll finish the windmill supports, I promise, and work out some finishing touches too. Just you wait.

Emigrant  12 x 16 Oil

I made a couple of small changes to color here and there to bring it together since you last saw this one. I learned a lot and think, if I do a large one of this scene (or one similar), I will come equipped with better information and understanding of the subtleties of the lighting.

 Thanks for checking in. If you’re around, come to the Second Friday’s Studio Walk. 

Until next week – or the week after – happy painting, collecting and enjoying art.

Cheers!

Ginger