Abstract and Landscape
Flow, 14”x14”, Oil on Canvas I tried to paint a different spot in that creek the night before, with no success. I knew instantly why it hadn’t worked. I was trying to paint everything all at once, and everything at all at once doesn’t work in any part of my life. Saturday had been an… Continue reading What Compels You?
This stand of white birches and poplars has become an annual painting pilgrimage for me. Late in the summer, the colors of the blowing leaves and grasses are comfort food for my soul.
Thing1 texted today that is spring break return this weekend will be the beginning of an extended stay as his schoolmoves to dance learning to respond to this virus that the world health organization now calls a pandemic. The University, like so many other organizations, is recommending “social distancing“. I often think we have too… Continue reading Get Closer
I had a mountain of paperwork waiting for me at home, so when I got the text last night that a mountain of sand at the top of our driveway was blocking the last 900 feet of my trip home, I groaned. All I wanted to do was to get my work done and go… Continue reading Waylaid
Oil on Canvas, 18” x 24” - SOLD Prints and originals (when still available), can be purchased on Etsy here.
Driving by Farms, 9 x 12, Oil on Canvas - SOLD Prints can be purchased on Etsy here.
Equinox Autumn, 4”x6”, Oil on Board, $45 The day before we left for the hospital, I took down my show at the Oldcastle Theater. I try not to count my chickens before they’re hatched at art shows, but I will admit I was surprised that only one item had sold (I am definitely getting too… Continue reading Equinox Autumn
It took me a long time to get comfortable with painting snow. Once I did, However, I couldn't stop painting winter. It's moody and scraggly, and I identify with it. It's taken me a little time to find the Moody side of summer, but the constant rain storms are making the painting easy again.
A wet and windy front moved through over the weekend, blowing tons of leaves off the trees. We're post Peak now, looking towards stick season, which is usually my favorite, but foliage season this year was especially long and glorious. I got this glimpse of the field near our house just before the front moved… Continue reading Post Peak
The lack of significant snow has produced some dramatic, and, in some cases, romantic mountainscapes this winter. There is more green than white reaching up to the sky, and the bits of snow that remain at the top of the mountain make Mother Earth look as if she's sleeping, waiting for spring. I was going… Continue reading An Early Spring
A few weeks ago an aunt who had been a huge influence in my creative life passed away. Her encouragement was felt even when we didn't see each other for years. She and her sister were (and are) not willing to listen to their nieces and daughters downgrade their work or trash their talent, and… Continue reading Fly
Rachel Barlow Art 