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CRIMSON AND CLOVER by Debra Keirce
6" x 6" oil on panel
Songs have a way of settling into our psyche. Crimson and Clover by Tommy James and the Shondells is like that for me. I was turning 7 years old when it became a hit song. The tune and lyrics play in the background of many of my 2nd grade recollections. Joan Jett and the Blackhearts sang it when I was a young adult, so maybe that solidified it.
I'm pretty sure I will be able to hum the lyrics till I leave the planet.
The funny thing is, they are just pretty to me. They don't tell a shocking or informative story. They don't encourage deep world changing conversation. They just are. Sometimes the most memorable things are the most beautiful and most ordinary.
$450
SOUTHERNMOST POINT by Jill Banks
24 x 12" oil on linen-lined panel
In January, I took an 8-day personal painting trip to Key West - a favorite destination. Within hours of landing there, I stood in the surf with my easel, capturing the magic of the sunset on Southernmost Beach. It was a great pinch-me day with more to follow.
$3,050 framed
GARDEN WEEK AT BALLANTRAE by Amy Waldrop
9" x 12" oil
This gorgeous tree lives on the beautiful Ballantrae Estate in McLean, Virginia. I've been invited to Ballantrae once again on April 23, 2024, as their featured artist during Fairfax Garden Club's Garden Tour (part of the Garden Club of Virginia Garden Week). Come and watch me paint and tour the gorgeous estate property where you'll see the beauty of this Japanese Maple yourself!
This painting will be shown and offered for sale at Spring Art at the Mill, 2024. For more information, to reserve the painting, or if you have any other questions, please contact me at amy@amywaldropart.com.
$575 framed
THROUGH THE TREES by Libby Stevens
PERSEPHONE by Susan La Mont
24 x 24" oil on linen
This is a modern take on Persephone, the Goddess of Spring and Queen of the Underworld, greeting the world above ground and marveling at its renewal.
Available through the Hermitage Gallery, McLean. https://www.thehermitagegallery.com/
$4,500 framed
BLANDY'S PATH by Vicki Blum
7 x 9 " watercolor on archival paper
This is a beautiful path at the Blandy State Arboretum in Berryville, VA. I painted this one morning during a plein air event sponsored by the NOVA Plein Air Artists.
This painting will be at the Art at the Mill Spring show in Millwood, VA from Saturday APRIL 20 through
Sunday, MAY 5, 2024. Contact the Mill at 540-837-1799 or artatthemill@gmail.com
$250
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IT'S COMPLICATED by Debra Keirce
19.5x21.5" oil on panel
"It's Complicated" is a painting about all the intricacies of falling in love. The roles we play, the decisions we suffer, the concessions we make, the protective coping strategies we develop, are all there. In every loving relationship we experience, good or bad, these complications exist. Some have stronger wings than others, but the gears are always turning, and we are always adjusting to right the course.
$3,355.00 framed
VINTAGE PEONIES by Vicki Vidal-Blum
24 x 20" oil on linen
These peonies came from my garden. I love the random complexity of peonies. This painting was done mostly en plein air, but it took me well into the night when the sun had set and only the lights from the kitchen window and the back patio guided me somehow through the right values and colors.
$1,900 framed
FLOWER MARKET by Jill Banks
18 x 24 " oil on linen-lined panel
"Flower Market" is of the Thursday flower market in Aix-en-Provence. I'd also painted this market before ... during my 2019 trip. I chose a different vantage point, enjoying a place by the fountain. Next trip, I'm painting the cafes that fill the plaza. When painting plein air, you look at what's in front of you, but also sense and look at what's by your side and behind. It's all interesting!
$4,500
FLICKERING FIELD OF FLOWERS ON A FARM by Tricia Cherrington Ratliff
LUNCH UNDER POLLOCK MOUNTAIN II by Linda Hendrickson
48 x 24" acrylic on canvas
One of my favorite animals to meet on the trail and watch from a distance is the mountain goat. Usually they are nothing to be afraid of, but I still like to give them a wide berth! They do get hungry for salt so if you sit down, keep a close eye on your pack or they are liable to lick it or nibble on it. My sketchbook is full of quick studies of these critters.
$2,875
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I'M WAITING IN THE WINGS by Debra Keirce
4 x 4" oil on panel
In my heartFelt series, I am exploring aspects of love and relationship. I was in a butterfly house in Florida and thought about how the insects seem to flirt with the flowers before they find the right one, settle down, and sup. No wonder butterflies and romance are often aligned. So much of romance involves similar behavior.
Both the flower and the butterfly are beautiful and appealing. Why do they choose one flower over another? In a whole sea of women, why did my husband fly to ME? Luck? Destiny? Pheromones? Your guess is as good as mine, but I am so glad he did.
$410.00 framed
PAINTBRUSH by Linda Hendrickson
27 x 39" in white floater frame, acrylic on canvas
One of my favorite mountain flowers is paintbrush. The tips of each brush have “paint” first and as you look closer, the lower plant is green. This exuberant painting captures the joy of coming across a clump of these blooms.
$2,150 framed
SUN & SAND by Jill Banks
16 x 12 " oil on linen-lined panel
Painted at Gloucester Point during Gloucester "Heart of the River" Plein Air (Virginia). I wanted to include people and the river in the scene. Great choice, right?
The days have been hot ... so finding shade on a sandy beach led me to this one and only spot. I was happy that a non-sunbather was willing to make room for me. So, imagine me ... pretty well hidden in the grasses and under a tree ... painting this.
$1,950
Meghan & Justin by Vicki Vidal Blum
12 x 16" oil on panel
I have been painting a lot of portraits lately. I was so happy to paint this commission of a good friend and colleague's children. The best part of painting is you can make things up, like the background, which I think was fitting since one lives in NYC.
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