Baba's Pails

This 7x10 inch Baba is done in pastels.

I enjoyed playing with the colors, so many to choose from.

The actual painting has much brighter colors.

I am still not able to photograph and adjust the colors of my pastels.

I will try to photograph again outside to see if it makes a difference.

Sanctuary

Update: I won an award for this painting at the opening.

Not sure what I won yet, we were out of town

(I think it was the Cadscarlet award, an honor to recieve)

Flying by the seat of my pants, again! I just finished this painting, Sanctuary, for the Pittsburgh Watercolor Society member show. (May 2 - June 6th at Gallery Sim, Carson Street, Pittsburgh, PA) 

It has been awhile since I have done an actual painting, not just a demonstration. I missed it.

Drop off is today and I better go cut a mat and get this framed!

Baba 2, Watercolor Portraits

My second Baba. I took the inspiration for this Baba from a painting I did over a year ago as a commission. I posted the inspiration below. both are about  8 x 10 inches, watercolor.

Oh, and if you get a chance, have a look at these two up and coming artists.... yes, I am a proud mother!

Nick

Greg

They are still in high school... yes, I am a proud mom!

Baba

I am starting a new group of work and this is a loosening up piece that I did today. I am looking forward to exploring more of this subject. I think there are many stories to tell. I have some other Baba paintings that I did a few years ago, posted below.

This painting is the story of my grandmother's life. The main image is her traveling clothes.  The background is her as a young woman on the farm, the ship they arrived on, the church and her church clothes, roses and as an older woman in her favorite chair. She was a strong woman that I have huge respect for.

This is one of the studies that I worked on for the painting above. I have it matted and framed since the one above sold. It was a tough sale, but I found that many people really identified with the image and said it could have been their "Baba". These were all done in watercolor.