Daily Painting - Raspberries  5" x 7" oil

I had fun painting these raspberries!  I learn so much more when I am paintings small quick paintings.  We have a farmers market in town and they have fresh Indiana produce all summer long.  I love it!  I have spent almost all week working on my email program for Paintings from Van Gogh's Closet.  I don't mind working hard for myself as I spent almost a lifetime working hard as a secretary while I studied art and raised a family in my spare time.  I am hoping that by tomorrow I will be sitting in front of my easel instead of my computer!

Paintings from Van Gogh's Closet

Another busy day!  John Reynolds (teacher/mentor) sent his painting from Van Gogh's Closet out today.  He did a self portrait.  Paintings from Van Gogh's Closet are small quick daily paintings by myself, John Reynolds and fellow student Ann Simons.  Our paintings are inspired by our travels and seasonal flowers or produce from the local markets in Indiana.

The daily painting blog format forces us to commit to painting daily and it gives us the opportunity to share our work with people all over the world.  We study once a week with John.  He sets up still lifes of flowers, fruits, musical instruments etc.  Of course, Ann & I now have a collection of small paintings in our closet, thus Paintings from Van Gogh's Closet!

Paintings from Van Gogh's Closet is run from my home in Noblesville, Indiana.  I have managed to send out 3,000 plus emails in our first week.  If you would like to be on the email list please go to my Denise Lipusch Artist facebook page and join our mailing list.  https://www.facebook.com/denise.lipusch.art/app_141428856257

Coneflowers From My Garden

My first daily painting.   This painting is 5" x 7" in oil.  These are coneflowers from my garden just outside my door.  Myself and two other artists will be sending emails with daily paintings, Paintings From Van Gogh's Closet.  These are quick little paintings that you can purchase.  We posted them on eBay.  

You can sign up for the emails by going to my artist facebook page.

  https://www.facebook.com/denise.lipusch.art/app_141428856257

Hazel -Happy New Year

It's 2014 and it's off to a great start.  Over the holidays I worked on Hazel, a little girl we met on our travels in New Zealand!  I think she may have been dressed up for Halloween, as they celebrate that holiday also.  Hazel is related to my daughter-in-law, therefore she is Maori and beautiful!  I thought it would be fun to post the picture that I was working from and the painting that I created.    I have a very small group of "art critics"  (my daughter, my son & my daughter-in-law) that share their thoughts with me as I work on the paintings.  At one time my painting had the hands and red sweater in it but that all  disappeared today.  I have a Maori warrior in the works but I may take a break and do some flowers!  Happy New Year

Kawakawa Bay - Jeff Surf Fishing

Kawakawa Bay!  I posted the last picture without the fisherman and now you see the fisherman, my son -Jeff.  This bay is beautiful and Jeff was at such peace just standing waiting for "his fish".  Unfortunately we he didn't catch anything that day, and we all tried.  After Thanksgiving is over I think I would like to try a Maori Warrior!  

Jeff helping me with my pole!

Jeff & his dad fishing together

Pretty picture of the bay.

New Zealand Surf Fishing

I started this painting last year in acyrlics and I didn't like it so I decided I would wait and do it in oil.  I have been working in oils for the past year and this is my first large painting in oils, 28 x 22.  This is Kawakawa Bay in South Auckland, it's on the east coast. The fisherman is missing at the moment and I hope to get him in the painting by the end of next week. New Zealand is so pretty and the colors are so vivid  and I really tried to capture that in the painting.  I am guessing that I will work more on the clouds and little more on the water before I add the fisherman!  If I could revisit any one place that I have traveled to it would be New Zealand, in fact I would love to spend a year in New Zealand.  It's absolutely beautiful.  ...and I still don't know how people walk barefoot on these rocks!

More Poppies

One more painting of poppies from the Glacier National Park Lodge.  This is 12 x 12 painting of the poppies and other flowers from the gardens at the Lodge.  No more poppies, I am tired of poppies! At the moment  I'm working on a picture from New Zealand  of my son surf fishing.  I also want to do a painting of a New Zealand warrior, I think I am fixated on New Zealand because I am waiting for my brand new granddaughter's arrival some time this month.  Of course this baby will arrive in New Zealand as a Maori princess!

Just 1 of 200 pictures from the gardens at the Lodge