tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-80308828411717906692024-02-06T23:13:02.538-06:00faintwhispera record of my artjean neelyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02207597073553692556noreply@blogger.comBlogger55125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8030882841171790669.post-31958780314446869192012-01-16T11:08:00.005-06:002012-01-16T11:13:52.653-06:00finishing up some paintings<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOs2Jzo2l3AuG2j3tgtuJl2GP-QnDjcawxa4vm_IOKpJl7B9DSaYb6lmYanBzMGDJvgnc1wPY7oj-HTjspXkChiiwBTs4VPRKy9y7jngplDl9KAI74qNPJmGYb4L9GvxQbiLUQVBDEI_A/s1600/McMurry%2527s+farm-+small+file.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 395px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOs2Jzo2l3AuG2j3tgtuJl2GP-QnDjcawxa4vm_IOKpJl7B9DSaYb6lmYanBzMGDJvgnc1wPY7oj-HTjspXkChiiwBTs4VPRKy9y7jngplDl9KAI74qNPJmGYb4L9GvxQbiLUQVBDEI_A/s400/McMurry%2527s+farm-+small+file.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5698278971362053522" border="0" /></a><br />McMurry's farm<br />pastel on Wallis paper 10x10<br /></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJADOR6w9xjTOpM1KxDHXcAWVnWMZROnBDX1TjGt_1JE_P3UptsIy2OSeZD-e-AmLrS_CLh586SrMV1HfS9zPEGSquVSzy0RjP6IE7nJGWfhdwVNm4B7H2yQxtK-mAiYPGApbDN29r1Pc/s1600/fencepost-+small+file.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 303px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJADOR6w9xjTOpM1KxDHXcAWVnWMZROnBDX1TjGt_1JE_P3UptsIy2OSeZD-e-AmLrS_CLh586SrMV1HfS9zPEGSquVSzy0RjP6IE7nJGWfhdwVNm4B7H2yQxtK-mAiYPGApbDN29r1Pc/s400/fencepost-+small+file.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5698278654187888610" border="0" /></a><br />fencepost<br />pastel on uart paper 9x12<br /><br /><br /></div>jean neelyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02207597073553692556noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8030882841171790669.post-15938138580906581632012-01-16T11:02:00.002-06:002012-01-16T11:07:56.294-06:00from last summer's plague<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDiTlS6C9d_kCrZaRkVLKduuXGDwzjr5S6ugSOeUY1cdWvLb6Yh0T5G4Ga-oPnd0W7d5OVhEOI3Exf1BRr47RXssvmq4AAROon7RWA29d1edFoVmIsgPqnQ4YylPRuXYqrLl6qfcIkDg0/s1600/magicicada+neotredecim-2.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 271px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDiTlS6C9d_kCrZaRkVLKduuXGDwzjr5S6ugSOeUY1cdWvLb6Yh0T5G4Ga-oPnd0W7d5OVhEOI3Exf1BRr47RXssvmq4AAROon7RWA29d1edFoVmIsgPqnQ4YylPRuXYqrLl6qfcIkDg0/s400/magicicada+neotredecim-2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5698277585181307698" border="0" /></a><br />magicicada neotredecim<br />colored pencil<br /></div>jean neelyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02207597073553692556noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8030882841171790669.post-38552975841158215482011-11-06T17:45:00.005-06:002011-11-06T17:51:53.302-06:00some new things from a workshop<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEix37JbTF6cvuwTsD84b2hmxX-D4YrXEQpaU_RPZo0A-bDTcRmyfsYjTmZQjMFWZwKilXXctn_2_Tqe-nVvOmBetS2GSrNM4Jnrkl6etKJDyPuOKl-OQp7vgjQoK8nlMwpjwryxoftb1xU/s1600/IMG_0625.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 303px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEix37JbTF6cvuwTsD84b2hmxX-D4YrXEQpaU_RPZo0A-bDTcRmyfsYjTmZQjMFWZwKilXXctn_2_Tqe-nVvOmBetS2GSrNM4Jnrkl6etKJDyPuOKl-OQp7vgjQoK8nlMwpjwryxoftb1xU/s400/IMG_0625.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5672034628663844466" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5PqYLa8fvQ6EWVuTWoeLq3MN45z2LpAOgzHMnVxz9b3nL-YNpIjasgwujvS-B03NC5Y6EE19XxX0ZZZwjUn9kQ6KVDPQ0XnOzbDDxvZz7TKYQB4NaYfIvcbAE-BOakjQjohl1EQeIvl0/s1600/IMG_0619.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5PqYLa8fvQ6EWVuTWoeLq3MN45z2LpAOgzHMnVxz9b3nL-YNpIjasgwujvS-B03NC5Y6EE19XxX0ZZZwjUn9kQ6KVDPQ0XnOzbDDxvZz7TKYQB4NaYfIvcbAE-BOakjQjohl1EQeIvl0/s400/IMG_0619.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5672034408915557234" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_90c5Rklcf1mPS9tw2zLqCa1dUfYk-GUQgudMlNdesKFuM40VprRXPf_U9a0E6I0XFx8l4jgX0firaZxVilKGvEujND3xErsOTjHJS1Af6WzGC4BdyFF-VweH8vhixWNOtHA42rUT_98/s1600/barn%252C+small.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 280px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_90c5Rklcf1mPS9tw2zLqCa1dUfYk-GUQgudMlNdesKFuM40VprRXPf_U9a0E6I0XFx8l4jgX0firaZxVilKGvEujND3xErsOTjHJS1Af6WzGC4BdyFF-VweH8vhixWNOtHA42rUT_98/s400/barn%252C+small.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5672034161579452162" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigNH2BGqvBzy9qSP_HdfmYj5gct5Ly8fJRxEqT1G0yzh8BFAmeOd51xd3irGnR45VocfPEM4CoPU-LlIZtstVnOQfNfOFEiZdkq4j-cp-GbXTUMlussRKSq2KdWMlSszuOxmCuOje06EQ/s1600/IMG_0627.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 297px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigNH2BGqvBzy9qSP_HdfmYj5gct5Ly8fJRxEqT1G0yzh8BFAmeOd51xd3irGnR45VocfPEM4CoPU-LlIZtstVnOQfNfOFEiZdkq4j-cp-GbXTUMlussRKSq2KdWMlSszuOxmCuOje06EQ/s400/IMG_0627.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5672033441008930002" border="0" /></a>jean neelyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02207597073553692556noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8030882841171790669.post-83343133501696705812011-02-25T10:35:00.007-06:002011-02-25T11:18:38.245-06:00Bald Cypress<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKq4sgRJkSguKS5baR2Cp3FigFXrpnsHjM6X953PY-KnxnSoOwYSGmNFrZrjr6E7y16nGpkFc5aq-c0WPSpAK6dxrmtX7BfaFcrrH8jWEYl2UAJv0yRFUOuDjqEMVnwwqPMspQrZCvXCQ/s1600/bald+cypress3small.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 295px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKq4sgRJkSguKS5baR2Cp3FigFXrpnsHjM6X953PY-KnxnSoOwYSGmNFrZrjr6E7y16nGpkFc5aq-c0WPSpAK6dxrmtX7BfaFcrrH8jWEYl2UAJv0yRFUOuDjqEMVnwwqPMspQrZCvXCQ/s400/bald+cypress3small.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5577677684901279378" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">bald cypress<br /></span>pastel on uart 600 paper 8.5x11.5<br /><br /></span></span><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">I started this in the fall with a nice person I met who wanted to paint together so that she could watch me. We met at the park near my house and had to find something to paint. It was a unique challenge and a nice way to make a new friend. As so often happens, it took quite a while to finish this. I had something that I really liked that afternoon and was afraid to proceed and risk messing it up. </span> <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">I took this to an art critique that I participate in and got some great suggestions there that helped me complete the painting.</span><br /></div></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeJchT3LXyZ8aWiZivqbflUW-ekpSJl9OubV5thr_Ufia-gjimQrhZSP-2t1CH-3YvMq9AFkeVu9gVdHFaNBpzHpw3vHHN2q8k4oInZe0GPzglNZfyKNahZAL_cWoQD3LVlyRnOWwZTro/s1600/bald+cypress5small.jpg"><br /></a>jean neelyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02207597073553692556noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8030882841171790669.post-49206427631062265942011-02-19T00:01:00.003-06:002011-02-19T00:12:47.589-06:00Morning Commute<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5i0XhrFCYPguw2mfn8v_bJMkpcl64U6-ulUHTnGDbL9cAWSqSJ2jgqCcH_1fgpvhvyr6FQ2UdjDL-mReDAkDImxWMrhTKYQ6NJBO6c94uI5oSlUsAe6llk4aF34CZfbY4Ta5A_Vd6W7k/s1600/morning+commute.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5i0XhrFCYPguw2mfn8v_bJMkpcl64U6-ulUHTnGDbL9cAWSqSJ2jgqCcH_1fgpvhvyr6FQ2UdjDL-mReDAkDImxWMrhTKYQ6NJBO6c94uI5oSlUsAe6llk4aF34CZfbY4Ta5A_Vd6W7k/s400/morning+commute.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5575277277377403026" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">morning commute<br /><span style=";font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:85%;" ><span style="font-style: italic;">pastel on paper approx 10x16<br /><br /></span></span></span></span><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size:85%;">This is not a new painting. Unfortunately I can't really get to work by bike these days. Too bad. It was a great way to start the day.<br />But I recently had some reproductions made, to be purchased for a hospital project, and this was one that was chosen. <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style=";font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:85%;" ><span style="font-style: italic;"></span></span></span></span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style=";font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:85%;" ><span style="font-style: italic;"></span></span></span></span></div></div>jean neelyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02207597073553692556noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8030882841171790669.post-60522598265767760702010-07-15T07:24:00.004-05:002011-02-18T14:06:29.243-06:00after the rains<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlZ1CC_Rjp4yvdtUx46esoQNHU6dM8eXVTPnpcvg362azZQHGUA-2NdfB5_tFLvJ614OItHl_dYmDW6Yuk5-nj6bEjcQtrHFidld_3b79_MBlgBx_oXShejOAvQiixf8FS897TP453Mlw/s1600/after+the+storm.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 296px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlZ1CC_Rjp4yvdtUx46esoQNHU6dM8eXVTPnpcvg362azZQHGUA-2NdfB5_tFLvJ614OItHl_dYmDW6Yuk5-nj6bEjcQtrHFidld_3b79_MBlgBx_oXShejOAvQiixf8FS897TP453Mlw/s400/after+the+storm.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5575123426104943234" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhj4lOagHmzePaQ6AV7dKRJCkfUMSct9w5z6WrkPNcx0qUjEtS07YQzOc1WB0YUW7HZTUBNrRZeQ4IpbIrZtM2w11cQvYME9SViVki3Q4Rr_-U49IiSnmO_E6ojXYhjnDeNOYijS-LywM/s1600/after+the+rain+small.jpg"><br /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-style: italic;">after the rains</span><br />pastel on uart 600 9x12"<br /></span></span></div>jean neelyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02207597073553692556noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8030882841171790669.post-72246975177467857682010-07-15T07:21:00.003-05:002010-07-15T07:24:20.664-05:00cows in the field<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjt25lmJuz131bmOMHyUOe-vtORk-hNzXOOhEGbqjxi_CqPBa4L9Hp4qGIKIrs0h9b7GX1nYpdhZDb2U2uQYESxYFy-IPmzmd-n-Dao7E-k175KCAAkfmdjEd2WikK7X2WiPWnWpd2E3Ng/s1600/cows+in+the+field2.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 313px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjt25lmJuz131bmOMHyUOe-vtORk-hNzXOOhEGbqjxi_CqPBa4L9Hp4qGIKIrs0h9b7GX1nYpdhZDb2U2uQYESxYFy-IPmzmd-n-Dao7E-k175KCAAkfmdjEd2WikK7X2WiPWnWpd2E3Ng/s400/cows+in+the+field2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5494107535633786386" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">cows in the field<br /></span></span></span><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-size:85%;">small pastel on paper</span><br /></span></div>jean neelyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02207597073553692556noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8030882841171790669.post-15356020970811376622010-07-13T08:48:00.003-05:002010-07-13T08:55:37.220-05:00four pines<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXXyqAr9Ih0iqudbXisvkjsdpPV6vqFFaWOF6GesXwspMLHLpiU-Gg9vgjspM2kK4CIkG-GXWtJFccwQfDpnRdtMhH_40YBdb4Y66W8F4GHltzvP3OZwUvm3rPnrbt8eBQ5pwnuCza5N0/s1600/four+pines.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 255px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXXyqAr9Ih0iqudbXisvkjsdpPV6vqFFaWOF6GesXwspMLHLpiU-Gg9vgjspM2kK4CIkG-GXWtJFccwQfDpnRdtMhH_40YBdb4Y66W8F4GHltzvP3OZwUvm3rPnrbt8eBQ5pwnuCza5N0/s400/four+pines.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5493388446638790770" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic; font-family: trebuchet ms;">four pines</span><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">pastel 9x6</span></span><br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;">Painted looking across Stout's Creek in southeast Missouri.<br /></div></div>jean neelyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02207597073553692556noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8030882841171790669.post-37375166847767531572010-07-13T08:29:00.002-05:002010-07-13T08:48:35.561-05:00the woodshed<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgn1eMZLcPwqwBMYeEfgWvkkS33Oewb2OdQ6omBHkUwBnCRBTSnI3wjehaWlzeNHSW4FRQL-PedsKXuTo4pcWQluowRH-Q138-xnLROtPtfv47xSKlA7Qz3a6J5sPP4yfUydvMymAcG7Dc/s1600/woodshed.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 337px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgn1eMZLcPwqwBMYeEfgWvkkS33Oewb2OdQ6omBHkUwBnCRBTSnI3wjehaWlzeNHSW4FRQL-PedsKXuTo4pcWQluowRH-Q138-xnLROtPtfv47xSKlA7Qz3a6J5sPP4yfUydvMymAcG7Dc/s400/woodshed.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5493383064462425314" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;font-size:85%;" ><span style="font-style: italic;">the woodshed</span><br />pastel on canson paper 10x12</span><br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;">Just for fun. It'll be a nice warm winter around the woodstove, eh?<br /></div></div>jean neelyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02207597073553692556noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8030882841171790669.post-21863560485613398592010-07-02T21:40:00.005-05:002010-07-02T21:54:15.482-05:00something old, something new<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMhs6Q5HkWiT40JFZ3r106YifF2hdPsF3RN16jXSmuXetWunCkkrVaxD220o5dOEMVM1jUMZsp-omf-_s7L2XukSuS0ym9r_dzgM9rL2vqV_hb3c1ndqx0XFmD8Yxz-q3MVJ0Ly8cks9U/s1600/dogwoodsmall.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 397px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMhs6Q5HkWiT40JFZ3r106YifF2hdPsF3RN16jXSmuXetWunCkkrVaxD220o5dOEMVM1jUMZsp-omf-_s7L2XukSuS0ym9r_dzgM9rL2vqV_hb3c1ndqx0XFmD8Yxz-q3MVJ0Ly8cks9U/s400/dogwoodsmall.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5489507576339667698" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-style: italic;">dogwoods</span><br /></span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">pastel on board 10x10</span></span><br /></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWjj903xmLYO7_9oTKzZh4WWMkVVJff_9ehQGOjqGaNfrMKpj_Q3pWecxZyLzPo1Gysu14VU7EpZA7YgJa4nxz3GvDZMsTzvRIdbDtB_tZnjASEQQh5EQX3KzAnMt1Y8WzkP8k7MTl7Ys/s1600/wetlands+willows2.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 230px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWjj903xmLYO7_9oTKzZh4WWMkVVJff_9ehQGOjqGaNfrMKpj_Q3pWecxZyLzPo1Gysu14VU7EpZA7YgJa4nxz3GvDZMsTzvRIdbDtB_tZnjASEQQh5EQX3KzAnMt1Y8WzkP8k7MTl7Ys/s400/wetlands+willows2.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5489504909944540706" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:trebuchet ms;" >Wetland Willows (redone)<br /></span> <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">pastel on wallis paper</span></span><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></div>jean neelyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02207597073553692556noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8030882841171790669.post-53508439753652963292010-05-10T07:52:00.005-05:002010-12-04T11:03:50.154-06:00bishop, california<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhALHfSWYGLVf6YpXI3tr1ZPy4JeQDT-F2GfFNNNujW8hZg0yVE22Daw9yoUZzmm_-rYv7gHorMP78QpcWQUJhKPSCqnhYE2D8xep9kFC0zOD6J-iWLEGm6THCcEsIp7_THPmHhbX2aGow/s1600/sierra+sage++revision.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 330px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhALHfSWYGLVf6YpXI3tr1ZPy4JeQDT-F2GfFNNNujW8hZg0yVE22Daw9yoUZzmm_-rYv7gHorMP78QpcWQUJhKPSCqnhYE2D8xep9kFC0zOD6J-iWLEGm6THCcEsIp7_THPmHhbX2aGow/s400/sierra+sage++revision.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5546873640632689618" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6_bBNRRTlMplEoJxn9i_oBcSF-9N-m6udTweQ8PzZL_Cw4q_yItrCFkatjifwNi026aTSd6XbKgCEYbuJ0KIq_2srlo8BVvuVRIhmC0NQ5CZU8W-LbLLZaCFYvz7qRoxqdCtGMsKXAcQ/s1600/bishop,+california2.jpg"><br /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:trebuchet ms;" >bishop, california<br /><br /></span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">pastel on paper</span> <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">15"x19"</span></span><br /></div>jean neelyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02207597073553692556noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8030882841171790669.post-46993093009367224232010-03-31T23:21:00.003-05:002010-03-31T23:30:47.786-05:00a couple more funny little chairs<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-3NNdezKQfYf0WbSvgbc3kWCsc30PXY6XB-dh38DHxOHxwZidHWbIp4x37VgE7tX66bb8plXEzkJVtSvF6ozqwpymJM93c_OF19Xo-W-2VxLU8HBfB4qzaWPxanthqeGRhXwndwk2uXQ/s1600/butterflychair.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-3NNdezKQfYf0WbSvgbc3kWCsc30PXY6XB-dh38DHxOHxwZidHWbIp4x37VgE7tX66bb8plXEzkJVtSvF6ozqwpymJM93c_OF19Xo-W-2VxLU8HBfB4qzaWPxanthqeGRhXwndwk2uXQ/s400/butterflychair.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5455019927079739698" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">the butterfly chair</span></span></span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;"></span><br /></span></span></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9EnUlz7MllARDFbiiuhjGmE9blHEnLt6m9g8fy4ZGCJf-ymuDDIYImL8dVl6fEwtv8-sMvVJCEr6Emyb9ctq0nzE0t3evjWSyA7XKyJwc-L4OmcJZl8CHcmHK2gXUsSptNj-GM1D2v8M/s1600/cowboychair.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9EnUlz7MllARDFbiiuhjGmE9blHEnLt6m9g8fy4ZGCJf-ymuDDIYImL8dVl6fEwtv8-sMvVJCEr6Emyb9ctq0nzE0t3evjWSyA7XKyJwc-L4OmcJZl8CHcmHK2gXUsSptNj-GM1D2v8M/s400/cowboychair.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5455019795993220114" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">the cowboy chair<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;"><br /></span></span></span></span><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">These are a couple more chairs that I was asked to paint for a charity auction. They are tiny chairs, only about 20 inches tall. A fun diversion, that I didn't really need.<span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-style: italic;"></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-style: italic;"></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;"></span></span></span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;"></span></span></span></div></div>jean neelyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02207597073553692556noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8030882841171790669.post-44189321974322428082010-03-16T11:27:00.002-05:002010-03-16T11:39:28.558-05:00snowbird #2<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3z_UTlhlo1aWU85SbrQHg0KfJjwjP-T3aLDjvMdxz2yOEDj-eRBX42UQScm36JH1vGpu4p3HlqqizR0iuAj8iw9EZ-K0Q-qroMJT41WzetOFczByW6t8evkcy1xttWRDpL3Y00LyCQ8E/s1600-h/snowbird2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 335px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3z_UTlhlo1aWU85SbrQHg0KfJjwjP-T3aLDjvMdxz2yOEDj-eRBX42UQScm36JH1vGpu4p3HlqqizR0iuAj8iw9EZ-K0Q-qroMJT41WzetOFczByW6t8evkcy1xttWRDpL3Y00LyCQ8E/s400/snowbird2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5449269530412296386" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:trebuchet ms;" >snowbird #2</span> <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><br />pastel on paper 7"x8"</span> <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><br />sold</span></span><br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">These little birds just have so much personality; they seem very curious. I like to capture their "pose" without too much detail. Maybe I'll try some more of these, moving on to a spring setting, but then they won't be gathering under my bird feeder right outside my kitchen window.</span><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">I took my 2 snowbird pictures to the local art league and both sold within a few days!</span><br /></div></div>jean neelyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02207597073553692556noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8030882841171790669.post-5980890099667514292010-01-17T17:28:00.006-06:002010-01-17T18:03:45.041-06:004 pieces<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh16FJX1SYJ-aV2DHC7YX60gJSGs6agp1lLIIO90OfjtydcBu5lbJziO7NcolYQ1ygxDroM7NuHeMtgHQGuL-Sk4PnVjLKPdnuB9ROjCEsm6V-xVWiS6x4Z5sa7FRsjfCK4jj-ad0r8kmc/s1600-h/oregonmeadow.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 396px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh16FJX1SYJ-aV2DHC7YX60gJSGs6agp1lLIIO90OfjtydcBu5lbJziO7NcolYQ1ygxDroM7NuHeMtgHQGuL-Sk4PnVjLKPdnuB9ROjCEsm6V-xVWiS6x4Z5sa7FRsjfCK4jj-ad0r8kmc/s400/oregonmeadow.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5427862598525134322" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic; font-family: trebuchet ms;">Oregon meadow</span><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">10"x10" </span></span><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;font-size:85%;" >pastel on paper<br />a gift to my sister<br /></span></div><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihmthVr9vmVPetaimuuJ2udFjykynxeNvrGInw_iNMT9oMkVYjjefVAQh33YS3r9cTJB2tUdUOTnUfVdGxTmnZp9R_1-WZxDEjCZ_dyfWKmXxOu0hG_qeY0rnSUxugeLaloUy3QIsnX74/s1600-h/clouds+and+cows.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihmthVr9vmVPetaimuuJ2udFjykynxeNvrGInw_iNMT9oMkVYjjefVAQh33YS3r9cTJB2tUdUOTnUfVdGxTmnZp9R_1-WZxDEjCZ_dyfWKmXxOu0hG_qeY0rnSUxugeLaloUy3QIsnX74/s400/clouds+and+cows.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5427856207254158882" border="0" /></a><span style=";font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:85%;" ><span style="font-style: italic;">clouds and cows</span></span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">11.5"x17.5" pastel on wallis paper</span></span><br /></div><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><br />two older pieces that I forgot to post,<br /><br />and some newer pieces...</span><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUulsa0IzE_Qh66B3J8SiAkemiWPeBw26rJGD0_8zXI3AmdQqYKTkGrTz-u_tNjLpritc1a7xSUGXj1cDdQvre5cIsDS28LRaCRXSiiH4i3XOwj6Ap8pnK1ygapcrq-4yYdPom6IyVAHo/s1600-h/the+pond.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 297px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUulsa0IzE_Qh66B3J8SiAkemiWPeBw26rJGD0_8zXI3AmdQqYKTkGrTz-u_tNjLpritc1a7xSUGXj1cDdQvre5cIsDS28LRaCRXSiiH4i3XOwj6Ap8pnK1ygapcrq-4yYdPom6IyVAHo/s400/the+pond.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5427855623771617730" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:trebuchet ms;" >the pond</span></span><br /><span style=";font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:85%;" >6"x8" pastel on sanded paper</span><br /></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgg0mgx4QSPUi1_-9Lhijsf3HDL71yKb6D-dmuVeDWYV0GCMTYP_4g_eB2TeYdJZP2syzHkh2FIBTvvqhqeX_szd3EdELR0bgNmOE9ziMzB4iBE4U26y9eAf0JmcQDOTXJhbxOc1Abjhsw/s1600-h/the+path.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 297px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgg0mgx4QSPUi1_-9Lhijsf3HDL71yKb6D-dmuVeDWYV0GCMTYP_4g_eB2TeYdJZP2syzHkh2FIBTvvqhqeX_szd3EdELR0bgNmOE9ziMzB4iBE4U26y9eAf0JmcQDOTXJhbxOc1Abjhsw/s400/the+path.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5427855107711846786" border="0" /></a><span style=";font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:85%;" ><span style="font-style: italic;">the path</span></span><br /><span style=";font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:85%;" >8.5"x11.5" pastel on Uart paper</span><br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><span style=";font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:100%;" >Please click on the pictures to see them a little larger.</span><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><br /><br /><br /></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>jean neelyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02207597073553692556noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8030882841171790669.post-91716967297331594452010-01-03T21:08:00.008-06:002010-01-03T21:23:30.094-06:00painted chair<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhs3QoDr_cyKLn-M-gc5iRAnPWe1oZeixAPztwjbUumCVGR-TElurkpFRkebSvfTJRLeTj2NjImPLaNOYUpZtvNqhwS9dw5hm699KK0sbbC3m9kt9z0yQaHFYiNPTfd0gAnp73qGSLNdao/s1600-h/small+chair1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhs3QoDr_cyKLn-M-gc5iRAnPWe1oZeixAPztwjbUumCVGR-TElurkpFRkebSvfTJRLeTj2NjImPLaNOYUpZtvNqhwS9dw5hm699KK0sbbC3m9kt9z0yQaHFYiNPTfd0gAnp73qGSLNdao/s400/small+chair1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5422718769058330706" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi28b0uXY8kfVN8hR2ZDjFNVfDohuo0OWYmw0Ocv1IoIM48vPRg-U47Wijr_FL1jiMRUPyEiHS8QumfbCh0uRLVqCKME6bTxY9So1NmyErSs04-hafAbYEGYkWpTih5xdSCikzwiN2vU1E/s1600-h/small+chair3.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi28b0uXY8kfVN8hR2ZDjFNVfDohuo0OWYmw0Ocv1IoIM48vPRg-U47Wijr_FL1jiMRUPyEiHS8QumfbCh0uRLVqCKME6bTxY9So1NmyErSs04-hafAbYEGYkWpTih5xdSCikzwiN2vU1E/s400/small+chair3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5422718630419407682" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirEvgEz2ayAB-JdgDBCyBdLd7prPdvZrDHMUdYzspTGyGrbBhd5Rqml-kRdWz4h41DElMXWGXksr9vfP9P00WOG2YsoZyHLXZUZb41vS8UN76DnpjMHELkmhNISiZEhoNiiwldimvrE2U/s1600-h/small+chair2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirEvgEz2ayAB-JdgDBCyBdLd7prPdvZrDHMUdYzspTGyGrbBhd5Rqml-kRdWz4h41DElMXWGXksr9vfP9P00WOG2YsoZyHLXZUZb41vS8UN76DnpjMHELkmhNISiZEhoNiiwldimvrE2U/s400/small+chair2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5422718264774744466" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;font-size:85%;" ><span style="font-style: italic;">birdnest chair</span></span><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;font-size:85%;" >acrylic on small wooden chair</span><br /><br /><div style="text-align: left; font-family: trebuchet ms;">This is a chair that I painted for a charity silent auction. It was a challenge to figure out how to use all the different spaces. There's a lot of surface area on a little chair!<br /></div></div>jean neelyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02207597073553692556noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8030882841171790669.post-7574070059728875332009-11-21T11:03:00.006-06:002009-11-21T11:47:53.257-06:00Beside Still Waters<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgE4HPYXEnq2JkT5PN_rHnTyCACWc7I6thVD4oshQ9vKElVWVU_8QQQoJMba0SqyrJYjMO9KilhHQGO35IkXO5aDzv_colosSw7c3vfdlIaJODZ1LpuxdFujyfvHCRmgOZRv2rVnwGF_HM/s1600/beside+still+waters,small.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 206px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgE4HPYXEnq2JkT5PN_rHnTyCACWc7I6thVD4oshQ9vKElVWVU_8QQQoJMba0SqyrJYjMO9KilhHQGO35IkXO5aDzv_colosSw7c3vfdlIaJODZ1LpuxdFujyfvHCRmgOZRv2rVnwGF_HM/s400/beside+still+waters,small.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5406615081916487026" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjN2w9eDn8vlONoZnZwNlO7P-bKdoLlqbb8_6gXGTkKLQ65fqhEOjRig6WcaCfD5dMSDC0vrU5MkHL5gu-bUOyUFKVSdrISl6A3ypqcwy7vK-faz09nAGJ3q3HGv4mYqIvxPJSa38zlwrU/s1600/beside,+small.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 285px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjN2w9eDn8vlONoZnZwNlO7P-bKdoLlqbb8_6gXGTkKLQ65fqhEOjRig6WcaCfD5dMSDC0vrU5MkHL5gu-bUOyUFKVSdrISl6A3ypqcwy7vK-faz09nAGJ3q3HGv4mYqIvxPJSa38zlwrU/s400/beside,+small.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5406607400676150354" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:85%;" >beside still waters<br />pastel on wallis paper 9"x18"<br />framed approx. 18"x26"</span><br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;">Recently I've been displaying some of my artwork through the local art league, and through the community art program. Last month I was excited to find that I had sold 2 pieces.<br /><br />This painting will be part of the member's show that will be up through the end of the year. I started it on location in a beautiful, peaceful spot in the nearby wetlands area, but finished it in "the studio".<br /><br />My husband has been making these fine cherry frames which are a very nice color to set off the painting, and he'll make any size I need, in a day. Lucky me!<br /><br /></div></div>jean neelyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02207597073553692556noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8030882841171790669.post-11084926738526981532009-08-19T21:09:00.000-05:002009-08-19T21:12:22.923-05:00fence row<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaS9bpyCrFFHp3A-XT3Ht9khnHZ8acSSBJm6HuxqovHj7mZ1Ftbs-QdPxg35bYtLgvyP_pytSV_-dOv4qUBeP5nK8W4dN_qIwYSsqjDI6RpFK070yd1aPOhQdjfj4AuW7wr7it019tmds/s1600-h/fencerow+with+ironweed.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 293px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaS9bpyCrFFHp3A-XT3Ht9khnHZ8acSSBJm6HuxqovHj7mZ1Ftbs-QdPxg35bYtLgvyP_pytSV_-dOv4qUBeP5nK8W4dN_qIwYSsqjDI6RpFK070yd1aPOhQdjfj4AuW7wr7it019tmds/s400/fencerow+with+ironweed.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5371862597867540594" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic; font-family: trebuchet ms;font-size:85%;" >fence row with ironweed<br />pastel on uart paper</span><br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div></div>jean neelyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02207597073553692556noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8030882841171790669.post-28807417837796086072009-08-19T20:48:00.002-05:002009-08-19T21:03:02.184-05:00untitled<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8oByr3QR1acUmJ_efQtAoNz7-GVXcqjmB-_CSbky8a8GWcPNgAm92AEeDYbED4583HjehfNp2708y-C4lWoxDX13AxVYQT0DFlu4Rlzr1nBTelEvTvbwuEhPOReSb7v8lcAOPMGcvD18/s1600-h/IMG_5611.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 144px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8oByr3QR1acUmJ_efQtAoNz7-GVXcqjmB-_CSbky8a8GWcPNgAm92AEeDYbED4583HjehfNp2708y-C4lWoxDX13AxVYQT0DFlu4Rlzr1nBTelEvTvbwuEhPOReSb7v8lcAOPMGcvD18/s400/IMG_5611.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5371857328292155858" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms; font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" >untitled<br />pastel on board 5x14<br /></span><div style="text-align: left;"><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">I've been away from blogging for quite some time now. I've found that looking at lots of other people's work, while fun, is sometimes confusing for me. It's great in small doses though.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">My husband has been making frames like crazy and I'm getting some pieces together for the great little community art league here in our town. I'm planning to put up eight or so pieces in a public place as part of the community art program. An exciting first step for me. </span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">This is one that I had set aside and forgotten about. But here it is resized (I cut the bottom off), the foreground reworked, and I'm happy with it- looking across the cow pasture at the little piece of woodland that we own in southeast Missouri. It was dusk and getting cold. </span><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">Pastels really glow in person, and that just doesn't always come through on the computer monitor. </span><br /></div></div>jean neelyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02207597073553692556noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8030882841171790669.post-47997366094305241632009-06-26T17:46:00.002-05:002009-06-26T17:54:18.341-05:00Oregon river rocks<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhn5_T4C0yaROR9onH7Jk5fbR90wgDUD3I6vsVCVQi3meIhmQBi7Tt-I317pccwZlER9g1Qa0bs95r_DqB2iG_McOZmAsa456zQapg0BrEcQBTyDrrqbRILjiPgMwKMvuVd3DK6tnTA7h4/s1600-h/Oregon+rocks.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 230px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhn5_T4C0yaROR9onH7Jk5fbR90wgDUD3I6vsVCVQi3meIhmQBi7Tt-I317pccwZlER9g1Qa0bs95r_DqB2iG_McOZmAsa456zQapg0BrEcQBTyDrrqbRILjiPgMwKMvuVd3DK6tnTA7h4/s400/Oregon+rocks.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5351771494081713922" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" ><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">Oregon River Rocks</span><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">pastel on wallis paper</span></span><br /><br /><div style="text-align: left; font-family: trebuchet ms;">I finally got back to painting today. Having been gone the past 6 weekends, there wasn't much time to paint, except for the pastel workshop of course. This one was started at the workshop and finished up today.<br /><br />I enjoy painting rocks. It's almost like sculpting. You add a little shadow and the form of the rock changes.<br />Water is fun too. There's so much color in it.<br />Foliage is a struggle, as always. I just feel lucky when it turns out right.<br /></div></div>jean neelyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02207597073553692556noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8030882841171790669.post-82914688459365808972009-05-27T22:07:00.002-05:002009-05-27T22:17:00.519-05:00Albert Handell workshop in Oregon<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEip93xqC96AZtiwUFEuA3QH_OWttl6ykYGGzQZNHHTeBzwy_zUBdFe3SI5Kp458G0JKcgJUsRQugy29fequxZK-TZIsZa2WBN3jXqUowYDoCW0cz1njAk2HqpZs906nwg0Ie-B7MZ8D39Q/s1600-h/grant's+pass+water+dept..jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 298px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEip93xqC96AZtiwUFEuA3QH_OWttl6ykYGGzQZNHHTeBzwy_zUBdFe3SI5Kp458G0JKcgJUsRQugy29fequxZK-TZIsZa2WBN3jXqUowYDoCW0cz1njAk2HqpZs906nwg0Ie-B7MZ8D39Q/s400/grant's+pass+water+dept..jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5340706450605744594" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic; font-family: trebuchet ms;font-size:85%;" >Grant's Pass Water Dept.<br />pastel on Wallis paper 12"x18"<br /><br /></span><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">I just spent a week in Grant's Pass Oregon, visiting my sister and taking part in a pastel workshop with Albert Handell. It was a wonderful experience in every way. I'm still jotting down little things I learned as they come to mind- not so much technique as how to see and compose a beautiful painting. </span><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">This is one of the paintings that I did during the workshop. I was particularly happy with this one because one of the things I was hoping to work on was how to handle all the green that surrounds us in the summertime. You can only avoid it for so long...</span><br /><br /></div></div>jean neelyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02207597073553692556noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8030882841171790669.post-63124004017498471082009-05-15T22:42:00.002-05:002009-05-15T22:50:29.101-05:00spring creek<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsXtGlsBqD03CA5iQmUT_N0MMU1S0vvlenuwUHnZ2Obm4MoK645G44cv5Silf4Wuo0rhV7oWOIdHcT2e47ZQ_12j5HNNRQlZPanjmHX8v6GKt9iSiNpEMPSWFkNMb5cesD3T-924bmpFQ/s1600-h/spring+creek.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 299px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsXtGlsBqD03CA5iQmUT_N0MMU1S0vvlenuwUHnZ2Obm4MoK645G44cv5Silf4Wuo0rhV7oWOIdHcT2e47ZQ_12j5HNNRQlZPanjmHX8v6GKt9iSiNpEMPSWFkNMb5cesD3T-924bmpFQ/s400/spring+creek.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5336262201377167346" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms; font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" >spring creek<br />pastel on uart paper 9"x12"</span><br /><br /><div style="text-align: left; font-family: trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-size:100%;">A painting done on site at the park near my house. I was happy to find this little out of the way creek with a plank bridge in just the right spot. It was a nice place to set up my easel and be off the beaten path. (I have a hard time painting with lots of onlookers.)<br /></span></div></div>jean neelyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02207597073553692556noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8030882841171790669.post-69095924804208406302009-05-07T22:11:00.002-05:002009-05-07T22:24:45.299-05:00haybale<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-o_ekPM3jQaajKR9ZZ69_k5EIcK9R2bJUgfGLzVHKrVOlN8RECWOF5bCO2WQqGdpPayBccCjmnxfblyxs_ge_fYQL0wVdlWhc7tUeld4Ui9Nha0HRdK-lps05szHNgjZIcJ8VZ9fNlyo/s1600-h/Haybale4.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 288px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-o_ekPM3jQaajKR9ZZ69_k5EIcK9R2bJUgfGLzVHKrVOlN8RECWOF5bCO2WQqGdpPayBccCjmnxfblyxs_ge_fYQL0wVdlWhc7tUeld4Ui9Nha0HRdK-lps05szHNgjZIcJ8VZ9fNlyo/s400/Haybale4.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5333286073770064034" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic; font-family: trebuchet ms;font-size:85%;" >Haybale<br />pastel on paper 9x12-ish</span><br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">Well I've been avoiding my blog for a couple weeks, but wanted to post something while I'm working on another piece. So here is one of my older paintings. It's always been one of my favorites although I'm sure the composition would bother some people. </span><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">Haybales are a nice thing to paint, all big and round, although I do sometimes miss the square ones.</span></span><br /><br /></div></div>jean neelyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02207597073553692556noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8030882841171790669.post-30014269918063042312009-04-23T21:14:00.007-05:002009-04-24T09:37:20.030-05:00Nebraska twice<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9yt2j2DkUeAhACNaFoUP5f88lzmm7Hzht7-X6ssdME_QfziAZXV08Ghy-KVQPFIfxAlXJNrHZGO44LsngKwVAG7Lgi9g_LIrPQ65BKSks_MzgfTzWbjyGyhp3Zp30RulittevacWqVZY/s1600-h/nebraska+again.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 291px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9yt2j2DkUeAhACNaFoUP5f88lzmm7Hzht7-X6ssdME_QfziAZXV08Ghy-KVQPFIfxAlXJNrHZGO44LsngKwVAG7Lgi9g_LIrPQ65BKSks_MzgfTzWbjyGyhp3Zp30RulittevacWqVZY/s400/nebraska+again.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5328263879049209010" border="0" /></a> <span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Nebraska again</span></span><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:85%;" >pastel on Uart 800 paper 6.5"x9"</span><br /></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZfmJluzePmCiN9y5o2XFwAchAwS47s85A86vscJ9xcE7z_f6GqlFOGm2S63PlfvBm7hcMdM4_KwAAsZx2GnWbDjfOY_A5ddJYEKi19cJkWaiSwgGj0q5iZi8wG1eM9EU5Ku3oi82GMAI/s1600-h/IMG_4738.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 221px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZfmJluzePmCiN9y5o2XFwAchAwS47s85A86vscJ9xcE7z_f6GqlFOGm2S63PlfvBm7hcMdM4_KwAAsZx2GnWbDjfOY_A5ddJYEKi19cJkWaiSwgGj0q5iZi8wG1eM9EU5Ku3oi82GMAI/s400/IMG_4738.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5328075600444273906" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:85%;" >Nebraska 1st painting<br />pastel on Canson paper 10"x19"</span><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;font-size:100%;" >I thought it might be fun to post the first pastel that I ever did. I had a cheap little box of Mungyo pastels ($6 at Hobby Lobby?).<br />I decided to try painting the same scene again. Funny thing is, I'm not really sure which one I like better.<br />I'm also not 100% sure that this was in Nebraska. If it is, it's northwest Nebraska, close to Wyoming or Montana. We covered lots of states on that road trip. It's beautiful out there.</span><br /></span></div></div>jean neelyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02207597073553692556noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8030882841171790669.post-28860255971492243732009-04-21T21:36:00.003-05:002009-04-21T22:01:11.661-05:00charcoal sketch<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEqzU0nIN0FIMX0BY2MAGNTfu7LlNWNc4ihiJv3GObVzZaOydCis-wuzJt6Dhh3lcikoPuc2O_f28fXCP4I01K0vN4xjxfpdNuZkL8rrRu4h8uo6bcGcLbHNfDI6QCLf8b2EXcBp4KNrk/s1600-h/david+at+the+creek.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 227px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEqzU0nIN0FIMX0BY2MAGNTfu7LlNWNc4ihiJv3GObVzZaOydCis-wuzJt6Dhh3lcikoPuc2O_f28fXCP4I01K0vN4xjxfpdNuZkL8rrRu4h8uo6bcGcLbHNfDI6QCLf8b2EXcBp4KNrk/s320/david+at+the+creek.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5327344346690881682" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><br /></span><span style="font-style: italic; font-family: trebuchet ms;font-size:85%;" >David at the creek<br />vine charcoal on paper </span><br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">Gee, I've been having a hard time painting lately. I sat down and started this sketch to help me decide if I wanted to do a pastel of my husband. I do landscapes, not people. Well, it does look like him except that he's 6'4" and this makes him look more like 6'. </span><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">I still haven't mustered up the courage to start the pastel version.</span><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">I've never spent much time drawing. This vine charcoal is nice stuff. Really black, and it moves around and erases easily. And amazingly it doesn't come off on your hands. I'm a messy artist so that's a good thing.</span><br /><br /></div></div>jean neelyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02207597073553692556noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8030882841171790669.post-32459104105000970712009-04-14T21:26:00.002-05:002009-04-14T22:51:36.797-05:00the colors of fog<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiumdKtU25z1-rJ4jk7rMZXGinBt92t4OjGPtyT821b7l5BDoWr1LsfCFs2vGYmZYJXIBD7aaSazNqySOp4JBtRMhy-KfUSJAoSdPVG5qbPvrZMiVbL-1lTp8HlXijgoLeDE-eWNA7g8BU/s1600-h/the+colors+of+fog.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 188px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiumdKtU25z1-rJ4jk7rMZXGinBt92t4OjGPtyT821b7l5BDoWr1LsfCFs2vGYmZYJXIBD7aaSazNqySOp4JBtRMhy-KfUSJAoSdPVG5qbPvrZMiVbL-1lTp8HlXijgoLeDE-eWNA7g8BU/s320/the+colors+of+fog.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5324739037286920674" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms; font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" >the colors of fog<br />pastel on board 3"x5"<br /><br /></span><div style="text-align: left; font-family: trebuchet ms;">Another four hours on the interstate yesterday, and another picture from memory. I was so annoyed with myself for forgetting to bring my camera, so I worked real hard at trying to remember something about the way the clumps of trees looked in the fog. But the most beautiful part was the colors. The lavender sky made the grasses glow all orangy pink.<br />I didn't really want to paint this evening, and started out trying to rescue a painting I started over the weekend. I don't often give up on a painting, but that one is filed away, probably forever. Not wanting to quit on a bad note, I did this one. I think I did it in 10 minutes and then quit, because I want to go sit by the woodstove and knit.<br /><br />But first, I'd like to mention that I was recently tagged by <a href="http://jalapfaff.blogspot.com/">Jala Pfaff</a>, who is a talented artist and feels like a friend because she so faithfully stops by my blog and leaves encouraging notes. If you aren't already familiar with Jala and her lovely paintings, please visit her blog. She does amazing things with vegetables, locks and other interesting subjects.<br />I was also tagged earlier by Karen, and never got around to fulfilling by tagging duties. She is also very talented and does some delightful little landscapes. You can see them at <a href="http://phippsart.blogspot.com/">A Visual Journey</a>.<br /><br />Some other artists that I want to mention (or tag) are:<br /><br />Jeff at <a href="http://jmahorney.blogspot.com/">120 Paintings</a> who has been a source of inspiration (and information) to me<br /><a href="http://georgecoll.blogspot.com/">George Coll Daily Paintings</a> who does small landscapes with wonderful color<br /><a href="http://margaretdyer.blogspot.com/">Margaret Dyer</a>, also a pastelist who does very expressive studies of people<br /><a href="http://susandowningwhite.wordpress.com/">Susan Downing-White</a> paints Gulf Coast Flora<br /><a href="http://kimberlyapplegate.blogspot.com/">Joie de Vivre</a> has a great chair series<br />Myra at <a href="http://myrajanderson.blogspot.com/">I Want To Be An Artist</a> who paints nice little dancers<br /><br />These are just a few that came to mind. There are many more. The art blogging community has been such a good thing for me. I'm glad you are all here. Thanks.<br /><br /><br /></div></div>jean neelyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02207597073553692556noreply@blogger.com4