Tuesday, December 3, 2024

Evening Sky

 

Evening sky colors are beautiful. I don't know if I am able to capture them correctly. This is my 8th or 9th landscape painting. It's also my most abstract. Maybe going loose and abstract is what I like about painting the sky.

Wednesday, November 27, 2024

Trees on the Road


 It is all about the sky, but the dark trees seemed to take center stage. This painting was reworked several times, but it was worth it and a lot of fun.

Tuesday, November 26, 2024

Around the Bend


 My attempts at landscape painting continue. So much to consider besides color and composition. I have to find a style of laying down paint and getting the look of distance. I have many artists whose work I admire and hope to learn from, one of them is Debra Huse. I've finished watching Ken Burns' Leonardo da Vinci documentary.  How humbling to view his accomplishments.

Monday, October 21, 2024

An Aperol Spritz


 An Aperol Spritz on a beautiful fall day. A great way to enjoy this beautiful weather.

Friday, October 18, 2024

Box Top Landscape


 

Every time I paint this landscape I learn new things. It's the color temperatures and values that create depth, and I love clouds.


Saturday, October 12, 2024

The Future Looks Bright


 I don't usually create paintings that reflect my mood, but I think this painting does it for me. Do you know when life gets complicated, but by the end of the day you've figured things out. This is what this painting reflects, the distant road has opened up and I can see things clearly.

Wednesday, October 9, 2024

Arlene's Artist Materials SOS

                                  May be an image of lighting, laundromat and text

Basically, we need your help. It has been a tough couple of years for us and we’re trying to keep our head above water. But between rising costs, schools dropping art programs or closing entirely, and stiff online competition, it’s been very difficult to stay afloat. So, we are reaching out to our art community. We have been serving the Capital Region (and beyond) for over 60 years now and would love to continue doing so for the foreseeable future. We also understand that it’s convenient to shop online, but the next time you need art supplies please consider coming to see us instead! We offer great everyday discounts and have the widest selection of art supplies in the area and a knowledgeable and friendly staff. We sincerely appreciate all the support you’ve given us over the years, but we still need all the help we can get.

I was just there today to buy oil painting supplies. Arlene's is an institution and it would be a great loss to the capital region if it closed!

Friday, October 4, 2024

Edgar Payne's Composition of Outdoor Painting

 


Edgar Payne's Composition of Outdoor Painting. This book has been recommended in artists' blogs I've been reading. It comes highly recommended, is beautifully bound and has lots of helpful illustrations. My goal is to read it this winter and feel more comfortable with landscape painting. Below this is my first attempt at a forest scene.

Thursday, September 19, 2024

Evening Sailors Study


 Evening Sailor Study 8 x 10 inch oil on Ampersand panel. I thought I’d continue working on landscapes with the online courses by Debra Huse. 
I liked her clouds and colors. This is my continuing attempt.

Happy Cows Cigar Box




 
 

So much fun painting on cigar box lids. I've learned a lot about shapes and colors of varied skies, clouds and colors of simplified backgrounds and foregrounds. 

Sunday, September 8, 2024

Clouds and Lake



I've been working on painting clouds within a landscape. Previously clouds were just a slash of white across the sky.  I'm getting the hang of large cumulus clouds. I'm happy with this composition. According to John Carlson, the sky is the key to the landscape and it's the most fun for me. An object helps draw the eye into the scene. Today it's a canoe with a sail.

Wednesday, July 31, 2024

Large Still Life on Yellow Cloth



I've finished this larger painting and I'll be framing it today. My technique is that I paint one object at a time putting down the color and leaving it. If it doesn't work, I scrape it off and mix a new color on my palette. I don't go over the stroke with more paint if I can. Here's my philosophy, "Painting is like golf, the fewer the strokes the better." I plan on putting this painting in the Stockade Villager's Outdoor Art Show this September.

 

 

Monday, July 29, 2024

Cloudscape


 Cloudscape 9 x 12 inch oil on canvas paper. I thought I’d try something new, an online course with Debra Huse. 
I liked her clouds and colors. This is my attempt. #landscapepainting #debrahuse #painting #oil #oilpainting #contemporaryart #robinrosenthalart

Monday, July 1, 2024

The Landscape Painter's Workbook


Looking for an interesting book to read this summer, then I suggest The Landscape Painter's Workbook by Mitchell Albala.  I'm a still life painter, but I like reading about all types of art. This book explains some art terms that always interested me. Albala added beautiful paintings that demonstrate those terms. This is a book I'm happy to add to my book collection.

Friday, June 14, 2024

Who painted this portrait?


 I'm not a portrait painter, but I'm lucky to know one. Who painted this portrait? It's Trudi Smith and what a nice surprise to have been presented with this. Trudi is a wonderful portrait painter, but you won't find her work online. Nowadays, she keeps to herself. 



                                                     

Sunday, June 9, 2024

Art for the Win

 

A great evening on Friday the 7th at
Art for the Win show (Gallery5Schenectady)
200 Harborside Drive, Schenectady, NY
The show is only open for a couple more hours today June 9th.
I’m pleased to have had the opportunity to participate:)

Thursday, May 16, 2024

Amber Vase on Blue Plate with Three Lemons


 My painting was accepted into the Cooperstown Art Association GalleriesI'm looking forward to the reception this Friday evening from 5 to 7. I submitted this painting because there are interesting colors in the jar and also there are shadows and color temperature throughout. Color temperature is complex and I enjoyed painting it.   
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Here's a new piece of studio equipment, Glassboard White Paint Palette. I'm excited to have a bigger surface to mix my paints on. It is easier to clean and more environmentally friendly than working on a paper palette.





 


Sunday, May 12, 2024

Mother's Day 2024


 This image was created using AI by my son James and daughter-in-law Shu-Ying Chung. I'm here in my studio with their cat Mikko during a painting session. What a fun Mother's Day gift.

Flowers from my daughter Samantha.

What a surprisingly nice Mother's Day.



Friday, April 19, 2024

Partly Overcast Sky




 My husband and I would walk this path once a week on afternoons during our vacation. It was pleasant and the clouds were always interesting. I think they were alto-cumulus. Carlson's Guide to Landscape Painting says these "clouds occur when when the upper air moves in greater swiftness than the lower....inclined away from the point-of-wind, almost as if the upper part of the clouds were tumbling forward" and "are usually of cold color: dark steel gray against a wan lemon-yellow sky." My sky was light to darker blue. Painting is a way of remembering vacation days.

 

Saturday, April 13, 2024

Oakroom Artist show at the Cooperstown Art Association Gallery


Thank you Oakroom Artists and the Cooperstown Art Association for putting together a beautiful Show. Everyone's work looked great and we had a large turnout at the opening reception. This event is free and open to the public.

    The show runs April 12th - May 8th

    Gallery Hours: Tuesday - Saturday  11am to 4 pm

    The show is located in the Town Hall - 22 Main St. Cooperstown, NY


Monday, April 1, 2024

The Oakroom Artists & Meet Me In My Flower Garden Show at the Cooperstown Art Association Gallery



I'm pleased to announce I'll be participating in this prestigious Cooperstown Art Show featuring approximately 28 Oakroom Artists. I'll be contributing four art works to this large show.

Reception:
On Display: April 12 - May 8
Opening Reception: Friday, April 12, from 5-7pm
Gallery Hours: Tuesday - Saturday from 11am-4pm
22 Main St, Cooperstown, NY, United States, New York 13326

This event is free and open to the public.  I hope to see you there.



Tuesday, February 20, 2024

Windy Day Landscape


I've always been fascinated by landscapes, especially skies. I like those artists who simplify their compositions and create gradations of blues in the skies from dark blue higher up and lighter blue near the horizon, and also many values of grays in the clouds. I hope to find a sense of spontaneity in my landscape and a feeling of wanting to take a deep breath when viewing at my painting.

Saturday, February 10, 2024

Blue Orchids, Green Vase and Silver Tray

 I went to a flower arranging class and here's a peek of part the arrangement.  I was overwhelmed by all the flowers and colors, and I needed to simplify the still life if I was to paint it.


What I kept was and what remained were the Dendrobium Blue Orchids. I paired them with a new green vase I got from the thrift and a silver tray I purchased at Michaels. 



I wasn't sure I'd post it since it seemed a little busy to me, but I said what the heck, I'll do it and move on.


Friday, January 5, 2024

Violet Vase on Blue Plate and Silver Bowl


 I recently purchased this cut glass violet flower vase at the thrift and wondered why someone would get rid of it. It was so pretty in the light. It was fun to paint and lovely to look at. I'm happy with the outcome.
My New Year's resolution is to begin to draw regularly in addition to painting.

Monday, January 1, 2024

Most Viewed 2023


  These are some of my most viewed images from 2023.

Thank you for a wonderful year and best wishes for a Happy New Year.