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September, 2011

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Grandpa’s Toy

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Grandpa's Toy Car, Painting by Jenny Armitge

Grandpas Toy (14 x 18 watercolor) $375

When I’m showing paintings at the fair, I’m usually locked in my booth. I’m supposed to be demonstrating and I can’t leave the booth empty for more than a few minutes. So when friends and family visit, I take a few minutes to tour the fair. I always manage to see the fine art show, the quilts, the midway, and antique autoland. I also visit some one or two day events. The Classic Car Show took place on the last weekend of the fair. It’s a fun little event. There are cars from the 60s to the 20s and bands playing oldies.

This little red car caught my eye, especially the grill and the head lights. Have you noticed I like shiny things?

Painted on clayboard this painting my be matted and glazed or framed without glass like an oil on board.

This painting is available through Art in the Valley, Corvallis Oregon. Or purchase a print from my shop at Fine Art America.

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Electric Reeds

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Electric Reeds, a Painting by Jenny Armitage

Electric Reeds (16 x 20 watercolor on clayboard) $400

 

This is another painting competed at the Oregon State Fair.  I began it on the first day of the fair intending it to include a lot of shadow in the design much like Jazz Buddies and The Color of Music.   But the shadows actually competed with the instruments no matter how much I tried to knock them back by greying them down.  On the last night of the fair I got bold and simply did away with the shadows altogether substituting an almost black back ground.  This changed the feeling of the painting entirely.

The result is not subtle, but it certain grabs your attention.  And while it’s not what I was aiming for, I like it.

This painting is currently available through Art in the Valley, Corvallis, Oregon.

Prints are available through my shop at Fineartamerica.com. See more jazzy art here: jazz art.

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Silvery Night Music—Painted at Art Fairs

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Silvery Night Music, a Horn and Glass Painting by Jenny Armitage

Silvery Night Music (11 x 14 watercolor on aquabord) $250

I began this painting at the Silverton Art Festival and finished it up at the Oregon State Fair.  My photo reference is from the same group of photos I took for Silver and Glass make music.  But I wanted this painting to be more dramatic, so I darkened the background to make the light more obviously artificial  indirect lighting.

Painting outside in the heat on aquabord was an challenging experience. Most of the time I was painting the temperature was over 90 degrees and it was very dry. The challenge was to keep the board wet enough to work with. I brought in a spray mister the second day which helped considerably. I used cardboard pieces as a shield to keep from misting the parts I didn’t want wet.

Painted on clayboard and finished with a clear acrylic matte varnish and mounted on a black cradle frame, this painting is ready to hang. Alternatively, it can be framed like an acrylic or oil painting.


Prints are available through Fine Art America.com.

 

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The One That Sold Before I Could Post It

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Reeds Between Sets, Painting of a Sax and Clarinet

Reeds Between Sets (6 x 6 watercolor on clayboard) SOLD

I painted this little watercolor just after we got back from vacation and promptly sold it at the Silverton Fine Art Fair a couple days later.  I love the composition and I’m tempted to do it again a little larger.

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