10" x 10" oil with palette knives on Ampersand Encausticbord
SOLD
The second painting of a pair of boots inspired by the beautiful collection from Christy Soloman at bootitude.net.
I found that I seem to be drawn to the Old Gringo boots in her collection. These especially look like ones I would wear. They also kind of reminded me of a boot I made for a floral show a few years ago. I called it Bootanical.
Giddy-up.
10" x 10"
Oil with palette knives on Ampersand Encausticbord
I first discovered the beautiful and unique vintage boot collection of Christy Soloman at the Brimfield Antique Flea Market a few years ago. Since then I've followed her on Instagram @bootitude. I am constantly in awe every time she posts a new pair and I hope someday to own the perfect pair for myself. In the meantime, I decided to paint a few of my favorites. These boots by Liberty were the same style as those worn my the one and only Taylor Swift. Sweet.
Thanks to all of you who signed up to join me on my 2021 Jump-Start Your Art Challenge. I am so excited to begin this year with a new challenge. Let's make it a great one.
Today we begin week 1 of this 52 week year long challenge. Below is your worksheet ready for download.
READY?
SET?
LET'S GO!
8" x 24"
oil with palette knives on Ampersand Gessobord
SOLD
There is nothing more Christmasy than a red inn on the coast. Except of course, if you add some snow.
Those of you who have followed my blog for awhile will recognize this as a familiar painting. This was a commission and the 38th time I've painted this beautiful place in one form or another. But this was a new size canvas for me and I really liked it.
Happy Christmas to all! I hope Santa brings you everything you wished for.
12" x 12" x 1.5"
Oil with palette knives on Blick Studio Artist Panel
SOLD
I have done many of these Entering signs before for various Cape Cod towns-Provincetown, Truro, and Wellfleet, as well as one for Foxboro. Now it was Boston's turn. I wanted to have this as my anchor piece for the collection of 10 Boston paintings I completed for the Zullo Gallery's holiday sale,
Here is a photo I took of them all together before I delivered them to Medfield.
While it would be really difficult to hang them on the gallery wall like this, I really liked how they look all together, especially with the different panel depths giving them dimension. As someone on Facebook described it, "I feel like I just took a nice walk through Boston on a clear day."
I love that!
6" x 12"
Oil with palette knives on Ampersand Gessobord
SOLD at Zullo Gallery, Medfield
This was the last of the 10 paintings I completed for the Zullo Gallery holiday show. I struggled with how much detail to put in to the buildings in the background but I think I ended up in a good place. This walk around the Seaport is great to do during your lunch hour on a beautiful sunny day in Boston. The boats coming in and out are fun to watch too.
12" x 6"
Oil with palette knives on Ampersand Gessobord
SOLD at Zullo Gallery, Medfield
I've painted this beautiful brownstone on Beacon Hill many years ago on a much larger canvas (click here to see that version) and I so enjoyed it that I wanted to paint it again smaller for a small works holiday show. There were a lot of windows to paint but the most fun was painting the window boxes with the pretty flowers.
8" x 8"
Oil with palette knives on Ampersand Gessobord
SOLD
Next up in my series of small Boston paintings is this little slice of the beautiful brownstones that line up Beacon Street. I took the image that inspired this painting from the Boston Common during one of my lunchtime walks while working in the Back Bay area.
12" x 6"
Oil with palette knives on Ampersand Gessobord
SOLD
My friend Nancy took the photo that inspired this painting of the Old State House in Boston. I loved the combination of the old and new architecture as well as the color of those beautiful green lanterns. The strong vertical composition also appealed to me and so I asked her if I could paint it.
6" x 12"
Oil with palette knives on Ampersand Gessobord
SOLD at Zullo Gallery, Medfield
Continuing my series of small Boston paintings, I had to paint the iconic State House that sits at the top of Beacon Hill in Boston. This painting along with 9 others will be on display at the Zullo Gallery in Medfield MA through December for their holiday show.
Who’s ready to hit the reset button for 2021? I am! And I'm currently in search of artists who are willing to participate in a 52 week challenge with me starting on Wednesday January 6 of 2021. Please note: THIS IS NOT A PAINTING CHALLENGE. These are simple weekly exercises that I've written to help you look inward, focus your work, and grow as an artist along with me and other artists. These challenges could apply to artists at any point in their career. And I'd also love to get your feedback in order to improve it for the future. Best of all-it's free!
Each Wednesday, I will post the challenge to social media with a link to my blog where you can download the worksheet. To give you an idea of what these challenges might look like, below is the monthly syllabus, a sample weekly worksheet, and how to sign up.
JANUARY: REFLECTION AND MOTIVATION
FEBRUARY: GETTING ORGANIZED
MARCH: SHARING
APRIL : GENERATING IDEAS
MAY: HONING YOUR CRAFT
JUNE: REMOVING NEGATIVITY
JULY: FINDING INSPIRATION
AUGUST: PRACTICE WRITING AND TALKING ABOUT ART
SEPTEMBER: MARKETING YOURSELF
OCTOBER: GAINING CONFIDENCE
NOVEMBER: GIVING BACK
DECEMBER: CELEBRATING
Below is a sample worksheet with a few annotations to give you an idea what to expect:
So who's in? If you'd like to participate, please send me an email at anngorbett@gmail.com to express your interest. If you would like a printed workbook mailed to you for the cost of printing and mailing, please include your mailing address. Thank you and I look forward to a creative new year!
10" x 8"
Oil with palette knives on Ampersand Gessobord
SOLD
This is an iconic landmark here in Boston. On the TV show Cheers, it is the outside of the bar where Sam, Diane, Carla, Woody and the gang descended the stairs to go to work, and where Norm and Cliff hung out and drank beer inside. Of course they didn't really film the inside here, but nevertheless is it a great place to visit if you are ever in Boston. The Hampshire House hotel sits above the bar here on Beacon Street.
As usual, I took some progress shots and a few details along the way as I painted.
6" x 12" x 2"
Oil with palette knives on Ampersand Gessobord
SOLD
I am currently working on a series of small Boston paintings in preparation for the upcoming holidays. This is Boston painting number 2 of 12 that I hope to complete by November. I had painted a larger version of this a few years ago inspired from a photo that I took at the entrance to the Public Gardens in Boston. I just loved the fall colors of the trees against the skyline. Painting with palette knives at this small size forces me to not get too caught up in all the details.
