Another blog to visit

I am busy trying to make a documentary which I will be writing about in the near future.  Meanwhile please check out the wonderful blog of Altoon Sultan.  These thoughts are so beautifully expressed.

http://altoonsultan.blogspot.com/2014/01/william-carlos-williams-no-ideas-but-in.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+StudioAndGarden+%28Studio+and+Garden%29

Fern and Lace

Fern and Lace

Nancy Herman

6" x 8"

oil on canvas board

Winter has set in and the landscape is pretty monochromatic out there, but inside thanks to the careful nurturing of my husband, the plants are enjoying the heat from the radiators and their susequent very frequent watering.  All this keeping the humans hydrated and happy as well.

$150.00

Flying Away

FLYING AWAY

Nancy Herman

6" x 8"

oil on canvas board

On these cold winter days it sounds like a good idea to be flying off to an exotic tropical paradise although this apartment building in Park Slope looks pretty cheery.

$150.00

CLOCK SHADOW

CLOCK SHADOW

Nancy Herman

6" x 8"

oil on canvas board

This bearded sentinel stands guard on either side of our old grandfather's clock in the hall at night.  His shadow self looks quite forbidding.  I'm sure any intruder would hesitate to go further.

$150.00

Handle Shadow

HANDLE SHADOW

Nancy Herman

6" x 8"

oil on canvas board

This very simple composition is strangely calming to me.  There is a question about where the actual handle is but somehow that brings in the rest of the world and so I don't mind if the answer is not there.

$150.00

Icicles

ICICLES

Nancy Herman

6' x 8"

oil on canvas board

Icicles are a delight unless one falls on your head.  I was tempted to grab one and do a little dueling with the shadows.  I opted for painting this combination instead.

$150.00

Brown and Fog

Yesterday I drove to town in the early morning while there was still a lot of fog rising from the small patches of snow remaining.  I drove through Fairmount Park a lot of the way as I wanted to see what winter had to offer in the way of natural beauty.  I was richly rewarded with deep resonant browns as everything was very wet and the fog in patches seemed to make the whole scene mysterious.  I sincerely regretted not having my camera along.
Today I googled 'rich browns and fog images' and was rewarded with this artist's work.  He got 'it' at another time and place.  You may want to see more of these beautiful pastels.

Daniel Lee Michael

SNOW CATCHERS

SNOW CATCHERS

Nancy Herman

6" x 8"

oil on canvas board

When I finish a painting I put it in a box that sits by my desk.  I have lots of boxes and each one has a label.  This painting fiits into the catagory of "little miracles".  The way the snow glistens on the top of each pile on the branch with the fantastic blue of the shadows setting it off gives me a thrill.  

If we can be alive to the little pleasures around us every day, there is a good chance we can be happy.

“A pleasure is full grown only when it is remembered.”
― C.S. Lewis, Out of the Silent Planet

“That pleasure which is at once the most pure, the most elevating and the most intense, is derived, I maintain, from the contemplation of the beautiful.”
― Edgar Allan Poe, Poems and Essays

$150.00

SOLD

Chard in the Snow

CHARD IN THE SNOW

Nancy Herman

6" x 8"

oil on canvas board

This painting is now for sale on papal

$150.00

CHARD IN THE SNOW

CHARD IN THE SNOW

Nancy Herman

oil on canvas board

6" x 8"

The photo this painting was based on came in second in the selections you voted for.  It was my favorite and I love the painting.  It can be yours by bidding on ebay.  I love auctions.  Let's see if you do too.

http://csr.ebay.com/cse/success.jsf?itemid=191027832930&mode=AddItem&draftId=205090391213